By Ray Hamill — Two influential seniors who have played a key role for their respective teams this winter are this week’s Humboldt Sports Athletes of the Week. Eureka’s Isis Poteet and […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka girls were tested in Friday night’s North Coast Section Division-3 basketball quarterfinals but they held on late for a 46-42 win over Pinole Valley at Eureka […]
The St. Bernard’s girls look like they’re a team on a mission this postseason. On Friday night, the No. 1 seeds in the North Coast Section Division-5 bracket comfortably took care of […]
By Ray Hamill — The race for this year’s freshmen Big 5 boys basketball championship went down to the wire, with the young Del Norte Warriors securing the title on the final […]
By Ray Hamill — Heading into the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section girls basketball playoffs, remarkably an H-DNL team has yet to lose to an out-of-area school. All nine H-DNL varsity […]
By Ray Hamill — The varsity team wasn’t the only success story of the winter for McKinleyville boys basketball. The Panthers varsity boys were crowned co-champions of the Big 5 after a […]
It was a busy night for the H-DNL with eight of the league’s teams in action in the North Coast Section playoffs. And it was a good night for six of them, […]
By Ray Hamill — Here we go again. On Wednesday night, the McKinleyville Panthers took care of business against a lower seed in the opening round of the North Coast Section girls […]
The Arcata Tigers quickly took control of their North Coast Section boys basketball playoff opener on Wednesday night and never appeared to be in danger of losing. Facing No. 13 seed Middletown […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section boys basketball playoffs must feel like an extension of the regular season for the McKinleyville Panthers. On Wednesday night, they overcame a slow start […]
All four local college basketball teams will be back in action later this week after mixed fortunes this past weekend. The College of the Redwoods men remain mathematically alive in the chase […]
By Ray Hamill — At least one local team is moving on from the first round of the North Coast Section playoffs before Wednesday’s busy night of action. The Arcata girls were […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a good night for the Little 4 girls, with all three teams in action winning their North Coast Section Division-5 basketball playoff openers on Tuesday. And […]
By Ray Hamill — A memorable season for the St. Bernard’s boys basketball team ended with an upset loss to visiting Marin Academy in the opening round of the North Coast Section […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL has been rewarded for an outstanding season with all nine varsity girls basketball teams qualifying for the North Coast Section postseason. Six of the nine boys […]
By Ray Hamill — Friday night gave us two exciting championship games and a reminder why H-DNL basketball is special. Playing in front of a packed house at Lumberjack Arena, the Arcata […]
By Ray Hamill — With three straight Big 5 championships and four straight Dick Niclai tournament titles, the Eureka Loggers have left no doubt as to who is the most dominating program […]
By Ray Hamill — With victories in their respective Dick Niclai tournament championship games on Friday night, the Arcata boys and Eureka have plenty to celebrate this weekend. But where does each […]
By Ray Hamill — When you achieve something only one H-DNL team has ever achieved before, you get to be Humboldt Sports Team of the Week, sponsored as always by College of […]
By Ray Hamill — This time the Tigers would not be denied. After seeing a big lead evaporate in last year’s Dick Niclai tournament final loss to McKinleyville, it appeared as if […]
