By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors will play for a Dick Niclai Tournament championship in girls basketball for the first time in four years after defeating St. Bernard’s 55-49 in […]
Nunez leads the way as Del Norte girls advance to Niclai final
H-DN wrestling poised for very successful postseason
By Ray Hamill — The local high school wrestlers are getting ready for what will be a busy couple of weeks and what many H-DN coaches believe could be their best postseason […]
Tigers headed back to the Niclai championship game
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers will have the opportunity to defend the Dick Niclai Tournament championship they won last year when they face off against rivals McKinleyville in Friday night’s […]
H-DN expresses gratitude to CR for Niclai tournament efforts
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods will play host to four Dick Niclai Tournament semifinals over the next two nights, as the excitement continues to build around the annual H-DN […]
Panthers, Crusaders prevail in Dick Niclai Tournament openers
The McKinleyville and St. Bernard’s boys basketball teams have advanced to the Dick Niclai Tournament semifinals after winning their opening round games on Monday night. The Panthers faced off against the Fortuna […]
BOYS POWER RANKINGS — Tigers continue to lead the way
By Ray Hamill — Not many changes in this week’s Power Rankings, with the Arcata Tigers retaining top spot after another dominating week on the basketball courts. The No. 1 team in […]
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — Can anyone stop the Loggers in the Niclai tournament?
By Ray Hamill — The high-flying Eureka girls have won 11 of their last 12 games and are a very impressive 13-1 against H-DN teams this winter. Because of that, the Big […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — League champs take center stage
By Ray Hamill — This week we honor two players who helped lead their teams to a league championship, as well as a team that has established itself as a dominant force […]
Dick Niclai Tournament schedule finalized
By Ray Hamill — In the end there were no playoff games needed to finalize next week’s Dick Niclai Tournament schedule, with all four local leagues crowning outright champions. The highly anticipated […]
Crusaders prevail in exciting championship showdown at Ferndale
By Ray Hamill — The top two teams in the Little 4 lived up to the billing on Friday night and served up an exciting and hard-fought showdown in front of a […]
LITTLE 4 ROUNDUP — Cubs retain league title, as Cats win at SB
The South Fork Cubs didn’t have to wait quite as long this time around. After ending a 29-year Little 4 championship drought a year ago, the South Fork boys made it two […]
Girls basketball tiebreaker scenarios announced
By Ray Hamill — Heading into the final night of league play, there is still plenty to be decided in H-DN basketball when it comes to Dick Niclai Tournament seeds and automatic […]
LITTLE 4 ROUNDUP — Hoopa girls stun St. Bernard’s to set up true championship
As expected the race for the Little 4 championship in girls basketball will go down to the final night of action. What wasn’t expected, however, is that we will have a true […]
H-DNL announces playoff scenarios for NCS, Niclai tournament berths
By Ray Hamill — The top three Big 5 seeds for the Dick Niclai Tournament have been set, but things remain wide open in the Little 4. After clinching a second straight […]
LITTLE 4 ROUNDUP — Championship goes down to the final night of action
With senior Owen Shanahan sidelined with a minor injury, junior Seth Dyer had a huge night to lead the Crusaders to a comfortable 76-56 win over visiting Hoopa on Tuesday night. The […]
BOYS POWER RANKINGS — Is the gap at the top widening?
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers remain No. 1 in our Power Rankings this week after another big win at McKinleyville on Thursday. The questions now are can they win the […]
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — Local teams poised to make some noise in NCS
By Ray Hamill — Many of the H-DN teams continue to feature prominently among the top programs in the entire North Coast Section, with almost half them ranked in the top 24, […]
St. Bernard’s boys edge Eureka in exciting overtime showdown
By Ray Hamill — The final game at Jay Willard Gymnasium between these two crosstown rivals provided a fitting farewell. With the Eureka Loggers set to move into a new home before […]
Loggers win the battle of Eureka on Senior Night
The Loggers celebrated Senior Night with a victory over their crosstown rivals in girls basketball on Saturday night, beating St. Bernard’s 59-43 in front of large crowd at Jay Willard Gymnasium. The […]
LITTLE 4 ROUNDUP — Cubs top Crusaders to keep title hopes alive
The race for the little 4 championship will go down to the final week of action after the South Fork Cubs handed the St. Bernard’s Crusaders their first league loss on Thursday […]
