Ray Hamill/HumboldtSports.com – The Arcata and Fortuna girls played their game behind closed doors on Wednesday night.

By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL will be issuing an updated press release on the temporary no-spectator mandate on Friday morning, according to league commissioner Jack Lakin, after the league superintendents met on Thursday afternoon.

The H-DNL implemented the no-spectator mandate for all league sporting events two weeks ago because of concerns over the rising number of COVID cases.

The decision, however, was not a popular one among H-DNL fans, who submitted a petition with more than 2,000 signatures to the league last week in an attempt to end the mandate immediately and allow spectators at the games.

The temporary no-spectator mandate is scheduled to run until Monday.