By Ray Hamill — Much like his team, senior guard Trevor Bell is enjoying a bit of a breakout season on the basketball court. On Saturday Bell was named tournament MVP at […]
Bell named tourney MVP, several others honored too
Fast-improving Eureka boys win Logger Classic
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers sent out an early-season warning to their Big 5 opponents this weekend, sweeping all three of their games at the Logger Classic and displaying a […]
PREP BOYS ROUNDUP — Big day for H-DNL teams in tourney play
The H-DNL had a good day at a variety of tournaments on Saturday, with six of the eight boys basketball teams in action winning their games. At the Logger Classic, host Eureka […]
Defensive Huskies win Lady Panther Classic
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies are fast establishing an identity this season, and building a lot of momentum ahead of January’s Big 5 opener. On Saturday they improved to 10-1, […]
PREP GIRLS ROUNDUP — H-DNL teams shine on busy day
The Eureka and St. Bernard’s girls each won on Saturday to close out the Lady Panther Classic and give themselves a little momentum heading into the Christmas break. The Loggers defeated Redding […]
VIDEO — Overtime delight for Eureka girls against rivals
By Ray Hamill — A pair of local rivals played out a highly-entertaining game at the Lady Panther Classic at McKinleyville High on Friday afternoon, with Eureka edging out a 56-48 overtime […]
PREP BOYS ROUNDUP — Eureka boys advance to Logger Classic final
The Eureka Loggers will play for their own tournament championship on Saturday after getting the better of crosstown rivals St Bernard’s 65-35 in Friday night’s semifinal. The Loggers came storming out of […]
Loggers come alive late to top crosstown rivals in OT
By Ray Hamill — Two of the best teams on the North Coast this season faced off at the Lady Panther Classic on Friday and they didn’t disappoint. In an intense matchup, […]
PREP GIRLS ROUNDUP — Huskies, Panthers advance to tourney championship
A pair of local teams will compete for the Lady Panther Classic championship on Saturday afternoon, after each won their semifinal matchups on a very entertaining day of action on Friday. McKinleyville […]
Resilient Huskies grind out another win
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies are not backing down from anyone. On Thursday afternoon they opened the Lady Panther Classic with another hard-fought win, edging out a good St. Bernard’s […]
PREP BOYS ROUNDUP — Busy day of games for H-DNL teams
The Eureka and St. Bernard’s boys will play for a place in the championship game of the Logger Classic on Friday night after each took care of business in their tourney openers […]
Mack boys not losing heart despite early struggles
An inexperienced Panthers boys basketball team has struggled this season in terms of wins and losses, but head coach Sonny Tripp feels the best is yet to come from this year’s team. […]
Fortuna boys top Hoopa to open Logger Classic
By Ray Hamill — This year’s Fortuna Huskies are fast forging their own identity on the basketball court. One year on from their history-setting season, the Fortuna boys are off to a […]
Logger Classic tips off on Thursday
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka boys basketball team will host its annual Logger Classic this week, with the action getting under way on Thursday. This year five local teams will feature […]
Local teams prepare for Lady Panther Classic
By Ray Hamill — More than half the H-DNL will be in action at the McKinleyville girls basketball tournament, which tips off on Thursday afternoon. In addition to the host team, Fortuna, […]
Surprised Guilbert receives rowing scholarship from Sac State
By Ray Hamill — Malia Guilbert has always been good at sports, she just didn’t know which sport in particular she had a real knack for. Until a few weeks ago that […]
PODCAST — Cass Bell joins us to talk about this week’s fight
Check out the latest episode of our weekly podcast, Humboldt Sports Talk, where local MMA fighter Cass Bell joins us to talk about this week’s big fight in Hawaii and his MMA […]
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Crusaders sweep at home; DN, Ferndale boys win
St. Bernard’s swept a doubleheader of home games on Tuesday night, as the boys improved to 2-1 with a comfortable 64-37 win over Round Valley, and the girls got the better of […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Puzz, Thrower and SB all step up
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt State’s Alexia Thrower continued her impressive season on the basketball court over the weekend, leading the Jacks in a pair of games. Thrower had back-to-back double-doubles, giving […]
Conference rivals meet in tournament championship
The Ferndale Wildcats got the better of the South Fork Cubs in the championship game at the California School girls basketball tournament on Saturday night by a score of 48-42. The win […]
