By Ray Hamill — Judging by what they’ve shown so far this season, the South Fork Cubs appear to have the pitching and defense to compete for a Little 4 title in […]
Defensive Cubs ready to challenge for Little 4 and more
Ruiz, Crusaders hold off late Huskies rally
By Ray Hamill — Caleb Ruiz pitched a second straight one-hitter on Thursday afternoon, as St. Bernard’s held off a late rally by Fortuna to take a non-conference baseball game in Eureka […]
Tigers, Panthers split, remain tied for Big 5 lead
By Ray Hamill — Kyler Carr hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth inning of game two to earn McKinleyville a share of the spoils in a key doubleheader […]
Prep Baseball — Crusaders, Loggers both win
Bode Joyner had a big afternoon both on the mound and at the plate on Wednesday to lead St. Bernard’s past Ferndale 4-1 and into a tie with South Fork atop the […]
Huskies get back on track with walk-off win
Cory Johnson drove home the winning run on a walk-off single on Tuesday night, as the Fortuna Huskies pulled out a 1-0 win over visiting South Fork in eight innings. There was […]
Eureka JVs cap big year with tournament win
The Eureka JVs completed another memorable season in baseball this past weekend, defeating Arcata 9-1 in the championship game at the Arcata Tournament on Saturday. The Loggers went 3-0 at the two-day […]
Athletes and Team of the Week
By Ray Hamill — McKinleyville and Arcata lead the way in the Big 5 in both baseball and softball after week one, and both those schools are well represented in this week’s […]
Four conference leads on the line on wild day of local action
By Ray Hamill — One way or the other, it should be a fascinating week on the local baseball and softball fields. At the very least, it will be telling. On Wednesday […]
Prep Baseball — Tigers, Panthers remain on collision course
By Ray Hamill — Arcata and McKinleyvile remained on collision course for a huge three-game series this coming week, with each completing a Big 5 doubleheader sweep on Saturday. Something will have […]
Prep Baseball — Excitement building early in the Little 4
This year’s Little 4 could be a lot of fun. It certainly appears wide open and loaded with quality pitching. On Saturday, St. Bernard’s and South Fork split a doubleheader at Miranda, […]
Busy, busy day on tap for local baseball, softball
By Ray Hamill — There’s no shortage of choices for local baseball and softball fans on Saturday, with a total of 22 games on tap featuring local high school varsity and college […]
POWER RANKINGS — Who’s No. 1 and why
By Ray Hamill — Two local baseball teams have been setting the standard through the early season, and as we head into the Big 5 schedule, there’s little to separate them in […]
Athletes and team of the week
By Ray Hamill — As always there were plenty of great individual performances among the local high school ranks over the past week, but it was a pair of college athletes and […]
Carr sets the tone as Mack bats come alive late
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers’ bats woke up late in their Big 5 opener on Tuesday afternoon, exploding for eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. And with junior […]
Tigers win shortened Big 5 game at Fortuna
The Arcata Tigers got the Big 5 off to a winning start in baseball with a 9-1 win at Fortuna on Tuesday, in a game that was officially called after six innings […]
Former Logger comes out swinging hard at Carleton
Former Eureka Logger Brendon Fischel got his senior campaign in college baseball off to a flying start this past weekend, as Carleton College traveled to Arizona to compete at the Tucson Invitational […]
Prep Roundup — Cats fall to Colusa; Eureka girls split at Shasta
Rounding out some of the weekend action in prep baseball and softball, the Eureka girls split a doubleheader at Shasta on Saturday, while Ferndale baseball closed out the American Christian Academy tournament […]
Redwoods, Siskiyous games go down to the wire
College of the Redwoods and Siskiyous were involved in a pair of one-run thrillers in softball on Sunday, with the two clubs splitting in Weed to open the Golden Valley Conference. The […]
Prep Baseball — Tigers win ACA tournament, go to 10-0
The Arcata Tigers will open the Big 5 at Fortuna High on Wednesday, and they’ll carry plenty of momentum into league play. On Saturday, the Tigers remained perfect on the early season […]
Little to separate Redwoods and Lassen at Bomber Field
The Corsairs suffered a pair of tough losses at home to Lassen on Saturday, dropping both games at Bomber Field by a single run. Lassen won the opener 4-3 and game two […]
