By Ray Hamill – While the Humboldt-Del Norte League boys have just two basketball teams ranked in the top 60 in the North Coast Section, the girls have five teams ranked in […]
H-DNL Girls Preview – Local teams impress heading into league
H-DNL Boys Preview — Can anyone stop Fortuna, Hoopa?
By Ray Hamill — League play opens in earnest for most of the local high schools on the basketball courts this week, with at least one key matchup right off the bat. […]
2018 IN SPORTS — The top local stories of the year
By Ray Hamill — 2018 will go down as a controversial one in local sports, with Humboldt State and the North Coast Section front and center for the wrong reasons. But there […]
2018 In Sports — Some more of the best moments of the year
By Ray Hamill — This week here at Humboldt Sports we’re taking a look back at the top local sports stories of the year. On Tuesday, we broke down Nos. 21-30, and […]
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 […]
Five Takeaways — H-DNL girls teams make a statement
By Ray Hamill — What a weekend it was for local high school basketball, with four girls teams winning their respective tournaments, and the Fortuna boys rolling to an 11th consecutive victory […]
Eureka girls now among top-ranked teams in the NCS
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers won their second tournament in three weeks over the weekend, and that’s something that has been gaining them attention beyond Humboldt County. After Saturday’s tournament […]
Prep Girls Roundup — Four local teams win tournament championships
Three local teams claimed tournament championships early on Saturday, with a fourth, Ferndale, playing for one on Saturday night. The McKinleyville girls continued to show why they are a much improved team […]
Friday’s Girls Roundup — St. Bernard’s, Mack both win at Panther Classic
St. Bernard’s and McKinleyville both advanced to play for the Lady Panther Classic championship on Saturday, after each won their semifinals on Friday. The Crusaders topped Fortuna in an all-local affair, while […]
Fortuna boys the top-ranked Division-IV team in the state
(UPDATED Dec. 14 after Thursday night games) By Ray Hamill — It’s not how you start the season, but rather how you finish it, that ultimately decides how successful it is. That […]
H-DNL teams impress early in basketball
By Ray Hamill — It’s been an impressive early season for many of the Humboldt-Del Norte League basketball teams, with 12 of the 18 teams off to a winning start. Leading the […]
Only 256 days until next season, are you getting excited yet?
By Ray Hamill — The 2018 local football season officially came to an end on Saturday night, a little later than expected in some ways, yet earlier than hoped for in others. […]
A look at some history behind Fortuna’s NCS win
By Ray Hamill — So who do you think has the more North Coast Section football titles, Ferndale or the rest of the Humboldt-Del Norte League combined? That’s a tough one, right? […]
Prep Boys Roundup — Huskies stay red hot, top Piner for AIBT title
The Fortuna Huskies rolled to their eighth straight win to start the season, topping Piner 74-62 to clinch the Arcata Boys Invitational Basketball Tournament on Saturday evening. Drew Gillette led the way […]
Prep Girls Roundup — Tigers continue to grow, win Durham tournament
The Arcata Tigers won for the third straight day at the Durham tournament, defeating Fall River 56-53 on Saturday to win the tournament championship. Kali Zanotti scored a team-high 21 points in […]
Five Takeaways — Never underestimate the Fortuna Huskies
By Ray Hamill — It was a wild weekend for the local football teams still playing, not to mention their coaches, parents and fans. It was also a great weekend for Fortuna […]
Huskies advance to another NCS championship game
Joey Pontes scored four touchdowns on Saturday night, as the Fortuna Huskies defeated the Del Norte Warriors 30-6 in Crescent City to move on to next week’s North Coast Section Division-IV championship […]
Fortuna, Del Norte get ready for round three
By Ray Hamill — It’s finally go time in the North Coast Section Division-IV semifinals, with two of our area’s traditional heavyweights getting set for battle. No. 6 seed Fortuna will travel […]
Fortuna/Del Norte winner will play for NCS title; Eureka’s status uncertain
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers have been adamant for the past two weeks that if it comes down to a choice between playing for a North Coast Section football championship […]
Five Takeaways – The Knights are coming to town
By Ray Hamill — Football returned to the North Coast Section this weekend after several delays and postponements caused by the poor air quality in the Bay Area, and it didn’t disappoint. […]
