By Ray Hamill — The Wildcats’ success on the soccer fields this fall is not going unnoticed. Despite being the smallest school in the bracket, the Ferndale girls received the No. 1 […]
Wildcats seeded No. 1 as 11 HDN teams make the NCS playoffs
League rivals continue to set the pace in H-DNL cross country
By Ray Hamill — The race for this year’s H-DNL boys cross country championship is heating up, as the top three contenders continue to build momentum. On Wednesday afternoon, Fortuna sophomore Juan […]
TEAM OF THE WEEK — Arcata Tigers standing tall after big week
By Ray Hamill — Congratulations to the Arcata Tigers, who claimed a league double in soccer this week. The Arcata girls clinched the Big 4 with a win over McKinleyville on Saturday, […]
Loggers end long wait; Crusaders, Wildcats also march on in NCS
Just one week after clinching a first conference title in seven years, the Eureka High volleyball team enjoyed another breakthrough moment on Wednesday night. The Loggers were one of five H-DNL teams […]
POWER RANKINGS — No change at the top as Cats continue to surge
By Ray Hamill — With two weeks to go in the regular season, the Ferndale Wildcats are now just two games from completing a perfect season of not allowing any points. McKinleyville, […]
‘Incredible’ Rust-Kelley, Redwoods women continue to battle
The College of the Redwoods volleyball team suffered a “heartbreaker” of a loss to Lassen on Wednesday night, but pushed the visitors all the way in all three sets. Lassen won 25-23, […]
Arcata Tigers clinch H-DNL title on final day of league play
The Arcata Tigers clinched the H-DNL boys soccer championship after battling to a 1-1 tie at Fortuna on the final night of league play on Wednesday. The championship is the first for […]
NCS PLAYOFFS — No shortage of five-set thrillers on opening night
Three of the five H-DNL teams in action in the North Coast Section volleyball playoffs on Wednesday night have advanced to the quarterfinals. But they had to battle. The two Division-4 games […]
H-DNL champion leads local golfers at NCS tournament
Del Norte senior Bria Larson closed out her high school career with a strong showing at the North Coast Section Division-2 championships at Baywood Golf & Country Club on Monday. Just one […]
Arcata JVs continue to impress on the way to another Big 5 title
By Ray Hamill — When it comes to JV volleyball here on the North Coast, no school can match the success of the Arcata Tigers in recent years. Last week, the young […]
NCS Volleyball — Big 5 rivals to face off in Division-4 playoffs
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section announced the field for the 2025 volleyball playoffs on Sunday, with five local teams included. And all five schools will be in action on […]
McKinleyville coach calls for change after tough loss to Arcata
As many McKinleyville High coaches will tell you, it’s never easy playing rival Arcata for reasons not every North Coast fan is aware of. On Saturday, the Panthers traveled to play the […]
Tigers withstand second-half rally by the Panthers in L4 action
The Arcata Tigers remain in the chase for a third straight Little 4 championship after a 40-26 win over the McKinleyville Panthers in football on Friday night. After a lopsided loss at […]
Gast, Ornelas make it two wins each in H-DNL cross country
By Ray Hamill — Eureka junior Claire Gast and Fortuna sophomore Juan Ornelas both won for the second time in three league cross country meets this week. On Wednesday afternoon, the league […]
What are the five best stories of the 2025/26 school year so far?
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a fun start to the school year in local high school sports with several teams impressing and some enjoying history-making campaigns. We’ve already had several league […]
POWER RANKINGS — Perfect Wildcats in a league of their own
By Ray Hamill — Break out the thesaurus, we’re running out of superlatives to describe the No. 1 team in our Power Rankings. The stats are nothing short of staggering, as the […]
Conference titles could be won on wild weekend for local football
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for the biggest weekend of the local football season so far. On Sunday, the Six Rivers Youth Football teams will begin their playoffs, with the championship […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Cats edge Crusaders; Warriors tie the Tigers
The Little 4 champion Ferndale Wildcats continued to build momentum ahead of the North Coast Section playoffs with a 3-2 win over St. Bernard’s in girls action on Tuesday. Also in girls […]
Larson leads the way as Warriors clinch historic league title
In the end, Bria Larson left no doubt as to who was the best golfer in the H-DNL this fall. League play wrapped up on Monday and Larson completed her remarkable stretch […]
Cal Poly Humboldt women suffer first conference loss on senior day
The Cal Poly Humboldt women dropped into third in the conference soccer standings with their first conference loss on Sunday. The Jacks welcomed Cal State San Bernardino to College Creek Field and […]
