By Ray Hamill — The upcoming year in prep sports is going to present some unique challenges for the H-DNL and high schools everywhere. On Monday morning, the California Interscholastic Federation announced […]
H-DNL coaches react to CIF decision
Important Dates — NCS releases calendar for 2020/21 sports
By Ray Hamill — Practice for football and the other fall season sports will begin on December 14, the North Coast Section announced on Monday. The NCS calendar for the year was […]
CIF pushes back high school sports seasons
By Ray Hamill — As expected, the California Interscholastic Federation announced on Monday morning that the fall high school sports seasons have been pushed back due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19 and […]
Decision day looming for local sports
By Ray Hamill — The next couple of weeks will be crucial for local athletes and sports fans who are eager to see a return to action, with big decision days looming […]
Scheduled openers now just nine weeks away
By Ray Hamill — There are exactly nine weeks to go until the scheduled season opening weekend for high school football. Of course, it remains to be seen if the season will […]
H-DNL submits CIF guidelines for return to county officials for approval
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL has submitted the California Interscholastic Federation’s return to activity guidelines to the county health department for approval. The CIF guidelines were released earlier this month, with […]
Positive news from the CIF, with big decision looming in July
By Ray Hamill — The California Interscholastic Federation appears determined to avoid canceling any more prep sports seasons because of COVID-19, with a big decision looming next month. After a meeting with […]
Impressive start to the summer season for Del Norte youngsters
By Ray Hamill — The American Legion baseball season officially began over the weekend, as the Northern Humboldt Giants and Knights hosted the Tehama Bulls in a pair of doubleheaders. The games […]
How wrestling helped prepare Scott for the next challenge
By Ray Hamill — Danika Scott says she owes a lot to the sport of wrestling and how it has helped her grow both on and off the mat. Despite only competing […]
Scott, Slayton named Del Norte athletes of the year
By Ray Hamill — Seniors Danika Scott and Anthony Slayton have been named the Del Norte High Athletes of the Year after outstanding years for both. The two outgoing seniors, who will […]
Prep athletes of the year and other awards, Part III
By Ray Hamill — In part III of our three-part look back at the high school sports year, we close out our annual prep awards with our Boys Athlete of the Year, our […]
Prep athletes of the year and other awards, Part II
By Ray Hamill — We continue to take a look back at the 2019/20 local high school sports year in Part II of our three-part series, while handing out several more awards. […]
The most popular high school stories of the past year
By Ray Hamill — There was a clear common thread among the most read high school sports stories of the 2019/20 school year here on HumboldtSports.com. Actually two common threads — Del […]
Prep athletes of the year and other awards, Part I
By Ray Hamill — It was, to say the least, a thoroughly disappointing end to the school sports year for obvious reasons, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t plenty to celebrate in […]
Top JC conference will be stacked with H-DNL talent
By Ray Hamill — One of the top community college football conferences in the state, and perhaps even in the nation, will be loaded with talent from the H-DNL this fall. The […]
Co-recruiting drive paying off for CR
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods track and field team is on the rise, both in numbers and stature, and that is in large part due to a recent […]
How many local D-I athletes are there? The answer might surprise you
(UPDATED on May 5 with Arcata’s Nicholas Brichta added to the list) By Ray Hamill — Competing at the Division-I level in college is nothing new for local student athletes, although I’m […]
Five reasons we can’t wait for some local football
By Ray Hamill — There are only 128 days to go to the new prep football season, and the way things have gone recently it will probably be one of the most […]
H-DNL stadiums light up the night for student athletes
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League schools paid tribute to their student athletes who had their spring sports canceled this year by lighting up the night on Monday. At 8:20 […]
Coaches will be challenged more than ever in 2020
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a challenging spring to say the least, and that’s not likely to change any time soon. In fact, local coaches are probably going to be challenged […]
