By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

 

High schools

Boys basketball

Foster opens its season with a 2 p.m. Saturday home game against Franklin before dropping in on Cleveland at 7:15 p.m. Monday.

At 7:15 p.m. Tuesday it will be O'Dea at Chief Sealth, Ingraham at West Seattle and Ballard at Rainier Beach.

 

Girls basketball

Foster is at Cleveland for a 5:45 p.m. opener Monday.

Highline opens at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at home against Lincoln of Seattle.

 

Pros

Seahawks

Seattle makes a Monday Night Football appearance this week, visiting Washington D.C. for a 5:15 p.m. game on Channel 7 and ESPN television.

 

Kraken

Seattle hosts Carolina for 7 p.m. National Hockey League action Wednesday before visiting Tampa Bay at 4 p.m. Friday, Florida at 3 p.m. Saturday and Buffalo at 4 p.m. Monday.

All four games can be seen on ROOT Sports.

 

Thunderbirds

The Kamloops Blazers come to the Showare Center in Kent to play Seattle's Western Hockey League team at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday and the Tri-City Americans invade at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

 

Colleges

Apple Cup

It's Apple Cup time in the state of Washington.

The University of Washington football team will host cross state rival Washington State University for the annual clash at 5 p.m. Friday.

Fox Sports 1 will televise Friday's action live.

 

Husky men's soccer

Mount Rainier graduate Christian Soto and the UW advance to the NCAA Sweet 16 this coming Saturday, hosting Indiana for a 5 p.m. match.

The Huskies were 3-0 winners over Portland this past Sunday.

 

Husky volleyball

Washington hosts Washington State at 1p.m. Saturday on Pac-12WA.

 

Husky men's basketball

Washington plays Nevada at 4 p.m. Wednesday at a tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D. with ESPN+ showing the game live.

 

Husky women's basketball

The UW visits the Bahamas for action this week, playing VCU at noon Thursday and North Carolina at 9 a.m. Saturday.

 

Cougar men's basketball

Washington State hosts Eastern Washington for a 4:30 p.m. game on Saturday that can be seen on Pac-12WA.

 

Cougar women's basketball

WSU plays Miami at 1p.m. Thursday in the Bahamas and North Carolina State there at 3 p.m. Saturday.

 

Bulldog men's basketball

Gonzaga plays Duke at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Las Vegas.

ESPN will televise the game live.

 

Bulldog women's basketball

Gonzaga goes to Hawaii to play Utah at 2 p.m. Friday, Eastern Illinois at 2 p.m. Saturday and Hawaii at 4:30 p.m. Sunday with Sunday's action on ESPN+.

 

Redhawk men's basketball

Seattle University hosts St. Thomas for a 7 p.m. Saturday game on ESPN+.

 

Redhawk women's basketball

Seattle is in Las Vegas playing SMU at 6 p.m. Thursday and UTEP at the same time Friday.

 

Falcon men's basketball

Seattle Pacific University entertains Point Loma at 7 p.m. Saturday.

 

Falcon women's basketball

Metro State visits SPU at 2 p.m. Friday and Westminster College comes at 2 p.m. Saturday.