By Ray Hamill — A pair of local high school cross country runners capped memorable seasons on the North Coast over the weekend, and that earns them our athlete of the week […]
H-DNL soccer players avert tragedy while surfing at Trinidad
UPDATED with quotes from Narayan Weibel By Ray Hamill —Four local high school soccer players are heroes off the field after being involved in a life-saving rescue at Trinidad State Beach on […]
NCS football playoff brackets released
By Ray Hamill — There were no major surprises for any of the local teams when the North Coast Section football playoff brackets were released on Sunday afternoon, although Del Norte and […]
NCS SOCCER ROUNDUP — SB girls headed back to championship game
The St. Bernard’s girls are heading back to the NCS Division-III championship after a 2-0 win over Upper Lake at Crusader Field on Saturday. The home team scored twice in the opening […]
McGoldrick, Wood crowned H-DNL champions
The freshmen girls and junior boys stole the show at Saturday’s H-DNL cross country championships at the Arcata Marsh. As expected, Arcata freshman Ai-Lan McGoldrick capped a magnificent season on the North […]
Arcata girls set up intriguing NCS date with Eureka
By Ray Hamill — Here we go again. The Arcata Tigers upped their game in the second half of Saturday’s North Coast Section Division-I soccer showdown at home to Credo, pulling out […]
Injury-plagued Warriors see playoff hopes fade
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Warriors saw their playoff hopes dashed in their regular season finale on Saturday afternoon. With a postseason berth on the line, the Warriors were unable to […]
CR’s Traficante qualifies for state cross country meet
College of the Redwoods freshman Kaleb Traficante is heading to the state cross country championships after an impressive showing at the NorCal meet in Salinas on Friday. One week after placing first […]
Bright future for South Fork girls
By Ray Hamill — The South Fork Cubs learned a thing or two along the way on the soccer fields this year. Despite seeing their season come to an end on a […]
VIDEO — No stopping Barres, Carroll in NCS opener
By Ray Hamill — There was no stopping the Eureka Loggers on Friday, and there was no stopping junior striker Klayre Barres. Arguably the most dangerous forward in the H-DNL, Barres netted […]
VIDEO — Catch her if you can, Yang lights up St. Helena defense
By Ray Hamill — She’s one of the fastest girls in the North Coast Section, and on Friday she dominated the St. Helena defense. Fortuna sophomore Kallia Yang scored four times in […]
Loggers ease into NCS semifinals
By Ray Hamill — Bring on Arcata. Since losing to the Tigers in early October, in a game that would cost them a third straight H-DNL soccer championship, the Eureka girls have […]
Fortuna girls comfortably take care of St. Helena
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna girls scored twice in the opening 10 minutes of Friday’s NCS Division-I playoff soccer game, setting the tone early in a 6-1 win over visiting St. […]
Fortuna boys start fast, roll over Credo
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 […]
CR men suffer second loss in basketball
A short-handed College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team suffered its second loss of the season at the American River Classic on Friday night, falling 72-67 to De Anza. Donald Willis missed […]
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 cross country championships set for Saturday
By Ray Hamill — Arcata freshman Ai-Lan McGoldrick will go into Saturday’s H-DNL cross country championships at the Arcata Marsh as the clear favorite in the girls race, but it’s not so […]
CR women close out strong in volleyball
The College of the Redwoods women closed out the volleyball season with a bang on Thursday afternoon, defeating Lassen 25-19, 25-23, 25-9 for their second win in the Golden Valley Conference. The […]
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 […]
CR men quickly get back on track at American River Classic
The Corsairs quickly got back to winning ways in men’s basketball on Thursday night, knocking off the host Beavers 78-76 to open the American River Classic. After dropping a non-conference, non-tournament game […]