Just three points separated the top three H-DNL girls teams at the weekend North Coast Section Division-2 Redwood Empire Divisional wrestling championships. The HDN schools traveled to Novato for the section tournament, […]
Just three points separated the top three H-DNL girls teams at the weekend North Coast Section Division-2 Redwood Empire Divisional wrestling championships. The HDN schools traveled to Novato for the section tournament, […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL will be well represented in this year’s North Coast Section basketball playoffs with 13 teams included. The brackets and seeds were announced early Sunday afternoon, with […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers seem to enjoy the Dick Niclai Tournament. In recent years, the Panthers have saved some of their best basketball for the H-DNL postseason tournament and […]
A competitive and tightly-contested H-DNL girls wrestling season wrapped up at the league championships on Saturday, as the best young grapplers in the area now get set for the upcoming North Coast […]
The Del Norte Warriors’ dominance on the local wrestling mats continued over the weekend. Head coach Clinton Schaad and his wrestlers traveled to Lumberjack Arena to compete in the H-DNL Championships on […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers are back in familiar territory. After taking care of business in their Dick Niclai Tournament semifinal with a 76-61 win over Hoopa at College of […]
By Ray Hamill — The Warriors have been playing playoff basketball for the last couple of weeks. Every game, it seems, is an elimination game for the Del Norte boys, and every […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a good night for the No. 2 seeds in the girls bracket in the opening round of the Dick Niclai Tournament on Monday. Big 5 runners-up […]
By Ray Hamill — The 2026 Dick Niclai Tournament tipped off on Monday night with four first-round games taking place. In girls action, Big 5 No. 2 seed Eureka comfortably took care […]
By Ray Hamill — As we get set for one of the most fun weeks of the year in North Coast sports, here’s a look ahead to what fans can expect in […]
Named after the legendary Dick Niclai, the annual H-DNL postseason tournament is one of the most anticipated events of the year on the North Coast sporting calendar. The annual tournament features the […]
The dynasty is alive and well. On Friday night, the St. Bernard’s boys capped another unbeaten run through the Little 4 in boys basketball with a 71-43 win at Hoopa. The Crusaders, […]
The Del Norte Warriors will look to cap another successful winter on the wrestling mats on Saturday, as the local high school grapplers head to Cal Poly Humboldt for the 2026 league […]
St. Bernard’s and Ferndale honored standout senior classes on Thursday night before closing out conference play with big wins. The Crusaders hosted Hoopa and won 77-36, completing a perfect Little 4 campaign […]
By Ray Hamill — Heading into the final two nights of the regular season in H-DNL basketball, there is still plenty to be decided in the race for Dick Niclai Tournament inclusion. […]
The Crusaders made it official on Tuesday night, clinching a fourth straight outright Little 4 conference championship in girls basketball. After winning at least a co-championship with their victory at Ferndale on […]
By Ray Hamill — The schedule for next week’s Dick Niclai tournaments are set, but it remains to be seen which teams will participate. The McKinleyville boys, Arcata girls and St. Bernard’s […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata girls keep winning and they keep moving up in the North Coast Section rankings. For the third straight week, the Tigers have made a move in […]
By Ray Hamill — This past week saw four local teams crowned conference champs in H-DNL boys and girls basketball, including two outright, but the race for the Dick Niclai tournament berths […]
The Crusaders are Little 4 champions for the third straight year after clinching at least a share of this year’s title with another dominating conference win on Friday night. The St. Bernard’s […]