The defending Charles Lakin Tournament champs kept their hopes of a second straight championship alive with a comfortable win in their tourney opener on Tuesday night. The Fortuna Huskies, who placed second […]
Two changes have been announced to the schedule for this week’s Charles Lakin Tournaments. The H-DNL postseason baseball and softball tournaments are taking place in Arcata this week after getting under way […]
2026 Charles Lakin Softball Tournament Tuesday Eureka 6, Hoopa 4 Fortuna 13, Ferndale 3 Thursday Fortuna 13, South Fork 12 Eureka 6, McKinleyville 4 Friday Championship game, Eureka 14, Fortuna 7 2026 […]
The last team to qualify for this year’s Charles Lakin Tournament has advanced to Thursday’s semifinal round. After placing fourth in the Big 5, the Eureka Loggers thought their hopes of a […]
By Ray Hamill — When all was said and done, the Panthers left no doubt as to who was the best team in this year’s Big 5. In what was one of […]
A challenging softball season for St. Bernard’s closed out on Friday, but a sizable contingent of young players will benefit from the experience they gained this year. The Crusaders won just two […]
By Ray Hamill — A pair of conference championship teams feature in our weekly awards this week, including a couple of MVP candidates. In baseball, the McKinleyville Panthers clinched the Big 5 […]
A memorable season for the Cal Poly Humboldt softball team concluded on Friday, as the Jacks lost 4-3 to No. 1 seed Cal State San Marcos at the CCAA Tournament in Hayward. […]
By Ray Hamill — The schedule for next week’s Charles Lakin Tournament has been finalized after the completion of league play on Thursday. The H-DNL postseason tournament for baseball and softball gets […]
By Ray Hamill — A good season for the Eureka softball team got even better on Friday. After going winless in 2025, the Eureka girls have enjoyed a much more competitive season […]
The season doesn’t end just yet, but the Jacks will have to do it the hard way if they want to win this year’s CCAA softball tournament. The No. 3 seeded Cal […]
The Hoopa Warriors rallied on Wednesday to keep their winning streak going as they swept a non-conference softball doubleheader at Trinity. After taking game one 12-5, the Hoopa girls trailed by three […]
This year’s Big 5 was everything we expected as the race for the championship went down to the final day of action. In one of the most competitive Big 5s we’ve seen […]
By Ray Hamill — With the North Coast Section baseball and softball playoffs fast approaching, three of the 18 H-DNL teams are ranked No. 1 in their division, while six others currently […]
To their credit, the Hoopa girls kept battling and took care of what they had to. But they would come up just short in their bid for a Little 4 championship in […]
South Fork took care of their business in game one of Tuesday’s doubleheader at Ferndale. The Cubs came into their final conference games having already clinched at least a share of this […]
Freshman Lily Fournier and the Cal Poly Humboldt softball team will carry some momentum into this week’s CCAA Tournament. The Jacks secured qualification for the postseason tourney after splitting four games at […]
The Fortuna Huskies did what they needed to do to keep their Big 5 softball championship hopes alive on Saturday. Now they must play the waiting game to see if it was […]
As expected, the race for this year;’s Big 5 championship will go down to the final day off action. But on Saturday, the field of contenders was narrowed down to two, as […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL postseason Charles Lakin Tournament will get under way on May 12 in baseball and softball. And this year sees a return to the Arcata Ball Park […]
