By Ray Hamill — The Arcata girls will get the opportunity to avenge last season’s NorCal championship game loss in Friday night’s Dick Niclai tournament final. On Thursday night, the Tigers got […]
By Ray Hamill — Day two of the Dick Niclai tournament is in the books with big wins for the Eureka and Ferndale girls in their tourney openers on Tuesday night. And […]
The Ferndale Wildcats had a point to prove in Tuesday night’s Dick Niclai tournament opener at Hoopa. After losing to the Warriors in the final week of the Little 4 schedule and […]
By Ray Hamill — Dick Niclai tournament week is one of the most anticipated of the year in local sports and it rarely disappoints. The action got under way with a pair […]
By Ray Hamill — For the second straight year the Hoopa boys basketball team is hitting its stride at an opportune time of the season. The Warriors sat fourth in the Little […]
The Ferndale Wildcats have advanced to next week’s Dick Niclai tournament after a narrow win in boys basketball at South Fork on Saturday night. After finishing in a three-way tie for second […]
By Ray Hamill — So who is the best girls basketball team in the H-DNL this season? We might be about to find out. Last year, the Arcata and St. Bernard’s girls […]
Saturday Boys Ferndale 72, South Fork 69 (L4 play-in game) Monday Boys Hoopa 68, Ferndale 58 McKinleyville 67, Eureka 44 Tuesday Girls Ferndale 65, Hoopa 40 Eureka 44, McKinleyville 36 Wednesday Boys […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders were the clear champions this year in Little 4 boys basketball, but there was no separating the rest of the field. On Friday night, the Hoopa Warriors hosted […]
Bring on the postseason. The St. Bernard’s girls capped a memorable regular season on the basketball court with their 25th win on Friday night. The high-flying Crusaders traveled to Hoopa and won […]
By Ray Hamill — With Little 4 champs St. Bernard’s win over Hoopa on Thursday night and Ferndale beating South Fork, there remains a high possibility there will be a three-way tie […]
St. Bernard’s closed out conference play with a perfect 6-0 record after beating Hoopa 65-53 on Thursday night, while Ferndale threw the race for second place wide open with a 61-54 win […]
The weather continues to affect this week’s H-DNL basketball schedule with more changes announced on Thursday. Because of the road conditions on Highway 299, Thursday’s scheduled Hoopa/St. Bernard’s boys games will now […]
The St. Bernard’s girls clinched the Little 4 championship outright in girls basketball on Wednesday night with a comfortable 68-4 win over South Fork. Elsewhere in the Little 4, Hoopa senior Ivy […]
Several local high school wrestlers continued to build some momentum ahead of the 2025 postseason with another strong showing by the H-DNL at this past weekend’s Redwood Empire Classic at Ukiah. Del […]
By Ray Hamill — One of Tuesday’s scheduled Little 4 boys basketball games has been postponed. The matchup between the Ferndale Wildcats and Warriors in Hoopa has been pushed back because of […]
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for what is arguably the most exciting week annually in local high school sports. The 2025 Dick Niclai basketball tournaments will tip off in nine days, […]
By Ray Hamill — Early in Friday’s game between the two Little 4 frontrunners at St. Bernard’s, it appeared as if the home team was going to cruise to another easy conference […]
The first conference champions of the 2024/25 H-DNL basketball season have been crowned. On Thursday night, the St. Bernard’s boys traveled to Ferndale and came away with a 62-45 win over the […]
