Four H-DN track and field athletes were crowned North Coast Section champions on Saturday, with a total of 16 top-three finishes for the league. The Big 5 schools traveled for the Redwood […]
Big day for H-DN at NCS meets with 16 top-3 finishes
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK — Track stars take center stage
By Ray Hamill — It was a good week for some local high school track and field athletes as the H-DN season concluded with the league championships at Fortuna High last weekend. […]
H-DN teams poised for success as NCS brackets released
By Ray Hamill — Just one day after completing a first-ever Big 5 and Charlie Lakin double championship for the school, the Fortuna boys received a No. 1 seed for the North […]
Huskies stay the course, clinch historic first Lakin tournament
By Ray Hamill — An historic season for the Fortuna Huskies is showing no signs of slowing down. One week after they clinched their first Big 5 championship since 1975, the Fortuna […]
H-DN numbers on the rise again after challenging few years
By Ray Hamill — H-DN track and field appears to be firmly putting COVID-19 in the rear view mirror. The pandemic had a hugely detrimental effect on all local sports and 2023 […]
Changes in store for this year’s NCS playoff seedings
By Ray Hamill — The H-DN baseball and softball teams won’t have to wait quite as long this year to find out their playoff seed and opening opponent. Because of Mother’s Day […]
Big 5 rivals to meet again in Charlie Lakin tournament final
By Ray Hamill — The top two teams in the Big 5 will face off in Friday night’s Charlie Lakin tournament final after each successfully navigated their semifinals on Thursday. Playing at […]
Charlie Lakin tournament gets under way at Arcata Ball Park
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers and McKinleyville Panthers won their opening games at the Charlie Lakin baseball tournament at the Arcata ball Park on Wednesday. The Tigers got the day’s […]
Henry to compete at NCAA championships in Florida
By Ray Hamill — Former Arcata Tiger Avary Henry will cap another impressive year playing college golf at Aurora University with a trip to this week’s NCAA Division-III women’s championships in Florida. […]
Cervantes leads H-DN contingent at NCS D-II championships
Fresh off his league championship last month, St. Bernard’s Esteban Cervantes led the H-DN at Monday’s North Coast Section Division-II Golf Championships. Nine H-DN golfers traveled to Petaluma to compete in the […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — So who are the fastest athletes in the H-DN?
By Ray Hamill — A freshman and a senior are the fastest athletes in the H-DN this year, and they’re only getting faster. At Saturday’s H-DN track and field championships in Fortuna, […]
Several PRs set at competitive H-DN track and field championships
By Ray Hamill — Arcata senior Ai-Lan McGoldrick won all four of her events at the H-DN track and field championships at Fortuna High School on Saturday, but it was the Eureka […]
Charlie Lakin tournament brackets set after league champs crowned
By Ray Hamill — The schedules and brackets for next week’s Charlie Lakin H-DN Tournaments have been finalized. The action in both softball and baseball gets under way on Wednesday and will […]
Several locals involved as CCCAA baseball playoffs begin
By Ray Hamill — The California community college baseball playoffs got under way on Friday with a number of former H-DN players in action. Arcata’s Nick Parker has quickly adapted to the […]
St. Bernard’s golfers lead the way at Arcata fundraising tournament
The Arcata Tigers took another big step toward completing their new baseball field after hosting their second annual baseball and softball golf Tournament at Baywood Golf and Country Club last month. The […]
Huskies end long championship drought as Arcata, Del Norte split
This year’s Big 5 has been anything but predictable, and that continued to be the case in the final week of action. On Thursday, the Fortuna Huskies clinched at least a share […]
SOFTBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers, Warriors hold serve as exciting race continues
By Ray Hamill — Kira Morris threw a second no-hitter in eight days on Wednesday, as the Eureka Loggers and Del Norte Warriors remain deadlocked atop the Big 5 standings heading into […]
BASEBALL ROUNDUP — Advantage Fortuna as Del Norte beats Arcata
Senior Cody Collins continued to play at an MVP level as the Fortuna Huskies scored three early runs on the way to a 3-1 win over Eureka in Big 5 baseball on […]
Schedule changes announced for this week’s H-DN games
By Ray Hamill — Several of this weekend’s Big 5 and Little 4 baseball and softball games have been brought forward because of expected weather conditions. All four baseball doubleheaders that were […]
From the Tigers to the Nittany Lions, H-DN star finds her perfect fit
By Ray Hamill — Zoe Macknicki’s career path on the soccer fields has taken some exciting twists and turns along the way, not to mention a lot of traveling. And that will […]
