By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods men’s and women’s basketball teams will play their home openers in the next few days in what will be a busy week for […]
Basketball teams get set for home openers in busy week for CR sports
Corsairs building momentum on the mats ahead of North Regional championships
College wrestling has returned to the North Coast with a bang this fall and the best may be yet to come. This past weekend, the College of the Redwoods men’s team placed […]
Local high school wrestling association seeks more officials
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Del Norte Wrestling Officials Association is looking to add to its roster of officials with the new high school season just around the corner. Association head […]
Corsairs announce 2023 Hall of Fame class
Three former Arcata Tigers, including a pair of former NFL players, will be inducted into the College of the Redwoods Hall of Fame this month. The class of three, all of […]
Arcata Tigers to induct new Hall of Fame class this week
Three individuals and a team will be inducted into the Arcata Tigers Hall of Fame this week. Jerry Ross (class of 1970), Grant Rider (1981), Paul Wienicke (1985) and the 1995/96 girls […]
Mack wrestler among the standouts as Corsairs start strong
It was an historic weekend for College of the Redwoods athletics as the Corsairs competed in wrestling for the first time in more than four decades. Head coach Brandon Benvenuti traveled with […]
College of the Redwoods to host open mat practice on Friday
By Ray Hamill — College wrestling returns to the North Coast this fall for the first time since 1991 with College of the Redwoods fielding a men’s team. And locals fans will […]
L4 Athlete of the Year Marshall hopes to wrestle locally for years
By Ray Hamill — Gerard Marshall is getting ready to make some history at College of the Redwoods, and after that he hopes to make some at Cal Poly Humboldt too. The […]
Exciting times for College of the Redwoods athletics
By Ray Hamill — Community support for College of the Redwoods athletics is alive and well. On Thursday night, the local community college held its annual fundraising dinner and auction with a […]
Little 4 Boys Athlete of the Year — Hoopa’s three-sport star leads the way
By Ray Hamill — Hoopa’s Gerard Marshall leaves an impressive legacy with the Warriors after an outstanding senior year in three different sports. And that’s why he’s the 2023 Humboldt Sports Little […]
Team of the Year finalists show a lot of resilience
By Ray Hamill — After another hugely exciting school year in sports, it has been a challenge narrowing down roughly 150 H-DNL teams to just 10 finalists for our 2023 Humboldt Sports […]
Coach of the Year candidates exceed expectations
By Ray Hamill — It’s almost time to name the 2023 Humboldt Sports High School Coach of the Year and like with our other end-of-year award categories there is no shortage of […]
Several locals jump at the chance to wrestle for CR
By Ray Hamill — New College of the Redwoods wrestling head coach Brandon Benvenuti has been busy recruiting since taking over the position a month ago. The Corsairs will compete in men’s […]
All five schools represented in our finalists for B5 Boys AOY
By Ray Hamill — Once again we have no shortage of worthy candidates for our 2023 Big 5 Boys Athlete of the Year. And once again, all five schools are represented among […]
Four-time local league champ taking her talents to CR
By Ray Hamill — H-DNL graduate Adenne Schaad will leave a lasting legacy in her wake at Del Norte High School as she sets out to begin a new one at College […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Local wrestlers, pitchers continue to shine
By Ray Hamill — I’m losing count as to how many local youth wrestlers have been named Humboldt Sports Athletes of the Week this year. And that’s a reflection of how good […]
Local youth wrestlers continue to shine at Rocky Mountain Nationals
A successful year for local wrestling continued this past weekend, with three more young grapplers placing at the Rocky Mountain Nationals in Las Vegas. Leading the way was 13-year-old Chey Gensaw, who […]
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK — Eagles pitcher rises to the occasion
By Ray Hamill — One local American Legion player has been particularly impressive early in the season, while two young local wrestlers continue to make a name for themselves well beyond the […]
Local youth wrestler clinches rare triple crown of state titles
Arcata youth wrestler Taylor Bell secured a rare triple crown of state titles after placing first at the California freestyle championships in Fresno over the weekend. Bell was one of several locals […]
Restoring a tradition, Lumberjacks planning to add wrestling
The Lumberjacks are planning on bringing back men’s wrestling and could compete on the mats again as early as the 2024/25 school year, the university announced on Monday. According to a press […]
