By Ray Hamill — The first Saturday of the new high school and college football season is going to be a busy one here on the North Coast. The new high school […]
Schedule change announced for opening weekend in football
H-DNL football teams get set for weekend preseason jamboree
By Ray Hamill — Local football fans will get a first opportunity to check out several of the H-DNL football teams at Saturday’s league jamboree. Seven of the league’s nine varsity teams […]
Changes planned for B4 football with season fast approaching
By Ray Hamill — It is now officially less than four weeks to go to the new high school football season, and this fall we will see some big changes in the […]
Humboldt Sports Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year Finalists
By Ray Hamill — As always there’s a lot of competition for this year’s Humboldt Sports Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year award with several worthy candidates considered. The annual award […]
Large local contingent enjoying big summer with Humboldt Crabs
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Crabs have not featured as large a group of local players in recent times as they are this summer, and just about all of them are […]
Humboldt Sports Big 5 Boys Athlete of the Year Finalists
By Ray Hamill — It’s almost time to name the Humboldt Sports Big 5 Boys and Girls Athletes of the Year for the 2024/25 school year. And as always, there are several […]
Humboldt Sports High School Coach of the Year Finalists
By Ray Hamill — It was another memorable year for H-DNL sports, and as always the coaches all played a huge role in that. And with that in mind, it’s almost time […]
Humboldt Sports Softball Player of the Year Finalists
By Ray Hamill — It’s almost time to announce the 2025 Humboldt Sports Softball Player of the Year. It was another exciting season on the H-DNL fields, with one team solidifying its […]
Warriors dominate all-conference team, Nolan earns MVP honors
By Ray Hamill — After winning a third straight Big 5 championship in softball this spring, the Del Norte Warriors had several worthy candidates for conference MVP. And when the conference coaches […]
Daniels named MVP as Big 5 All-Conference team is announced
By Ray Hamill — It will hardly come as a surprise to anyone who followed this year’s Big 5, but Del Norte senior Preston Daniels has been named the conference MVP in […]
Bravo, Houseworth among the athletes honored at Husky ESPYs
Mariah Bravo and Jake Houseworth were named the Fortuna High Athletes of the Year at the recent Husky ESPYs. The annual event, which honors the school’s senior student-athletes, has quickly become a […]
Brownfield becomes the 11th recruit of the year for CR coaches
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a very busy and productive offseason for College of the Redwoods women’s basketball head coach Bree Northern. This week, Arcata senior Emmerson Brownfield signed her letter […]
H-DNL releases inaugural league All-Sportsmanship Team
The H-DN Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is continuing to do its best to promote good sportsmanship among the league schools. This week, the league announced the inaugural HDN all-sportsmanship team, which […]
ATHLETES AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Lakin winners and track stars shine
By Ray Hamill —A trio of local track and field standouts are honored this week after big weekends for all three in postseason competition. St. Bernard’s Laila Florvilus closed out her high […]
NCS ROUNDUP — L4 teams impress on an otherwise disappointing day
By Ray Hamill — The story of the North Coast Section playoffs so far for the H-DNL has been the play of the Little 4 softball teams. On Wednesday, conference champs South […]
More questions than answers as NCS brackets are released
By Ray Hamill — Once again the new North Coast Section seedings system has left local fans scratching their heads in wonder. The 2025 playoff brackets and seeds for baseball and softball […]
Explosive Hanks, Florvilus lead H-DNL charge in NCS meets
The Humboldt-Del Norte League had six individual wins in two North Coast Section meets on Saturday, including two each for Del Norte’s Deken Hanks and St. Bernard’s Laila Florvilus. It was another […]
‘Resilient’ Huskies dig deep, answer the call late in Lakin decider
By Ray Hamill — It was a few years in the making, but the Fortuna Huskies are champions of the Charles Lakin softball tournament again. On Friday evening, the 2025 Huskies evoked […]
Fortuna Huskies end long wait for Lakin tournament title
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies ended an eight-year wait for a Charles Lakin tournament championship on Friday. And they did it with an exciting come-from-behind victory over McKinleyville in the […]
Top NCS track athletes heading to Fortuna for Redwood Empire meet
By Ray Hamill — One of the largest sporting events the North Coast has seen in recent times will take place at Fortuna High School on Saturday. Just one week after the […]
