By Ray Hamill — The annual Milk Can showdown in Fortuna on Friday night is the highlight showdown on tap for local high school football this weekend. But it’s not the only […]
Weekend Football Preview — Tough road challenges for SB, Del Norte
Prep Soccer — Busy opening night for H-DNL teams
Defending H-DNL champion Fortuna got the new league campaign off to a winning start in boys soccer on Wednesday, as the Huskies swept the boys and girls games from Del Norte on […]
Milk Can tops busy weekend of football action
By Ray Hamill — Seven of the nine local high school football teams have games scheduled for this weekend, including three playing here on the North Coast. Topping the bill is the Milk Can […]
Prep Tennis — Tigers shut out their rivals
The Arcata girls got the better of rivals McKinleyville in tennis on Tuesday, running out to a comfortable 7-0 victory. Keona Gutierrez, Casey McAtasney, Kendra Flint and Makayla Bernald each swept their […]
H-DNL Girls Preview — Who can stop the Loggers?
By Ray Hamill — With an assortment of talent back from a team that won all 19 games a year ago while outscoring their opponents 111-3, the Eureka Loggers remain the team […]
H-DNL Boys Preview — Chasing pack eager to challenge the Huskies
By Ray Hamill — With six straight league titles to their credit, the Fortuna Huskies remain the team to beat as league play gets under way on Wednesday in boys soccer. Whether […]
Five Takeaways — First wins and L4 domination
By Ray Hamill — Week three of the high school football season threw up a few minor surprises, while confirming much of what we already believed. There were big wins — again […]
Defense sets the tone as St. Bernard’s dominates Arcata
By Ray Hamill — Will Omey and Lane Thrap continued to set a blistering pace on offense on Saturday, but the real story in St. Bernard’s dominating 49-8 win over Arcata at […]
Ambitious Tigers not looking to replace Crusaders
By Ray Hamill — With a big showdown looming at Crusader Field on Saturday, Arcata head coach Jamal Jones has stressed this week that his team is not looking to replace St. […]
Sundbergs and the Tigers off to a flying start in girls golf
It was a good day for the Sundbergs and a good day for Arcata girls golf, as the new Humboldt-Del Norte League season got under way at Benbow on Thursday. McKinleyville senior […]
Weekend Football — Busy Friday under the lights for North Coast teams
By Ray Hamill — A busy Friday night for local football sees seven teams in action, including three of them here on the North Coast. Up in Crescent City, the Del Norte […]
Stopping Arcata’s Mazzotti the key for Crusaders
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s head coach Matt Tomlin and his players know what they have to do to continue their recent dominance over Little 4 opposition this Saturday. Playing their […]
SB players not getting caught up in the hype
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s players aren’t worried about who belongs in what conference as they get set for Saturday’s showdown with Arcata. They’re just concerned with trying to win […]
Sears verbally commits to Washington State
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL is turning some heads in the Pac-12. On Wednesday, Arcata High and Humboldt Eagles pitcher Merek Sears verbally committed to play for Washington State after graduation […]
Busy weekend in store for local football teams
By Ray Hamill — After three local prep football teams had a bye in their schedule last weekend, all nine will be in action this coming weekend, including seven of them on […]
IOC fighters confident ahead of Bellator 226
By Ray Hamill — It’s business as usual for Cass Bell this weekend, as he makes his fourth trip to San Jose to fight on the big stage, but it’s a new […]
Five H-DNL teams positioned nicely in early NCS rankings
By Ray Hamill — The early season MaxPreps football rankings are in and it makes for good reading for some H-DNL teams If the North Coast Section playoffs were to kick off this […]
Five Takeaways — Huge matchup looming on Saturday
By Ray Hamill — Two weeks into the 2019 prep football season and only two of the nine local varsity teams have managed a win. Admittedly, three of the seven teams yet […]
Local teams shine at most competitive MIST in years
By Ray Hamill — Four local teams were in action at the McKinleyville Invitational Soccer Tournament over the weekend, and if early signs are anything to go by it could be a […]
Tigers take plenty of positives from early loss
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers will go into next week’s big showdown with plenty of confidence despite dropping their opening game on the road at South Tahoe over the weekend. […]
