It’s been a challenging preseason for many of the local baseball and softball teams, with a lack of outdoor practice for most of the H-DNL schools because of the weather. But on […]
Huskies top the Warriors in their season opener in softball
H-DNL rivals show their support for St. Bernard’s state finalists
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s fans obviously will be rooting for the Crusaders in Saturday’s Division-4 girls basketball state championship final, but they’re not the only ones. One of the great […]
BASEBALL ROUNDUP — H-DNL teams open tournament play
Several local teams got in some valuable game time on the opening day at various tournaments on Thursday, including the St. Bernard’s tournament at the Bear River sports field. The day’s action […]
H-DNL teams prepare for St. Bernard’s tournament at Bear River
By Ray Hamill — With a break in the rainy weather forecast for later in the week and an all-weather field available, St. Bernard’s will host a six-team baseball tournament on Thursday […]
Former H-DNL players continue to thrive with the Eagles
By Ray Hamill — A Hoopa Warriors reunion is in the works in late March, as Mendocino College and College of the Redwoods get set for a new chapter in their softball […]
Five H-DNL wrestlers compete at weekend state championships
Five local wrestlers qualified for this weekend’s CIF state wrestling championships in Bakersfield and all of them were in action on Friday. In the boys championships, at 138 pounds, Del Norte junior […]
Corsairs honor resilient class of sophomores ahead of possible playoff appearance
By Ray Hamill — Resilient is probably the word that best describes the four College of the Redwoods sophomores who were honored before Wednesday’s regular-season finale in women’s basketball. The class of […]
TEAM AND ATHLETES OF THE WEEK — Wrestlers and Cubs enjoy memorable weeks
By Ray Hamill — It was another impressive week for local high school wrestling, with the H-DNL claiming almost a quarter of the entire North Coast Section wrestling championships. The league took […]
Cox, Evanow setting new standards for Fortuna wrestling
By Ray Hamill — Fortuna seniors Mason Evanow and Chloe Cox made school history last weekend by becoming the school’s first-ever two-time qualifiers for the state wrestling championships. Now they’re hoping to […]
Young Huskies embrace defense, hard work on path to success
By Ray Hamill — Defense and team depth helped the Fortuna JV girls basketball team achieve success this winter. The young Huskies were recently crowned Big 5 champs and closed out the […]
Three H-DNL wrestlers crowned NCS champions
Three H-DNL wresters were crowned North Coast Section champions on Saturday and five have advanced to next week’s state championships. Competing at James Logan High School, Del Norte’s Curtis Bartley (140 pounds) […]
Remarkable success continues for H-DNL girls basketball
By Ray Hamill — Heading into the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section girls basketball playoffs, remarkably an H-DNL team has yet to lose to an out-of-area school. All nine H-DNL varsity […]
NCS ROUNDUP — Six local teams advance on busy playoff night
It was a busy night for the H-DNL with eight of the league’s teams in action in the North Coast Section playoffs. And it was a good night for six of them, […]
Fortuna senior makes school history with championship win
By Ray Hamill — Two weeks after winning a first-ever H-DNL dual meet championship, the Arcata Tigers were crowned league champions in girls wrestling at Eureka High School on Saturday. The Tigers […]
Dominating Warriors roll to league championship in H-DNL wrestling
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys defended their H-DNL championship in wrestling in emphatic fashion at Eureka High School on Saturday. The Warriors finished with five individual champions and four […]
All nine H-DNL girls teams qualify for NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL has been rewarded for an outstanding season with all nine varsity girls basketball teams qualifying for the North Coast Section postseason. Six of the nine boys […]
Where do this year’s Niclai champs stand in tournament history?
By Ray Hamill — With victories in their respective Dick Niclai tournament championship games on Friday night, the Arcata boys and Eureka have plenty to celebrate this weekend. But where does each […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Big finish lifts defending champs to victory
By Ray Hamill — The Huskies and Panthers set a high standard for the rest of this week’s Dick Niclai tournament. In first-round action on Tuesday night, the McKinleyville and Fortuna boys […]
Panthers bounce back, edge the Huskies in thrilling Niclai showdown
By Ray Hamill — What a difference a day can make. Just 24 hours after a hugely disappointing loss to rivals Arcata, the McKinleyville Panthers tipped off the Dick Niclai tournament with […]
Dick Niclai games to be broadcast live on local radio
By Ray Hamill — Tag Wotherspoon and The Beat 95.1 FM crew will be on had to broadcast several of this week’s Dick Niclai tournament games, boys and girls. Including Tuesday night’s […]
