By Ray Hamill — It’s finally go time in the North Coast Section Division-IV semifinals, with two of our area’s traditional heavyweights getting set for battle. No. 6 seed Fortuna will travel […]
Fortuna, Del Norte get ready for round three
Prep Boys Roundup — Puzz leads Panthers to opening win
Isaac Puzz scored 31 points as the McKinleyville Panthers comfortably opened their own Rotary Tip-Off tournament with an 84-51 win over the visiting Lower Lake Trojans on Thursday night. Puzz drained six […]
Fortuna/Del Norte winner will play for NCS title; Eureka’s status uncertain
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers have been adamant for the past two weeks that if it comes down to a choice between playing for a North Coast Section football championship […]
Fortuna seniors carry on rich Huskies tradition
By Ray Hamill — To suggest there is nothing that different about this year’s Fortuna senior class might be paying them the ultimate tribute. They are what Fortuna football is all about. […]
Athletes and team of the week
By Ray Hamill — It may have been a disappointing weekend for St. Bernard’s sports, with both the football and girls soccer teams losing their North Coast Section playoff games in disappointing […]
Five Takeaways – The Knights are coming to town
By Ray Hamill — Football returned to the North Coast Section this weekend after several delays and postponements caused by the poor air quality in the Bay Area, and it didn’t disappoint. […]
Huskies roll on at Kennedy, set up Big 4 rematch in NCS semis
The Huskies executed their game plan to near perfection on Saturday night, comfortably taking care of business in their North Coast Section playoff game at Kennedy High in Richmond. Fortuna pieced together […]
Local runners fare well at state cross country races
Riley Martel-Phillips closed out her high school cross country career with a strong showing at the CIF State meet in Fresno on Saturday. The Arcata senior placed 51st at the prestigious meet […]
NCS Playoffs — Fortuna heads to Kennedy, St. Bernard’s to San Marin
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section football playoffs finally resume this weekend, with a pair of local teams involved, each of them in Division IV, and each of them playing […]
CC runners head to Fresno for state championships
By Ray Hamill — Both the present and future of high school cross country in Humboldt County appears to be in pretty good hands. On Saturday, a pair of seniors and a […]
Almost time to play some football again
By Ray Hamill — It appears as if the North Coast Section playoffs will finally resume this weekend after a tumultuous and controversial couple of weeks. And that’s good news for St. […]
Another NCS shambles leaves runners high and dry
By Ray Hamill — Poor planning by the North Coast Section has left many local cross country runners wondering what might have been, after a sudden end to their high school careers. […]
Four locals selected for state, Arcata girls team left out
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section advancement committee selected four local runners for the State race, but left out the highly-rated Arcata girls team. The decisions were released on Tuesday […]
Runners left standing at the starting line in NCS cross country
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League runners were literally left standing at the starting line, when their North Coast Section cross country championships were canceled at the last minute on […]
Time for the CIF to act, accept latest coaches’ proposal
By Ray Hamill — Some teams are refusing to give up on their playoff ambitions as easily as the North Coast Section apparently did. On Monday, three high profile Bay Area coaches […]
NCS cross country races still on for Tuesday
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section cross country championships are scheduled to go ahead at Hayward on Tuesday, as long as the air quality remains within the required levels. On […]
NCS coaches make proposal to CIF to save the playoff crisis
By Ray Hamill — Football teams throughout the North Coast Section continue to search for a solution to the scheduling crisis, with another proposal on Monday to avoid a coin toss deciding […]
NCS cross country, soccer postponed – races pushed back to Tuesday
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League cross country runners who qualified for the section meet will have to wait a few more days to compete after the races were postponed […]
Local boosters offer NCS an alternative, but games remain on hold
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section has been offered yet another alternative to overcome the backlog of playoff games and avoid a coin toss deciding who moves on from the […]
A total NC mess that could and should have been avoided
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section could have avoided this week’s mess but failed to do so, and the schools in the Bay Area have allowed them to get away […]
