By Ray Hamill — A busy Friday night for local football sees seven teams in action, including three of them here on the North Coast. Up in Crescent City, the Del Norte […]
Weekend Football — Busy Friday under the lights for North Coast teams
Busy weekend in store for local football teams
By Ray Hamill — After three local prep football teams had a bye in their schedule last weekend, all nine will be in action this coming weekend, including seven of them on […]
Five H-DNL teams positioned nicely in early NCS rankings
By Ray Hamill — The early season MaxPreps football rankings are in and it makes for good reading for some H-DNL teams If the North Coast Section playoffs were to kick off this […]
Five Takeaways — Huge matchup looming on Saturday
By Ray Hamill — Two weeks into the 2019 prep football season and only two of the nine local varsity teams have managed a win. Admittedly, three of the seven teams yet […]
Five takeaways from opening weekend in prep football
By Ray Hamill — It wasn’t the greatest ever start to the season for the local prep football teams, although there was plenty to be optimistic about nonetheless. Of the eight teams […]
Wildcats unable to hold off Cardinals after promising start
By Ray Hamill — The Wildcats showed what they’re capable of with a big second quarter against Clear Lake in Ferndale on Saturday afternoon, but inconsistency continued to be a concern after […]
Poll results are in, Little 4 favorites not who you might think
By Ray Hamill — The results are in. Humboldt County has spoken, and Humboldt County believes Hoopa Valley is going to win this year’s Little 4 in football. In a Humboldt Sports poll […]
Nine predictions for the new prep football season
By Ray Hamill — The 2019 prep football season officially got under way on Thursday night when defending North Coast Section Division-IV champion Fortuna traveled to Healdsburg to take on Cardinal Newman. […]
Weekend football preview — Four teams open at home
By Ray Hamill — It’s opening weekend for eight of the nine local high school football teams, including six who will play under the Friday night lights. Friday’s Games Placer at Eureka, […]
Who would you draft in H-DNL fantasy football?
By Ray Hamill — With the local prep football season kicking off this weekend, many fans will be wondering which players are going to step up in the coming months, who will […]
Ferndale’s season opener moved forward
By Ray Hamill — Ferndale’s season opener against Clear Lake on Saturday has been moved forward one hour because there will be no JV game. Wildcats head coach Clint McClurg said earlier […]
Wildcats have depth, experience in 2019
By Ray Hamill — Don’t overlook the Ferndale Wildcats in 2019. If there’s one team poised to take a big step forward this fall, it’s the proudest local franchise of all, one […]
Best players in the Little 4 ready to blossom as seniors
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for some Little 4 fireworks in 2019, and some top quality football along the way. Last season, in a championship race that went down to the […]
Five talking points ahead of the new football season
By Ray Hamill — The new football season gets under way next week with anticipation high once again and plenty expected out of an H-DNL that proved to be extremely competitive a […]
Little 4 appears wide open — once again
By Ray Hamill — A change in the lineup led to an exciting Little 4 in 2018, with the race for the championship going down to the final weekend. And local fans […]
MIX 95.1 FM to broadcast 15 football games this fall
By Ray Hamill — Tag Wotherspoon and the crew at MIX 95.1 FM are tentatively scheduled to broadcast 15 regular season football games in 2019, including big showdowns to open and close […]
Opening weekend just over two weeks away
By Ray Hamill — Opening weekend for local high school football is just over two weeks away, with plenty of anticipation and intrigue ahead of the new season. The action gets under […]
Christiansen signs new seven-year deal at Sac State
Sacramento State has rewarded baseball head coach Reggie Christiansen with a new seven-year contract, the school announced on Thursday. In his nine years with the program, the Ferndale native has enjoyed plenty […]
Panthers dominate H-DNL all-stars
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League officially announced the list of all-stars and MVPs for the 2019 season in both baseball and softball on Tuesday. And there were no major […]
Athletes of the Year and other awards for 2018/19
By Ray Hamill — With graduations now over and attention switched to the lazy days of summer, it’s a perfect time to take a look back at what was a sports year […]
