They’ve been playing shorthanded all season, but they have continued to battle. On Saturday afternoon, with just five players suited up, the South Fork girls got a much-needed win at Calistoga, winning […]
By Ray Hamill — Not many changes in this week’s Power Rankings, with the Arcata Tigers retaining top spot after another dominating week on the basketball courts. The No. 1 team in […]
By Ray Hamill — The high-flying Eureka girls have won 11 of their last 12 games and are a very impressive 13-1 against H-DN teams this winter. Because of that, the Big […]
There were mixed fortunes for the local college basketball teams on Saturday afternoon, with both the College of the Redwoods and Cal Poly Humboldt men’s teams winning their games and both women’s […]
By Ray Hamill — This week we honor two players who helped lead their teams to a league championship, as well as a team that has established itself as a dominant force […]
By Ray Hamill — It had been a long time coming and it may have saved their playoff hopes. On Wednesday night, the Hoopa girls snapped a long losing streak on the […]
By Ray Hamill — In the end there were no playoff games needed to finalize next week’s Dick Niclai Tournament schedule, with all four local leagues crowning outright champions. The highly anticipated […]
By Ray Hamill — The top two teams in the Little 4 lived up to the billing on Friday night and served up an exciting and hard-fought showdown in front of a […]
The Eureka girls knew that if they took care of business on Friday night, then it didn’t matter what happened in the other Big 5 game. And they did that and more. […]
By Ray Hamill — All four local college basketball teams will be in action on Saturday afternoon, including a pair of games here on the North Coast. The College of the Redwoods […]
The South Fork Cubs didn’t have to wait quite as long this time around. After ending a 29-year Little 4 championship drought a year ago, the South Fork boys made it two […]
The Eureka Loggers finally broke their streak of close games. After four straight tight contests, three of which they lost, the Eureka boys enjoyed their second best offensive performance of the season […]
By Ray Hamill — Heading into the final night of league play, there is still plenty to be decided in H-DN basketball when it comes to Dick Niclai Tournament seeds and automatic […]
The Eureka Loggers have successfully defended their Big 5 championship in girls basketball, clinching at least a share of the title with a 53-38 win at Arcata on Wednesday night. But with […]
As expected the race for the Little 4 championship in girls basketball will go down to the final night of action. What wasn’t expected, however, is that we will have a true […]
By Ray Hamill — Several former H-DN players are enjoying big winters on the college basketball courts, including one who recently enjoyed another milestone achievement. Former Eureka Logger Kaylee Murphy, who is […]
By Ray Hamill — The top three Big 5 seeds for the Dick Niclai Tournament have been set, but things remain wide open in the Little 4. After clinching a second straight […]
With senior Owen Shanahan sidelined with a minor injury, junior Seth Dyer had a huge night to lead the Crusaders to a comfortable 76-56 win over visiting Hoopa on Tuesday night. The […]
The Arcata Tigers clinched the Big 5 championship outright on Tuesday night after winning 72-65 at Eureka and improving to 7-0 in league play. The league championship is the second straight for […]
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Warriors have plenty to play for in boys basketball heading into the final week of the regular season. A big win over Ferndale, 64-45, last week […]
