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2/12 Local Sports Cancelations & Changes
February 12, 2019
Here we go again. The 4th blast of snow in the last 9 days has hit the state of Washington causing more school closures and schedule changes for Whatcom County and beyond. Here's your update for Tuesday, February 12th. Check back for updates throughout the day.
Prep Basketball
In the 1B classification, the Lummi Nation School is closed today. The girls basketball team was scheduled to host Tacoma Baptist tonight in the tri-district tournament. That play-in game has been postponed to Wednesday at 6:00pm.
The boys are scheduled to play at home Wednesday versus either Fellowship Christian or Evergreen Lutheran at 6:00pm. Currently there have been no announcements regarding a status change for that contest.
In the 1A classification, district games scheduled to be played at Mount Vernon Christian High School and Mount Vernon High School tonight have been rescheduled to Wednesday. The 3 local schools, Lynden Christian, Meridian & Nooksack Valley, involved are all closed today.
Girls 2/13
Nooksack Valley vs. Kings at Mt. Vernon Christian High School 7:30pm
Lynden Christian vs. Meridian at Mt. Vernon High School 8:00pm
Boys - 2/13
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 Wednesday, February 12th, weather permitting. Here is the schedule for the games involving Whatcom County teams:
Girls - 2/13
Cedarcest at Lynden 5:00pm
Bellingham at Archbishop Murphy 6:00pm
Boys 2-13
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 Wednesday 2/13. That tip-off is scheduled for 6:00pm. The Squalicum at Arlington boys game is now scheduled for Wednesday at 5:00pm.
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 scheduled Great Northwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball game on Tuesday evening between Western Washington University and Simon Fraser University has been postponed due to the inclement weather in Bellingham and Burnaby, BC.
The game was scheduled for a 7 pm tip-off in West Gym on the SFU campus, but both schools canceled classes and university services on Tuesday due to the heavy accumulation of snow and adverse weather conditions in the area. The decision was made early Tuesday morning after a conference call with officials from both schools and the league office with student-athlete and fan safety the main concern.
Officials from both schools and the GNAC have confirmed the game will now be played during the final week of the 2018-19 regular season on Tuesday, February 26 at 7 pm on the Simon Fraser University campus in West Gym.
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 the Bellingham Sportsplex has been postponed by a week. The semi-finals will now be played on 2/16 and the finals on 2/23.
We will continue to update this list as more information comes in.
- Doug Lange
