By Ray Hamill — Seven of the 13 local teams to qualify for the baseball and softball playoffs remain in the chase for a North Coast Section championship heading into the weekend […]
What’s next for the remaining H-DNL teams in the NCS playoffs?
NCS ROUNDUP — L4 teams impress on an otherwise disappointing day
By Ray Hamill — The story of the North Coast Section playoffs so far for the H-DNL has been the play of the Little 4 softball teams. On Wednesday, conference champs South […]
Warriors start fast, roll over San Domenico in NCS playoff opener
By Ray Hamill — There’s a reason the Hoopa Warriors are the most successful H-DNL team when it comes to North Coast Section softball — they seem to always bring their A […]
Ferndale girls top top the Pirates for first NCS win in eight years
A determined Ferndale team is marching on in the North Coast section softball playoffs for the first time in eight years. The Wildcats, who are seeded No. 9 in the Division-6 bracket, […]
Former HDN standouts make it to JC softball, baseball state tournaments
One former H-DNL athlete played for a state championship this past weekend, while another will do so next weekend. Former Del Norte Warrior Josephine Heuberger made it all the way to the […]
More questions than answers as NCS brackets are released
By Ray Hamill — Once again the new North Coast Section seedings system has left local fans scratching their heads in wonder. The 2025 playoff brackets and seeds for baseball and softball […]
‘Resilient’ Huskies dig deep, answer the call late in Lakin decider
By Ray Hamill — It was a few years in the making, but the Fortuna Huskies are champions of the Charles Lakin softball tournament again. On Friday evening, the 2025 Huskies evoked […]
Fortuna Huskies end long wait for Lakin tournament title
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies ended an eight-year wait for a Charles Lakin tournament championship on Friday. And they did it with an exciting come-from-behind victory over McKinleyville in the […]
Panthers, Huskies to face off in Friday night championship game
The Fortuna Huskies and McKinleyville Panthers will face off for the Charles Lakin softball tournament championship on Friday evening after both won their semifinals on Thursday. The Panthers upset the odds against […]
Panthers top the Warriors in tourney opener, advance to semifinals
The McKinleyville Panthers have advanced to the semifinal round of the Charles Lakin softball tournament after a 6-1 win over the Hoopa Warriors in opening-day action at the Arcata Sports Complex on Tuesday. […]
Rare triple play preserves shutout victory for Huskies in Lakin action
The Fortuna Huskies opened the Charles Lakin softball tournament with a 13-0 victory over St. Bernard’s in five innings on Tuesday night at the Arcata Sports Complex. Junior pitcher Isabel Sanchez continued […]
Charles Lakin baseball and softball tournament results and schedules
Charles Lakin Softball Tournament Tuesday McKinleyville 6, Hoopa 1 Fortuna 13, St. Bernard’s 0 Thursday McKinleyville 12, Del Norte 5 Fortuna 7, South Fork 3 Friday Championship game Fortuna 6, McKinleyville 4 […]
WEEKEND SOFTBALL — Huskies celebrate their ‘Swiss Army Knives’; Crusaders edge Arcata
The Huskies celebrated three outstanding seniors on Saturday before cruising to an 18-8 win over Eureka in both teams’ regular-season finale at Fortuna High. Also in action this weekend, on Friday the […]
Schedules finalized for 2025 Charles Lakin tournaments
By Ray Hamill — The schedule for both the baseball and softball Charles Lakin tournaments have been finalized after Thursday’s conference finales. A couple of last-minute changes have been included in order […]
TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Del Norte Warriors standing tall
By Ray Hamill — To say the least, it was a good week for Del Norte High School sports. The Crescent City school’s baseball and softball teams both clinched Big 5 championships […]
Hoopa girls continue late-season surge with doubleheader sweep at St. Bernard’s
By Ray Hamill — An 0-9 start to the season must seem like a long time ago to the Hoopa Warriors. No team in the H-DNL has improved as much from the […]
Pidgeon returns with a bang, as Cats and Cubs split doubleheader
Tinnley Pidgeon returned to the Ferndale lineup for the first time this season on Thursday and had an immediate impact. The junior standout and teammate Madison Gossi hit home runs on back-to-back […]
Warriors take second in L4; coin flip held to determine third seed for Lakin tourney
By Ray Hamill — The field has been set for next week’s Charles Lakin softball tournament after Thursday’s Little 4 action, but it took a coin flip to finalize things. On the […]
BIG 5 SOFTBALL — Del Norte girls leave no doubt, cruise to outright title
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte girls won a third straight championship in softball this spring, and on Wednesday they made sure it would be a third straight outright championship. After […]
Charles Lakin baseball and softball tournament schedules set
By Ray Hamill — The schedules for this year’s Charles Lakin Tournaments have been announced by the H-DNL. The league’s postseason baseball and softball tournaments will take place next week with five […]
