By Ray Hamill — The Huskies look like they’re ready to defend their North Coast Section championships in boys soccer after they came storming out of the starting gates in this year’s […]
Fortuna boys start fast, roll over Credo
NCS SOCCER — H-DNL dominates the opposition
By Ray Hamill—It was a great night for H-DNL soccer in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday, with all three teams in action dominating their opponents and outscoring them by a […]
H-DNL girls soccer continues to grow after 25 years
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a memorable season for the H-DNL in girls soccer, and also a milestone one. The league has now been in existence for a quarter century, and […]
NCS SOCCER — Top seeds prepare to open
By Ray Hamill — Seven of the 10 local teams to make the North Coast Section playoffs in soccer are still playing and will be in action over the next two days, […]
VIDEO — York scores from an almost impossible angle
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers made short work of visiting Lower Lake in the North Coast Section boys soccer playoffs on Wednesday, running out to a comfortable 7-0 win. Watch some […]
NCS ROUNDUP — Busy day of action for local teams
The North Coast Section soccer playoffs got under way on Wednesday with five local teams in action, including an all-H-DNL showdown between the McKinleyville and Del Norte boys in Crescent City. The […]
NCS SOCCER — Tigers win big in playoff opener
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata boys comfortably took care of business in the opening round of the North Coast Section Division-I soccer playoffs on Wednesday, rolling over Lower Lake 7-0. Jack […]
NCS BOYS SOCCER — Huskies seeded No. 1 as five local teams make the grade
By Ray Hamill — The Huskies will host a doubleheader of playoff soccer at Fortuna High on Friday night, after both the school’s teams received the top seed for the North Coast […]
NCS GIRLS SOCCER — Local teams earn top three seeds again
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for round two. After an exhilarating ride through the H-DNL that saw the league championship go down to the final week of action, the top three […]
SB girls expecting a top-two seed for NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — We could see a repeat of last year’s North Coast Section Division-III championship in girls soccer this season. You never know for sure how the seedings committee is […]
South Fork girls show improvement in soccer, get set for NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — Unlike the school’s boys team, the South Fork girls don’t have to wait anxiously for Sunday to find out if they will make the North Coast Section soccer […]
Huskies complete undefeated league campaign
The Fortuna girls left little doubt on Wednesday as to who was the best soccer team in the H-DNL this season. It may have been a battle all the way against Eureka […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Mack boys secure playoff eligibility
The McKinleyville Panthers set themselves up for playoff inclusion with a well-deserved 2-2 tie in boys soccer at Fortuna on Wednesday. The Panthers, who stretched their unbeaten run to four straight games, […]
VIDEO — Inches decide this year’s H-DNL title
By Ray Hamill — Sometimes the smallest of margins can decide a championship. Such was the case on Saturday afternoon, when the Fortuna girls escaped Albee Stadium with a hard-fought and well-deserved […]
Athletes and Team of the Week
By Ray Hamill — It was an historic week for Fortuna soccer in more ways than one, and a memorable weekend for Del Norte football, with two players in particular continuing to […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — H-DNL goes down to the final day
The Eureka girls won a make-up game with South Fork in girls soccer on Monday, closing out league play with a record of 9-1-2. The 7-0 win puts the pressure on the […]
SOCCER ROUNDUP — Big day for Fortuna soccer
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna boys secured their seventh straight league title outright with a 3-2 win at Eureka on Saturday. The Huskies, who have dominated North Coast soccer for much […]
Historic league championship for Fortuna girls
By Ray Hamill — The Huskies are champions of the H-DNL in girls soccer, for the first time ever. “I believe so” head coach Kathleen Lynch said of the historic achievement, after […]
What’s at stake, and all the permutations ahead of big soccer showdown
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL will essentially be decided in girls soccer on Saturday, as leaders Fortuna head to Albee Stadium to play closest challengers Eureka in the penultimate league game […]
H-DNL teams among the top-ranked in NCS
By Ray Hamill — The top three girls soccer teams in the H-DNL are also the top three teams in the North Coast Section, according to MaxPreps. Fortuna, which is unbeaten on […]
