The race for this year’s Big 5 and Dick Niclai championship just got a whole lot more interesting in girls basketball. A wild night of action saw the Arcata Tigers win 42-38 […]
PREP ROUNDUP — Wild night throws league race wide open
McKinleyville Comets win Pacific Union tournament
The McKinleyville Middle School eighth-grade boys basketball team won all three of its games over the weekend on the way to clinching the Pacific Union tournament. Talen Towsend was named tourney MVP […]
Red-hot CR remain at 13 in latest state poll
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs remain at No. 13 in this week’s men’s basketball state coaches poll, as they return home to face Siskiyous on Wednesday evening. Despite comfortably winning two […]
MONDAY’S BASKETBALL — Fortuna boys top the Wildcats
The Fortuna Huskies got back to winning ways in boys basketball with a 54-44 win over visiting Ferndale on Monday night. Jaden Kelley scored a team-high 13 points in the win, as […]
Big week in store for local prep basketball
By Ray Hamill — It’s going to be a busy week for local high school basketball, as we close in on the halfway point of the Big 5. Del Norte has set […]
CR women unable to keep momentum going at Lassen
A tough road trip caught up with the College of the Redwoods women’s basketball team on Saturday, when they fell 79-66 at Lassen, the No. 20 team in the state. The Corsairs […]
Jacks come up short at Cal State LA
Both Humboldt State basketball teams dropped games at Cal State LA on Saturday, with the women falling 80-74 and the men losing 81-74. The HSU men are now 3-9 in the CCAA […]
Big day for Claus as Corsairs continue to roll
Another game, another 80-point day for the Corsairs, and another different player stepping up. This time it was Zac Claus, who scored 24 points, including a remarkable seven 3-pointers, as the College […]
VIDEO — SB birthday boys celebrate in style
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s teammates Lane Thrap and Cole Petrusha both celebrated their 18th birthday on Friday, as the Crusaders cruised to another win in basketball. Both players played a […]
Crusaders top the Cats, go to 2-0 in L4
By Ray Hamill — The Crusaders are beginning to find their groove on the basketball court. On Friday night, the St. Bernard’s boys won their fifth straight game and second in league […]
De Norte boys win pivotal Big 5 clash
In head coach Marc Slayton’s words, the Del Norte Warriors “outlasted” the Arcata Tigers in a pivotal Big 5 showdown in boys basketball in Crescent City on Friday night. In a clash […]
Another statement win for CR women
The Corsairs knocked off a higher ranked team in women’s basketball for the second time in a week on Friday, with a comfortable 76-59 win at Feather River. The win was the […]
Eureka boys top McKinleyville for first Big 5 win
The Eureka Loggers posted their first Big 5 win in boys basketball at McKinleyville on Friday night, getting the better of a young Panthers team by a score of 87-59. The Loggers […]
‘Spectacular’ Gillette leads CR men to 10th straight win
Drew Gillette exploded for 29 points and played strong defensively on Friday as the College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team continued to roll with a 10th straight win. Gillette, a former […]
Career night for Pope as HSU men end losing streak
The Humboldt State men’s basketball team ended a five-game losing streak on Thursday night, winning 98-93 in overtime at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The Jacks have been competitive despite the recent losses, […]
VIDEO — Mack girls push Eureka all the way
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers kept the pressure on Fortuna in the race for the Big 5 championship with a hard-fought 61-56 win at home to McKinleyville in girls basketball […]
Loggers hold off Panthers to remain in the hunt in Big 5
By Ray Hamill — There was little to separate the Loggers and Panthers in a highly-entertaining game of girls basketball at Eureka on Thursday night, with the home team edging out a […]
Del Norte girls come out fired up at Arcata
The Del Norte girls returned to winning ways with an emphatic performance on Thursday night, winning 69-58 at Arcata in girls basketball. After dropping two straight league games to open the Big […]
Redwoods basketball games postponed
By Ray Hamill — The weather has forced the postponement of Thursday’s College of the Redwoods men’s and women’s basketball games at Feather River. Both games have been tentatively rescheduled for Friday. […]
VIDEO — Tigers, Warriors both win to set up big showdown on Friday
By Ray Hamill — Friday night’s boys basketball showdown between the Del Norte Warriors and Arcata Tigers in Crescent City will now be for the Big 5 lead. Both teams won their […]
