By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers are facing a whole new challenge this year. With four straight league titles to their credit — and just three loses in league play during […]
New season, new challenge for four-time defending B5 champs
Bullman, Ornelas represent the H-DNL at the state championships
The big stage didn’t seem to bother two of the best H-DNL cross country runners over the weekend. Eureka junior Ryder Bullman and Fortuna sophomore Juan Ornelas both made the trip for […]
Busy weekend in store for local high school and college teams
By Ray Hamill — A much-anticipated state football semifinal isn’t the only big game here on the North Coast this week. Get ready for the first real busy weekend of the new […]
Championship team captains named league MVPs in soccer
By Ray Hamill — Arcata’s Cruz Aguilar and Jada Lusk have been named MVPs in soccer after leading the Tigers to league championships this fall. Aguilar, a senior and team captain, scored […]
H-DNL players set to reunite as CR hosts Marin in home opener
By Ray Hamill — The quality of talent the H-DNL is developing will be on full display on Saturday afternoon, as the College of the Redwoods women’s basketball team gets set for […]
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK — H-DNL’s Ornelas, Bullman qualify for state championships
By Ray Hamill — A pair of H-DNL rivals are heading to the CIF Cross Country Championships this weekend after a memorable showing for both at the North Coast Section Championships. Fortuna […]
Redwoods wrestlers gearing up for North Regional tournament
A busy fall for the College of the Redwoods men’s wrestling team continued over the weekend, with a pair of events. On Thursday, the CR men traveled to Hayward for a dual […]
Former H-DNL standouts named all-conference in fall JC sports
By Ray Hamill — Several locals have been named all-conference in community college sports this fall, including former St. Bernard’s standout Kyler Smith. Smith, a sophomore defensive lineman, was one of six […]
Gast, Poston win league titles; impressive Huskies end Tigers’ reign
Juniors Claire Gast of Eureka and Evan Poston of Arcata claimed league titles in H-DNL cross country over the weekend, but that wasn’t the only big story of the day. Fortuna’s Madison […]
Tigers fall to Head-Royce in NCS Division-1 final in Oakland
The Arcata Tigers came up just short in their bid for a first-ever North Coast Section championship in soccer on Saturday afternoon, falling 3-0 to top seed Head-Royce in the boys Division-1 […]
POWER RANKINGS — Cats top final rankings, lead wire to wire
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats were the best football team in the H-DNL in week one, and they remain the best heading into this year’s playoff openers. The Cats led […]
Tigers look to make more history after big NCS win at Fortuna
The Arcata Tigers have reached a North Coast Section championship game in boys soccer for the first time in school history after a semifinal win over a league rival on Wednesday night. […]
‘Heart’ of the Loggers named MVP of the Big 5 conference
By Ray Hamill — Tiarah Maualuga has been named MVP of the Big 5 in volleyball after leading the Eureka Loggers to their first conference championship in seven years. The junior standout […]
Wildcats complete perfect season, secure Little 4 title outright
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats closed out the regular season in much the same fashion as they started it 10 weeks ago with another dominating win on Friday night. With […]
NCS SOCCER — More excitement, close games for local teams
A run of exciting and close games continued on Friday afternoon for the local contingent of teams in this year’s North Coast Section soccer playoffs. Two H-DNL boys teams traveled to the […]
CR’s Gabby Crosswhite qualifies for state championships
It’s been a good week for CR’s Gabby Crosswhite. The College of the Redwoods cross country runner followed up a strong showing at last weekend’s Golden Valley Conference Championships with another big […]
Good start for CR newcomers in basketball; Volleyball battles Shasta
It was a good start to their college careers for a pair of former Arcata Tigers on Thursday, as the College of the Redwoods women tipped off the new season in basketball. […]
POWER RANKINGS — Some movement near the top this week
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats still have some unfinished business to take care of as they look to close out a dominating regular season with a big performance on Friday […]
NCS second-round matchups set with seven HDN teams still playing
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL’s dominance in girls Fall soccer is guaranteed to continue this year after the league teams secured all four semifinal spots in the Division-1 bracket. Since most […]
What’s at stake on the final weekend of the regular season?
By Ray Hamill — Believe it or not, we have reached the final weekend of the regular season in local high school football. And for most of the nine H-DNL programs, there’s […]
