By Ray Hamill — The high school basketball season heats up locally this week, with every North Coast team in action, many of them at a variety of different tournaments. Both the […]
PREP BASKETBALL — Busy, busy week in store for H-DNL teams
McCracken impresses for high-flying Whitman College
Former Arcata standout Kaylie McCracken is making a case for more playing time at Whitman College, scoring a game-high 14 points to lead the Blues to an 82-55 win over Concordia in […]
PODCAST — Matt Tomlin and Nick White join us to talk about this week’s state bowl games
On this week’s episode of Humboldt Sports Talk, our weekly podcast, hosts Andrew Goetz and Ray Hamill are joined by St. Bernard’s head coach Matt Tomlin and Del Norte head coach Nick […]
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Eureka girls continue to roll in home opener
The Eureka girls remained hot with a comfortable 58-42 win over Ukiah in their home opener on Tuesday night, their fifth straight victory. Sophia Chalmers, one of this week’s Humboldt Sports athletes […]
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK — A week like no other for North Coast sports
By Ray Hamill — A pair of seniors played big roles for their respective teams over the weekend, and that earns them the nod for this week’s Humboldt Sports Athletes of the […]
CR games at Santa Rosa to be streamed
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team will carry a five-game winning streak into this week’s Kris Kringle tournament in Santa Rosa, as they look to continue […]
Career night for former Logger Murphy
An impressive start to her sophomore season at UC Santa Cruz got a whole lot better over the weekend for former Eureka standout Kaylee Murphy. The former Logger led the way as […]
Del Norte basketball teams impress early at Yreka
The Del Norte girls swept all three of their games at the Yreka basketball tournament over the weekend, improving to 4-0 on the season. The Warriors defeated Modoc 65-37, Henley 61-54 and […]
PREP GIRLS ROUNDUP — Big day for H-DNL with multiple championship wins
Fortuna, St. Bernard’s and Eureka each won their respective tournament championship games on Saturday on a very good day for the H-DNL in girls basketball. Eureka capped a big weekend with a […]
Gillette buzzer-beater gives CR men dramatic win
A buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Drew Gillette kept the Corsairs rolling on Saturday afternoon, as they closed out their own men’s basketball tournament with a fifth straight win. They had to fight for […]
PREP BOYS ROUNDUP — First win for Loggers, first loss for Tigers
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers lost for the first time this season on Saturday afternoon, falling 63-45 to Lincoln in the McKinleyville tournament championship game. Niko Zambas led the way […]
HSU’s winning streak snapped at Monterey Bay
The Humboldt State women had a six-game winning streak snapped at Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday night, falling 62-55 in basketball. Alexia Thrower and Madeline Hatch each scored 14 points in […]
PREP GIRLS ROUNDUP — Another busy night for local teams
The Eureka Loggers kept their fast start to the season going with a 53-38 win over Petaluma at the Piner tournament in basketball on Friday night. Sophia Chalmers led the way on […]
PREP BOYS ROUNDUP — Tigers roll on; Panthers fall to Windsor
The Arcata boys will play for the championship at the McKinleyville tournament on Saturday after beating KIPP King 55-34 on Friday night. The Tigers will play Lincoln in the decider at 2:30 […]
VIDEO — Panthers hit a buzzer beater in matchup with Windsor
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers used the entire shot clock in a patient build-up to a buzzer-beating 3-point shot from T-Ryan Stumpf in a matchup with Windsor at the McKinleyville tournament […]
Quigley and the Corsairs continue their impressive run
Ashley Quigley continued to light up the court for the College of the Redwoods women’s basketball team on Friday, leading the Corsairs to a fifth straight win. Quigley scored 24 points in […]
Corsairs continue to roll in home opener
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs turned in a near-perfect first-half defensive performance on the way to a comfortable 80-59 win over Sierra in their home opener in men’s basketball on Thursday […]
PREP GIRLS ROUNDUP — Exciting games for Eureka, McKinleyville
The Eureka Loggers improved to 3-1 on the season with a big comeback against a previously undefeated Maria Carrillo team to open play at the Piner basketball tournament on Thursday. Trailing by […]
PREP BOYS ROUNDUP — Busy day for H-DNL teams
The Eureka Loggers pushed a good San Lorenzo team all the way to overtime at the Ukiah tournament on Thursday evening, before falling 73-67 in boys basketball. Trevor Bell got the season […]
HSU women make it six straight wins
Alexia Thrower continued to lead the way as the Humboldt State women won their sixth straight game in basketball on Thursday night to improve to 7-1. Thrower scored a game-high 25 points […]
