The McKinleyville Panthers and Del Norte Warriors both tipped off the Big 5 with a win on Tuesday night. The Panthers broke open a tight game with a big second half at […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Panthers, Warriors win Big 5 openers
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — No surprise at the top in first rankings
By Ray Hamill — It’s time for our first power rankings of the season in girls basketball, and there’s no surprise who’s No. 1. Despite a loss to Grants Pass on Wednesday, […]
ATHLETES AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Wildcats, Huskies and Panthers take center stage
By Ray Hamill — It was a good week for the Ferndale Wildcats in girls basketball. The Ferndale girls kept their unbeaten start to the new season going with three wins in […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers, Wildcats keep impressive runs going
The Eureka and Ferndale girls both kept their impressive start to the season going over the weekend, with strong showings by each of them at their respective tournaments. The Loggers won for […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Busy day of tournament action for H-DNL teams
A busy day of action for the H-DNL saw one local team claim a tournament championship on Saturday and two others place second. At Eureka, the McKinleyville Panthers got the better of […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers, Panthers and Wildcats all win
A good week of practice paid off for the McKinleyville girls in their own tournament opener on Thursday night. The Panthers outscored Yreka in each of the opening three quarters on the […]
Wrestling returns to Ferndale with high hopes
By Ray Hamill — Wrestling is back at Ferndale High this year, and the Wildcats appear to be in it for the long haul. After an 11-year break, the Cats competed in […]
Schedule changes announced for Logger Classic
By Ray Hamill — Some schedule changes have been announced for the Logger Classic, with Shasta unable to make the trip until Friday because of the weather. The three-day tourney will still […]
Early storylines and reasons for optimism for all nine H-DNL boys teams
By Ray Hamill — The new high school basketball season is just getting warmed up, but several H-DNL teams have already made a quite a statement in the early going and have […]
Eureka boys, Mack girls get set to host tournaments this week
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for another busy week of high school basketball, with two local varsity tournaments scheduled and multiple H-DNL teams playing at both of them. At Eureka High, […]
Warriors set the pace at Mack wrestling tournament
Del Norte took home the team championship at the weekend McKinleyville boys wrestling tournament, comfortably outpacing the rest of the field, which included eight of the nine H-DNL teams. The Warriors scored […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers get back to winning ways
The Loggers closed out the Arcata tournament on a high and ended a seven-game losing skid with a 50-46 victory over Red Bluff on Saturday. Hans Chalmers capped an impressive three days […]
Young H-DNL wrestlers to compete at McKinleyville
By Ray Hamill — The youth movement is alive and well in H-DNL wrestling. Now it’s just about getting these young guns some valuable mat time. The local high school season officially […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Local teams compete at AIBT
The Arcata boys won their own tournament opener against a young Red Bluff team on Thursday night, rolling out to a comprehensive 66-25 victory. The win keeps the Tigers unbeaten through five […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — St. Bernard’s girls, tourney MVPs impressing early
By Ray Hamill — The St, Bernard’s Crusaders got the new basketball season off to a flying start this past week, with both the boys and girls teams winning their respective tournament […]
H-DNL names MVPs and all-league teams in football
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte junior RJ Loftin has been named offensive MVP of the Big 4 in football, the league announced on Wednesday. Loftin’s teammate Sam Schauerman was named co-MVP […]
Some things we learned from an entertaining opening weekend
By Ray Hamill — It was a fun opening weekend in local high school basketball, with 17 of the 18 H-DNL varsity teams in action and five of them winning tournament championships. […]
PREP BASKETBALL — Who’s playing where this week
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for another busy week in local prep basketball, with several H-DNL teams playing at various tournaments beginning on Thursday. Here on the North Coast, the Tigers […]
Ferndale girls clinch tourney title at Calistoga
The Ferndale Wildcats have been putting up plenty of points early in the new girls basketball season and they have averaged more than 70 points a game through their opening four games. […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Local teams advance to championship games
Three local boys basketball teams have advanced to tournament championship games after some big performances on Friday night. St. Bernard’s beat Kelseyville in the Lake County Tournament semifinals and will play Upper […]
