By Ray Hamill — Bring on the Eagles. On Tuesday evening the St. Bernard’s Crusaders booked their place in this year’s Division-5 North Coast Section championship game after an impressive 4-0 win […]
By Ray Hamill — Three of the final eight teams in the North Coast Section Division-4 softball playoffs are from the H-DNL, which leaves open the possibility of an all-local championship game […]
By Ray Hamill — The rain and wet conditions didn’t seem to dampen too many spirits at Saturday’s H-DNL track and field championships. The best athletes in league gathered at McKinleyville High […]
By Ray Hamill — In the immortal words of the insightful and brilliant Yogi Berra, it was a case of deja vu all over again on Wednesday. In more ways than one. […]
By Ray Hamill — A packed gym at St. Bernard’s was treated to an exciting finish to Monday night’s Division-4 girls basketball NorCal semifinal. With a place in Wednesday’s regional championship game […]
By Ray Hamill — Friday night gave us two exciting championship games and a reminder why H-DNL basketball is special. Playing in front of a packed house at Lumberjack Arena, the Arcata […]
By Ray Hamill — With three straight Big 5 championships and four straight Dick Niclai tournament titles, the Eureka Loggers have left no doubt as to who is the most dominating program […]
By Ray Hamill — The Dick Niclai tournaments never seem to disappoint. One day after a thrilling first-round boys matchup between McKinleyville and Fortuna, Arcata and St. Bernard’s gave us more of […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka girls will get a rematch with St. Bernard’s in Friday night’s Dick Niclai tournament championship game after comfortably taking care of business in Wednesday’s semifinal. Playing […]
By Ray Hamill — As usual, the McKinleyville Panthers and Arcata Tigers served up an incredible atmosphere when they faced off in a playoff game at Mack High in boys basketball on […]
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s senior Wyatt Simoni has been playing at an elite level all season and that continued to be the case on Saturday in a playoff win over […]
By Ray Hamill — A thrilling North Coast Section Division-1 girls soccer final went down to the final seconds at Albee Stadium on Wednesday night. Eureka and Fortuna, two teams that know […]
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats won a first-ever North Coast Section girls soccer championship with a well-taken goal and some outstanding defense on Wednesday. Playing league rival St. Bernard’s in […]
By Ray Hamill — The frightening part for the rest of the Little 4 is that Luke Lemke is only a sophomore. On Friday night, Lemke led the Arcata Tigers to a […]
By Ray Hamill — Carlos Aguilar was a big-play player on the football field during his time at Hoopa, and he’s continued that at College of the Redwoods. The freshman receiver scored […]
By Ray Hamill — A pair of former H-DNL players accounted for all three College of the Redwoods touchdowns in Saturday’s loss to West Hills Coalinga, and all three came on exciting […]
By Ray Hamill — The Wildcats were firing on all cylinders in the first half of their victory over South Fork in Ferndale on Saturday afternoon. An offensive line that includes Ethan […]
By Ray Hamill — We’re now two weeks into the 2023 high school football season and so far two Big 4 teams are setting the standard for the H-DNL. The Fortuna Huskies […]
By Ray Hamill — After winning four of their final five regular-season games in 2022, the Arcata Tigers carried that momentum into this season with an impressive 19-8 win over Eureka on […]
By Ray Hamill — After finishing the 2022 season strong, St. Bernard’s senior Wyatt Simoni picked up just where he left off in this year’s season-opener against Hoopa. The standout running back/defensive […]
