By Tim Clinton
Sports Editor

High schools

Boys basketball

Chief Sealth pays a 7:30 p.m. Friday visit to Lincoln of Seattle and Ballard drops in on Blanchet at 8 p.m.

Tyee journeys to Charles Wright at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Girls basketball

Ballard goes to Blanchet for 7 p.m. Friday action and Chief Sealth visits Rainier Beach at 7:30 p.m.

Tyee travels to Charles Wright at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Gymnastics

Mount Rainier hosts Kennedy Catholic and the rest of the North Puget Sound League's Class 4A division teams for a 1 p.m. Saturday meet.

Pros

Kraken

Seattle visits the Calgary Flames for 7 p.m. Saturday National Hockey League action before taking a two week All-Star break.

Thunderbirds

Seattle entertains the Spokane Chiefs for a 7:05 p.m. Western Hockey League game at the Showare Center in Kent and visits the Portland Winterhawks at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The Thunderbirds come home again to play the Kelowna Rockets at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.

Silvertips

Everett visits the Kamloops Blazers for 7 p.m. Friday action before going to Vancouver to play the Giants at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Stars

The Tacoma indoor soccer team will be home at the Showare Center in Kent battling the Milwaukee Wave at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Colleges

Husky men

Northwestern comes to the Alaska Airlines Arena to play Washington in a 7:30 p.m. Saturday basketball game before dropping in on Ohio State at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Husky women

The UW entertains Maryland at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Arena and visits Oregon at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Cougar men

Washington State plays Pepperdine in a 3 p.m. Saturday game in Pullman.

Cougar women

WSU goes to Gonzaga for 2 p.m. Saturday action before coming home to Pullman to take on Loyola Marymount at 6 p.m. next Thursday.