By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

 

High schools

Football

Evergreen and Highline collide in a 6 p.m. Friday game at Highline Memorial and West Seattle hosts Lincoln of Seattle for a 7 p.m. game at the Southwest Athletic Complex.

Chief Sealth goes to Ingraham at the same time with Kennedy Catholic playing Decatur at Federal Way Memorial and Ballard visiting Blanchet.

Mount Rainier waits until 1 p.m. Saturday to entertain Tahoma at Highline Memorial.

Foster visits Sammamish at 6 p.m. Saturday.

 

Girls soccer

Highline meets Evergreen for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday action, while at 4 p.m. Thursday West Seattle hosts Garfield, Chief Sealth entertains Franklin and Ballard goes to Lincoln.

Mount Rainier travels to Kentwood and Kennedy Catholic to Tahoma at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Evergreen visits Renton at 7 p.m. Monday and Tyee plays Highline at 7:30 p.m.

Mount Rainier and Kennedy Catholic square off at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Highline Memorial.

 

Volleyball

Ballard is at home playing Lincoln at 7 p.m. Wednesday as Chief Sealth goes to Franklin and West Seattle to Garfield.

Kennedy Catholic pays a 7:15 p.m. visit to Kent-Meridian and at 7:30 p.m. Highline is at Evergreen and Tyee at Foster.

Mount Rainier hosts Kentlake and Kennedy Catholic entertains Auburn at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

Highline plays at Tyee and Evergreen at Renton at 7:30 p.m. Monday, while Tuesday's schedule has Mount Rainier at Auburn and Kennedy Catholic at Auburn Mountainview at 7:15 p.m.

 

Cross country

Chief Sealth visits Cleveland at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday and at 4 p.m. Mount Rainier hosts Kentlake and Kennedy Catholic entertains Kent-Meridian.

West Seattle visits Franklin at 3:40 p.m. Thursday and Ballard goes to Lakeside at the same time Tuesday.

Evergreen and Highline meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at North SeaTac Park.

 

Golf

Ballard goes to Ingraham for 3:30 p.m. Wednesday action and West Seattle hosts Franklin at the same time Friday.

At 3 p.m. Tuesday the Mount Rainier girls entertain Tahoma and Kennedy Catholic travels to Auburn, while the sites are reversed at the same time on the boys side.

Ballard entertains Blanchet and Chief Sealth travels to Garfield at 3:30 p.m. Monday.

The Mount Rainier boys are home against Kentwood at 3 p.m. Tuesday as the girls go to Kentwood.  The Kennedy Catholic girls are at Tahoma at the same time.

 

Boys tennis

Tyee hosts action also involving Highline, Foster and Evergreen at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

 

Slowpitch

Chief Sealth hosts Roosevelt for a twin bill starting at 4 p.m. Thursday.

 

Pros

Seawolves

Seattle launches its fourth Major League Rugby season Saturday, paying a 5 p.m. visit to the Houston Sabercats in a match carried on the CBS Sports Network.

The Tukwila-based team won the first two titles the league ever had before having last year's season stopped by Covid.

 

Thunderbirds

Seattle opens its Western Hockey League season Friday by hosting the Spokane Chiefs at 6:05 p.m. at the Showare Center in Kent.

The Portland Winterhawks come in for a 5:05 p.m. Saturday contest that can be seen on JOE TV.

 

Mariners

Seattle continues spring training action in Arizona this week, hosting the Los Angeles Angels at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday in Peoria.

The Mariners visit the San Francisco Giants at 7:05 p.m. Thursday and host the Chicago White Sox at 6:40 p.m. Friday before visiting the Texas Rangers at 6:05 p.m. Saturday and the Milwaukee Brewers at 1:10 p.m. Sunday.

Seattle hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers at 6:40 p.m. Monday and visits the Arizona Diamondbacks at 6:10 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Colleges

Husky men

A comeback attempt fell short, 98-95, against Utah as Washington bowed out of the Pac-12 tournament in the opening round.

Quade Green scored 31 points and racked up seven assists to lead the Huskies in Wednesday's action.

 

Cougar men

Isaac Bonton led Washington State with 19 points in a 64-59 Pac-12 tournament opening loss to Arizona State on Wednesday.

 

Redhawk men

Seattle University's stay at the Western Athletic Conference tournament ended with an 81-47 loss to No. 1-seeded Grand Canyon in the semifinals Friday.

Riley Grigsby finished with a team-high 15 points for the Redhawks and Darrion Trammell tossed in 12.

Seattle opened the tournament by beating California Baptist by an 83-66 score Thursday, led by the 27 points of Nate Robinson.

Trammell was next with 23 and Emeka Udenyi scored 13 and led with 14 rebounds. Grigsby added 12 points.

 

Redhawk women

New Mexico State got the best of Seattle University, 56-46, as the Western Athletic Conference tournament opened Wednesday.

Irena Korelenko scored 15 and McKenzi Williams 10 for the Redhawks in the loss.

 

Bulldog men

Gonzaga claimed the West Coast Conference tournament title with an 88-78 victory over Brigham Young last Tuesday and ran its record to 26-0.

Jaylen Suggs led with 23 points and five assists as Joel Ayayi scored 18 and led with nine rebounds.

Gonzaga entered the tournament Monday at the semifinal level and defeated Saint Mary's by a 78-55 score.

Drew Timme led the Zags with 18 points as Ayayi added 16.  Both led with eight rebounds.

The No. 1-ranked and No. 1-seeded team opens NCAA tournament action at 6:40 p.m. Saturday in Indianapolis on TBS.

 

Bulldog women

Gonzaga won the West Coast Conference tournament championship game by a 43-42 score over Brigham Young last Tuesday.

Yvonne Ejim led with 13 points and nine rebounds coming in off the bench.

Jill Townsend led a balanced attack with 14 points and 10 rebounds as the Bulldogs opened the tournament with a 72-62 win over Santa Clara on Monday.

 

Redhawk men's soccer

Seattle University hosts Incarnate Word for a 1 p.m. Sunday match at Championship Field.

 

Redhawk women's soccer

Seattle entertains Chicago State at 7 p.m. Thursday and 1 p.m. Saturday.

 

Husky men's soccer

Washington gets a 1 p.m. Saturday visit from Stanford.

The Huskies were 4-0 winners over Seattle University last Wednesday and followed up with a 2-0 victory Sunday at UCLA.

Mount Rainier graduate Christian Soto scored one goal and one assist against UCLA and one goal against Seattle U.

 

Cougar vs. Husky women's soccer

Washington State visits Washington for a 7 p.m. Saturday match.

 

Husky baseball

USC visits Washington for single games at 1 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

 

Redhawk baseball

Seattle visits Grand Canyon for four games this weekend.

The Redhawks play a 6 p.m. Friday game, a 2 p.m. Saturday doubleheader and a noon Sunday contest.

 

Husky fastpitch

Washington hosts Arizona for games at 6 p.m. Friday, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.

 

Husky vs. Cougar volleyball

Washington hosts Washington State for a 6 p.m. Friday and a 2 p.m. Sunday match.