By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats were the best football team in the H-DNL in week one, and they remain the best heading into this year’s playoff openers. The Cats led […]
POWER RANKINGS — Cats top final rankings, lead wire to wire
Young Cats dominate with perfect season, shut out six opponents
By Ray Hamill — As Ferndale coach Jim Cook said this week, these are “definitely good times” for Wildcats football. The school’s varsity team captured national attention with its remarkable year and […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Aerial attack lifts Crusaders to Big 4 title
By Ray Hamill — You know you’ve had a good game passing the ball when you have two players finish with more than 100 yards receiving. On Saturday afternoon, the St. Bernard’s […]
Four local teams qualify for the NCS football playoffs
By Ray Hamill — As expected, four local teams have advanced to the North Coast Section football playoffs, including two who could face off in a huge semifinal showdown in two weeks. […]
Crusaders get back on track, secure co-championship in the B4
By Ray Hamill — The Crusaders knew what they had to do on Saturday and they delivered. One week after a disappointing loss at Fortuna, and one day after the Huskies beat […]
College of the Redwoods falls just short in conference title bid
By Ray Hamill — A rollercoaster of a season came to an end for College of the Redwoods on Saturday, as the local community college program saw a golden opportunity of winning […]
Big second half lifts Panthers to season-ending victory at Hoopa
The McKinleyville Panthers will carry some momentum into the offseason after a 26-12 win at Hoopa on Friday night. With little more than pride on the line, the Panthers delivered in their […]
Huskies take care of business, clinch at least a co-championship
Not too many teams will want to face the Huskies in the upcoming North Coast Section playoffs. After starting the season 0-3, including a lopsided 49-0 loss to rival and neighbors Ferndale, […]
Wildcats complete perfect season, secure Little 4 title outright
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats closed out the regular season in much the same fashion as they started it 10 weeks ago with another dominating win on Friday night. With […]
ATHLETE AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — College teams lead the way this week
By Ray Hamill — Two local college teams will compete for a conference championship in the coming days, while another local college athlete enjoyed a career day this week. And all of […]
POWER RANKINGS — Some movement near the top this week
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats still have some unfinished business to take care of as they look to close out a dominating regular season with a big performance on Friday […]
What’s at stake on the final weekend of the regular season?
By Ray Hamill — Believe it or not, we have reached the final weekend of the regular season in local high school football. And for most of the nine H-DNL programs, there’s […]
Fortuna, Del Norte prevail on busy night for the Big 4 schools
As the Fortuna Huskies might tell you, it’s not how you start the season but rather how you finish it that matters. On Saturday night, the Huskies kept their conference championship hopes […]
Cats explode for most points by HDN team in over two decades
By Ray Hamill — Friday night’s game at McKinleyville was not something you see in sports every day. A team that lost by 70 points walked away feeling good about itself and […]
Redwoods remains in conference race after big win at Butte
As College of the Redwoods head coach Jason White said on Saturday evening, you’d never know his team was 0-6 three weeks ago after a game like that. Redwoods continued its late-season […]
Warriors look to close out strong after penalty-ridden loss
It was another disappointing night for the Hoopa Warriors on Friday as they fell 34-7 to Arcata. The victory for the Tigers keeps them in contention for a share of this year’s […]
Wildcats dominate again, claim at least a share of Little 4 title
By Ray Hamill — It was business as usual for the Ferndale Wildcats on Friday night. Sort of. The Wildcats traveled to McKinleyville High and came away with another dominating victory to […]
POWER RANKINGS — No change at the top as Cats continue to surge
By Ray Hamill — With two weeks to go in the regular season, the Ferndale Wildcats are now just two games from completing a perfect season of not allowing any points. McKinleyville, […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Dominant Cats score 60 first-half points
By Ray Hamill — It was business as usual for the high-scoring Ferndale Wildcats on Saturday, as they improved to 8-0 on the season and 4-0 in the Little 4 with a […]
Special teams, defense lead the way as Wildcats win big again
By Ray Hamill — It was another good day at the office for the Ferndale Wildcats on Saturday, as they kept their amazing run going with a 67-0 win over Hoopa at […]
