By Ray Hamill — The Wildcats’ success on the soccer fields this fall is not going unnoticed. Despite being the smallest school in the bracket, the Ferndale girls received the No. 1 […]
Wildcats seeded No. 1 as 11 HDN teams make the NCS playoffs
Fortuna, Del Norte prevail on busy night for the Big 4 schools
As the Fortuna Huskies might tell you, it’s not how you start the season but rather how you finish it that matters. On Saturday night, the Huskies kept their conference championship hopes […]
NCS VOLLEYBALL — Three HDN teams feature in quarterfinals
The last three remaining H-DNL teams in the North Coast Section volleyball playoffs were in action on Saturday night, but all three lost their quarterfinals. In Division 4, the Big 5 champion […]
League rivals continue to set the pace in H-DNL cross country
By Ray Hamill — The race for this year’s H-DNL boys cross country championship is heating up, as the top three contenders continue to build momentum. On Wednesday afternoon, Fortuna sophomore Juan […]
Loggers end long wait; Crusaders, Wildcats also march on in NCS
Just one week after clinching a first conference title in seven years, the Eureka High volleyball team enjoyed another breakthrough moment on Wednesday night. The Loggers were one of five H-DNL teams […]
NCS PLAYOFFS — No shortage of five-set thrillers on opening night
Three of the five H-DNL teams in action in the North Coast Section volleyball playoffs on Wednesday night have advanced to the quarterfinals. But they had to battle. The two Division-4 games […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Warriors end Cats’ winning streak ahead of NCS play
On Tuesday evening the Del Norte Warriors managed to do something no other H-DNL girls soccer team has done this season. On the final day of conference play, the Del Norte girls […]
H-DNL champion leads local golfers at NCS tournament
Del Norte senior Bria Larson closed out her high school career with a strong showing at the North Coast Section Division-2 championships at Baywood Golf & Country Club on Monday. Just one […]
NCS Volleyball — Big 5 rivals to face off in Division-4 playoffs
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section announced the field for the 2025 volleyball playoffs on Sunday, with five local teams included. And all five schools will be in action on […]
D-line sets the tone as Crusaders complete B4 sweep of Eureka
By Ray Hamill — Bring on the Huskies! While the Ferndale Wildcats have grabbed most of the headlines and some national attention this fall as they continue to inch closer to a […]
Gast, Ornelas make it two wins each in H-DNL cross country
By Ray Hamill — Eureka junior Claire Gast and Fortuna sophomore Juan Ornelas both won for the second time in three league cross country meets this week. On Wednesday afternoon, the league […]
What are the five best stories of the 2025/26 school year so far?
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a fun start to the school year in local high school sports with several teams impressing and some enjoying history-making campaigns. We’ve already had several league […]
Loggers hold on at South Fork after strong first half of play
The Eureka Loggers battled to a 3-2 win at South Fork in H-DNL boys soccer on Wednesday night. The visitors came out ready to go and enjoyed the better of exchanges in […]
POWER RANKINGS — Perfect Wildcats in a league of their own
By Ray Hamill — Break out the thesaurus, we’re running out of superlatives to describe the No. 1 team in our Power Rankings. The stats are nothing short of staggering, as the […]
Conference titles could be won on wild weekend for local football
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for the biggest weekend of the local football season so far. On Sunday, the Six Rivers Youth Football teams will begin their playoffs, with the championship […]
ATHLETE AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Big week for Loggers, Warriors
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a fun week in H-DNL sports. History was made, perseverance and determination paid off, and it was business as usual for the Ferndale High quarterback. And […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Cats edge Crusaders; Warriors tie the Tigers
The Little 4 champion Ferndale Wildcats continued to build momentum ahead of the North Coast Section playoffs with a 3-2 win over St. Bernard’s in girls action on Tuesday. Also in girls […]
Loggers dig deep to secure Big 5 championship at Del Norte
Determination and perseverance paid off for the Loggers on Tuesday night. With the conference title on the line, the Eureka girls traveled to Del Norte for what is an always challenging matchup […]
Eureka Loggers prevail, clinch Big 5 crown outright
The Eureka Loggers ended a seven-year wait for a Big 5 championship in volleyball with a win over Fortuna last week. On Tuesday, they secured the title outright. The Loggers traveled to […]
Larson leads the way as Warriors clinch historic league title
In the end, Bria Larson left no doubt as to who was the best golfer in the H-DNL this fall. League play wrapped up on Monday and Larson completed her remarkable stretch […]
