By Ray Hamill — Without doubt, narrowing down the list of finalists for the 2024 Humboldt Sports Little 4 Boys Athlete of the Year was the most difficult of all six of […]
The 2024 Humboldt Sports Little 4 Boys Athlete of the Year finalists
The 2024 Humboldt Sports High School Coach of the Year finalists
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL is lucky to have some of the very best coaches in the entire North Coast Section, and just like with every other category in our end-of-year […]
The 2024 Humboldt Sports High School Team of the Year Finalists
By Ray Hamill — After another memorable year for teams in the H-DNL there was no shortage of worthy candidates for the 2024 Humboldt Sports High School Team of the Year. The […]
Following in his grandfather’s footsteps, local standout commits to CPH
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a long and challenging journey to get to where he wanted to be, but one former Fortuna Husky will finally get to fulfill a lifelong dream. […]
Corsairs to honor trailblazers at sports dinner and auction
The 2024 College of the Redwoods athletics dinner and auction will be held on Aug. 15 and this year the Corsairs will honor a group of trailblazing former athletes. With the return […]
Young IOC wrestlers continue to shine during busy spring schedule
A busy spring for the Institute of Combat youth wrestlers continued this past weekend, when head coach Cass Bell traveled with two of his young grapplers to the state Greco Roman championships […]
Lumberjacks name new wrestling coach as men’s program returns
With men’s wrestling set to return to Cal Poly Humboldt for the first time since the early 1990s, Lennie Zalesky has been hired as the team’s new head coach, the Jacks announced […]
Redwoods women get set to make history on the mats this week
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs will make a little bit of history this weekend. On Saturday morning, College of the Redwoods will host a first-ever women’s wrestling tournament in their first […]
Five H-DNL wrestlers compete at weekend state championships
Five local wrestlers qualified for this weekend’s CIF state wrestling championships in Bakersfield and all of them were in action on Friday. In the boys championships, at 138 pounds, Del Norte junior […]
TEAM AND ATHLETES OF THE WEEK — Wrestlers and Cubs enjoy memorable weeks
By Ray Hamill — It was another impressive week for local high school wrestling, with the H-DNL claiming almost a quarter of the entire North Coast Section wrestling championships. The league took […]
Cox, Evanow setting new standards for Fortuna wrestling
By Ray Hamill — Fortuna seniors Mason Evanow and Chloe Cox made school history last weekend by becoming the school’s first-ever two-time qualifiers for the state wrestling championships. Now they’re hoping to […]
Trio of dedicated Warriors get set for state championships
By Ray Hamill — Three Del Norte Warriors will compete for a state championship in wrestling this week, as all three look out to close out a memorable campaign on the mats […]
Three H-DNL wrestlers crowned NCS champions
Three H-DNL wresters were crowned North Coast Section champions on Saturday and five have advanced to next week’s state championships. Competing at James Logan High School, Del Norte’s Curtis Bartley (140 pounds) […]
Fortuna senior makes school history with championship win
By Ray Hamill — Two weeks after winning a first-ever H-DNL dual meet championship, the Arcata Tigers were crowned league champions in girls wrestling at Eureka High School on Saturday. The Tigers […]
Dominating Warriors roll to league championship in H-DNL wrestling
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys defended their H-DNL championship in wrestling in emphatic fashion at Eureka High School on Saturday. The Warriors finished with five individual champions and four […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Lemke, Wells and the Warriors standing tall
By Ray Hamill — When you achieve something only one H-DNL team has ever achieved before, you get to be Humboldt Sports Team of the Week, sponsored as always by College of […]
A great day to be a Warrior, and a great day for H-DNL wrestling
It was a day that will go down in H-DNL wrestling history as one of the most memorable ever. On Saturday, the league won a pair of North Coast Section dual meet […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Three H-DNL seniors join elite club
By Ray Hamill — A number of local players have joined the elite 1,000-points club recently, including three Little 4 seniors who are enjoying outstanding seasons. And that makes them our athletes […]
Warriors bounce back, get set for weekend NCS tournament
By Ray Hamill — One week after seeing their seven-year unbeaten H-DNL dual meet run end in a loss to Arcata, the Del Norte Warriors bounced back with a dominating victory at […]
Huskies place second out of 28 teams at Ukiah tournament
Despite dropping their final H-DNL dual meet of the season against Arcata on Tuesday night, the Fortuna Huskies are well positioned to make some noise in the upcoming league and North Coast […]
