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 […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Simoni scores three TDs in playoff win
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Watch the incredible conclusion to NCS decider
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 […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — History-making Wildcats hold on in hard-fought final
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 […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Relive Friday night’s thriller at the Redwood Bowl
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 […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Aguilar fourth in the state in yards per catch
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 […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Local players make big plays for CR
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 […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Cats pull away with six first-half TDs
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 […]
FOOTBALL ROUNDUP — Two Big 4 teams setting the early standard
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 […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Defense sets the tone for the Tigers
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 […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — ‘Hit another triple!’
By Ray Hamill — McKinleyville All-Star Crew Hicks got some good advice from one of his teammates right before his second at-bat on Tuesday. And then he delivered big time for his […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Mack attack in full swing at Hiller Park
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville 8-10 All-Stars broke open a tight game with nine runs in the top of the eighth inning of Wednesday’s Section 2 championship game at Hiller Park. […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Tigers respond late in thrilling championship
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers are the 2023 North Coast Section Division-4 baseball champions after a thrilling comeback at the Arcata Ball Park won Saturday night. The Tigers rallied from […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Crusaders pull away late in Division-6 final
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are North Coast Section champions again after a comfortable victory in Saturday’s Division-6 final at Crusader Field. The SB bats took control of the […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Arcata boys show plenty of fight in NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — With his team trailing late in Saturday’s North Coast Section Division-4 championship game but refusing to throw in the towel, senior Cedar Cline told me this is a […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Tigers relish that walk-off feeling
By Ray Hamill — Walk-off wins are always fun but especially when it sends you on to a North Coast Section championship game. On Wednesday evening, while hosting just a second-ever playoff […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Huskies eyeing more success in 2023
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies are not done yet. After clinching the school’s first Big 5 championship in baseball since 1975 a week ago, they added a first-ever Charlie Lakin […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Loggers seem to like the Lakin tournament
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers will carry some momentum into the North Coast Section playoffs after their big win in the championship game of the Charlie Lakin Tournament on Friday […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — So who are the fastest athletes in the H-DN?
By Ray Hamill — A freshman and a senior are the fastest athletes in the H-DN this year, and they’re only getting faster. At Saturday’s H-DN track and field championships in Fortuna, […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Great home atmosphere lifts CR to comeback win
By Ray Hamill — A packed house at College of the Redwoods on Saturday night lifted the Corsairs to victory in their opening playoff game. The CR men rolled from a seven-point […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Depth pays off for Loggers once again
By Ray Hamill — It was a tale of two halves at Jay Willard Gymnasium on Friday night, as the Eureka girls wore down St. Patrick-St. Vincent in the quarterfinals of the […]
