The Hoopa Valley Warriors saw a memorable season come to an end in the opening round of the North Coast Section playoffs on Saturday, falling 48-22 at No. 7 seed St. Helena. […]
NCS Football — No joy for Hoopa Valley at St. Helena
Hoopa Valley needs to play ‘Warrior football’ in NCS
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Valley Warriors will need to play hard-nosed physical football at St. Helena on Saturday, if they want to advance in the North Coast Section Division-V playoffs. […]
Warriors hope to keep the party going at St. Helena
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a breakthrough season for Hoopa Valley football, and the Warriors are hoping the party doesn’t end quite yet. On Saturday evening, the Warriors play their first […]
Loggers get a two seed as eight local teams make the playoffs
By Ray Hamill — Eight of the nine local high schools have been included in the North Coast Section football playoffs, including Eureka, which was given the No. 2 seed in Division […]
Big night for Smith as Hoopa closes out L4 with a win
Hoopa Valley closed out an impressive regular season with a 22-12 win at home to McKinleyville on Friday night, giving the Warriors some momentum heading into the playoffs. With Arcata defeating Ferndale […]
Hoopa, Mack look for some momentum
By Ray Hamill — The Warriors will be looking for some momentum heading into the postseason, while the Panthers will be looking for a first league win, when the two teams meet […]
Local football players among NCS statistical leaders
By Ray Hamill — Several Humboldt-Del Norte League football players are featured among the statistical leaders in the North Coast Section, including St. Bernard’s quarterback Will Omey. Omey leads all NCS divisions […]
Five Takeaways — Wow factor in effect this past weekend
By Ray Hamill — The wow factor was in effect on the local prep football fields over the weekend. It was there at Husky Field, where Fortuna and St. Bernard’s served up […]
Tigers tame the Warriors, take control of Little 4
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers had too much defense for the visiting Hoopa Valley Warriors on Friday night, running out to a 22-14 win at the Redwood Bowl. The win […]
Hoopa, Arcata to battle for a slice of the Little 4
(Updated Oct. 19, game time has been moved forward to 6:30 p.m.) By Ray Hamill — Two unlikely candidates will battle it out for a share of a league championship on Friday […]
Five Takeaways — Loggers rule Eureka on emotionally-charged weekend
(Updated with correct NCS rankings on Oct. 18) By Ray Hamill — It was an emotionally-charged weekend on the local football fields, with big wins for Del Norte, Hoopa Valley and Arcata, […]
Warriors keep pace with the Tigers in Little 4
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Valley Warriors ended a 42-game losing streak to the Ferndale Wildcats three weeks ago. They got an even more impressive win on Saturday. The Warriors traveled […]
Plenty at stake in Ferndale on Saturday
By Ray Hamill — It took the Hoopa Valley Warriors 23 years to beat the Ferndale Wildcats. Now they’ll try and do twice in three weeks. The two teams meet at Ferndale […]
Five Takeaways — Ferndale Wildcats back in the mix
By Ray Hamill — There was a limited slate of games over the weekend, with just four of the nine local prep teams in action. That, however, doesn’t mean there weren’t plenty […]
Resilient Warriors rise to the challenge again
By Ray Hamill — The 2018 Hoopa Valley Warriors are proving to be a pretty resilient group. Every time someone knocks them down, they get right back up. And after each of […]
Hoopa, McKinleyville try to get back on track
By Ray Hamill — Both McKinleyville and Hoopa Valley will be looking to get their Little 4 campaigns back on track when they meet in a homecoming matchup at Mack High on […]
Five Takeaways — Tigers the team to beat in the Little 4
By Ray Hamill — All four teams in the Big 4 will have a bye this coming weekend, and all four have some issues to address before opening their league schedule next […]
Tigers beat Hoopa, take control of the Little 4
By Ray Hamill — A second-half pick-six by junior Alberto Iskra proved to be the difference in the big showdown at Hoopa Valley on Friday night, as the Arcata Tigers came away […]
Arcata, Hoopa both look to drive on in Little 4
By Ray Hamill — From the “things we don’t say often” file, Hoopa Valley football is getting set to host Arcata in a top-of-the-table clash this weekend. The two teams got the […]
Athletes of the Week – Stone, Pontes and Hoopa football all impress
Both Olivia Stone and Joey Pontes turned in impressive performances for their respective teams last week, as they have been doing all season. And that gets them the nod for the first […]
