By Ray Hamill — It was a year young Joe Tanno won’t forget any time soon with an achievement for the ages. And he’s only going to get better. During the summer, […]
Joe Tanno voted Humboldt Sports Male Athlete of the Year
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Busy week for H-DNL teams
The Fortuna Huskies suffered a pair of losses at the Dixon Ram tournament this week, while also defeating El Dorado. The Huskies opened tourney play with a 75-64 loss to Argonaut on […]
BOYS POWER RANKINGS — Not much to separate the top teams right now
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers won nine straight to start the new season before tasting defeat for the first time against a very good Pleasant Valley team at the Red […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Huskies, Warriors and Crusaders all win midweek games
The Fortuna, Del Norte and St. Bernard’s boys all won in basketball on Wednesday night as they continue their preparation for the upcoming league campaign. Fortuna defeated Marin Academy 68-60 and improved […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Busy day of tournament action for H-DNL teams
A busy day of action for the H-DNL saw one local team claim a tournament championship on Saturday and two others place second. At Eureka, the McKinleyville Panthers got the better of […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Tigers remain unbeaten; Loggers, Warriors win
The Arcata boys continued to roll on Friday, overcoming a slow start at the Red Bluff tournament for the second straight day on the way to a 63-49 win over a dangerous […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Huskies pull away from the Cats in the second half
The Ferndale Wildcats matched the Huskies basket for basket early in Thursday’s Logger Classic opener, but the Fortuna boys began to take control before halftime and would run out to a comfortable […]
Early storylines and reasons for optimism for all nine H-DNL boys teams
By Ray Hamill — The new high school basketball season is just getting warmed up, but several H-DNL teams have already made a quite a statement in the early going and have […]
Eureka boys, Mack girls get set to host tournaments this week
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for another busy week of high school basketball, with two local varsity tournaments scheduled and multiple H-DNL teams playing at both of them. At Eureka High, […]
Warriors set the pace at Mack wrestling tournament
Del Norte took home the team championship at the weekend McKinleyville boys wrestling tournament, comfortably outpacing the rest of the field, which included eight of the nine H-DNL teams. The Warriors scored […]
Our end-of-season football awards go to …
By Ray Hamill — The honors keep racking up for Del Norte’s Sam Schauerman, and there’s finally some good news for Arcata’s Shane Purcell and Carson Tucker. After yet another phenomenal season […]
Young H-DNL wrestlers to compete at McKinleyville
By Ray Hamill — The youth movement is alive and well in H-DNL wrestling. Now it’s just about getting these young guns some valuable mat time. The local high school season officially […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Local teams compete at AIBT
The Arcata boys won their own tournament opener against a young Red Bluff team on Thursday night, rolling out to a comprehensive 66-25 victory. The win keeps the Tigers unbeaten through five […]
H-DNL names MVPs and all-league teams in football
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte junior RJ Loftin has been named offensive MVP of the Big 4 in football, the league announced on Wednesday. Loftin’s teammate Sam Schauerman was named co-MVP […]
Some things we learned from an entertaining opening weekend
By Ray Hamill — It was a fun opening weekend in local high school basketball, with 17 of the 18 H-DNL varsity teams in action and five of them winning tournament championships. […]
PREP BASKETBALL — Who’s playing where this week
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for another busy week in local prep basketball, with several H-DNL teams playing at various tournaments beginning on Thursday. Here on the North Coast, the Tigers […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Three H-DNL teams crowned tourney champs
The Crusaders won their third game in as many days to clinch the Lake County Tournament on Saturday, defeating Upper Lake 68-51 in the championship game. Owen Shanahan was named tourney MVP […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Crusaders and Tigers advance to Arcata tourney decider
Freshman Laila Florvilus scored a game-high 13 points as the St. Bernard’s Crusaders advanced to Saturday’s championship game at the Arcata tournament with a 45-30 win over Fortuna on Friday night. The […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Warriors heading to Minnesota
By Ray Hamill — Three Hoopa football players have received invites to the prestigious Indigenous Bowl Game in Minnesota this weekend, capping a big year for all three. And that makes them […]
Wrestling returns as H-DNL teams prepare for Battle at the Border
By Ray Hamill — Boys and girls high school wrestling returns to the North Coast this weekend, with an added bonus for local fans. On Saturday, the Del Norte Warriors will host […]
