Sports Highlights: February 19-March 5

Several local teams survived the first week of the CIF Southern Section Ford winter sports playoffs. On Tuesday, Feb. 19, Dos Pueblos hosts No. 4 seed Elsinore in the second round of Division 2A boys basketball, while San Marcos travels to No. 3 seed Corona Del Mar in the 3AA quarterfinals.

Santa Barbara High is two games away from the Division 1 girls water polo title. The top-ranked Dons will face Newport Harbor in the semifinals on Wednesday. Second-ranked Foothill, which held off San Marcos 13-5 in the quarterfinals, will take on Corona Del Mar in the other semi. Both games, as well as Saturday’s final, will take place in Irvine.

Playoff teams at home Wednesday include Santa Barbara in Division 1 boys soccer and Providence Hall’s Division 6 girls basketball team, which plays at Westmont College. Santa Barbara plays at Atascadero in a 3AA quarterfinal.

College baseball is under way. UCSB and nationally ranked UCLA were scheduled to meet Tuesday in the Gauchos’ home opener, but because of the forecast of rain, the game has been rescheduled to February 26. The Gauchos, who took two out of three at Fresno State over the weekend, will host San Francisco in a four-game series starting Friday.

The two-time defending Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy will face the Colorado Rapids in a preseason match at UCSB’s Harder Stadium on Friday night, Feb. 22. The Rapids reserves will play UCSB’s men in a preliminary match. It’s the second night of MLS action at UCSB’s “Soccer Heaven.” On Feb. 9, the Chicago Fire defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0, and UCSB played the Fire’s reserves to a 1-1 draw. Adult tickets to the soccer matches cost $12 while children’s tickets (ages 4-13) cost $8 through UCSBGauchos.com.

SCHEDULE OF GAMES

Tuesday, February 19

COLLEGE

Baseball – Menlo at Westmont (2), 11 a.m.; East L.A. at SBCC, 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball – Westmont at Concordia, 5:30 p.m.

Men’s basketball – Westmont at Concordia, 7:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL

Girls soccer – CIF playoffs: Arroyo at Cate, 3 p.m.

Boys basketball – CIF playoffs: Elsinore at Dos Pueblos, 7 p.m.; San Marcos at Corona Del Mar, 7 p.m.; Providence Hall at Joshua Springs, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, February 20

COLLEGE

Men’s basketball – UCSB at UC Riverside, 7 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL

Boys soccer – Poly-Riverside at Santa Barbara, 5 p.m.; Carpinteria at Salesian; Cate at Banning; Bishop Diego at Lennox Academy.

Girls water polo – CIF semifinals: Santa Barbara vs. Newport Harbor at William Wollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, 6:45 p.m.

Girls basketball – CIF quarterfinals: Providence Hall vs. Joshua Springs at Westmont College, 7 p.m.; Santa Barbara at Atascadero, 7 p.m.

Thursday, February 21

COLLEGE

Baseball – East L.A. at SBCC, 2 p.m.; British Columbia at Westmont, 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball – Hawai‘i at UCSB, 7 p.m.

Friday, February 22

PRO/COLLEGE

Soccer – At UCSB’s Harder Stadium: Colorado Rapids reserves vs. UCSB, 5:30 p.m.; Colorado Rapids vs. L.A. Galaxy, 7:30 p.m.

COLLEGE

Baseball – San Francisco at UCSB, 2 p.m.; British Columbia at Westmont, 2 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL

Boys soccer – CIF quarterfinals.

Boys basketball – CIF quarterfinals: Dos Pueblos at Tesoro, 7 p.m.

Saturday, February 23

COLLEGE

Baseball – British Columbia at Westmont, 11 a.m.; San Francisco at UCSB (2), 12 p.m.; East L.A. at SBCC, 1 p.m.

Men’s basketball – Sacramento State at UCSB, 7 p.m.; Westmont at Biola, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball – Cal State Northridge at UCSB, 2 p.m.; Westmont at Biola, 5:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL

Girls water polo – CIF Division 1 Final at William Wollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine.

Girls basketball – CIF semifinals.

Sunday, February 24

COLLEGE

Baseball – San Francisco at UCSB, 1 p.m.

Monday, February 25

SPORTS LUNCHEON

Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table, Harry’s Plaza Café, 12 p.m.

Tuesday, February 26

COLLEGE

Baseball – UCLA at UCSB, 2 p.m.; El Camino at SBCC, 2 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL

Boys soccer – CIF semifinals.

Boys basketball – CIF semifinals.

Wednesday, February 27

COLLEGE

Women’s basketball – Southern California Community College Regionals, first round.

Thursday, February 28

COLLEGE

Women’s basketball – UCSB at Cal State Fullerton, 5:30 p.m.

Men’s basketball – GSAC Tournament first round at Westmont, 7:30 p.m.; UCSB at Hawaii, 9 p.m.

Friday, March 1

COLLEGE

Baseball – San Jose State at UCSB, 2 p.m.

Men’s volleyball – El Camino at SBCC, 6 p.m.

Women’s basketball – GSAC semifinal at Westmont, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 2

COLLEGE

Baseball – San Jose State at UCSB, 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball – UCSB at UC Riverside, 1 p.m.

Men’s basketball – GSAC semifinals, TBA.; UCSB at Cal State Northridge, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, March 3

COLLEGE

Baseball – San Jose State at UCSB, 1 p.m.

Monday, March 4

SPORTS LUNCHEON

Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table, Harry’s Plaza Café, 12 p.m.

COLLEGE

Baseball – St. Mary’s at UCSB, 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball – GSAC Tournament championship at Concordia, Irvine, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5

COLLEGE

Men’s basketball – GSAC Tournament championship at Concordia, Irvine, 8 p.m.

FUND-RAISERS

Monday, March 11 – SBCC Golf Classic, La Cumbre Country Club. Four-person scramble. Information hotline: 805-730-4076.

Friday-Saturday, March 15-16 – March Madness 24-Hour Donny Yee 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, Downtown Boys & Girls Club. Information: Kim Kjar, 805-962-2382 ext. 30.

RUNNING, WALKING, CYCLING

Information for most events: sbrunning.org.

FEBRUARY: 24 – Roses en la Playa 5K, Leadbetter Beach.

MARCH: 3 – Peabody School 5K/10K. 9 – Orchard to Ocean 5K/10K/mile, Carpinteria Main School. . . Solvang Century, 100- and 50-mile bike rides. bikescor.com 16 – Barbara Ireland 10-Mile Walk/Run for the Cure of Breast Cancer, Chase Palm Park. 30 – Kendra’s Sprint Triathlon, UCSB Campus Point.

APRIL: 6 – Are You Tough Enough? 100K Run and Relay, Toro Canyon to Nojoqui Falls. 20 – Chardonnay 10 Miler/5K, Leadbetter Beach. 27 – Gaucho Gallop, 1K dog dash, 5K run/walk, 10K run, UCSB Harder Stadium. 28 – 5K/10K Walk/Run for Mental Wellness, Lower Manning Park. mentalwellnesscenter.org.

MAY: 11 – Wine Country Half Marathon, Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez. runsantaynez.com. 18 – Arthritis Walk, 1 or 3 miles, SBCC West Campus. ccarthritiswalk.org.

JUNE: 3 – Platinum Performance State Street Mile, Pedregosa and State Street. 8 – Vicki’s 3,000 meters, Westmont College.

JULY: 4 – Semana Nautica 15K, San Marcos High.