By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna girls scored twice in the opening 10 minutes of Friday’s NCS Division-I playoff soccer game, setting the tone early in a 6-1 win over visiting St. […]
Fortuna girls comfortably take care of St. Helena
Fortuna boys start fast, roll over Credo
By Ray Hamill — The Huskies look like they’re ready to defend their North Coast Section championships in boys soccer after they came storming out of the starting gates in this year’s […]
NCS SOCCER — H-DNL dominates the opposition
By Ray Hamill—It was a great night for H-DNL soccer in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday, with all three teams in action dominating their opponents and outscoring them by a […]
H-DNL cross country championships set for Saturday
By Ray Hamill — Arcata freshman Ai-Lan McGoldrick will go into Saturday’s H-DNL cross country championships at the Arcata Marsh as the clear favorite in the girls race, but it’s not so […]
H-DNL girls soccer continues to grow after 25 years
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a memorable season for the H-DNL in girls soccer, and also a milestone one. The league has now been in existence for a quarter century, and […]
Del Norte, Fortuna look set for third showdown in NCS
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for selection Sunday, North Coast Section style. The section seedings committee will release the 2019 football playoff brackets this weekend, with Prep2Prep.com projecting six or seven […]
NCS SOCCER — Top seeds prepare to open
By Ray Hamill — Seven of the 10 local teams to make the North Coast Section playoffs in soccer are still playing and will be in action over the next two days, […]
Youth football championship games set
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Mustangs will get the opportunity to defend their AAA title in youth football, after qualifying for the championship game with a 26-13 win over Eel River […]
Officials make the right call on controversial play at Crusader Field
By Ray Hamill — A different angle provided a very different perspective on the controversial pass interference penalty in a football game at Crusader Field on Saturday, and it appears as if […]
VIDEO — Congratulations to coach Benbow and the Huskies
By Ray Hamill — Never underestimate a Mike Benbow coached team in November. Every year the long-time head coach and his exemplary staff have their team playing its best football at the […]
NCS BOYS SOCCER — Huskies seeded No. 1 as five local teams make the grade
By Ray Hamill — The Huskies will host a doubleheader of playoff soccer at Fortuna High on Friday night, after both the school’s teams received the top seed for the North Coast […]
NCS GIRLS SOCCER — Local teams earn top three seeds again
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for round two. After an exhilarating ride through the H-DNL that saw the league championship go down to the final week of action, the top three […]
Tigers dominate at H-DNL doubles tournament
The Arcata Tigers carried their regular-season dominance into the H-DNL doubles tournament at Fortuna on Friday, taking all three divisions. Aimee Reiner and Keona Gutierrez teamed up at No. 1 doubles and […]
Huskies appear to be playoff bound after beating SB
By Ray Hamill — Good news for the Fortuna Huskies. They get to practice again next week. On Saturday, in what was a do or die game, the Huskies grounded out a […]
SB line prepares for latest test against much improved Fortuna
By Ray Hamill — For any offense in football it all begins with the offensive line, and that has been the foundation for St. Bernard’s success this season. The high-flying Crusaders are […]
Loggers, McGoldrick the frontrunners again in H-DNL cross country
The Eureka boys will go into next week’s H-DNL cross country championships as favorites after another big showing at Wednesday’s league meet at the Eureka Municipal Golf Course. The host Loggers beat […]
Huskies complete undefeated league campaign
The Fortuna girls left little doubt on Wednesday as to who was the best soccer team in the H-DNL this season. It may have been a battle all the way against Eureka […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Mack boys secure playoff eligibility
The McKinleyville Panthers set themselves up for playoff inclusion with a well-deserved 2-2 tie in boys soccer at Fortuna on Wednesday. The Panthers, who stretched their unbeaten run to four straight games, […]
NCS pushes back playoff openers by one week
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section announced on Wednesday that it will be pushing back the start of the football playoffs by one week in order to allow teams affected […]
VIDEO — Inches decide this year’s H-DNL title
By Ray Hamill — Sometimes the smallest of margins can decide a championship. Such was the case on Saturday afternoon, when the Fortuna girls escaped Albee Stadium with a hard-fought and well-deserved […]
