By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys have been crowned H-DN champions in wrestling after a big day at the league meet in Fortuna on Saturday. The Warriors won four of […]
Del Norte Warriors crowned H-DN wrestling champions
Dick Niclai facts and stats, and the man behind the tournament
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka girls secured a rare three-peat of Dick Niclai Tournaments on Friday night, becoming just the third H-DN girls program to ever do so. However, when it […]
H-DN wrestling poised for very successful postseason
By Ray Hamill — The local high school wrestlers are getting ready for what will be a busy couple of weeks and what many H-DN coaches believe could be their best postseason […]
Warriors teams represent the H-DN well at NCS Dual Meet Championships
The H-DN was well represented at this year’s North Coast Section Dual Meet Championships, which were held at American Canyon High School on Saturday. League champion Del Norte received an automatic bid […]
Warriors, Wildcats advance to Dick Niclai semifinals
The Del Norte Warriors held their nerve down the stretch and were able to keep the McKinleyville Panthers at bay in the opening round of the Dick Niclai Tournament in Crescent City […]
Hoopa girls ensure playoff eligibility after ending long losing streak
By Ray Hamill — It had been a long time coming and it may have saved their playoff hopes. On Wednesday night, the Hoopa girls snapped a long losing streak on the […]
Dick Niclai Tournament schedule finalized
By Ray Hamill — In the end there were no playoff games needed to finalize next week’s Dick Niclai Tournament schedule, with all four local leagues crowning outright champions. The highly anticipated […]
Crusaders prevail in exciting championship showdown at Ferndale
By Ray Hamill — The top two teams in the Little 4 lived up to the billing on Friday night and served up an exciting and hard-fought showdown in front of a […]
LITTLE 4 ROUNDUP — Cubs retain league title, as Cats win at SB
The South Fork Cubs didn’t have to wait quite as long this time around. After ending a 29-year Little 4 championship drought a year ago, the South Fork boys made it two […]
Girls basketball tiebreaker scenarios announced
By Ray Hamill — Heading into the final night of league play, there is still plenty to be decided in H-DN basketball when it comes to Dick Niclai Tournament seeds and automatic […]
LITTLE 4 ROUNDUP — Hoopa girls stun St. Bernard’s to set up true championship
As expected the race for the Little 4 championship in girls basketball will go down to the final night of action. What wasn’t expected, however, is that we will have a true […]
H-DNL announces playoff scenarios for NCS, Niclai tournament berths
By Ray Hamill — The top three Big 5 seeds for the Dick Niclai Tournament have been set, but things remain wide open in the Little 4. After clinching a second straight […]
LITTLE 4 ROUNDUP — Championship goes down to the final night of action
With senior Owen Shanahan sidelined with a minor injury, junior Seth Dyer had a huge night to lead the Crusaders to a comfortable 76-56 win over visiting Hoopa on Tuesday night. The […]
Warriors continue to grow, keep playoff hopes alive
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Warriors have plenty to play for in boys basketball heading into the final week of the regular season. A big win over Ferndale, 64-45, last week […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Fans make H-DN basketball special once again
By Ray Hamill — On a night that made us remember why we love a good high school basketball game atmosphere, the Arcata and McKinleyville fans stole the show. Admittedly, the Arcata […]
No shortage of local wrestlers ranked among the section leaders
By Ray Hamill — Several H-DN wrestlers are highly ranked in the North Coast Section as we head towards the postseason tournaments, including six grapplers from four different local high schools ranked […]
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers answer the call; Panthers close in on Niclai spot
Two days after suffering their first league loss, the Loggers quickly returned to winning ways in girls basketball with a comfortable 63-23 win over Fortuna at Eureka High. The win lifts the […]
LITTLE 4 ROUNDUP — Cubs top Crusaders to keep title hopes alive
The race for the little 4 championship will go down to the final week of action after the South Fork Cubs handed the St. Bernard’s Crusaders their first league loss on Thursday […]
League championships could be decided in big week for H-DN basketball
By Ray Hamill — Two of the four H-DN basketball league championships could be decided this week, with some key games on tap as we head into the final two weeks of […]
WRESTLING ROUNDUP — H-DNL wrestlers impress at various weekend tournaments
Several local wrestlers continued to impress at various tournaments over the weekend, as they build momentum ahead of the upcoming H-DNL championships. League favorite Del Norte had seven wrestlers place first individually […]
