By Ray Hamill — Fasten your seat belts, Wednesday night is going to be a wild one for local basketball fans, who will have their pick of 12 big games here on […]
Five takeaways from the NCS seedings
13 H-DNL teams make NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — As expected the St. Bernard’s boys received the No. 1 seed in the Division-VI bracket for the North Coast Section basketball playoffs. The seedings were released early Sunday […]
Warriors, Loggers win H-DNL wrestling championships
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys were crowned H-DNL wrestling champions at Arcata High on Saturday after taking six individual championships with four runners-up. Fortuna was second with four individual […]
What’s next after another magical Niclai?
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a highly entertaining season on the local prep basketball courts, and that shouldn’t change too much in the coming weeks as we get set for the […]
Dominant Del Norte overwhelms Arcata in Niclai decider
By Ray Hamill — The Warriors are ready for the North Coast Section playoffs. That much was apparent on Friday night, as they cruised to a Dick Niclai championship in boys basketball, […]
Warriors head coach makes history
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte head coach Marc Slayton made history on Friday night, as the Warriors won the Dick Niclai championship in boys basketball. Del Norte defeated the Arcata Tigers […]
DICK NICLAI CHAMPIONSHIPS — Two great matchups on tap
By Ray Hamill — North Coast basketball fans won’t want to miss what is arguably the best night of the local basketball season, with two Dick Niclai championship games on tap at Lumberjack […]
Warriors comfortably advance to Niclai championship
The Del Norte Warriors comfortably advanced to Friday night’s Dick Niclai boys championship game with a 54-31 win over Ferndale in Crescent City on Wednesday. With the win, their 18th straight, the […]
Huskies and Warriors impress at NCS dual championships
Fortuna and Del Norte represented the H-DNL at the weekend North Coast Section Redwood Empire Division-II Dual Team Championships at Rancho Cotate High School. The Warriors were seeded No. 2 and placed […]
POLL RESULTS — Warriors, Huskies overwhelming favorites
By Ray Hamill — We asked you which teams you thought were going to prevail in this week’s Dick Niclai tournaments, and the results show two teams are overwhelming favorites. In the […]
POLL — Who will win this year’s Dick Niclai girls tournament?
VOTING CLOSED The Dick Niclai tournaments get under way this coming week, featuring the best local prep teams on the North Coast. In the girls tournament, the Fortuna Huskies are the No. […]
POLL — Who will win this year’s Dick Niclai boys tournament?
VOTING CLOSED It’s arguably the most exciting week of the season for prep basketball here on the North Coast with the Dick Niclai tournaments set to get under way on Monday. And […]
Tigers win first Niclai play-in game, get set for Panthers
The Arcata girls kept their Dick Niclai ambitions alive with a 65-55 win at Del Norte in basketball on Saturday night. The victory sets up a home game against McKinleyville on Monday […]
Update on Dick Niclai schedule announced
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers could host a boys and girls Dick Niclai doubleheader in basketball on Monday, if the girls team wins at Del Norte on Saturday night. With […]
Dick Niclai tournament playoff schedules set
UPDATED – According to the league office on Saturday morning, the Arcata girls will host McKinleyville on Monday if they win at Del Norte By Ray Hamill — Let the playoffs begin. […]
McKinleyville girls complete comeback, force three-way tie for third in Big 5
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers continued their late season surge with another big performance in girls basketball on Friday night, closing out the Big 5 with an emphatic 53-39 win over […]
St. Bernard’s boys riding high in state rankings
By Ray Hamill — Fresh off their undefeated Little 4 championship in boys basketball, the Crusaders are among the top-ranked Division-VI teams in California, according to MaxPreps.com. St. Bernard’s (14-7) is currently […]
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Tigers, Warriors both win; JV champs crowned
Two days after their epic showdown at Arcata High, both the Tigers and Del Norte Warriors each closed out conference play with a win in boys basketball on Thursday. Arcata won 63-45 […]
Clifton continues to soar as Warriors keep tourney hopes alive
The Del Norte girls remained in the chase for a place in next week’s Dick Niclai tournament with a 46-38 win over Arcata in Crescent City on Wednesday night. With the win, […]
VIDEO — Fourth-quarter highlights from Tuesday’s thrilling game
By Ray Hamill — What a night it was for Del Norte basketball, and what a year it’s been for Warriors sports. On Tuesday, the Del Norte boys knocked off their closest […]
