By Ray Hamill — Last season all nine H-DNL varsity girls basketball teams qualified for the North Coast Section playoffs, including two that made it all the way to a NorCal championship […]
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — H-DNL teams riding high in NCS
Local wrestlers continue to impress at McKinleyville Invitational
The McKinleyville Panthers continued their impressive start to the new wrestling season with another strong showing at their own tournament this past weekend. One week after a third-place finish at Del Norte’s […]
Co-champs Arcata and Ferndale share the MVP awards in Little 4 football
By Ray Hamill — Now that the 2024 local high school football season has finally concluded, the H-DNL has announced this year’s Big 4 and Little 4 all-league teams and MVPs. The […]
Keeling, Lamebear impress in all-Warriors rematch at Hoopa
The Del Norte girls basketball team won the battle of the Warriors at Hoopa on Monday night. Freshman Jaylee Keeling led the visitors’ charge and finished with a team-high 19 points, as […]
Warriors win Trinity tournament; Wildcats continue to roll
The Hoopa girls are building some momentum ahead of league play in the new year. On Saturday evening the Warriors capped a perfect run through tournament play at the Trinity Holiday Classic […]
BOYS ROUNDUP — Tigers advance to AIBT final; SB, Del Norte, Hoopa win
The Arcata Tigers will play for a tournament championship for the second straight weekend after beating Piner 59-46 in Friday’s late semifinal. One week after they lost the McKinleyville tournament championship game, […]
GIRLS ROUNDUP — SB, Eureka and Hoopa advance to tourney finals
The Eureka girls continued their preparation for the Big 5 with another impressive showing against a good Encinal team at the Windsor tournament on Friday. The Loggers stretched their winning streak to […]
GIRLS ROUNDUP — H-DNL teams impress in tournament openers
The Eureka Loggers continued their impressive early-season form with a tournament-opening win at the Windsor tournament on Thursday. The Loggers beat Branson 52-38 for their fourth straight win and improved to 6-1 […]
BOYS ROUNDUP — Loggers rally in the second half, win AIBT opener
The Eureka Loggers overcame a slow start to the game and a 15-point first-half deficit on their way to winning their tournament opener at the Arcata Invitational Boys Tournament on Thursday. The […]
H-DNL wrestlers impress at early-season Battle at the Border
The Del Norte boys got the new wrestling season off to a strong start at the weekend Battle at the Border in Crescent City, with McKinleyville and Fortuna also impressing at the […]
Warriors showing some poise late in games early in the new season
By Ray Hamill — The hard work in the offseason is paying off for the Hoopa Warriors early in the new campaign. Last weekend, the Warriors finished 2-1 at the Durham tournament, […]
Wolford sisters, bigs lead Tigers to hard-fought win at Hoopa
Just a few days after she was named to the all-tournament team at the Peyo Classic, Arcata junior Mae Wolford continued to impress in a girls basketball game at Hoopa on Tuesday […]
BOYS BASKETBALL — H-DNL teams to face off in tourney finals
The best rivalry in H-DNL basketball will take center stage at the McKinleyville tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Arcata Tigers and McKinleyville Panthers both won their tournament semifinals on Friday and will […]
BOYS BASKETBALL — Action-packed day in store for H-DNL teams
By Ray Hamill — All nine H-DNL varsity boys teams are in action at various tournaments this weekend, and all nine are scheduled to play on Friday. Arcata, McKinleyville and Ferndale are […]
BOYS BASKETBALL — A good day for the H-DNL teams in tournament play
If Eureka senior Will Mooney continues to play like this, he’ll be handful for anybody in the H-DNL this winter. The Eureka standout made a seamless transition from the soccer field to […]
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — First busy night of the year for H-DNL teams
By Ray Hamill — Despite missing some key players who are still playing football, the Arcata boys got the new season off to a winning start on the first busy night of […]
Gaither leads the way as Eureka girls top Hoopa in season opener
Samara Gaither and the Eureka Loggers got the new basketball season off to a winning start on Tuesday night when they welcomed the Hoopa Warriors to Jay Willard Gymnasium. Gaither scored a […]
Eureka duo crowned league champs; Tigers take team titles
It was a good day for a couple of Eureka runners at Saturday’s H-DNL cross country championships at the Arcata Marsh, as the 2024 regular season concluded. Sophomore Claire Gast capped an […]
Eureka’s Gast dominates again in final regular-season race
By Ray Hamill — Eureka sophomore Claire Gast capped an outstanding regular season in H-DNL cross country with her fifth victory in five races at the Arcata Sports Complex on Wednesday afternoon. […]
First career league win for Poston in H-DNL championships tune-up
By Ray Hamill — Arcata’s Evan Poston is peaking at the right time. The impressive sophomore got his first career league win in the final H-DNL regular-season race of 2024 at the […]
