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The Zone 5/23/18

We continue our interviews with Ski to Sea leg chairs, talking to Don Hale from the Canoe Leg and John Burley from the Cyclocross Bike Leg.
Sporting News
Four Whatcom County high school softball teams are off to the state tournament Friday and we hear from the coaches… Ron Lepper from Mt. Baker, Mitch Moorlag from Lynden Christian, Jim Emerson from Sehome and Steve Peterson from Lynden.
Big Dumb Game

The Zone 5/22/18

We continue our Ski to Sea leg previews talking to downhill running leg chair Mark Lee and road bike leg chair Ryan Rickerts.
Sporting News
Tessa joins us for Friday Funday Songs on Tuesday, celebrating the sunny weather.
Trivia Tuesday with prizes from our sponsor Westside Pizza.

The Zone 5/21/18

We begin our Ski-to-Sea race leg previews with Aaron Thorpe chair of the cross country ski leg…and Kurt Helin from NBC Sports joins us with updates on the NBA’s Western and Eastern Conference Finals.
Sporting News
Andy Hatfield chair of the downhill ski leg for Ski-to-Sea tells us about his leg.
Big Dumb Game

The Zone 5/18/18

The Sehome and Meridian basbeall teams are both playing in the regional round of the state playoffs this weekend as we catch up with Mariner coach Monte Monte Walton and Trojan coach Steve Slesk.
Sporting News
Joe Withee from Emerald Downs joins us to look ahead to the Preakness Stakes Saturday.
Big Dumb Game

The Zone 5/17/18

Former WWU Quarterback Jason Stiles, a longtime friend of The Zone, joins us to look ahead to his entry into the Western Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday.  And we finally get our chance to talk to Olympic skier and Western student Breezy Johnson.
Sporting News
It’s the return of Good Question!
Big Dumb Game

The Zone 5/15/18

Former Sehome Mariner and Central Washington University defensive end Bo Banner joins Mark to talk about joining the CFL.  Ace producer Tessa McLeod joins the Zone to introduce herself. 
Sporting News O’ The Day includes Robinson Cano’s 80 day suspension.  
Trivia Tuesday with prizes from our sponsor Westside Pizza

The Zone 5/7/18

Mark covers the Kentucky Derby victory of Justify, then we have interviews with two new Whatcom County coaches. Ray Ootsey is the new Squalicum girls basketball coach and Brett Farrar takes over the Blaine Borderites boys squad.

The Zone 5/4/18

New Sehome High School girls basketball coach Anye Turner joins us to talk about his new job…and Joe Withee from…

The Zone 5/3/18

The Bellingham Bells play in the West Coast League and the new Commissioner  of the W-C-L Rob Neyer joins us…Mariner pitcher James Paxton struck out 16 in 7 innings last night but the bullpen blew his lead.  Mark doesn’t sound like he’s over it.
Sporting News
Big Dumb Game

The Zone 5/2/18

Comedian Nick Swardson is coming to the Mt. Baker Theater Saturday, and he joins us on the show… and producer Tessa comes in to talk to Mark about Bret Michaels coming to Lynden and mention Mark’s picture with Bret up on the KPUG Facebook page.
Sporting News
Big Dumb Game

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