By Ray Hamill — One of the largest sporting events the North Coast has seen in recent times will take place at Fortuna High School on Saturday. Just one week after the […]
Top NCS track athletes heading to Fortuna for Redwood Empire meet
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Track athletes set blistering pace
By Ray Hamill — A pair of outstanding tracks and field athletes take center stage in our weekly awards after big weekends for both at the H-DNL championships. Del Norte junior Deken […]
Panthers, Huskies to face off in Friday night championship game
The Fortuna Huskies and McKinleyville Panthers will face off for the Charles Lakin softball tournament championship on Friday evening after both won their semifinals on Thursday. The Panthers upset the odds against […]
Kelly leads Panthers past SB; Loggers knock off Big 5 champs
There will be repeat of last year’s final in the Charles Lakin baseball tournament after both Eureka and McKinleyville won their semifinals at Bellotti Field on Thursday. The Loggers got the day […]
Charles Lakin baseball and softball tournament results and schedules
Charles Lakin Softball Tournament Tuesday McKinleyville 6, Hoopa 1 Fortuna 13, St. Bernard’s 0 Thursday McKinleyville 12, Del Norte 5 Fortuna 7, South Fork 3 Friday Championship game Fortuna 6, McKinleyville 4 […]
Close to 100 new PRs set at weekend league championships
By Ray Hamill — To say that the H-DNL athletes saved their best for last might be a bit of an understatement. Close to 100 PRs were set at Saturday’s league championship […]
Warriors, Loggers crowned HDN track and field champs
By Ray Hamill — The competitive nature of this year’s H-DNL was on full display on Saturday, as just one point separated the top two teams in the race for the girls […]
Schedules finalized for 2025 Charles Lakin tournaments
By Ray Hamill — The schedule for both the baseball and softball Charles Lakin tournaments have been finalized after Thursday’s conference finales. A couple of last-minute changes have been included in order […]
TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Del Norte Warriors standing tall
By Ray Hamill — To say the least, it was a good week for Del Norte High School sports. The Crescent City school’s baseball and softball teams both clinched Big 5 championships […]
Warriors take care of business, end long wait with outright title
By Ray Hamill — After waiting 11 years for a Big 5 championship, the Del Norte Warriors were in no mood to share. On Wednesday, four days after they clinched at least […]
BIG 5 SOFTBALL — Del Norte girls leave no doubt, cruise to outright title
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte girls won a third straight championship in softball this spring, and on Wednesday they made sure it would be a third straight outright championship. After […]
Gardner crowned H-DNL champion after victory at Baywood
McKinleyville senior Jake Gardner capped a big spring in H-DNL boys golf with his third victory in six rounds on Monday. Competing at the Baywood Golf & Country Club in Arcata, Gardner […]
Plenty on the line over final few days of H-DNL play; tiebreakers set
By Ray Hamill — A busy and pivotal few days for H-DNL baseball and softball got under way on Tuesday with three local games. In baseball, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders clinched the […]
Del Norte overcomes distractions, secures three-peat of B5 titles
Good teams win championships, great programs win three of them in a row. And that’s exactly what the Del Norte girls achieved on the softball fields this spring, as they continue to […]
Warriors split with the Panthers, clinch at least a co-championship
The Del Norte Warriors are Big 5 champs in baseball for the first time since 2014. Now the question is can they clinch the title outright with a win at Eureka in […]
COLLEGE ROUNDUP — Morris gets the win in PacWest final, other former HDN stars shine
It was a good week for several former H-DNL standouts on the college baseball and softball fields, none more so than Eureka’s Kira Morris. The 2023 Eureka High graduate got the win […]
H-DNL girls continue to impress at Del Norte ahead of league championships
The Arcata girls continued to showcase their depth in track and field with a third straight team win in an H-DNL meet at Del Norte on Tuesday. The Arcata girls won eight […]
Warriors find a way, rally late to edge the Huskies in Big 5 thriller
As expected, there was little to separate the Del Norte and Fortuna girls in Crescent City on Wednesday. The two heavyweights in this year’s Big 5 faced off in what was essentially […]
Three big NCS marks set at final regular-season HDN league meet
The H-DNL athletes are building momentum as we head towards the business end of the 2025 track and field season. On Tuesday, at the fourth and final H-DNL regular-season meet of the […]
Warriors back in control of Big 5 as Loggers knock off the Panthers
The race for this year’s Big 5 championship in baseball took yet another twist on Wednesday. Up in Crescent City, the Del Norte boys took care of business against Fortuna and won […]
