By Ray Hamill — It’s time for our first power rankings of the season in girls basketball, and there’s no surprise who’s No. 1. Despite a loss to Grants Pass on Wednesday, […]
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — No surprise at the top in first rankings
Corsairs setting state-best standards in multiple categories
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs are off to an impressive start this season in men’s basketball, both as a team and individually. The College of the Redwoods men are 10-3 and […]
ATHLETES AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Wildcats, Huskies and Panthers take center stage
By Ray Hamill — It was a good week for the Ferndale Wildcats in girls basketball. The Ferndale girls kept their unbeaten start to the new season going with three wins in […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Huskies, Warriors and Crusaders all win midweek games
The Fortuna, Del Norte and St. Bernard’s boys all won in basketball on Wednesday night as they continue their preparation for the upcoming league campaign. Fortuna defeated Marin Academy 68-60 and improved […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers, Wildcats keep impressive runs going
The Eureka and Ferndale girls both kept their impressive start to the season going over the weekend, with strong showings by each of them at their respective tournaments. The Loggers won for […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Busy day of tournament action for H-DNL teams
A busy day of action for the H-DNL saw one local team claim a tournament championship on Saturday and two others place second. At Eureka, the McKinleyville Panthers got the better of […]
Eureka boys edge Fortuna, start to build momentum
The Eureka boys are building some momentum, especially on defense. On Saturday afternoon, the Loggers won for the third time in four games, getting the better of Fortuna 59-56 to close out […]
Crosswhite leads Huskies to second straight win
The Fortuna Huskies closed out the McKinleyville tournament with their second straight win on Saturday, defeating Yreka 55-35. Senior Isobel Crosswhite was instrumental in the victory, finishing with a game-high 22 points […]
Big second half lifts Fortuna girls past Mack
Ronnee Norwood and Brizia Contreras both played a key role for the Fortuna girls on Friday night, as the Huskies beat McKinleyville 54-41 at the Mack tournament. The game was a close, […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Huskies pull away from the Cats in the second half
The Ferndale Wildcats matched the Huskies basket for basket early in Thursday’s Logger Classic opener, but the Fortuna boys began to take control before halftime and would run out to a comfortable […]
Eureka girls finish strong to top Fortuna at Mack tourney
The Eureka Loggers got the McKinleyville girls basketball tournament off to a winning start on Thursday, running out to a 73-46 win over Fortuna. The Huskies started the stronger of the two […]
Schedule changes announced for Logger Classic
By Ray Hamill — Some schedule changes have been announced for the Logger Classic, with Shasta unable to make the trip until Friday because of the weather. The three-day tourney will still […]
Early storylines and reasons for optimism for all nine H-DNL boys teams
By Ray Hamill — The new high school basketball season is just getting warmed up, but several H-DNL teams have already made a quite a statement in the early going and have […]
Eureka boys, Mack girls get set to host tournaments this week
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for another busy week of high school basketball, with two local varsity tournaments scheduled and multiple H-DNL teams playing at both of them. At Eureka High, […]
Warriors set the pace at Mack wrestling tournament
Del Norte took home the team championship at the weekend McKinleyville boys wrestling tournament, comfortably outpacing the rest of the field, which included eight of the nine H-DNL teams. The Warriors scored […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers get back to winning ways
The Loggers closed out the Arcata tournament on a high and ended a seven-game losing skid with a 50-46 victory over Red Bluff on Saturday. Hans Chalmers capped an impressive three days […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers impress on a good day for H-DNL teams
McKenna Beach followed a 25-point performance on Friday with 24 more points on Saturday, as the Eureka girls defeated a quality St. Patrick/St. Vincent team 51-36 in the third-place game at the […]
Medeiros enjoying a breakout season on the college mats
By Ray Hamill — College has been an adjustment in more ways than one for Fortuna’s Adam Medeiros, but the former Fortuna Husky wrestler is enjoying a breakout season on the mats […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Tigers continue to roll; Huskies, Panthers win
The Arcata Tigers continued to roll on Friday as they improved to 6-0 with a comfortable 80-47 win over Las Plumas at their own tournament. The victory sets up a championship showdown […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Talty shines as Tigers lose a close one
Arcata’s Nora Talty had her best game of the season on Friday night, as the Tigers lost a close one, 59-58, to Justin-Siena at the Redwood Empire Invitational tournament in Healdsburg. Talty […]
