
By Ray Hamill — Hailey Dolcini pitched a pair of wins last weekend to give the Fresno State Bulldogs their first two victories of the season in softball after they started out […]
By Ray Hamill — Hailey Dolcini pitched a pair of wins last weekend to give the Fresno State Bulldogs their first two victories of the season in softball after they started out […]
Humboldt State athletics announced on Friday that Katelyn Fox will rejoin the softball program as an assistant coach. Fox is a former HSU team captain and has been the head coach at […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section Executive Committee approved new guidelines for the sports calendar on Thursday, while giving member leagues the autonomy to set their own seasons. Among the […]
By Ray Hamill — On Monday evening the state of California released updated guidelines for high school and adult recreational sports, establishing a tier system for when competition can potentially resume. The […]
On Tuesday, Humboldt State softball announced the addition of six new recruits for next year, with Ashley Bowers, Brianna Brown, Annabelle Dixon, Michael Edwards-Gonzalez, Tristyn Guevera and Emma Vincent all signing letters […]
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods athletics department is closing in on a final decision regarding each team and the upcoming sports calendar. Community college sports are tentatively scheduled […]
By Ray Hamill — Former Fortuna pitcher Hailey Dolcini is expecting big things for the Fresno State Bulldogs when they return to the softball field in 2021. Like many collegiate athletes around […]
By Ray Hamill — The Loggers are back. On Thursday night the Eureka City Schools District board voted unanimously to allow their high school student athletes to resume sports participation for the […]
By Ray Hamill — Local softball standout Courtney Christensen has joined the College of the Redwoods coaching staff and will be an assistant under long-time head coach Maggie White this year. Christensen, […]
By Ray Hamill — With a big decision looming in the coming weeks, the Humboldt-Del Norte League appears to be leaning toward a start date of December 14 for the 2020/21 prep […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a crazy few days for local sports, with the news early on Monday that the CIF has decided to push back the fall sports seasons to the […]
By Ray Hamill — The upcoming year in prep sports is going to present some unique challenges for the H-DNL and high schools everywhere. On Monday morning, the California Interscholastic Federation announced […]
By Ray Hamill — Practice for football and the other fall season sports will begin on December 14, the North Coast Section announced on Monday. The NCS calendar for the year was […]
By Ray Hamill — As expected, the California Interscholastic Federation announced on Monday morning that the fall high school sports seasons have been pushed back due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19 and […]
Frank James Cheek was born on August 6, 1937 to Alberta and Floyd Cheek in Dayton, Kentucky. He was the second oldest of five children. Alberta was just 18 years old when […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been exactly three months since we last saw any live sports action here on the North Coast, and little did we know then that we would be […]
By Ray Hamill — The press conferences on the other side just got a whole lot more interesting. I have a feeling Frank Cheek will not disappoint anyone there. He never did […]
High schools in Iowa this week became the first in the nation to resume baseball and softball, another sign of the gradual return to sports after COVID-19. Monday was the first day […]
By Ray Hamill — The local sports community lost one of its true legends on Saturday, when long-time Humboldt State head coach Frank Cheek passed away. He was 82. The legendary coach […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers’ softball season may have been canceled, but the team’s coaches certainly left their mark. On Wednesday, co-head coaches Katelyn Graeser-Fox and Sarah Fox were named […]