By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section announced the field for the 2025 volleyball playoffs on Sunday, with five local teams included. And all five schools will be in action on […]
NCS Volleyball — Big 5 rivals to face off in Division-4 playoffs
Huskies wear down the Warriors, keep championship hopes on track
The Huskies showcased why they have been one of the hottest teams in the H-DNL over the past month with another big win on Friday night. Fortuna traveled to Crescent City and […]
Gast, Ornelas make it two wins each in H-DNL cross country
By Ray Hamill — Eureka junior Claire Gast and Fortuna sophomore Juan Ornelas both won for the second time in three league cross country meets this week. On Wednesday afternoon, the league […]
What are the five best stories of the 2025/26 school year so far?
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a fun start to the school year in local high school sports with several teams impressing and some enjoying history-making campaigns. We’ve already had several league […]
POWER RANKINGS — Perfect Wildcats in a league of their own
By Ray Hamill — Break out the thesaurus, we’re running out of superlatives to describe the No. 1 team in our Power Rankings. The stats are nothing short of staggering, as the […]
Conference titles could be won on wild weekend for local football
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for the biggest weekend of the local football season so far. On Sunday, the Six Rivers Youth Football teams will begin their playoffs, with the championship […]
ATHLETE AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Big week for Loggers, Warriors
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a fun week in H-DNL sports. History was made, perseverance and determination paid off, and it was business as usual for the Ferndale High quarterback. And […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Cats edge Crusaders; Warriors tie the Tigers
The Little 4 champion Ferndale Wildcats continued to build momentum ahead of the North Coast Section playoffs with a 3-2 win over St. Bernard’s in girls action on Tuesday. Also in girls […]
Loggers dig deep to secure Big 5 championship at Del Norte
Determination and perseverance paid off for the Loggers on Tuesday night. With the conference title on the line, the Eureka girls traveled to Del Norte for what is an always challenging matchup […]
Larson leads the way as Warriors clinch historic league title
In the end, Bria Larson left no doubt as to who was the best golfer in the H-DNL this fall. League play wrapped up on Monday and Larson completed her remarkable stretch […]
League announces details of possible playoff in Big 5 volleyball
The Big 5 championship in volleyball will be decided on Tuesday night, with a huge showdown in Crescent City. Going into the final night of conference play, Eureka has already secured at […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Tigers remain on track on busy day of action
It was another busy Saturday for the H-DNL soccer teams, with seven games played. In addition to the Ferndale girls’ Little 4 conference-clinching 5-0 win at South Fork, the St. Bernard’s and […]
Hinrichs, Crusaders end eight-game losing streak to Del Norte
Never underestimate the advantage of having a good kicker in high school football. On Friday night, in a tightly-contested showdown where neither offense was able to really get going, St. Bernard’s senior […]
Larson, Warriors closing in on league titles in H-DNL girls golf
McKinleyville’s Ingrid Monaghan became the fifth different golfer to claim a victory in six rounds of league action on Thursday. The H-DNL girls traveled to Del Norte and it was Monaghan who […]
More movement for local teams in MaxPreps’ section rankings
By Ray Hamill — Here we go again. Another week, another change at the top of the MaxPreps H-DNL rankings. For the third straight week, the top two teams locally have switched […]
Eureka Loggers claim co-championship on senior night
The Eureka Loggers ended a seven-year wait for a Big 5 championship in volleyball with a straight sets win over Fortuna on Thursday night. But there’s still plenty to play for. With […]
POWER RANKINGS — Can anyone stop the Wildcats right now?
By Ray Hamill — It should be another fun weekend in H-DNL football with a pair of key matchups between top-five teams in our Power Rankings. No. 1 Ferndale is showing no […]
SOCCER — League contenders all take care of business
The three contenders for this year’s league championship in boys soccer all took care of business on Wednesday to keep their title hopes on track. League leaders Arcata defeated South Fork 13-0, […]
Warriors, Tigers prevail as race for the Big 5 goes down to the wire
Del Norte and Arcata continued to keep pressure on the Eureka Loggers with victories in their respective games on Tuesday night. The Warriors continued to roll at McKinleyville and won in straight […]
Cats continue to dominate, inch closer to Little 4 conference crown
A dominating season continued for the Ferndale Wildcats on Tuesday as they moved within one win of securing the Little 4 championship barely more than halfway through the conference schedule. The Ferndale […]
