A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Baseball

Decatur hosts Kent-Meridian for a 4 p.m. Friday game as Thomas Jefferson entertains Kentridge at Brannan Park in Auburn.  Todd Beamer heads north to Des Moines to play Mount Rainier at the same time.

Decatur heads down to Auburn for 7 p.m. Tuesday action and visits Auburn Mountainview at the same time Wednesday.

Thomas Jefferson drops in on Mount Rainier at 4 p.m. next Thursday with Federal Way playing Kentlake on the Kent-Meridian diamond at 7 p.m.

Fastpitch softball

Federal Way gets a visit from Thomas Jefferson at 4 p.m. Friday as Decatur goes on the road to Parkland to play Franklin Pierce.

Decatur is at Auburn-Riverside playing the Yelm Tornadoes in 12:15 p.m. Saturday action.

Federal Way plays Peninsula of Purdy in a 4 p.m. Monday home game and Decatur entertains the same team at 4 p.m. Tuesday as Todd Beamer goes across town to Federal Way.

Thomas Jefferson is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. visit to Todd Beamer next Wednesday and Decatur hosts Fife at 4 p.m. Thursday as Federal Way entertains Mount Rainier.

Boys soccer

Federal Way plays a 4 p.m. Friday home game against Auburn and Todd Beamer entertains Kennedy Catholic for a 5 p.m. match.

Decatur heads to Kentlake and Thomas Jefferson to Maple Valley to take on Tahoma at 7 p.m.

Federal Way goes south to Sumner at 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday's schedule includes TJ being home on the Federal Way pitch battling Kennedy Catholic at 4:30 p.m.

At 5 p.m. Tuesday it will be Auburn Riverside at Decatur and Kentwood at Todd Beamer, with Federal Way waiting until 7:30 p.m. to play Kent-Meridian at the Royals' adjacent French Field.

 Girls tennis

Thomas Jefferson visits Federal Way for a 3:30 p.m. match this Friday as Decatur meets Todd Beamer at Saghalie Middle School.

Decatur is at TJ and Todd Beamer at Federal Way at the same time Tuesday and next Thursday's schedule has Decatur at home playing Auburn at 3:30 p.m. as TJ goes to Auburn Riverside, Federal Way to Kentridge and Todd Beamer to Auburn Mountainview.

Track and field

Todd Beamer faces a 3:30 p.m. home meet against Auburn next Wednesday as Decatur hits the road to Mount Rainier.

Federal Way visits Auburn Riverside at the same time next Thursday.

Pros

Kraken

Seattle entertains Edmonton for a 1 p.m. Saturday clash at the Climate Pledge Arena before visiting the Dallas Stars at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and the Nashville Predators at 5 p.m. Thursday.

All three National Hockey League games can be seen on ROOT Sports Northwest cable television.

Sounders

Seattle's Major League Soccer team hosts Los Angeles FC for 1 p.m. Saturday action at Lumen Field.

The match will be televised on Channel 13 and Apple TV+.

Mariners

Seattle is still in Arizona for spring training action, paying a 6:40 p.m. Friday visit to San Diego at the same Peoria Stadium in calls home before dropping in on Cleveland at 6:05 p.m. Saturday and on Texas at 1:05 p.m. Sunday in a split squad game.

The rest of the Mariners are at home in Peoria taking on the Chicago White Sox at 1:10 p.m. Sunday on ROOT Sports.

Seattle hosts the Milwaukee Brewers at 1:10 p.m. Monday and has Tuesday off before hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday.

The Mariners visit the Cincinnati Reds at 6:05 p.m. next Thursday.

Thunderbirds

Seattle gets a 7:05 p.m. Friday visit from the Portland Winterhawks at the Showare Center in Kent before going to Portland to play them again at 6 p.m. Saturday on Fox 13+.

The Kamloops Blazers come to Kent at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.

Stars

Tacoma's indoor soccer team also calls the Showare Center in Kent home and will be there playing the Mesquite Outlaws at 7:05 p.m. Saturday and 5:05 p.m. Sunday.

Colleges

Cougar women

Washington State University opens NCAA women's basketball tournament action Saturday, battling Florida Gulf Coast at 11:30 a.m. in Pennsylvania on ESPNU.

Bulldog men

Gonzaga University begins what it hopes will be another long march through the NCAA tournament this Friday, facing Grand Canyon University in a game played in Denver at 4:35 p.m. on truTV.

Bulldog women

The Gonzaga women open their NCAA tournament with a 7 p.m. Friday game against Mississippi in California.

ESPNU will broadcast the action live.

Husky baseball

Washington hosts Rhode Island at 6:05 p.m. Friday, 2:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:05 p.m. Sunday before getting a visit from Tulane at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday.

Husky fastpitch softball

Washington is at UCLA playing the Bruins at 5 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday on Pac-12 networks.