The Zone 6/1/18

The Washington Husky softball team plays #1-ranked Oregon today in the winner’s bracket at the Women’s College World Series. We hold a little Husky Pep Rally complete with music from the Husky band. And we let fly with our Friday Funday Songs with a “Stuck in my head” theme.
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The Zone – 5/31/18

Mark takes a moment to enjoy the win by the Husky softball team at the Women’s College World Series and hopes they beat the heck out of Oregon Friday… and we’re joined by the Bellingham Bells coach Bob Miller to look ahead to the season opener in Kelowna Friday night.
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Sekou Smith from NBA.com comes on to preview Game One of the Finals tonight.
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The Zone – 5/30/18

It’s Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final tonight and we preview it with Greg Wyshynski from ESPN.
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The Zone 5/29/18

T.J. Cotterill from the News Tribune of Tacoma joins us to talk about the Mariners winning nine of the last ten.
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Trivia Tuesday with prizes from our sponsor Westside Pizza.

The Zone 5/25/18

Gregg Bell from the News Tribune of Tacoma joins us to re-cap week #1 of organized team activities… and we wrap-up our Ski to Sea leg chair interview with Peter Marcus of the Kayak leg.
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It’s our Friday Funday Songs with a Ski to Sea party theme
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Andy Hatfield chair of the downhill ski leg for Ski-to-Sea tells us about his leg.
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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.
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Joe Withee from Emerald Downs joins us to look ahead to the Preakness Stakes Saturday.
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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.
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It’s the return of Good Question!
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