By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors still have some unfinished business to take of this coming weekend (and hopefully beyond), but the local prep football season has come to an […]
Grading this year’s six H-DNL playoff teams
Humboldt County officially issues new masking requirements
By Ray Hamill — As expected, on Friday local health officials issued their updated mask mandates for high school basketball. The local prep season, which tipped off on Friday night, was put […]
Shanahan, Albee and Hasselquist named conference MVPs
By Ray Hamill — Arcata’s Sydney Hasselquist has been named MVP of the Big 5 after helping lead the Tigers to a league title this year, the H-DNL announced on Friday. Hasselquist […]
Local health department steps in to save prep basketball season
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL received some good news on Wednesday after commissioner Jack Lakin met with local health officials. The county health department will officially release an updated mask mandate […]
CDPH decision leaves H-DNL basketball season in jeopardy
UPDATE – Local health officials have over-ruled the state mandate … By Ray Hamill — Here we go again. The entire local high school basketball season is now in jeopardy just days […]
NCS ROUNDUP — Busy night, statement wins for H-DNL
By Ray Hamill — Two local teams had big statement wins on the opening night of the North Coast Section football playoffs on Friday. In Crescent City, the No. 2 seed Del […]
South Fork Cubs forced to forfeit playoff game
By Ray Hamill — The South Fork Cubs’ playoff run is unfortunately over before it even begun. On Friday, the Cubs were forced to forfeit their North Coast Section football opener because […]
NCS PLAYOFFS — Cubs prepare to tackle the Wildcats again
By Ray Hamill — The South Fork Cubs know what they have to do if they are to win in the opening round of this week’s NCS football playoffs, and it’s not […]
NCS football playoff brackets announced
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section football playoff brackets have been set, and as expected six local teams have been included, including three who will get to host opening-round games […]
NCS ROUNDUP — Busy day for local teams in the playoffs
Eight local teams were in action in the NCS soccer playoffs on Saturday, including a doubleheader of games at both McKinleyville and Fortuna. In girls Division-I action, Arcata defeated St. Helena 8-0 […]
Get ready for a wild weekend in local sports
By Ray Hamill — Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a wild weekend in local sports. In addition to 10 H-DNL teams still involved in NCS playoff soccer, a packed […]
What’s next for the H-DNL teams in NCS soccer?
By Ray Hamill — With the opening round of action in the books, 10 H-DNL teams remain alive in the North Coast Section soccer playoffs, with two all-local showdowns set for this […]
NCS GIRLS SOCCER — Wildcats, Cubs march on in Division III
The H-DNL will be well represented in the North Coast Section girls Division-III soccer semifinals. Both Ferndale and South Fork won their respective quarterfinal games on Wednesday and will join St. Bernard’s […]
NCS BOYS SOCCER — Mixed fortunes for H-DNL teams in playoff openers
There were mixed fortunes for the H-DNL boys teams in Wednesday’s opening round of the NCS soccer playoffs. In Division I, Arcata won a thriller against Eureka on a penalty shootout after […]
H-DNL teams move up and down in latest NCS rankings
By Ray Hamill — Seven H-DNL football teams moved either up or down in this week’s North Coast Section rankings on MaxPreps.com, including two that could have a big impact in the […]
NCS soccer seeds set, with all-local matchups scheduled
By Ray Hamill — The NCS soccer playoff brackets were released on Sunday, with 14 H-DNL teams qualifying and at least three all-local showdowns set for this coming week. In boys action, […]
South Fork, St. Bernard’s honor their senior players
South Fork closed out an impressive regular season in boys soccer with a big win over St. Bernard’s on Friday, as the Cubs and Crusaders split an H-DNL doubleheader. The South Fork […]
Where each H-DNL team stands in the race for the playoffs
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors (6-1 overall, 4-0 in conference) are not just the best team in the H-DNL this season and still No. 1 in this week’s Power […]
South Fork girls shut out Ferndale
Summer Contreras scored a hat trick and Olivia Perkins led a strong defensive performance on Tuesday, as the South Fork Cubs defeated Ferndale 3-0 in Little 3 girls soccer. The win was […]
WEEKEND FOOTBALL — Conference titles could be decided this week
By Ray Hamill — The Big 4 and Little 4 could be all but decided this weekend, or, depending on how results go, both races could be thrown wide open again. First […]
