By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Baseball

West Seattle will battle Ballard for the Metro League Class 3A championship at 4 p.m. Saturday in Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center.

Chief Sealth, meanwhile, will be on the same field playing Nathan Hale for the District 2 Class 2A title at 7 p.m. Friday.

Kennedy Catholic plays Puyallup in a Class 4A District 3/4 semifinal scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday at Kent Memorial Park.

The winner plays for the championship at 7 p.m. on the same field.

Fastpitch softball

Evergreen hosts Sultan for a 4 p.m. Thursday Class 2A playoff game as Chief Sealth goes to Lindbergh and Foster to Cedarcrest.

Tyee travels to Cedar Park Christian at 6 p.m.

Mount Rainier waits until 3 p.m. Friday to play Skyview in a District 3/4 Class 4A tournament opener at the Kent Service Fields.

The Rams play again at 5:30 p.m. win or lose with the tournament running through Saturday.

Ballard battles Liberty for the District 2 Class 3A championship at 6 p.m. Friday at the Southwest Athletic Complex in White Center.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle hits the road to San Diego to play the Padres in 6:40 p.m. games Friday and Saturday and in 1:10 p.m. action Sunday before going to Chicago to take on the White Sox at 4:40 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday.

The Mariners open a four-game series in Houston with a 5:10 p.m. Thursday contest.

Sounders

Seattle visits the Portland Timbers for a 6:30 p.m. Saturday soccer match.

Storm

Seattle launches out into its new season Saturday with a 6 p.m. game in Phoenix before visiting Dallas at 5 p.m. Monday.

Reign

The Seattle women's soccer team travels to Louisville for a 4:30 p.m. Friday match.

Seawolves

Seattle entertains the San Diego Legion team for 6 p.m. Saturday action at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.

Rainiers

Tacoma is in Albuquerque for games at 5:35 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 12:35 p.m. Sunday.

The Rainiers move on to El Paso to play at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, 10:05 a.m. Wednesday and 5:35 p.m. Thursday.

Aquasox

Everett visits Vancouver for 1:05 p.m. games Friday, Saturday and Sunday before going to Hillsboro to take on the Hops at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and at 1:05 p.m. Thursday.