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Local Sports Cancelations & Changes
February 11, 2019
More snow means more school closures and schedule changes for Whatcom County athletes, coaches and fans. Here's what we know for Monday, February 11th.
Prep Basketball
All district playoff basketball games involving Whatcom County teams schedule for Monday, February 11th will not be played today. All games have been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 12th.
In the 1A classification games are scheduled to be played at Mount Vernon Christian High School and Mount Vernon High School.
Girls - 2/12
Nooksack Valley vs. Kings at Mt. Vernon Christian High School 7:30pm
Lynden Christian vs. Meridian at Mt. Vernon High School 8:00pm
Boys - 2/12
Cedar Park Christian vs. Meridian at Mt. Vernon Christian High School 6:00pm
Lynden Christian vs. Kings at Mt. Vernon High School 6:30pm
In the 2A, All the second round district playoff games have been rescheduled for Tuesday February 12th weather permitting. Here is the schedule for the games involving Whatcom County teams:
Girls - 2/12
Cedarcest at Lynden 5:00pm
Bellingham at Archbishop Murphy 6:00pm
Boys 2-12
Sehome at Mountlake Terrace 7:00pm
Bellingham at Lynden 7:00pm
In the 3A ranks, the Ferndale girls game at Snohomish has been moved to Tuesday 2/12. That tip-off is scheduled for 6:00pm. The Squalicum at Arlington boys game is now scheduled for Tuesday at 5:00pm.
The Lummi Nation boys and girls basketball teams are off to the 1B Tri-District tournament and were not scheduled to play today. The girls play host to Tacoma Baptist Tuesday at 6:00pm. The boys play at home Wednesday versus either Fellowship Christian or Evergreen Lutheran at 6:00pm.
Prep Wrestling
After the winter weather forced the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to cancel all of the regional wrestling tournaments this past weekend, the WIAA has released the schedule and brackets for a new 32-entry format for Mat Classic XXXI at the Tacoma Dome. Registration begins on Thursday with action scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Friday's schedule calls for the first session (3A, 2A. & 1B/2B) between 8:30am - 2:00pm. The second session (4A, 1A, & Girls) follows from 2:00pm - 8:00pm. On Saturday the third session (all classifications) between 9:45am - 2:00pm and wrapped up with the Championship Finals (all classifications) beginning at 5:00pm.
Prep Swimming & Diving
State swimming and diving is schedule to start Friday (2/15) at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. According to the News Tribune of Tacoma that event could be impacted depending on how long the snow storm lasts.
WWU
The Western Washington University men's basketball team is scheduled to head north on Tuesday. The Vikings will play at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. at 7:00pm. No changes to the schedule have been announced.
WCC
Whatcom Community College canceled both the men's women's home games versus Everett CC on Saturday 2/9. No rescheduled dates have been announced.
Bellingham United FC
Saturday's Washington Indoor Soccer League semifinal match between Bellingham United FC and Tacoma Narrows FC at 7:35pm at the Bellingham Sportsplex has been postponed by a week. The semi-finals will now be played on 2/16 and finals on 2/23.
We will continue to update this list as more information comes in.
- Doug Lange
