A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Boys basketball

Decatur hosts Kent-Meridian for a 7 p.m. Friday game as Thomas Jefferson travels to Buckley to play White River and Todd Beamer goes to Kentlake.

Federal Way visits Mount Rainier at 7 p.m. Monday and Decatur travels to Highline at 5 p.m. with TJ dropping in on Juanita at 6:30 p.m.

Girls basketball

Todd Beamer entertains Tumwater for 7 p.m. Thursday action and Kentlake visits the Titans at the same time Friday.

Thomas Jefferson will be at home facing White River at 7 p.m. Friday.

Decatur plays a 7 p.m. Monday home game against Spanaway Lake.

Pros

Seahawks

First place in the National Football Conference West Division will be on the line as Seattle hosts the Los Angeles Rams for a 5:15 p.m. Thursday game at Lumen Field.

Kraken

Seattle drops in on the Calgary Flames at 6 p.m. Thursday and visits the San Jose Sharks at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Kraken go on down to the Los Angeles area to play the Anaheim Ducks at 7 p.m. Monday and the Los Angeles Kings at the same time Tuesday.

Thunderbirds

Seattle hosts the Kamloops Blazers for 7:05 p.m. junior hockey action Friday at the accesso Showare Center in Kent.

Stars

Tacoma's indoor soccer team will be holding down the fort at the accesso Showare Center in Kent playing the Empire Strykers at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

Colleges

Cougar football

Washington State takes on Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at 11 a.m. Monday on the Boise State field.

Husky men's basketball

Washington pays an 8:30 p.m. Friday visit to Seattle University before hosting San Diego at 7 p.m. Monday.

Cougar men's basketball

Mercer visits Washington State at 2 p.m. Saturday in Pullman.

Husky women's basketball

Washington goes to Palo Alto, Calif. to play Stanford at 7 p.m. Friday.

Cougar women's basketball

Washington State visits Penn for an 8 p.m. Friday contest.

Redhawk men's basketball

After hosting the Huskies at 8:30 p.m. Friday the Seattle University team travels to UTSA for a noon Monday game.

Falcon men's basketball

Seattle Pacific plays host to Douglas College at 6 p.m. Friday.

Falcon women's basketball

SPU plays Colorado Mesa at 4 p.m. Friday in Nampa, Idaho and stays in town to take on Westminster at the same time Saturday.