Sportswatch: Sports events worth keeping an eye on Week of 11-27-17
Mon, 11/27/2017
By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
High schools
Boys basketball
Chief Sealth visits Mount Rainier for a 7 p.m. game Tuesday and hosts a traveling Australian team at the same time Wednesday before visiting Rainier Beach at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
West Seattle entertains Nathan Hale at 8:30 p.m. Friday and plays in the John McCrossin Memorial Classic at Fife at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Evergreen, Mount Rainier and Tyee all visit Highline for a jamboree at 7 p.m. Monday and Mount Rainier visits Tyee for a full game at 7 p.m. Friday. The Rams entertain Peninsula at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Kennedy Catholic hosts Renton at 6 p.m. Friday before visiting Olympic at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Tyee goes to Evergreen for a 6 p.m. contest Tuesday and Highline goes to Evergreen at 7 p.m. Thursday as Foster entertains Sultan. Tyee, meanwhile, plays a 7 p.m. home game against Thomas Jefferson on Wednesday.
Highline hosts Charles Wright at 4:30 p.m. Saturday contest.
Seattle Christian hosts Bush at 7 p.m. Wednesday and visits Bear Creek at 7:30 p.m. Friday, while Seattle Lutheran plays in the Friday Harbor Tip Off Classic on Friday and Saturday.
Girls basketball
Chief Sealth gets a 7:30 p.m. visit from Kennedy Catholic on Tuesday and Wednesday at the same time West Seattle hosts Bothell and Highline visits Ingraham. Evergreen entertains Franklin at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Friday’s schedule has West Seattle hosting Nathan Hale and Chief Sealth visiting Rainier Beach at 7 p.m.
Mount Rainier hosts Evergreen, Highline and Tyee for jamboree action at 7 p.m. Monday before hosting Seattle Christian at 6 p.m. Friday. Kennedy visits Foster at 7 p.m. Friday.
Evergreen drops in on Tyee at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Tyee hosts Decatur at the same time Thursday. Highline entertains Charles Wright at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Seattle Christian opens at Sumner with a 7 p.m. Wednesday game and Seattle Lutheran visits Pope John Paul II at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Martin’s University in Lacey before going to Mount Vernon Christian for a 6 p.m. game Friday and to La Conner for a 2:30 p.m. clash Saturday.
Girls bowling
Kennedy Catholic visits Thomas Jefferson at Secoma Lanes at 3 p.m. Tuesday and hosts Todd Beamer at the same time Thursday at Hiline Lanes.
Gymnastics
Chief Sealth and West Seattle are at Roosevelt for a 7 p.m. meet Friday and Kennedy goes to Tahoma and Mount Rainier to Todd Beamer at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Boys wrestling
Chief Sealth and West Seattle go to Blanchet for 6:30 p.m. action Thursday and Chief Sealth hosts a 7:30 a.m. tournament Saturday that also includes West Seattle, Evergreen, Mount Rainier and Tyee.
Highline goes to Edmonds-Woodway for a 9 a.m. tournament Saturday after hosting Liberty at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Girls wrestling
Chief Sealth and West Seattle are at Blanchet for a 6:30 p.m. meet Thursday and the Seahawks host Clover Park at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Highline and Mount Rainier are involved in the Lady Jag Kickoff Invitational at Emerald Ridge on Saturday.
Boys swimming
Evergreen hosts the Highline Public Schools meet at 3 p.m. Friday that also involves Mount Rainier, Highline and Tyee.
Pros
Seahawks
Seattle hosts the league leading Philadelphia Eagles for a 5:30 p.m. game at CenturyLink Field on Sunday that can be seen on Channel 5 television.
Sounders
Seattle plays the second and final leg of the Western Conference finals Thursday, hosting the Houston Dynamo at 7:30 p.m.
ESPN cable television will carry the action live.
Thunderbirds
Seattle’s Western Hockey League team visits Vancouver at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Kamloops at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Tri-City at 7:05 p.m. Friday before hosting Kamloops at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Showare Center in Kent.
Silvertips
Everett visits Kamloops for 7 p.m. action Friday before hosting Saskatoon at 7:05 p.m. Saturday.
Stars
Tacoma plays host to the San Diego Sockers for a 7:35 p.m. men’s professional indoor soccer match at the Showare Center in Kent this Friday.
Colleges
Husky volleyball
The University of Washington women’s volleyball team opens NCAA tournament play Friday, hosting Long Island University of Brooklyn at 7:30 p.m.
Husky men’s hoop
Washington hosts Kennesaw State for a 6 p.m. game Tuesday and entertains Nebraska-Omaha at 4 p.m. Sunday, with the Pac-12 network carrying both games live.
Husky women’s hoop
The Huskies visit Idaho for a 6 p.m. game Friday and entertain Portland at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, with Sunday’s action on the Pac-12 network.
Cougar men’s hoop
Washington State University hosts UC Davis for a 12 p.m. game Saturday on Pac-12 cable.
Cougar women’s hoop
WSU gets a 7 p.m. visit from Idaho State in Pullman this Friday.
Redhawk men’s hoop
Seattle University hosts Idaho State at 7 p.m. Monday, Kennesaw State at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Eastern Washington at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Redhawk women’s hoop
The Redhawks visit California at 11:30 a.m. Thursday before hosting San Diego at 2 p.m. Saturday.