By Ray Hamill — The two Big 4 favorites got their league campaign off to a winning start in girls soccer on Tuesday night, setting up an enthralling showdown this weekend. Eureka […]
BIG 4 SOCCER — Loggers, Huskies set up pivotal league showdown
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 ROUNDUP — Another tough night for H-DNL teams
And then there was one. The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are the last remaining undefeated team in the H-DNL after the Fortuna Huskies suffered a 42-0 loss at Foothill on Friday night. The […]
School record falls on opening day in H-DNL cross country
McKinleyville’s Damian Dinan got the new cross country season off to a flying start in Del Norte on Thursday. After dominating the field for much of the 2022 season, the impressive senior […]
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 […]
BIG 5 VOLLEYBALL — Tigers, Huskies win; Warriors top the Bruins
The Arcata Tigers won their second straight Big 5 match on Thursday night to keep pressure on league leaders Del Norte. The Arcata girls won in straight sets at McKinleyville, 28-26, 25-15, […]
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 […]
BOYS SOCCER — Thrills, surprises keep coming in the H-DNL
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL served up another surprise in boys soccer on Wednesday night, as the Panthers handed league favorite Fortuna a 1-0 loss at McKinleyville. The win was McKinleyville’s […]
BIG 5 VOLLEYBALL — Warriors win again; Tigers bounce back
The Del Norte Warriors won their second straight league game on Tuesday night, getting the better of McKinleyville in straight sets in Crescent City. The Del Norte girls won 25-11, 25-9, 25-10 […]
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 […]
Nelson, Tygart lead the field in round two of H-DNL golf
Four different schools were represented in the top four in the latest round of H-DNL girls golf at Del Norte on Thursday. Arcata’s Madyson Nelson continued to set the pace with a […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Soccer, soccer and more soccer
By Ray Hamill — Local high school and college soccer takes center stage this week in our athletes and team of the week. Indeed, it’s been an impressive start to the season […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Crusaders upset Big 4 opponents; Tigers, Huskies win
After pushing Arcata all the way in their H-DNL opener on Tuesday, the St. Bernard’s girls shut out McKinleyville in soccer at Crusader Field on Thursday afternoon. The Crusaders scored a goal […]
Corsairs get a boost as Hough cleared to play
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods got a boost ahead of this weekend’s game against West Hills after quarterback Max Hough was cleared to play. The Fortuna graduate, who enjoyed […]
