By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Boys basketball

Kennedy Catholic is hosting its annual Sterling Christmas Shootout this Thursday through Saturday, starting off with 7 p.m. Thursday action against Chief Sealth.

Mount Rainier, meanwhile, hosts Highline at 5 p.m. Friday.

West Seattle and Seattle Christian both go to Wilson of Tacoma for the T-Town Throwdown Thursday through Saturday with West Seattle meeting Redmond at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Evergreen goes to Spanaway Lake for a Friday and Saturday tournament.

Girls basketball

Kennedy Catholic hosts Auburn Mountainview for a 12:30 p.m. Friday game and Mount Rainier entertains Highline at 3:30 p.m. Friday.

West Seattle is also involved on the girls side of the T-Town Throwdown at Wilson of Tacoma Friday and Saturday.

Ballard is at Kentlake for a 7 p.m. Friday game and plays Newport there at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Tyee goes to Washington for 3 p.m. Monday action.

Pros

Seahawks

Marshawn Lynch and the Seattle Seahawks face a battle for the NFC West Championship when they host Richard Sherman and the San Francisco 49ers at 5:20 p.m. Sunday at CenturyLink Field.

Channel 5 will televise the action live.

Thunderbirds

Seattle hosts the Spokane Chiefs for a 7:35 p.m. Western Hockey League match at the accesso Showare Center in Kent this Friday before entertaining the Portland Winterhawks at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

The Thunderbirds visit Portland at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.

Stars

Tacoma's major indoor soccer squad is on the road this week, visiting St. Louis on Friday and Kansas City on Saturday.

Colleges

Cougar football

Washington State University is in Phoenix, Ariz. for the Cheez-It Bowl this week, playing Air Force at 7:15 p.m. Friday on ESPN.

Husky men's hoop

Washington is off until Thursday, Jan. 2 when it hosts UCLA at 7 p.m.

Husky-Cougar women's hoop

Washington goes to Pullman to play Washington State University at 2 p.m. Sunday on Pac-12WA.

Cougar men's hoop

WSU hosts Pine Bluff for a 5 p.m. Sunday game to be shown on the Pac-12 network.

Redhawk men's hoop

Seattle University visits St. Mary's for 5 p.m. Saturday action.

Redhawk women's hoop

Seattle is at Cal State Fullerton for a 2 p.m. Sunday game.

Bulldog men's hoop

Gonzaga gets a 6 p.m. Monday visit from Detroit Mercy on ROOT Sports.

Bulldog women's hoop

Portland comes to Spokane for a 1 p.m. Sunday game.