Several local high school and college basketball players gave back to their community over the weekend, serving as mentors at a basketball clinic for local Native American youth. The clinic, which was […]
Local players mentor Native American youth at basketball clinic
Wednesday’s Big 5 games pushed back, with a change of venue for the weekend
By Ray Hamill — The midweek rain has forced the postponement of several Big 5 baseball and softball games, with many of them being rescheduled for Friday. In baseball, Del Norte will […]
Corsairs release football schedule, as 37 local players commit
By Ray Hamill — College football will make a welcome return to the North Coast in the fall, when College of the Redwoods fields a team for the first time since 2019. […]
Merek Sears commits to play for Division-I school
By Ray Hamill — Merek Sears is heading back to NCAA Division-I collegiate baseball. The former Arcata Tiger, who is playing this spring for Wabash Valley College in Illinois, recently announced he […]
Rain likely to affect this week’s Big 5 and Little 4 schedules
By Ray Hamill — After a break in the action last week, the Big 5 and Little 4 are set to resume in baseball and softball this week. We hope. With rain […]
Like father, like son — Lakin receives NCS Distinguished Service Award
By Ray Hamill — Following in the footsteps of his father Charlie, H-DNL commissioner Jack Lakin was recently honored by the North Coast Section Board of Managers and awarded the Phil Hempler […]
Corsairs building momentum ahead of GVC championships
The Corsairs are showing no signs of slowing down as they head towards the business end of the season in track and field and had another strong showing over the weekend at […]
Loggers, Warriors impress at Prefontaine Rotary Invite
The Eureka Loggers and Del Norte Warriors both impressed at the 20th annual Prefontaine Rotary Invite at Coos Bay on Saturday, with the Eureka girls placing second out of 21 teams. The […]
Mixed fortunes for local MMA fighters over the weekend
By Ray Hamill — It was a weekend of mixed fortunes for local MMA fighters. On Friday night, Tyson Miller enjoyed a successful return to the cage with a first-round victory at Bellator […]
Three H-DNL players named to MaxPreps all-state teams
By Ray Hamill — Little 4 rivals Oliver Tatton of South Fork and Drew Vizenor of St. Bernard’s have both been named to the MaxPreps Division-6 all-state boys team in basketball, which […]
Teammates, colleagues pay tribute to ‘gentle giant’ Brian ‘Chudd’ Charity
By Ray Hamill — Former teammates and colleagues of Brian “Chudd” Charity have been paying tribute to the “gentle giant,” who passed away earlier this week. The former Humboldt State football player […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Record breakers and dynasties dominate
By Ray Hamill — It was a good week for McKinleyville track, Arcata tennis and St. Bernard’s baseball, and all of them are represented on this week’s Humboldt Sports Athletes and Team […]
Dolcini stuns national champs, ends 40-game winning streak
The Oklahoma Sooners finally met their match. On Saturday, Texas senior Hailey Dolcini held the high-flying Sooners to just two hits in a 4-2 win, as the No. 1 team in the […]
Redwoods women host the No. 1 team in the state
The College of the Redwoods softball team hosted the No. 1 team in the state on Thursday, losing both ends of a doubleheader to Butte, 17-4 and 12-0. The CR women matched […]
A CLASS act, Dolcini a finalist for prestigious national award
Hailey Dolcini is turning heads on and off the softball field. On Thursday, Dolcini and the Texas Longhorns took on the No. 1 team in the nation, just hours after it was […]
Busy couple of weekends in store for local MMA fans
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for a big couple of weekends for local MMA fans, with two Humboldt County natives gearing up for big fights. On Friday night, Tyson Miller will […]
COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP — Gomes, Bode enjoy big return to the North Coast
By Ray Hamill — A number of former H-DNL players are enjoying big seasons on the collegiate baseball fields, most notably at the JC level, where three of them are playing for […]
BASEBALL ROUNDUP — Tigers, Panthers both feature in close games at Shasta
The Arcata Tigers held on late to edge the host school in the championship game at the Shasta baseball tournament on Wednesday, winning 4-3 and getting out of a bases-loaded jam to […]
Tigers golf tourney raises $22k towards new baseball facilities
The Arcata High baseball program raised $22,000 at last week’s Tigers Baseball Golf Tournament, all of which will go towards completing the school’s new baseball facility. A total of 120 golfers on […]
Five H-DNL teams now ranked No. 1 in the NCS
By Ray Hamill — It’s shaping up to be another record setting spring for the H-DNL in baseball and softball. With the North Coast Section playoffs set to return for the first […]
