By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats are getting used to this. On Wednesday evening the school won its third North Coast Section championship of the year when the Wildcats baseball team […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Ferndale players enjoy big year in NCS
Motivated Wildcats take care of unfinished business with NCS win
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section Division-6 baseball championship will remain in Humboldt county for the third straight year, it’s just switching schools. On Wednesday evening, a determined Wildcats team […]
Six H-DNL teams still in contention for NCS titles, state playoffs
By Ray Hamill — With one North Coast Section championship already secured, the big question now for H-DNL fans is can any of the other five remaining teams add to that haul […]
Sophomores rise to the challenge as Wildcats return to NCS final
The Wildcats are headed back to a North Coast Section championship game in baseball for the second straight year. On Saturday afternoon, the top seeds in the Division-6 tournament took care of […]
What’s next for the nine remaining H-DNL teams in the NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section baseball and softball playoffs continue for nine of the 18 H-DNL teams this weekend, including five that will host games. The biggest matchup of […]
Peterson, Van Emmerik place first at CCAA championships
A pair of local athletes have been crowed champions at this week’s California Collegiate Athletic Association track and field championships. Competing at Cal State Stanislaus in Turlock, Ferndale High graduate Grant Van […]
NCS ROUNDUP — It was a busy couple of days for H-DNL teams
By Ray Hamill — Seven H-DNL teams played midweek games in the North Coast Section baseball and softball playoffs, with five of them successfully navigating their postseason openers. On Tuesday night, the […]
Five H-DNL teams included in NCS baseball playoffs
By Ray Hamill — Three H-DNL teams have been handed a top-three seed for the North Coast Section baseball playoffs, including No. 1 Ferndale. As expected, the Little 4 champion Wildcats received […]
Loggers take care of business to set up big rematch in Lakin final
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers will get the rematch they wanted. A 9-2 win over Ferndale in the first semifinal of the Charles Lakin baseball tournament in beautiful conditions at […]
BASEBALL POWER RANKINGS — Can anyone stop the Panthers
By Ray Hamill — Not surprisingly the top four teams in our rankings are the last four teams still playing in this week’s Charles Lakin tournament. And not surprisingly, the McKinleyville Panthers […]
Huskies shut out the Wildcats in Lakin tournament opener
Isabel Sanchez and the Fortuna Huskies silenced the Ferndale bats on Tuesday night, as they advanced to the semifinals of the Charles Lakin tournament. The standout sophomore pitched a no-hitter and helped […]
Tournament schedule finalized as B5 title remains in the balance
By Ray Hamill — The Big 5 softball championship remains in the balance after an Arcata/Del Norte doubleheader was postponed for the second time on Monday because of field conditions in Crescent […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Plenty of excitement at H-DNL championships
By Ray Hamill — The rain and wet conditions didn’t seem to dampen too many spirits at Saturday’s H-DNL track and field championships. The best athletes in league gathered at McKinleyville High […]
Hanks, Harrison lead the Warriors to team victory at McKinleyville
By Ray Hamill — Deken Hanks placed first in all four of his events at the H-DNL track and field championships on Saturday to lead the Del Norte Warriors to a team […]
ATHLETE AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Baseball champs have reason to smile
By Ray Hamill — A pair of league championship teams take center stage this week. After clinching their respective conference titles in baseball over the past seven days, the McKinleyville Panthers and […]
TOP CATS! — Ferndale ends long Little 4 championship drought
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a good year for Ferndale High School sports. In the fall, the Ferndale girls soccer team won a first-ever North Coast Section championship, and a few […]
Crusaders close out conference strong; Wildcats advance to Lakin tournament
The Little 4 champion Crusaders closed out conference play with a pair of wins in softball at Ferndale on Friday afternoon, winning 14-4 in five innings and 12-2. One week after clinching […]
H-DNL athletes prepare for weekend track and field championships
By Ray Hamill — Some of the best athletes on the North Coast will take center stage this weekend at the H-DNL track and field championships. The highly-anticipated league-concluding meet will take […]
What’s at stake in the Big 5 and Little 4 in the final week
By Ray Hamill — The final two of the four Big 5 and Little 4 titles in baseball and softball will be decided over the next three days as we get set […]
Vigil delivers in the clutch on his way to second league title
Eureka’s Talon Vigil delivered in the clutch on Monday on his way to securing a second H-DNL championship in boys golf in three years. The Loggers senior held his nerve down the […]
