By Ray Hamill — Arcata freshman Ai-Lan McGoldrick will go into Saturday’s H-DNL cross country championships at the Arcata Marsh as the clear favorite in the girls race, but it’s not so […]
H-DNL cross country championships set for Saturday
Traficante leads stunning performance for CR at GVC championships
CR’s Kaleb Traficante choose a pretty good time for his first-ever win in a cross country race. Traficante was one of several Corsairs to run the best race of their lives at […]
Loggers, McGoldrick the frontrunners again in H-DNL cross country
The Eureka boys will go into next week’s H-DNL cross country championships as favorites after another big showing at Wednesday’s league meet at the Eureka Municipal Golf Course. The host Loggers beat […]
Big day for Loggers at Trinity invitational
The Eureka Loggers continued their impressive season in cross country with another strong showing at the Trinity High Invitational in Weaverville on Friday. The Eureka boys, who have been setting the pace […]
Eureka boys, McGoldrick continue to set the pace
The Eureka boys continued to impress in the latest H-DNL cross country meet at Del Norte on Wednesday, as did Arcata freshman Ai-Lan McGoldrick. The Loggers won for the third time in […]
Athletes and Team of the Week
By Ray Hamill — This week we honor a senior who has been dominating for years, a freshman who looks like she’ll dominate for years, and the best modern dynasty in H-DNL […]
McGoldrick, Bennett pace the field in H-DNL cross country
By Ray Hamill — Arcata freshman Ai-Lan McGoldrick continued a blistering start to her high school career on Wednesday, taking first place at the latest H-DNL cross country meet at the Arcata […]
GALLERY — Youth cross country season up and running
By Ray Hamill — The local youth cross country season is up and running, with races being held twice weekly for kindergarten through eighth-graders. And there’s been no lack of enthusiasm from […]
Athletes and Team of the Week
By Ray Hamill — Soccer and cross country take center stage in this week’s Athletes and Team of the Week, with a couple of high-scoring junior standouts getting the nod along with […]
PREP ROUNDUP — Loggers win at Clam Beach; Tigers tennis dominates again
The Eureka boys continued to show why they’re legitimate challengers in the H-DNL this year with a team win in cross country at Saturday’s Clam Beach Invitational. Fortuna’s Collin Stockwell took first […]
Fabulous freshmen setting the standard in H-DNL cross country
By Ray Hamill — The future of H-DNL cross country is in good hands. On Wednesday at Arcata High, the newest crop of local prep cross country stars competed in the second […]
Boys H-DNL opener a tight affair; Arcata girls dominate
McKinleyville’s West Wood edged out Eureka’s Ian Bennett to kickstart the new Humboldt-Del Norte League cross country season on Wednesday. In what is expected to be an exciting season locally, the opening […]
New outlook appears to be paying off for Corsairs
By Ray Hamill — A gradual change in culture appears to paying dividends for the College of the Redwoods cross country teams. Head coach Reed Elmore and his runners, along with the […]
Tigers, Huskies get new CC season off to a flying start
A pair of local prep cross country teams got their seasons off to a flying start at the Brookings Harbor Invitational on Saturday, with several impressive individual performances by both Arcata and Fortuna. […]
Corsairs host Beat the Heat in cross country
Hartnell College not only beat the heat but the rest of the field as well, taking first as a team in both the men’s and women’s races at Saturday’s College of the […]
Local distance star ready for the next challenge
By Ray Hamill — Banana slugs may not be known for their speed, but they are about to get a little faster. Arcata senior Riley Martel-Phillips, who has dominated local high school […]
2018 In Sports — Some of the top local stories of the year
By Ray Hamill — When it comes to local sports, 2018 was no ordinary year, and certainly not for the faint of heart. Mixed in with the usual assortment of thrills, drama […]
Local runners fare well at state cross country races
Riley Martel-Phillips closed out her high school cross country career with a strong showing at the CIF State meet in Fresno on Saturday. The Arcata senior placed 51st at the prestigious meet […]
CC runners head to Fresno for state championships
By Ray Hamill — Both the present and future of high school cross country in Humboldt County appears to be in pretty good hands. On Saturday, a pair of seniors and a […]
Another NCS shambles leaves runners high and dry
By Ray Hamill — Poor planning by the North Coast Section has left many local cross country runners wondering what might have been, after a sudden end to their high school careers. […]
