By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers and Eureka Loggers served up one of the most exciting games of the opening weekend at Mack High on Saturday night. Both team defenses came […]
Strong defense leads Tigers to breakthrough win over rivals
H-DNL football teams gets set for opening weekend
By Ray Hamill — Are you ready for some football? All nine local varsity teams will be in action over the next two days as the new high school season kicks off. […]
2023 High School Coach of the Year prepares for new season
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers are preparing to defend the league championship they won in girls golf a year ago, and the 2023 Humboldt Sports High School Coach of the […]
New-look Tigers prepare to defend their league title
By Ray Hamill — Early-season scrimmage or not, when the Arcata and Eureka boys soccer teams face off it’s usually an intense affair. That was the case once again on Wednesday night, […]
Nearby fires affect H-DNL opening-weekend schedule
By Ray Hamill — With the new high school football season set to begin this weekend, there has been a change of venue announced because of nearby wildfires and smoke conditions. A […]
Arcata’s Bento-Jackson to play for Cal Poly Humboldt
Cal Poly Humboldt head men’s basketball coach Chris Tifft announced on Friday that Arcata graduate Brandon Bento-Jackson has committed his future to the team. The H-DNL standout was a four-year varsity starter […]
Local players play a key role in successful summer for the Crabs
By Ray Hamill — When 2023 Eureka High graduate Myles Standish made his first appearance of the summer last weekend, he became the sixth local player to play for the Humboldt Crabs […]
Local players enjoy busy summer playing for TKB Baseball
By Ray Hamill — Several local baseball players are getting the opportunity to showcase their talents to college coaches this summer while playing for TKB baseball out of the Bay Area. A […]
Big numbers expected to help Redwoods football in 2023
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods football will begin official preseason practice on Aug. 7 with big expectations surrounding a team that pleasantly surprised on its return to competition in […]
Intriguing opening weekend scheduled for H-DNL football season
By Ray Hamill — Opening weekend in local school football is now just five weeks away, with all nine H-DNL programs preparing for what they all hope will be a successful fall. […]
High School Coach of the Year — Ghisetti overcomes adversity with the Tigers
By Ray Hamill — It was a year many local teams and coaches will remember for some time, including a very clutch Arcata baseball team. Under the guidance of longtime head coach […]
Team of the Year finalists show a lot of resilience
By Ray Hamill — After another hugely exciting school year in sports, it has been a challenge narrowing down roughly 150 H-DNL teams to just 10 finalists for our 2023 Humboldt Sports […]
Coach of the Year candidates exceed expectations
By Ray Hamill — It’s almost time to name the 2023 Humboldt Sports High School Coach of the Year and like with our other end-of-year award categories there is no shortage of […]
Several locals jump at the chance to wrestle for CR
By Ray Hamill — New College of the Redwoods wrestling head coach Brandon Benvenuti has been busy recruiting since taking over the position a month ago. The Corsairs will compete in men’s […]
All five schools represented in our finalists for B5 Boys AOY
By Ray Hamill — Once again we have no shortage of worthy candidates for our 2023 Big 5 Boys Athlete of the Year. And once again, all five schools are represented among […]
Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year finalists have plenty in common
By Ray Hamill —Narrowing down the field of athletes to seven finalists for the 2023 Humboldt Sports Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year was no easy task with at least 20 […]
Arcata MVP, teammates taking their talents to the college fields
By Ray Hamill — After leading their team to a memorable North Coast Section championship, Arcata MVP Cedar Cline and two of his teammates are taking their talents to the collegiate baseball […]
Former H-DNL runner named UC Santa Cruz athlete of the year
Former H-DNL standout Riley Martel-Phillips capped an impressive collegiate career with a prestigious award recently. Earlier this month, the 2019 Arcata High graduate was named UC Santa Cruz Female Student-Athlete of the […]
Local athlete named MVP of pro ultimate frisbee league
By Ray Hamill — A former H-DNL student-athlete has been making quite a name for herself in the sport of ultimate frisbee after taking it up as a second option when she […]
BASEBALL AWARDS — H-DNL teams take us on a thrilling ride
By Ray Hamill — It was another successful spring on the baseball fields for the H-DNL teams, with three of them in particular setting the standard. No one impressed more than the […]
