Sportswatch: Sports events worth keeping an eye on week of 3-26-18
Sun, 03/25/2018
By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
High schools
Boys soccer
Ballard hosts Franklin for a 4 p.m. match Monday as West Seattle entertains O’Dea, with Chief Sealth getting a 4:30 p.m. visit from Eastside Catholic.
Wednesday’s schedule has West Seattle at Cleveland at 4 p.m. and Chief Sealth at Nathan Hale at 4:30 p.m., with Chief Sealth visiting Lakeside at 4 p.m. Friday.
Mount Rainier visits Hazen at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Kennedy Catholic drops in on Kentridge at 7:30 p.m., while scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday are Kent-Meridian at Mount Rainier and JFK at Kentlake.
Tyee hosts Clover Park at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Highline entertains Orting at 7:30 p.m.
Highline hosts River Ridge at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Tyee visits Steilacoom at 7 p.m. Friday.
Evergreen goes to Foss and Foster to Washington at 7 p.m. Tuesday with Foster hosting Foss at 7 p.m. Friday and Evergreen visiting Lindbergh at 7:30 p.m.
Seattle Christian is off until April 11.
Baseball
Ballard entertains Eastside Catholic at 4 p.m. Monday as West Seattle hosts Franklin and Chief Sealth travels to Rainier Beach
Friday’s schedule has Chief Sealth at home against Nathan Hale with Ballard traveling to Garfield and West Seattle to Cleveland, all at 4 p.m.
Kennedy Catholic hosts Kentlake at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Mount Rainier visits Kentwood at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Hogan Park. JFK goes to Hogan Park to play Kentlake on Thursday and Mount Rainier hosts Kentwood on Friday at 4 p.m.
Foster gets a 3:30 p.m. visit from Washington on Tuesday and Evergreen entertains Foss at 4 p.m., then Evergreen turns around to visit Foss and Foster goes to Washington at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Tyee is at Clover Park and Highline at Orting at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Highline hosts Orting at 3:30 p.m. and Tyee gets a visit from Clover Park at 4 p.m.
Seattle Lutheran drops in on Evergreen Lutheran at 4 p.m. Monday at Sprinker in Spanaway before visiting Mount Rainier Lutheran at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the South End Recreation Area in Tacoma. The Saints visit University Prep at 3:45 p.m. Thursday.
Fastpitch softball
West Seattle gets a visit from Eastside Catholic at 4 p.m. Monday at the Southwest Athletic Complex as Ballard goes to Holy Names, then Chief Sealth is at the SWAC playing Seattle Prep at the same time Tuesday.
Ballard hosts Roosevelt at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Lower Woodland as West Seattle entertains Holy Names at the SWAC.
West Seattle meets Chief Sealth for a crosstown battle at 4 p.m. Friday at the SWAC.
Kennedy Catholic goes to Kent-Meridian and Mount Rainier to Kentwood at 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday’s schedule has JFK hosting Tahoma at Chelsea Park as Mount Rainier entertains Kent-Meridian.
Tyee takes on Clover Park in a 3:30 p.m. home game Tuesday and Highline visits Orting at 4 p.m., with Thursday’s schedule featuring Tyee at Steilacoom and Highline at River Ridge at 4 p.m.
Foster hosts Washington and Evergreen entertains Foss at 4 p.m. Tuesday and at the same time Thursday Evergreen is at Lindbergh and Foster at Foss.
Track and field
Chief Sealth gets a 2:45 p.m. visit from Garfield and Holy Names/O’Dea on Wednesday as West Seattle goes to Nathan Hale with Eastside Catholic and Franklin, and Ballard to Ingraham with Cleveland.
Kennedy Catholic hosts Auburn Mountainview at 3:30 p.m. Thursday as Mount Rainier goes to Federal Way Memorial to face Todd Beamer.
Evergreen and Tyee go to Fife with Franklin Pierce at 3:30 p.m. Thursday as Foster travels to Mount Tahoma to face Foss and Washington.
Highline, meanwhile, journeys to Eatonville along with Clover Park for a 3:30 p.m. Wednesday meet.
Seattle Lutheran hosts Sea-Tac meet No. 2 involving the entire league at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at West Seattle Stadium.
Seattle Christian goes to Kings with Archbishop Murphy and Bellevue Christian at 4 p.m. Thursday.
Girls tennis
Chief Sealth visits Blanchet for a 4 p.m. Monday match and West Seattle visits Ingraham at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, then Wednesday Ballard is home against Seattle Prep at 4 p.m. and Chief Sealth home against Rainier Beach at 3:30 p.m.
West Seattle visits Lakeside at 4 p.m. Thursday and Ballard entertains Roosevelt at the same time Friday.
Mount Rainier goes to Hazen and Kennedy Catholic to Tahoma at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and at the same time Thursday Mount Rainier is at home playing Kentlake as Kennedy travels to Kentridge.
Evergreen plays host to Foss at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday as Foster entertains Washington. Thursday’s schedule has Foster at Foss and Evergreen at Lindbergh at the same time.
Tyee is at home playing Clover Park at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday before visiting Steilacoom as Highline goes to River Ridge at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Boys tennis
Chief Sealth drops in on Blanchet for 4 p.m. action Monday and West Seattle travels to Ingraham at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Chief Sealth plays host to Rainier Beach at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and Ballard is at home against Seattle Prep at 4 p.m.
West Seattle travels to Lakeside at 4 p.m. Thursday and Ballard hosts Roosevelt at the same time Friday.
Golf
Seattle Christian is off until April 12 in both boys and girls golf.
Boys lacrosse
Ballard visits Lakeside at 5 p.m. Tuesday and hosts O’Dea at the same time Friday.
Girls lacrosse
Ballard travels to Bainbridge for 7 p.m. action Thursday.
Pros
Mariners
Seattle wraps up its preseason schedule Tuesday when it visits the Colorado Rockies for a 1:10 p.m. exhibition game.
The Mariners come home to Safeco Field to open the regular season Thursday, playing the Cleveland Indians in a 7:10 p.m. game.
The Tribe will stay in town for 1:10 p.m. games Saturday and Sunday.
All of the above games can be seen live on the ROOT Sports cable television network.
Sounders
Seattle will be at home at CenturyLink Field for a 7 p.m. Saturday match against Montreal that will be carried on JOEtv.
Thunderbirds
Seattle is playing the Everett Silvertips in an opening round Western Hockey League playoff series and will come home to the Showare Center in Kent for a 7:05 p.m. match Tuesday and for 7:35 p.m. action Friday.
That will be the third and fourth matches of the best of seven series, with game five if necessary in Everett at 7:05 p.m. Saturday. Game six would be back in Kent the following Tuesday with any game seven the next night back in Everett.
Colleges
Husky baseball
Washington is in Los Angeles playing the USC Trojans at 6 p.m. Thursday, 6 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Husky fastpitch
Washington visits Stanford University for a 6 p.m. game Thursday, a 7 p.m. game Friday and a 3 p.m. game Saturday.
Husky track and field
The University of Washington is taking part in the Texas Relays in Austin this Wednesday through Saturday with some participants at the Stanford Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
Husky beach volleyball
Alki in West Seattle will be the scene of the University of Washington’s beach volleyball action this week.
The Huskies take on Boise State at 3 p.m. Thursday and 12 p.m. Friday ahead of 3 p.m. Friday action against Portland.
Cougar baseball
Washington State University will be in Pullman playing Arizona State University at 6 p.m. Thursday, 5 p.m. Friday and 12 p.m. Saturday.