By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Football

Evergreen plays on Thursday this week, paying a 7 p.m. visit to Lindbergh at Renton Memorial.

Highline entertains Interlake at 7 p.m. Friday at Highline Memorial and West Seattle will be at home at the Southwest Athletic Complex playing Franklin.

Mount Rainier goes to Federal Way Memorial to play Todd Beamer at the same time with Chief Sealth visiting Lakeside at the Northwest Athletic Complex next to Ingraham.

Ballard battles Garfield in an 8 p.m. contest at Seattle Memorial.

Kennedy Catholic hosts Kentwood at 1 p.m. Saturday at Highline Memorial.

Girls soccer

Tyee plays Highline in a 7 p.m. Wednesday match at Highline Memorial as Evergreen entertains Renton on its own new field.

Chief Sealth goes to Eastside Catholic at 4 p.m. Thursday and West Seattle visits Rainier Beach at 4:30 p.m.

Mount Rainier goes to Federal Way Memorial to play Decatur at 5:30 p.m. and Kennedy Catholic hosts Federal Way at 6 p.m. at Starfire in Tukwila.

Ballard hosts Roosevelt at 7:30 p.m.

Highline gets a 7:30 p.m. visit from Renton next Monday and Tyee travels to Lindbergh at 7 p.m.

At 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday it will be Mount Rainier at Kentridge and Kennedy Catholic at Kentwood.

Volleyball

West Seattle is at home against Rainier Beach at 7 p.m. Wednesday as Chief Sealth hosts Garfield and Ballard travels to Roosevelt.

Evergreen entertains Renton at 7:30 p.m. as Tyee travels to Highline.

Kennedy Catholic plays host to Tahoma at 7:15 p.m. Thursday as Mount Rainier travels to Federal Way.

It's Foster at Evergreen at 7:30 p.m. Monday with Highline hosting Renton and Tyee going on the road to Lindbergh.

Mount Rainier is at Decatur at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday with Kennedy Catholic at Kentridge.

Cross country

Chief Sealth hosts Eastside Catholic at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday and at 4 p.m. Mount Rainier visits Federal Way at Celebration Park as Kennedy Catholic travels to Kentridge.

West Seattle is scheduled for a 3:40 p.m. Thursday home meet with Highline and Tyee going at it at 3:30 p.m. at North Seatac Park.

Ballard gets a 3:40 p.m. Tuesday visit from Blanchet.

Girls swimming

Kennedy Catholic hosts Mount Rainier at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the City of Tukwila pool.

Golf

West Seattle goes on the road to Cleveland for a 3:30 p.m. match Wednesday and the Kennedy Catholic boys host Tahoma at 3 p.m.

Mount Rainier hosts Decatur at 3 p.m. Thursday as the girls go to Decatur.

The Kennedy Catholic girls entertain Kentridge at the same time with the Lancers boys at Kentridge.

Ballard will be at home facing Nathan Hale at 3:30 p.m. Friday before traveling to Seattle Prep next Monday.

Chief Sealth plays at Cleveland at the same time Monday.

Mount Rainier's boys host Kennedy Catholic at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Riverbend with the two girls teams meeting at the same time at Glen Acres.

Slowpitch

Chief Sealth visits Cleveland for a 4 p.m. Thursday doubleheader.

Pros

Seawolves

Seattle's Tukwila-based Major League Rugby squad visits Los Angeles for a 5:30 p.m. Sunday match.

Thunderbirds

Seattle goes to Spokane to play the Chiefs in 5:10 p.m. Friday Western Hockey League action before hosting the Portland Winterhawks at 5:05 p.m. Saturday at the Showare Center in Kent.

Saturday's action can be seen on JOE TV.

Stars

Tacoma entertains the San Diego Sockers at 7:35 p.m. Saturday at the Showare Center in Kent as indoor soccer playoff action opens.

Mariners

Five more games remain on Seattle's spring training schedule before it hosts the San Francisco Giants in their regular season opener Thursday, April 1.

The Mariners host the Chicago Cubs for a 6:40 p.m. Wednesday game in Peoria, Ariz. before visiting the Oakland A's at 1:05 p.m. Thursday.

Seattle drops in on Chief Sealth graduate Keone Kela and the San Diego Padres at 6:40 p.m. Friday and hosts the Giants at the same time Saturday.

The M's visit the Cincinnati Reds at 12:05 p.m. Monday in their spring training finale.

Colleges

Bulldog men's hoop

It was Drew Timme day Monday as the No. 1-ranked Zags defeated Oklahoma by an 87-71 score in a second round game of the NCAA tournament.

Timme amassed 30 points and also led with 13 rebounds and four assists.

Corey Kispert hit 23 points and Anton Watson 17 to lead the way in a 98-55 rout of Norfolk State as the tournament opened Saturday.

Bulldog women

Gonzaga got bumped off by Belmont as the NCAA tournament opened Monday, 64-59.

Jill Townsend topped the Zags' scorers with 17 points.

Cougar women

Washington State also took an opening round loss, falling to South Florida by a 57-53 score Sunday.

Charlisse Leger-Walker led the Cougars with 18 points and Johanna Teder tallied 16.

Redhawk men's soccer

Seattle University hosts Utah Valley for 6 p.m. action Friday.

The Redhawks blew away Incarnate Word by a 7-1 margin Sunday with Noe Mesa scoring a hat trick.

Husky men's soccer

Washington visits Oregon State for 4 p.m. Wednesday action before going to San Diego State at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.