Sportswatch: Sporting events worth keeping an eye on
Wed, 02/09/2022
By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
High schools
Boys basketball
Highline hosts Sammamish for a 7 p.m. Kingco 2A tournament game Wednesday as Foster visits Renton.
The winners play for first and second place at 8:15 Friday at Renton and the losers for third and fourth at 5 p.m. Friday at Renton.
West Seattle goes to Garfield for 7 p.m. Metro League championship tournament play Wednesday.
The winner plays for first and second at 8 p.m. Friday at Seattle Pacific University and the loser for third and fourth at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Chief Sealth.
Ballard is still alive in the district qualifying tournament, playing Roosevelt in a 5:30 p.m. Wednesday game at O'Dea.
The winner plays at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Ingraham for the No. 7 and No. 8 district seeds and the loser is out.
Girls basketball
West Seattle plays a 5:30 p.m. Metro League championship tournament game at Garfield Wednesday.
The winner plays for first and second at 6 p.m. Friday at Seattle Pacific University and the loser for third and fourth at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Nathan Hale.
Foster, meanwhile, pays a 5:40 p.m. Wednesday visit to Renton and Tyee goes to Sammamish at 7 p.m.
Winners play for first and second at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Renton and the losers for third and fourth at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Renton.
Kennedy Catholic visits Kentlake at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a regular season game and Seattle Christian hosts Charles Wright at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Gymnastics
West Seattle entertains Ballard, Chief Sealth and the rest of the Metro League for championship action at 3 p.m. Friday.
Kentlake is hosting the North Puget Sound League meet involving Mount Rainier and Kennedy Catholic starting at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Sammamish is the site of Kingco competition starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with Tyee, Highline and Evergreen involved.
Pros
Kraken
Seattle hosts Arizona for 7 p.m. Wednesday action at the Climate Pledge Arena before visiting Anaheim at the same time Friday.
The Kraken comes home again to play Toronto at 6 p.m. Monday.
Wednesday and Monday action will be shown on ROOT Sports Northwest and Friday's on ESPN+ and Hulu.
Seawolves
Seattle's Major League Rugby team entertains Utah at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.
ROOT will broadcast the match live.
Thunderbirds
Seattle's minor league hockey team visits Victoria for 7:05 p.m. games Friday and Saturday.
Stars
The San Diego Sockers come to the Showare Center in Kent to play Tacoma at 7:35 p.m. Friday and 7:05 p.m. Saturday.
Colleges
Husky men's basketball
Washington hosts Arizona State at 8 p.m. Thursday on Fox Sports 1 and Arizona at 3 p.m. Saturday on the Pac-12 network.
Husky women's basketball
The UW gets a 7 p.m. Friday visit from USC and UCLA comes to town at noon Sunday.
Friday's game can be seen on Pac-12WA and Sunday's on Pac-12LA.
Cougar men's basketball
Washington State hosts Arizona at 6 p.m. Thursday on Fox Sports 1 and Arizona State at 7 p.m. Saturday on ESPNU.
The Cougars visit Oregon at 6 p.m. Monday on ESPNU.
Cougar women's basketball
WSU entertains Oregon at noon Wednesday, UCLA at 7 p.m. Friday and USC at noon Sunday.
Wednesday and Sunday action will be televised on the Pac-12 network and Friday's on Pac-12LA.
Bulldog men's basketball
Gonzaga University hosts Pacific at 6 p.m. Thursday and Saint Mary's at 7 p.m. Saturday.
CBS Sports will carry Thursday's game.
Bulldog women's basketball
Gonzaga visits Santa Clara at 6 p.m. Thursday before going to San Francisco for 2 p.m. Saturday action.
Redhawk men's basketball
Seattle University faces a 7 p.m. Thursday home game against Texas Rio Grande Valley and 1 p.m. Saturday home action against Lamar.
Both games can be seen on ESPN+.
Redhawk women's basketball
Seattle travels to Texas Rio Grande Valley for 5 p.m. Thursday action and to Lamar for a noon game Saturday with both on ESPN+.
Falcon men's basketball
Seattle Pacific hosts Montana State Billings for a 2 p.m. Saturday game at Royal Brougham Pavilion.
Falcon women's basketball
The Falcons entertain Western Oregon at 7 p.m. Thursday, Saint Martin's at 4:15 p.m. Saturday and Western Washington at 4 p.m. Tuesday.