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The Zone 3/26/18

Mark admits he only caught some of this weekend’s Sweet 16 action but hits the highlights as we get down to the Final Four.

The Zone 3/23/18

Mark has comments from all eight coaches in action tonight in the Sweet 16, and we break out our Friday Funday songs, recognizing the Gonzaga Bulldogs season-ending loss. After that, Sporting News and Big Dumb Game. 

The Zone 3/22/18

With so much change on the Seahawk roster of late Gregg Bell from the News Tribune of Tacoma joins us to run it down.
Sporting News
Big Dumb Game

The Zone 3/21/18

Mark gives us the schedule with start times for the Sweet 16 tomorrow night… and we’re joined by the Gonzaga play-by-play guy Tom Hudson looking ahead to the weekend.

The Zone 3/20/18

Coach Mark Collins of the Bellingham Blazers hockey team joins us to look back at their first-round playoff win and second round match-up against South Lake Tahoe. Then we have prizes on the line from Westside Pizza with Trivia Tuesday. We finish with the Sporting news and producer Tessa McLeod in the studio with a message for Zone fans.

The Zone 3/19/18

Mark starts off trying not to cry about losing both teams in his title game in his bracket (Arizona and Michigan State), and we are joined by Percy Allen from the Seattle Times to look ahead to the Washington Huskies visiting St. Mary’s in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament tonight. After that, Sporting News and Big Dumb Game.

The Zone 3/14/18

It’s a short show today as Mark talks a little NCAA First Four and Huskies in the NIT as we take it up to the start of NCAA coverage.

The Zone 3/13/18

Mark thanks everyone for the support during the Prep State Tournament, and we fill our abbreviated edition of The Zone with sporting news.

The Zone 3/12/18

Mark is back and gives his annual speech on loving the State Tournament and his week off last week, and takes a preliminary look at the NCAA bracket, after that Sporting News and Big Dumb Game.

The Zone 2/26/18

With seven Whatcom County teams off to the State Tournament this week we hear from six of the coaches with Mark’s State preview. Then its the Sporting News and Big Dumb Game.

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