By Ray Hamill — It’s been a challenging start to the season for the young Little 4 girls soccer goalies, but all four current starters are thriving in the face of adversity. […]
Young Little 4 goalies quickly earning coaches respect
Short-handed Wildcats get breakthrough win at Del Norte
The Ferndale Wildcats kicked off league play with a come-from-behind win over Del Norte in girls soccer in Crescent City on Tuesday. The Ferndale girls trailed by a goal at halftime, but […]
JV FOOTBALL — Younger teams setting the standard this fall
While a number of H-DNL varsity teams have struggled this season, the same cannot be said of the league’s JV teams. In fact, of the eight local JV football teams only two […]
POWER RANKINGS — Finally some movement in our top five this week
By Ray Hamill — We have a shake-up at the top of this week’s Power Rankings — sort of. A disappointing loss for the Fortuna Huskies at Foothill on Friday night shows […]
Corsairs bounce back with impressive road win
The Corsairs bounced back from their first loss of the season with a big performance on Saturday, while also getting some payback for last year’s Grizzly Bowl defeat. College of the Redwoods […]
FOOTBALL POLL — Who will win this year’s Little 4?
POLL HAS CLOSED By Ray Hamill — Is there another team of 12-percenters out there? That’s one of the questions local football fans need to ask themselves as we get set for […]
GIRLS SOCCER — Tigers, Huskies remain perfect versus L4 teams
Three of four scheduled matchups took place on Thursday evening, as the round of games between the Big 4 and Little 4 teams concluded. As expected, both Eureka and Fortuna closed out […]
FOOTBALL PREVIEW — Five H-DNL teams prepare for weekend games
By Ray Hamill — Four local high school football teams have a bye this weekend, including three that will begin league play next weekend. Five other H-DNL teams, however, will be in […]
GIRLS SOCCER — Big 4 schools continue to roll
The Eureka Loggers secured their third win in three games this season with a 7-0 victory at St. Bernard’s in girls soccer on Tuesday afternoon. Also on Tuesday, the Arcata Tigers took […]
JV FOOTBALL — Big weekend wins for Fortuna, Eureka, SB and Hoopa
The Huskies continued to roll at both the varsity and JV levels over the weekend, sweeping both games against Ferndale on Milk Can Night. While the Fortuna varsity won 37-6, the school’s […]
POWER RANKINGS — Who is the best team in the H-DNL?
By Ray Hamill — Fortuna and St. Bernard’s continued to look like the top two teams in the H-DNL this weekend. Both won their fourth straight games to go to 4-0 on […]
Football Roundup — Tough night for several local teams
It was a disappointing night for some of the H-DNL teams, with tough losses for Ferndale, Eureka, Hoopa and McKinleyville. The one bright spot for the local teams was Fortuna’s big win […]
Huskies dominate again in Milk Can victory
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies left little doubt as to where the Milk Can belongs for the next 12 months after a dominating performance against their biggest rivals on Friday […]
H-DNL teams get set to open league play this week
By Ray Hamill — Eight H-DNL volleyball teams will begin league play on Thursday night. And what a start it should be in the Big 5 with the past two champions facing […]
NCS RANKINGS — Local teams standing tall in the section
By Ray Hamill — Three H-DNL teams are ranked in the top four within their North Coast Section divisions, according to MaxPreps. Both the Fortuna Huskies and the St. Bernard’s Crusaders are […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Big 4 teams too strong for L4 opponents
By Ray Hamill — All four Big 4 teams won their games against Little 4 opponents in girls soccer on Tuesday evening. The closest matchup was at Arcata where the host Tigers […]
JV ROUNDUP — Two of the hottest local teams set to face off
There is just one remaining undefeated JV football team in the H-DNL after another busy weekend of action for the league. The Ferndale Wildcats continued their impressive start to the new season […]
POWER RANKINGS — Top teams in the H-DNL continue to roll
By Ray Hamill — The top two teams in our Power Rankings continued to roll on Friday night, meaning there’s no change at the top this week. Fortuna cruised to a lopsided […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Cats pull away with six first-half TDs
By Ray Hamill — The Wildcats were firing on all cylinders in the first half of their victory over South Fork in Ferndale on Saturday afternoon. An offensive line that includes Ethan […]
Wildcats dominate the Cubs, continue to build momentum
By Ray Hamill — The Wildcats didn’t need a big second-half comeback this time around. After a slow start at Fort Bragg last weekend, Ferndale had to rally in the second half […]
