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District basketball back at it Monday night

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The high school basketball playoffs resume Monday night with a pair of games on the radio. Our game on KPUG has the Lynden girls taking on Archbishop Murphy in the 2A winners bracket at Mount Vernon High School. It’s a 7:15 pre-game show and 7:30 tip-off on KPUG and KPUG1170.com. On AM790 KGMI the Meridian girls host University Prep in a loser-out game with a 6:45 pre-game show and 7:00 tip. That one can also be heard on KGMI.com.

Also on the Whatcom County schedule Monday night the Nooksack Valley boys visit Overlake in Redmond in a loser-out game at 7:00 and the Sehome girls take on Anacortes in a loser-out game at 7:30 at Mount Vernon Christian.

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