By Ray Hamill — In part III of our three-part look back at the high school sports year, we close out our annual prep awards with our Boys Athlete of the Year, our […]
Prep athletes of the year and other awards, Part III
Prep athletes of the year and other awards, Part II
By Ray Hamill — We continue to take a look back at the 2019/20 local high school sports year in Part II of our three-part series, while handing out several more awards. […]
Prep athletes of the year and other awards, Part I
By Ray Hamill — It was, to say the least, a thoroughly disappointing end to the school sports year for obvious reasons, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t plenty to celebrate in […]
Trio of players impressing early for Humboldt Eagles
By Ray Hamill — A loaded Humboldt Eagles 19U roster will feature plenty of talent this summer, but a trio of players in particular have been impressing early. The team began tryouts […]
Top JC conference will be stacked with H-DNL talent
By Ray Hamill — One of the top community college football conferences in the state, and perhaps even in the nation, will be loaded with talent from the H-DNL this fall. The […]
Challenging schedule in store for Fortuna football
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies are not afraid to challenge themselves on the football field, and that will be the case once again this fall. The team recently finalized its […]
Maggie Stacy prepares for new opportunities at Cuesta
By Ray Hamill — Fortuna’s Maggie Stacy is driven to succeed, and now she’s taking that drive to the collegiate level. The outgoing senior, a standout in cross country and track and […]
Fortuna’s Taylor finds the perfect collegiate fit
By Ray Hamill — Fortuna senior Daeden Taylor has found what could be a perfect fit for his talents, after verbally committing to play football at Feather River College after graduation. Taylor, […]
HSU, Fortuna and Crabs legend Ken Dunaway passes away
Humboldt State and Fortuna High hall of famer Ken Dunaway has passed away at the age of 90 after a brief battle with cancer. A resident of Fortuna for more than 80 […]
Local standout named CCAA All-Star
By Ray Hamill — Former Fortuna High and College of the Redwoods standout Kokko Figueiredo has been honored by the California Collegiate Athletic Association after being named a conference all-star in baseball. […]
Local players impacting HSU men’s soccer
By Ray Hamill — Even though they will not get to play a season this fall, there is a sizable contingent of local players currently impacting Humboldt State men’s soccer. The Jacks […]
A ‘rock in the circle,’ Dolcini named all-conference
Former Fortuna High standout Hailey Dolcini has been named to the 2020 All-Mountain West Team in softball after an — yet shortened — spring season playing for Fresno State. Dolcini was one of […]
Towles twins, Cruz commit to play at CR
By Ray Hamill — Ferndale High’s Towles twins, Bekah and Elizabeth, have committed to play at College of the Redwoods after graduation, benefitting a pair of teams at the local community college. […]
Co-recruiting drive paying off for CR
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods track and field team is on the rise, both in numbers and stature, and that is in large part due to a recent […]
How many local D-I athletes are there? The answer might surprise you
(UPDATED on May 5 with Arcata’s Nicholas Brichta added to the list) By Ray Hamill — Competing at the Division-I level in college is nothing new for local student athletes, although I’m […]
H-DNL stadiums light up the night for student athletes
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League schools paid tribute to their student athletes who had their spring sports canceled this year by lighting up the night on Monday. At 8:20 […]
Coaches will be challenged more than ever in 2020
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a challenging spring to say the least, and that’s not likely to change any time soon. In fact, local coaches are probably going to be challenged […]
College-bound Emmons credits coaches for elevating her game
By Ray Hamill — Huskies senior McKenzie Emmons is getting set to take her game to the collegiate level, and she says the coaching at Fortuna High helped prepare her for the […]
H-DNL schools to light up their stadiums in honor of student athletes
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League will light up the night in honor of its student athletes this Monday night. In an event initiated by Manny Machado of Redwood News, […]
Fortuna’s Carroll to play at Lewis & Clark
By Ray Hamill — Fortuna’s Charlotte Carroll is getting ready for the next chapter in her basketball career, announcing recently that she will play at Lewis & Clark University next year. And […]
