By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

 

High schools

Boys basketball

Highline waits until 4:45 p.m. Thursday to enter postseason play, taking on Evergreen or Lindbergh at Renton High School.

The winner takes fourth place in the Kingco League 2A tournament and the loser is out.

Mount Rainier opens the District 3/4 4A tournament with a 6 p.m. Saturday loser-out game at home against Emerald Ridge of Puyallup.

 

Girls basketball

Mount Rainier battles Bethel in a 7 p.m. Friday home game to begin District 3/4 girls action.

The winner advances in the tournament and the loser is out.

 

Gymnastics

West Seattle High School hosts the Metro League meet starting at 4 p.m. Friday.

 

Boys swimming

The Metro League swimming and diving competitions are being held Friday and Saturday at the Snohomish Aquatic Center.

Diving preliminaries start at 10:45 a.m. Friday and swimming preliminaries begin at 4 p.m.

Finals for swimming and diving will take place in the same meet starting at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

 

Pros

Kraken

Seattle visits New Jersey for 4 p.m. Thursday action before going over to New York to battle the Rangers at 4 p.m. Saturday.

The Kraken travels to Philadelphia for a 10 a.m. Sunday game before stopping by Winnipeg to play at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The four matches can be seen on ROOT Sports Northwest.

 

Seawolves

Seattle's Major League Rugby squad opens its preseason at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when it hosts the Seattle Rugby Club at the Starfire complex in Tukwila

 

Thunderbirds

Red Deer trots into town to take on Seattle at 7:05 p.m. Friday at the Showare Center in Kent.

The Thunderbirds visit Portland at 6 p.m. Saturday on Fox 1 before hosting the Tri-City team at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Stars

Tacoma hosts the San Diego Sockers for 7:05 p.m. Saturday indoor soccer action at the Showare Center in Kent.

 

Colleges

Husky vs. Cougar men

Washington visits Washington State at 7:30 p.m Saturday on the Pac-12 network.

 

Husky women

The UW is at Utah at 6 p.m. Friday before dropping by Colorado at 11 a.m. Sunday with both games on Pac-12WA.

 

Cougar women

Washington State visits Colorado at 6 p.m. Friday and Utah at 11 a.m. Sunday on Pac-12MTN.

 

Bulldog men

Gonzaga hosts San Francisco at 6 p.m. Thursday and Brigham Young at 7 p.m. Saturday with both games on ESPN2.

 

Bulldog women

Gonzaga entertains Portland at 1 p.m. Saturday on ROOT Sports.

 

Redhawk men

Seattle University hosts Utah Tech for a 7 p.m. Wednesday game before entertaining Grand canyon at 7 p.m. Saturday.

ESPN+ will show both.

 

Redhawk women

Tarleton State visit Seattle at 11 a.m. Thursday and UTA comes to town at 2 p.m. Saturday with both on ESPN+.

 

Falcon men

Seattle Pacific visits Saint Martin's at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Western Oregon at 4:15 p.m. Saturday.

 

Falcon women

SPU hosts Montana State Billings at 2 p.m. Saturday.