By Ray Hamill — One day after getting the better of St. Bernard’s in a key Little 4 showdown, the Ferndale girls have added a Tuesday night game against Eureka to their […]
Impressive Cats get set to play Eureka in big Tuesday matchup
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — Eureka and L4 teams continue to impress
By Ray Hamill — The Little 4 teams feature prominently in this week’s Girls Basketball Power Rankings, with the smaller schools conference holding two of the top three positions. No. 2 Ferndale […]
BOYS POWER RANKINGS — A shake up at the top this week
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers got their league campaign back on track this week with a big win at home over Del Norte. And that is just enough to put […]
Career days for Railsback, Napoleon as CR teams split at Siskiyous
Mason Railsback and Makaila Napoleon each had career days on Saturday as the College of the Redwoods basketball teams split a doubleheader at Siskiyous. Railsback finished with 16 points to lead a […]
NCS RANKINGS — One local team on the rise ahead of big league showdown
By Ray Hamill — Two H-DNL teams remain No. 1 in their division in the North Coast Section basketball rankings this week, according to MaxPreps, while there’s a new top-ranked H-DNL girls […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Career nights and fast starts feature this week
By Ray Hamill — You know you’re hot when you post back-to-back career nights within a week. And that was the case with Del Norte senior Adriel Horton, who has been on […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers, Wildcats and Huskies all win
The Eureka Loggers improved to 3-0 in the Big 5 with a 64-50 win over Arcata on Wednesday night, while the Ferndale Wildcats impressed with a big 81-32 win over South Fork […]
Updates on cancelations and what games are still going ahead
By Ray Hamill — COVID protocols continue to adversely affect the local high school basketball season, with several games postponed this week, including a couple of big matchups that had been scheduled […]
COLLEGE BASKETBALL — Three more H-DNL players to face off on collegiate courts
By Ray Hamill — A number of local players are continuing to impress in the college ranks, although many of their recent schedules have seen postponements and cancelations because of COVID protocols. […]
Letter sent to H-DNL schools asking to end no spectator mandate
The “Let Them Play Humboldt” movement has sent a letter to all of the H-DNL schools ahead of Wednesday’s athletic directors meeting in an effort to get the league to reverse its […]
More than 2,000 fans sign petition for spectators to return
By Ray Hamill — A petition in favor of allowing spectators to immediately return to local high school sporting events has been signed by more than 2,000 fans in just a few […]
Arcata, Eureka game rescheduled for next week
By Ray Hamill — COVID protocols continue to take their toll on the local high school basketball schedule, with the postponement of Tuesday night’s boys game between the Arcata Tigers and Eureka […]
The reason behind the no spectator mandate and how fans are reacting
By Ray Hamill — There was an almost eerie silence heard around the H-DNL on Friday night, as games were played in empty arenas just two days after the local district superintendents […]
BOYS POWER RANKINGS — Who’s No. 1 after a wild week in the H-DNL?
By Ray Hamill — To say that COVID has changed everything this year is a huge understatement, but at least most of the games are still going ahead, and that’s something we […]
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — Little to separate the top teams right now
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL is forging ahead without fans and without many players right now, so it’s become a little more difficult to gauge exactly which are the top five […]
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Games continue with no fans in attendance
By Ray Hamill — There were games in the Big 5 and the Little 4 on Friday night, but no spectators were in attendance at any of them as the H-DNL begins […]
Eureka girls pull away in the second half, go to 2-0 in B5
By Ray Hamill — Through their opening two league games, the Eureka Loggers are living up to the billing as Big 5 favorites. On Friday night at Eureka High, the Loggers pulled […]
League races thrown wide open after wild night of basketball
By Ray Hamill — Wow! What an opening few days in the Big 5 and Little 4. While COVID has played havoc with just about every H-DNL roster this week, it hasn’t […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Big wins for Hoopa, Mack and Eureka
There were a couple of surprising results around the H-DNL on Thursday night, most notably at Hoopa, where the Warriors tipped off the Little 4 with a big victory over a shorthanded […]
Local stations to broadcast several H-DNL basketball games this month
By Ray Hamill — Local basketball fans won’t be able to attend any games for the next two weeks, but they can still follow much of the action online and on the […]
