By Ray Hamill — All told, Wednesday wasn’t a bad night for North Coast basketball. In addition to a pair of championships secured by College of the Redwoods, nine of the 12 […]
VIDEO — A night North Coast basketball won’t easily forget
NCS ROUNDUP — A good night for the H-DNL teams
Nine of the 12 H-DNL teams in action on Wednesday night won their opening games in the North Coast Section playoffs. BOYS St. Bernard’s 66, Averroes 38 The Crusaders, who are seeded […]
Five takeaways from the NCS seedings
By Ray Hamill — Fasten your seat belts, Wednesday night is going to be a wild one for local basketball fans, who will have their pick of 12 big games here on […]
13 H-DNL teams make NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — As expected the St. Bernard’s boys received the No. 1 seed in the Division-VI bracket for the North Coast Section basketball playoffs. The seedings were released early Sunday […]
Warriors, Loggers win H-DNL wrestling championships
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys were crowned H-DNL wrestling champions at Arcata High on Saturday after taking six individual championships with four runners-up. Fortuna was second with four individual […]
What’s next after another magical Niclai?
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a highly entertaining season on the local prep basketball courts, and that shouldn’t change too much in the coming weeks as we get set for the […]
McCracken leads Whitman to conference championship
Former Arcata standout Kaylie McCracken led Whitman College to a conference championship in women’s basketball over the weekend, scoring a game-high 18 points in a 70-53 win over closest challenger George Fox […]
Dominant Del Norte overwhelms Arcata in Niclai decider
By Ray Hamill — The Warriors are ready for the North Coast Section playoffs. That much was apparent on Friday night, as they cruised to a Dick Niclai championship in boys basketball, […]
DICK NICLAI CHAMPIONSHIPS — Two great matchups on tap
By Ray Hamill — North Coast basketball fans won’t want to miss what is arguably the best night of the local basketball season, with two Dick Niclai championship games on tap at Lumberjack […]
Hard work paying off for Arcata wrestlers ahead of league meet
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL wrestling championships will take place this Saturday at Arcata High, with league frontrunners Del Norte and Fortuna expected to compete for the team title. The host […]
Arcata boys set up Niclai rematch with Del Norte
By Ray Hamill — The Tigers will get the rematch they coveted. After barely losing to Del Norte in last week’s Big 5 decider, the Arcata boys will get another shot at […]
WHERE ARE THEY NOW UPDATE — Big week for several local players
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a record-breaking season for at least one former H-DNL player playing college basketball, with Eureka’s Kaylee Murphy continuing to set new standards at UC Santa Cruz. […]
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK — Influential seniors lead the way
By Ray Hamill — A pair of seniors who have been hugely influential for their respective basketball teams all season take center stage this week, as their prep careers wind down. St. […]
VIDEO — Fourth-quarter and OT highlights from Niclai opener
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers prevailed in an entertaining Dick Niclai opener on Monday night, beating Big 5 rivals Eureka 70-59 in overtime. The fourth quarter was particularly exciting with […]
Little to separate Big 5 rivals in entertaining overtime battle
By Ray Hamill — If the rest of the Dick Niclai tournament is as exciting as Monday night’s opening round, it’s going to be fun week for local basketball fans. And if […]
Mack girls continue remarkable late-season run
By Ray Hamill — To say that the McKinleyville Panthers have gotten hot at an opportune time is an understatement. After struggling to win close games for much of the season, the […]
POLL RESULTS — Warriors, Huskies overwhelming favorites
By Ray Hamill — We asked you which teams you thought were going to prevail in this week’s Dick Niclai tournaments, and the results show two teams are overwhelming favorites. In the […]
POLL — Who will win this year’s Dick Niclai girls tournament?
VOTING CLOSED The Dick Niclai tournaments get under way this coming week, featuring the best local prep teams on the North Coast. In the girls tournament, the Fortuna Huskies are the No. […]
POLL — Who will win this year’s Dick Niclai boys tournament?
VOTING CLOSED It’s arguably the most exciting week of the season for prep basketball here on the North Coast with the Dick Niclai tournaments set to get under way on Monday. And […]
Tigers win first Niclai play-in game, get set for Panthers
The Arcata girls kept their Dick Niclai ambitions alive with a 65-55 win at Del Norte in basketball on Saturday night. The victory sets up a home game against McKinleyville on Monday […]
