A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Boys basketball   

Federal Way took a 57-56 loss to Lincoln at Mount Tahoma on Tuesday to finish in a tie for third place in the District 3/4 Class 3A tournament and will advance to the Saturday, March 1 state regionals.

Todd Beamer, meanwhile, bowed out of the District 3/4 tournament with a narrow 60-59 loss to Timberline at home Tuesday.

Girls basketball

Decatur went down to a 62-49 defeat at the hands of the White River Hornets in the Mount Tahoma gymnasium Wednesday to finish in a tie for third place in a District 3/4 Class 3A tournament.

The Gators will not play again in the tournament after the semifinal loss and will advance directly into a Saturday, March 1 state regional game.

Boys swimming and diving

State boys diving action takes place at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way this Thursday.  The 2A competition starts at 8:30 a.m., the 3A at 1 p.m. and the 4A at 5:30 p.m.

The state swimming preliminaries get underway Friday.  The 1A/2A starts off the day at 8:45 a.m., followed by the 3A at 1:30 and the 4A at 6:15 p.m.

Finals for 1A/2A swimming start at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, followed by the 3A at 1:15 p.m. and the 4A at 6 p.m.

Wrestling

State Class 3A and 4A boys and girls action begins at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Tacoma Dome with finals starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Friday at 9 a.m. is 1B/2B, 1A and 2A boys and the 2A and 1B/2B/1A girls with those classification groups getting underway again at 9 a.m. Saturday.  Finals begin at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Gymnastics

Sammamish High School is the site of state action this year.

The Class 1A/2A/3A team and individual sessions start at 1 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. Thursday with individual finals at 10:45 a.m. Friday.

Class 4A team and individual sessions begin at 1:55 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. Friday with the individual finals starting at 10:45 a.m. Saturday.

Pro

Kraken

Seattle returns to action Saturday after a two week break, visiting Florida for a 3 p.m. game.

The Kraken go to Tampa Bay to play at the same time Sunday before stopping by in St. Louis at 5 p.m. Tuesday.VHG0

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Seattle entertains Charlotte at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Lumen Field and Antigua GFC comes to town at the same time Wednesday.

Mariners

Seattle opens spring training action Friday, paying a 12:10 p.m. visit to San Diego in Peoria, Arizona.

The Mariners travel to Tempe to play the Los Angeles Angels at the same time Saturday before returning to Peoria to take on Arizona on Sunday.

Seattle visits Milwaukee at the same time Monday and drops in on the Los Angeles Dodgers at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday.

The M's get a 12:10 p.m. Wednesday visit from the currently in Sacramento A's.

Thursday they split up to visit Texas at 12:05 p.m. and host San Francisco at 12:10 p.m.

Thunderbirds

Seattle pays a 7 p.m. Friday visit to the Wenatchee Wild before hosting Everett for 6:05 p.m. Saturday action at the Showare Center in Kent.

Silvertips

Everett entertains Portland at 7:05 p.m. Friday and visits Seattle at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Stars

Tacoma gets a 7:05 p.m. Friday visit and a 5:05 p.m. Sunday visit from the Baltimore Blast at the Showare Center in Kent.

Colleges

Husky men

Washington travels to Iowa to play the Hawkeyes at 1 p.m. Saturday before visiting Wisconsin at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Husky women

The UW visits Nebraska at noon Sunday and Minnesota at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Cougar men

Washington State plays host to Santa Clara at 3 p.m. Saturday in Pullman and San Diego visits at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Cougar women

St. Mary's comes to Pullman at 11 a.m. Saturday before the Cougars go to Pepperdine at 1 p.m. Thursday.