Six Whatcom county high school basketball teams begin state tournament play this week.  Five of them will be at the Sundome in Yakima.  Those five don’t know their first-day opponents.

On Thursday the Lynden boys play at 10:30 AM.  They’ll take on the winner of Wednesday’s Anacortes-Columbia River game.

The Lynden Christian girls have the 12:15 game.  They’ll play the winner of Elma-Overlake.

The Meridian girls play at 2:00.  They’ll have the winner of Medical Lake and King’s.

The Lynden Christian boys will play at 5:30.  They’ll take on the winner of King’s and Deer Park.

The Lynden girls also play at 5:30.  They’ll face the winner of Anacortes-East Valley (Spokane).

At the Class 1B state tournament in Spokane the Lummi boys open against Riverside Christian Wednesday at 3:45.

You can hear all the action from Yakima on KPUG and on AM790 KGMI.