Three of the four Big 5 teams in action on Wednesday won their North Coast Section playoff openers. In Division 4, No, 1 seed Fortuna overcame an early deficit to beat No. […]
NCS BASEBALL — Three Big 5 teams march on, Panthers bow out
Fortuna celebrates its seniors at inaugural Husky ESPYs
Fortuna seniors Cody Collins, Lonna Torrez and Kylee Fennell were named Athletes of the Year at the inaugural Husky ESPYs, held earlier this month at the Gene Lucas Center. Collins, who has […]
NCS ROUNDUP — Hoopa, Fortuna girls set up NCS quarterfinal showdown
The H-DN’s dominance in North Coast Section softball picked up just where it left off a year ago on the opening day of the 2023 playoffs. The H-DN remarkably has won five […]
Five Corsairs advance to state championships in eight events
College of the Redwoods track and field will send five athletes to the California Community College championships after another big performance at last weekend’s NorCal championships at Yuba College. Sophomores Hannah Hartwell […]
Big day for H-DN at NCS meets with 16 top-3 finishes
Four H-DN track and field athletes were crowned North Coast Section champions on Saturday, with a total of 16 top-three finishes for the league. The Big 5 schools traveled for the Redwood […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Huskies eyeing more success in 2023
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies are not done yet. After clinching the school’s first Big 5 championship in baseball since 1975 a week ago, they added a first-ever Charlie Lakin […]
Fortuna standout commits to play two sports at CR
Fortuna senior Kylee Fennell is an all-league player in three different sports, and she’s going to play two of them in college. She’s also staying local, which is good news for North […]
H-DN teams poised for success as NCS brackets released
By Ray Hamill — Just one day after completing a first-ever Big 5 and Charlie Lakin double championship for the school, the Fortuna boys received a No. 1 seed for the North […]
Six H-DN softball teams qualify for NCS postseason
By Ray Hamill — Six of the eight H-DN softball teams have been included in the North Coast Section playoff brackets, which were released on Saturday, including four that will open at […]
Huskies stay the course, clinch historic first Lakin tournament
By Ray Hamill — An historic season for the Fortuna Huskies is showing no signs of slowing down. One week after they clinched their first Big 5 championship since 1975, the Fortuna […]
Changes in store for this year’s NCS playoff seedings
By Ray Hamill — The H-DN baseball and softball teams won’t have to wait quite as long this year to find out their playoff seed and opening opponent. Because of Mother’s Day […]
Big 5 rivals to meet again in Charlie Lakin tournament final
By Ray Hamill — The top two teams in the Big 5 will face off in Friday night’s Charlie Lakin tournament final after each successfully navigated their semifinals on Thursday. Playing at […]
Fortuna girls get back on track ahead of NCS playoffs
The Fortuna Huskies may have rediscovered their form at an opportune time. After an up-and-down season on the softball fields, the Fortuna girls closed out the regular season on a high note […]
NCS honors Christiansen for service to high school sports
By Ray Hamill — The H-DN administrators are clearly doing something right, and they’re getting recognized for it. Last month, Fortuna High Assistant Principal Kristie Christiansen was named one of two 2023 […]
Fortuna pole vaulters rise to the occasion at league championships
Two Fortuna Huskies flew higher than anyone else at the weekend H-DN track and field championships at Fortuna High — literally. Juniors Chloe Cox and Christopher Duey were the only non-Del Norte […]
Several PRs set at competitive H-DN track and field championships
By Ray Hamill — Arcata senior Ai-Lan McGoldrick won all four of her events at the H-DN track and field championships at Fortuna High School on Saturday, but it was the Eureka […]
Charlie Lakin tournament brackets set after league champs crowned
By Ray Hamill — The schedules and brackets for next week’s Charlie Lakin H-DN Tournaments have been finalized. The action in both softball and baseball gets under way on Wednesday and will […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — A good week to be a Husky
By Ray Hamill — Congratulations to the Fortuna Huskies, who ended a 48-year championship drought in baseball by winning the Big 5 this week. After clinching at least a share of the […]
Fortuna Huskies seal the deal in thrilling fashion
A exciting ride came to a thrilling conclusion on Friday afternoon, and when all was said and done a 48-year championship drought had ended. We expected this year’s Big 5 to be […]
Manzi edges Prior in entertaining pitchers’ duel at Bear River
We got see a matchup that could excite local baseball fans for the next couple of seasons at the Bear River Sports Complex on Friday evening, as St. Bernard’s freshman Michael Manzi […]
