By Ray Hamill — With a large group of former H-DNL players in its ranks, the College of the Redwoods men’s soccer team should have more depth this year. And that could […]
Large local contingent gives Corsairs added depth for 2023
Large local class set to play a key role for CR football in 2023
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs have found the perfect formula to create a buzz around their football team. They’ve built a successful team that includes a large group of local players. […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Sharp and the Huskies take center stage
By Ray Hamill — This week sees yet another young local baseball player making a name for himself outside of Humboldt County and a local football team live up to its preseason […]
Physical Huskies hold on late to top University Prep
The Fortuna Huskies got the new football season off to an impressive start with a 27-15 victory over a good University Prep team at Husky Field on Friday night. Despite some expected […]
Versatile Huskies excited about their prospects this year
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies have plenty of reason to feel excited about the upcoming season, as they get set to kick off their new campaign at home against University […]
H-DNL football teams gets set for opening weekend
By Ray Hamill — Are you ready for some football? All nine local varsity teams will be in action over the next two days as the new high school season kicks off. […]
Nearby fires affect H-DNL opening-weekend schedule
By Ray Hamill — With the new high school football season set to begin this weekend, there has been a change of venue announced because of nearby wildfires and smoke conditions. A […]
Big numbers expected to help Redwoods football in 2023
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods football will begin official preseason practice on Aug. 7 with big expectations surrounding a team that pleasantly surprised on its return to competition in […]
Intriguing opening weekend scheduled for H-DNL football season
By Ray Hamill — Opening weekend in local school football is now just five weeks away, with all nine H-DNL programs preparing for what they all hope will be a successful fall. […]
Two local players included on the CalHiSports all-state teams
A pair of H-DNL players have been included on the CalHiSports All-State Baseball Teams. Seniors Tyler Dimmick of St. Bernard’s and Cole Ayala of Fortuna were both honored on the teams, which […]
Local coach to appear on popular Food Network show
By Ray Hamill — When he’s not cooking up a game plan for the Fortuna football team, head coach Mike Benbow enjoys spending time in his kitchen cooking food. But he never […]
A ‘thrilling development’ as former player joins CR coaching staff
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods will welcome back an old friend for next season after head coach Ryan Bisio announced that Zac Claus has joined the coaching staff of […]
Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year — Morris more than a softball star for Eureka
By Ray Hamill — Concordia University softball is getting a star player and an even better person, and the Eureka Loggers are losing arguably one of the best athletes they’ve seen in […]
High School Team of the Year — Warriors set the standard in the H-DNL
By Ray Hamill — Of the approximately 150 H-DNL teams that competed this past year, no one set a higher standard on or off the field of competition than the Del Norte […]
Team of the Year finalists show a lot of resilience
By Ray Hamill — After another hugely exciting school year in sports, it has been a challenge narrowing down roughly 150 H-DNL teams to just 10 finalists for our 2023 Humboldt Sports […]
Coach of the Year candidates exceed expectations
By Ray Hamill — It’s almost time to name the 2023 Humboldt Sports High School Coach of the Year and like with our other end-of-year award categories there is no shortage of […]
All five schools represented in our finalists for B5 Boys AOY
By Ray Hamill — Once again we have no shortage of worthy candidates for our 2023 Big 5 Boys Athlete of the Year. And once again, all five schools are represented among […]
Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year finalists have plenty in common
By Ray Hamill —Narrowing down the field of athletes to seven finalists for the 2023 Humboldt Sports Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year was no easy task with at least 20 […]
BASEBALL AWARDS — H-DNL teams take us on a thrilling ride
By Ray Hamill — It was another successful spring on the baseball fields for the H-DNL teams, with three of them in particular setting the standard. No one impressed more than the […]
SOFTBALL AWARDS — 2023 was the Year of the Warriors
By Ray Hamill — High school softball rarely disappoints here on the North Coast, and that was the case once again this spring as several H-DNL teams enjoyed memorable seasons. It was […]
