By Ray Hamill — Even with one of their senior leaders still busy playing football, the Fortuna Huskies are off to a flying start this season, while living up to early expectations, […]
Prep Boys Roundup — Huskies keep up impressive pace
Prep Girls Roundup — Eureka girls continue to roll
The Eureka girls continued their fast start to the season with a 52-37 win over Shasta at the Harlan Carter Tournament in Redding on Thursday evening. Makaila Napoleon scored a team-high 19 […]
Busy weekend on tap for local basketball teams
By Ray Hamill — In addition to the two California Collegiate Athletic Association doubleheaders at Lumberjack Arena this week, most of the local prep teams will be in action at a variety […]
What can the Huskies expect from Moreau Catholic?
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies are gearing up for a second straight North Coast Section championship game this weekend, hoping to secure a second straight NCS title. To get it, […]
Local teams prepare for AIBT, which opens Thursday
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Invitational Basketball Tournament gets under way on Thursday with a competitive field lined up, including four local teams. And all four local teams open the tournament […]
Five Takeaways — Never underestimate the Fortuna Huskies
By Ray Hamill — It was a wild weekend for the local football teams still playing, not to mention their coaches, parents and fans. It was also a great weekend for Fortuna […]
Fortuna girls ready to surprise some people this winter
By Ray Hamill — The Huskies are young, fast and eager to surprise some of their Big 5 rivals this season. At the very least, they should offer more of a challenge […]
Huskies advance to another NCS championship game
Joey Pontes scored four touchdowns on Saturday night, as the Fortuna Huskies defeated the Del Norte Warriors 30-6 in Crescent City to move on to next week’s North Coast Section Division-IV championship […]
Eureka, Fortuna prevail in tough conditions
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers took care of business on the field of play on Saturday night. Now it comes down to a coin flip at the North Coast Section […]
Fortuna, Del Norte get ready for round three
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 […]
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. […]
