By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Football

Highline hosts Washougal  with a 7 p.m. Friday kickoff in the opening round of state Class 2A action.

Kennedy Catholic will take over Highline Memorial for its state 4A playoff Saturday, entertaining Richland at 4 p.m.

Kennedy is No. 4 state seed and Richland the No. 13 state seed.

Highline ranks No. 8 in 2A and Washougal No. 9.

Volleyball

Ballard visits Lake Washington for 5:30 p.m. Thursday district 3A play as West Seattle meets Mercer Island at Lakeside.

Kennedy Catholic goes to Curtis High School to face Olympia at 10 a.m. Friday as Mount Rainier travels to Curtis Junior High to battle Union.

Foster faces Washington at 11 a.m. at Franklin Pierce and Highline battles Franklin Pierce at 5 p.m.

Pros

Seahawks

Seattle will play the early bird role Sunday, taking on Tampa Bay in a 6:30 a.m. game in Munich, Germany.

Channel 7 will televise the action live along with the NFL network.

Kraken

Seattle hosts the Minnesota Wild at 7 p.m. Friday at the Climate Pledge Arena and entertains the Winnipeg Jets at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Friday's game can be seen on ESPN+ and Hulu and Sunday's will be broadcast on Root Sports Northwest.

Thunderbirds

Seattle visits Spokane at 7:05 p.m. Friday in Western Hockey League action before hosting the Calgary Hitmen at 6:05 p.m. Saturday at the Showare Center in Kent.

Colleges

Husky football

Washington pays a 4 p.m. visit to the Oregon Ducks Saturday in a game televised on Channel 13.

Cougar football

Washington State will be in Pullman playing Arizona State at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the Pac-12 network.

Husky men

Washington hosts North Florida at 8 p.m. Friday and Utah Tech at 7 p.m. Monday with both games broadcast on Pac-12 WA.

Husky women

The UW entertains UC Davis at 5 p.m. Friday.

Cougar men

Washington State University visits Boise State at 4 p.m. Saturday and drops in on Prairie View A&M at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Cougar women

The Cougars visit San Francisco at 1 p.m. Friday before hosting Prairie View at noon Sunday on the Pac-12 network.

Bulldog men

Gonzaga travels to San Diego to meet Michigan State at 3:30 p.m. Friday on ESPN.

Bulldog women

Gonzaga hosts Long Beach State at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Southern Utah at 4 p.m. Saturday. The Bulldogs visit Wyoming at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Redhawk men

Seattle University hosts Portland State at 8 p.m. Sunday on ESPN+.

Redhawk women

Seattle visits Oregon State at 6 p.m. Thursday and drops in on Oregon at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Falcon men

Seattle Pacific goes to Azusa Pacific to play Chico State at 5 p.m. Friday and stays there to play Cal Poly Pomona at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Husky volleyball

Washington travels to Arizona for 2 p.m. Friday action before going to Arizona State at noon Sunday.