The St. Bernard’s Crusaders enjoyed mixed fortunes in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday. The SB girls upset the odds with a 6-4 win at St. Vincent de Paul in softball, […]
Mixed fortunes for Crusaders in North Coast Section quarterfinals
Several H-DNL teams receive NCS scholastic awards for 2023/24
By Ray Hamill — Sometimes they’re talented and pretty smart as well. This year, a total of 13 H-DNL teams have received scholastic team awards from the North Coast Section, including four […]
What’s next for the nine remaining H-DNL teams in the NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section baseball and softball playoffs continue for nine of the 18 H-DNL teams this weekend, including five that will host games. The biggest matchup of […]
Humboldt Eagles to hold tryouts next week
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Eagles American legion baseball club will hold tryouts for their two teams next week. The tryouts will take place at Belotti Field across from the Redwoods […]
Morris, Santa Rosa Bear Cubs go down battling in CCCAA playoffs
Former Eureka standout Keenan Morris hit a pair of home runs in the playoffs for the Santa Rosa JC baseball team over the last two weekends, as the Bear Cubs’ season came […]
NCS ROUNDUP — It was a busy couple of days for H-DNL teams
By Ray Hamill — Seven H-DNL teams played midweek games in the North Coast Section baseball and softball playoffs, with five of them successfully navigating their postseason openers. On Tuesday night, the […]
Way rises to the challenge, as Cubs win NCS playoff opener
South Fork sophomore Travis Way has been pressing his head coach for some playing time on the mound all season and on Wednesday evening he finally got his wish. And on the […]
Gutierrez the star as Crusaders rally to win their playoff opener
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s rallied from a 4-1 deficit to win their North Coast Section playoff opener in baseball on Tuesday, beating Technology out of Rohnert Park 6-4 at Crusader […]
Five H-DNL teams included in NCS baseball playoffs
By Ray Hamill — Three H-DNL teams have been handed a top-three seed for the North Coast Section baseball playoffs, including No. 1 Ferndale. As expected, the Little 4 champion Wildcats received […]
ATHLETES AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Warriors, Panthers enjoy historic week
By Ray Hamill — It was a good week for the Del Norte Warriors and for a couple of their athletes in particular. And it was a good week for McKinleyville baseball. […]
Panthers prevail in Lakin decider, secure memorable double
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers secured their place in school history with a breakthrough championship on Friday night. Two weeks after winning the Big 5 conference, the Panthers completed an […]
Panthers continue to roll as they inch closer to historic double
The McKinleyville Panthers will have the opportunity to complete a Big 5 and Charles Lakin tournament championship double on Friday night. But standing in their way is the most successful team in […]
Loggers take care of business to set up big rematch in Lakin final
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers will get the rematch they wanted. A 9-2 win over Ferndale in the first semifinal of the Charles Lakin baseball tournament in beautiful conditions at […]
BASEBALL POWER RANKINGS — Can anyone stop the Panthers
By Ray Hamill — Not surprisingly the top four teams in our rankings are the last four teams still playing in this week’s Charles Lakin tournament. And not surprisingly, the McKinleyville Panthers […]
After taking their lumps, Steelheads 10Us now succeeding
Perseverance is paying off for one local youth baseball travel team. After playing up a division last year and competing against teams a year older than they were, the Northern Humboldt Steelheads […]
Crusaders break late tie, top Huskies at Arcata Ball Park
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders have advanced to Thursday’s Charles Lakin tournament semifinals after a 4-3 win over Fortuna in opening-round action at the Arcata Ball Park on Tuesday. The St. Bernard’s boys […]
Loggers pull away late against South Fork, advance to play Wildcats
The Eureka Loggers blew open a tight game with six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on the way to a 10-1 win over South Fork in the opening round […]
Tournament schedule finalized as B5 title remains in the balance
By Ray Hamill — The Big 5 softball championship remains in the balance after an Arcata/Del Norte doubleheader was postponed for the second time on Monday because of field conditions in Crescent […]
Big 5 championship remains up in the air after postponements
By Ray Hamill — Put the celebrations on hold. The Del Norte Warriors will have to wait at least two more days before they can claim a second straight outright Big 5 […]
ATHLETE AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Baseball champs have reason to smile
By Ray Hamill — A pair of league championship teams take center stage this week. After clinching their respective conference titles in baseball over the past seven days, the McKinleyville Panthers and […]
