By Tim Clinton

Sports Editor

 

Football

Chief Sealth hosts Blanchet for a 7 p.m. Thursday game and Evergreen entertains Sammamish at the same time Friday as West Seattle goes to Nathan Hale, Mount Rainier to Kentwood and Highline to Renton.

Kennedy Catholic visits Federal Way at 11 a.m. Saturday and Foster travels to Interlake at 1 p.m.

 

Girls soccer

Chief Sealth goes to Cleveland and West Seattle to Holy Names at 4 p.m. Thursday. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday Ballard hosts Nathan Hale and Mount Rainier gets a visit from Tahoma.

Kennedy Catholic is at Starfire playing Decatur at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Auburn drops in on Mount Rainier at 7 p.m. that day.

 

Volleyball

Chief Sealth faces a 7 p.m. home game against Cleveland on Wednesday as Ballard visits Nathan Hale and West Seattle goes to Holy Names.

Foster entertains Evergreen at 7:30 p.m. and Tyee hosts Lindbergh as Highline travels to Renton.

Mount Rainier hosts Todd Beamer and Kennedy Catholic hosts Federal Way at 7:15 p.m. Thursday.

Kennedy Catholic is at Mount Rainier at 7:15 p.m. Monday.

 

Cross country

Mount Rainier is at home running against Kennedy Catholic at 4 p.m. Wednesday and Evergreen faces Foster in a home meet at the same time Thursday.

Scheduled for 3:40 p.m. Friday are Garfield at West Seattle and Chief Sealth at Rainier Beach.

Ballard hosts Lincoln of Seattle at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Golf

Chief Sealth is at Franklin for 3:30 p.m. action Wednesday as West Seattle visits O'Dea and Holy Names.

The Mount Rainier girls play Federal Way at 3 p.m. Thursday at Riverbend as the boys play each other at North Shore.

For Kennedy Catholic the boys host Decatur at Glen Acres and the girls play the Gators at Twin Lakes.

Ballard plays in the Metro League's Mountain Division All-Comers tournament at 8 a.m. Monday at Jackson Park.

Chief Sealth and West Seattle compete in the Sound Division All-Comers tournament at the same time Tuesday on the Jefferson course.

Mount Rainier is home at Riverbend playing Kentridge at 3 p.m. Tuesday and Kennedy Catholic home at Glen Acres against Federal Way on the girls side.

On the boys side, Mount Rainier is at Kentridge and JFK at Federal Way at North Shore.

 

Girls swimming

Kennedy Catholic travels to Kentridge for a 3:15 p.m. Thursday meet and Mount Rainier hosts Kentwood at 3:30 p.m.

 

Slowpitch

Chief Sealth hosts Nathan Hale for a 4 p.m. twin bill next Tuesday.

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Pros

Mariners

Seattle rolls into its regular season Thursday, hosting the San Francisco Giants for a 7:10 p.m. game at T-Mobile Park.

The Giants stay in town for another 7:10 p.m. game Friday and for a 6:10 p.m. contest Saturday.

Chicago's White Sox fly here for 7:10 p.m. games Monday and Tuesday and for 1:10 p.m. action Wednesday.

ROOT Sports will televise all of the games and will come on at 6 p.m. Thursday to show Opening Night festivities.

 

Seawolves

Seattle is off until Saturday, April 10 when it visits Utah for 6 p.m. Major League Rugby action on ROOT Sports.

 

Thunderbirds

Seattle hosts the Everett Silvertips for a 6:05 p.m. Wednesday Western Hockey League match at the Showare Center in Kent.

The T-Birds turn around to visit the Silvertips at 7:05 p.m. Friday.

They go to Spokane for 5:10 p.m. Sunday action and to the Tri-Cities at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Colleges

Bulldog men's hoop

Gonzaga was an 83-65 winner over Creighton in a Sweet 16 round game of the NCAA men's basketball tournament Sunday.

Drew Timme led with 22 points and Andrew Nembhard added 17 and led with eight assists.  Joel Ayayi scored 13 and led with eight rebounds.

The Zags play USC at 4:15 p.m. this Tuesday in an Elite Eight game on TBS.

 

Husky volleyball

Washington visits California for a 6 p.m. Thursday match and a 1 p.m. Saturday match.

 

Husky men's soccer

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

 

Husky women's soccer

The UW visits USC at 6 p.m. Friday and drops in on UCLA at 2 p.m. Sunday.

 

Husky fastpitch

Washington entertains California at 5 p.m. Thursday ahead of a 1 p.m. Friday twin bill and a noon Saturday contest.

 

Husky baseball

The Huskies visit UCLA at 5 p.m. Thursday, 2 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday.

 

Cougar baseball

Washington State is home against Stanford at 4 p.m. Thursday, 5 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday.

 

Redhawk baseball

Seattle University goes to Northern Colorado for a 1 p.m. Thursday game, an 11 a.m. Friday twin bill and an 11 a.m. Saturday game.

 

Redhawk men's soccer

Seattle University visits California Baptist at 2 p.m. Wednesday before hosting Grand Canyon at 7 p.m. Monday.