By Ray Hamill — The best is yet to come for all three of this year’s H-DN MVPs in girls basketball. The league officially announced the 2022/23 all-league selections on Tuesday, and […]
Underclassmen lead the way on H-DN All-League teams
Senior-heavy Warriors like their chances ahead of season opener
By Ray Hamill — A senior-heavy Del Norte baseball team with a new head coach could be ready to surprise some people around the Big 5 this spring. After an impressive scrimmage […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — A big week for Christiansen, Hampton and the H-DN wrestlers
By Ray Hamill — Three different sports are represented in this week’s honors, which as always are sponsored by College of the Redwoods athletics. Fresh off a big senior season on the […]
GIRLS NCS ROUNDUP — Tigers, Cats and Panthers all advance
The Arcata Tigers won on the road for the second straight North Coast Section playoff game on Saturday to set up a semifinal showdown at No. 2 seed Branson on Wednesday. The […]
Hannan, Marshall retain NCS crowns on huge day for H-DN wrestlers
The H-DN had its best showing at the North Coast Section Wrestling Championships in more than two decades at James Logan High School on Saturday, with 14 boys placing. Leading the local […]
Seven H-DN girls place at NCS wrestling championships
The strength of girls wrestling in the Humboldt-Del Norte League was on full display on Saturday as seven locals representing four different high schools placed at the North Coast Section Championships. Competing […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Schaad, Poteet, CR men enjoy big weeks
By Ray Hamill — Consistency has been paying off for two local high school athletes this winter, as both enjoyed stellar weeks on their respective teams. And that makes them our Athletes […]
Local NCS playoff games on the radio this weekend
By Ray Hamill — Three high school basketball playoff games will be broadcast live on local radio this weekend, including two from the Bay Area. The action gets under way on Friday […]
H-DN wrestlers set for big weekend at NCS championships
By Ray Hamill — The H-DN could be in for a big year at the North Coast Section wrestling championships at James Logan High School this weekend, with 16 local boys seeded […]
Schaad clinches fourth straight league crown for Del Norte
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte’s Adenne Schaad will leave a legacy on the local wrestling mats that will be hard to match. The standout senior closed out a very impressive run […]
GIRLS ROUNDUP — Local teams to face off in NCS quarterfinals after big night
Two H-DN girls team are headed to the NorCals, the only question is which two. On Wednesday night, four of the five H-DN teams in action won their opening games to set […]
Busy night in store for local teams in NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for a busy night of playoff basketball action here on the North Coast. The playoffs tipped off on Tuesday night with three local teams playing, but […]
NCS playoff games to be broadcast live on local radio
By Ray Hamill — Three of the H-DN teams’ opening round games in the North Coast Section basketball playoffs will be broadcast live on local radio. The postseason tournaments get under way […]
NCS basketball playoff brackets announced
By Ray Hamill — As expected 13 local teams have been included in the brackets for the North Coast Section basketball playoff tournaments, which get under way on Tuesday night. Seven H-DN […]
Del Norte Warriors crowned H-DN wrestling champions
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys have been crowned H-DN champions in wrestling after a big day at the league meet in Fortuna on Saturday. The Warriors won four of […]
Dick Niclai facts and stats, and the man behind the tournament
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka girls secured a rare three-peat of Dick Niclai Tournaments on Friday night, becoming just the third H-DN girls program to ever do so. However, when it […]
Eureka girls clinch third straight Niclai championship
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers were not going to be denied this time around. Not on the biggest stage of all. Not in front of a packed house and in […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — What a week for H-DN basketball
By Ray Hamill — This week has been a great celebration of local high school basketball, thanks to all of the H-DN schools and College of the Redwoods. The Dick Niclai boys […]
Nunez leads the way as Del Norte girls advance to Niclai final
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors will play for a Dick Niclai Tournament championship in girls basketball for the first time in four years after defeating St. Bernard’s 55-49 in […]
H-DN wrestling poised for very successful postseason
By Ray Hamill — The local high school wrestlers are getting ready for what will be a busy couple of weeks and what many H-DN coaches believe could be their best postseason […]
