By Ray Hamill — The Tigers were unable to contain Fortuna senior Camrin Dolcini, as the Huskies came away with a much-needed and hard-fought Big 5 win in girls basketball at Arcata […]
Prep Roundup — Tigers can’t contain Dolcini; Crusaders win again
Prep Roundup — Willis brothers shine as Huskies continue to roll
The Fortuna boys solidified their place atop the Big 5 standings with a comfortable 83-51 win over visiting Arcata on Thursday night. With the win, the Huskies improved to 3-0 in conference […]
Prep Roundup — Busy night for the Big 5 girls
A pair of Big 5 teams put some separation between them and the chasing pack on Wednesday night, while the Little 4 frontrunners sent out another statement of intent. In a busy […]
Prep Roundup — First conference wins for Loggers, Warriors
It appears as if the Eureka Loggers are building some momentum. Just 24 hours after defeating Hoopa Valley, the Loggers made it two straight wins by knocking off McKinleyville in a Big […]
Plenty of big games on tap this week in H-DNL
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt-Del Norte League action continues this week on the local basketball courts, with some key games on tap as teams look to build some momentum. Particularly in the […]
Who’s riding high in the NCS and state rankings?
By Ray Hamill — It might still be a little early to be talking playoffs in basketball, but if mid-season rankings are anything to go by, at least three of the local […]
Medeiros leads impressive showing for local wrestlers at Anderson
A number of local high school wrestlers made the trip to compete at the Nor Cal Beast of the North tournament at Anderson High over the weekend, led by the Fortuna contingent. […]
Huskies continue to roll, cruise past the Loggers
The Huskies showed no signs of letting up with another big win on Saturday night, comfortably defeating Eureka at Fortuna High by a score of 71-31. The Huskies, who improved to 2-0 […]
Prep Roundup — Big wins for St Bernard’s and Del Norte girls
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte and Eureka girls each posted statement wins in the Big 5 on Friday night, while in the Little 4 the St. Bernard’s Crusaders lived up […]
Prep Roundup — Winning start to Big 5 for Fortuna, Arcata
The Fortuna Huskies lived up to their billing as conference favorites on Thursday night, running out to a 61-46 win on the road at Del Norte in the Big 5 basketball opener […]
Loggers edge the Huskies in exciting league opener
By Ray Hamill — Wednesday night’s Big 5 opener between the Eureka and Fortuna girls was at times a sloppy game, with too many fouls, stoppages and wayward shooting. It was also, […]
Mullins named to NCS all-star team, other locals honored
By Ray Hamill — Tyce Mullins continues to receive recognition from outside the area after being named this week to the Prep2Prep all-North Coast Section football team. Mullins, who is coming off […]
Power Rankings – Fortuna, Del Norte lead the way
Basketball Power Rankings Girls 1 — Del Norte (10-1) The No. 2 ranked team in NCS Division-IV, the Warriors are getting plenty of respect 2 — Eureka (9-4) A tough pre-league schedule […]
H-DNL Girls Preview – Local teams impress heading into league
By Ray Hamill – While the Humboldt-Del Norte League boys have just two basketball teams ranked in the top 60 in the North Coast Section, the girls have five teams ranked in […]
H-DNL Boys Preview — Can anyone stop Fortuna, Hoopa?
By Ray Hamill — League play opens in earnest for most of the local high schools on the basketball courts this week, with at least one key matchup right off the bat. […]
Prep Roundup — Fortuna boys respond; SB girls win Fort Bragg tourney
The Fortuna boys basketball team wasted no time putting Friday’s loss behind them, bouncing back on Saturday to beat the host team at the Windsor tournament, 65-45. Donald Willis led the way, […]
Friday’s Prep Roundup — Fortuna boys suffer first loss
The Fortuna boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season at the Windsor tournament on Friday, falling 73-55 to Menlo-Atherton. The Huskies were riding a 13-game winning streak to start […]
2018 IN SPORTS — The top local stories of the year
By Ray Hamill — 2018 will go down as a controversial one in local sports, with Humboldt State and the North Coast Section front and center for the wrong reasons. But there […]
Thursday Prep Roundup — Good day for St. Bernard’s, Fortuna
Both St. Bernard’s basketball teams tipped off their post-Christmas schedule with a win on Thursday morning at the Fort Bragg tournament. The boys defeated Kelseyville 48-40, while the girls got the better […]
Prep Roundup – Fortuna boys win at Windsor
The Fortuna boys resumed their winning ways on the basketball court after a short Christmas break, defeating Analy 83-48 at the Windsor Tournament on Wednesday. Zac Claus had 27 points for Fortuna, […]
