By WILLIAM WILKERSON

SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM

Looking ahead at this week’s boys and girls high school sports action:

Boys basketball

Showtime! For Fossil Ridge and Western Hills, it doesn’t get much bigger than Tuesday. Both teams took care of business Friday to keep the showdown intact: Western Hills (20-6, 10-1 District 6-4A) at Fossil Ridge (24-4, 12-0), 7:30 p.m. “It’s a big one, its for the district championship probably,” Western Hills coach Jim Wall said. With Azle a distant third place at 7-5, the winner will have a leg up on the district crown. Fossil Ridge can virtually wrap things up with a win since it defeated the Cougars 57-52 on Dec. 21. Both teams are 10-1 since. Fossil Ridge will have three games left afterwards, with those opponents all under .500 for the year. Of Western Hills’ four remaining games, only Azle (13-10) is over .500.

Summit could be on its way. As it stands, Mansfield Summit sits alone in the fourth and final playoff spot in District 4-5A with a 7-4 record. After this week, the Jaguars are going to have a much better understanding if there will be basketball to play after the regular season ends Feb. 12 at Granbury. Summit faces North Crowley (27-1, 12-0) on Tuesday and second-place Mansfield Timberview (9-3) on Friday. Summit played North Crowley to a six-point game earlier and lost to Timberview by only two on Jan. 2. Couple those games with a game at third-place Weatherford Feb. 5 and you could say Summit has something to play for. Don’t you think?

What a mess. District 7-5A is about as dysfunctional as a Jerry Springer show. Dallas Jesuit and South Grand Prairie are leading at 7-2, but Hurst L.D. Bell and Irving are right behind at 6-3. Euless Trinity (11-14, 4-5) has the most to gain this week. Currently in fifth, the Trojans host Irving on Tuesday and go to South Grand Prairie on Friday.

Just go to Wilkerson-Greines on Tuesday. Just do it. At 6 p.m., District 7-4A leading Fort Worth Southwest (10-2) faces second-place FW Eastern Hills (9-2). Right after, third-place FW Dunbar (8-3) battles fourth-place FW Polytechnic (8-4). Remember only three teams from each 4A district go to the playoffs.

Other key games to watch:

Cleburne, second in 8-4A at 8-1, goes to undefeated Crowley (9-0) at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

FW Wyatt (7-4 in 7-4A) vs. FW Eastern Hills at Wilkerson-Greines at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Wyatt beat second-place Eastern Hills by seven on Jan. 3.

Girls basketball

Takes two to tango. Timberview (12-1 in District 4-5A) and Mansfield Summit (12-1) are heading for a potential “district championship” game Friday if both teams take care of business Tuesday. No. 2 in 5A by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, Timberview has the tougher test vs. Mansfield (9-4). No. 13 Summit faces North Crowley (6-8). Timberview defeated Summit 56-50 on Jan. 2 with Keena May’s 17 points.

Seguin trying to hold on. At 23-8 and 8-1 in District 15-4A, Arlington Seguin is one game up in the loss column on Lancaster with three games left. The teams split the season series. Seguin faces Ennis on Tuesday and Corsicana on Friday before wrapping up the regular season at Red Oak on Feb. 5. Lancaster has two games left.

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