By Ray Hamill — While one basketball season is just beginning to warm up, another closed out this week, and both feature in our weekly awards. The high school season is under […]
ATHLETE AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Pidgeon, SB teams rise to the challenge
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Tournament action continues for HDN teams
The St. Bernard’s boys tipped off the Kelseyville tournament with a fourth straight win on Thursday night, defeating Cloverdale 69-54. With the win, the No. 5 ranked team in the North Coast […]
H-DNL track standout commits to compete at Oregon Tech
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s senior Alyssa Boham still has some unfinished work to take care of in high school, but she knows where she will be after graduation next year. […]
Young Knights complete perfect campaign at Jaycees tournament
By Ray Hamill — The future of girls basketball at St. Bernard’s appears to be in good hands. Over the weekend, the school’s eighth grade team completed a perfect season by taking […]
Mako Limon, Tyler Hinrichs named Big 4 MVPs in football
By Ray Hamill — As expected, Big 4 co-champs Fortuna and St. Bernard’s are well represented on this year’s all-league football team, with two seniors sharing the 2025 MVP honors. Both schools […]
McKinleyville’s Pimentel staying local, commits to play for CR
By Ray Hamill — McKinleyville senior Grace Pimentel has found the perfect landing spot for the next step in her playing and academic career, and the College of the Redwoods coaches have […]
Ferndale girls, Del Norte boys win midweek non-tournament games
Del Norte traveled to Ferndale for a quadruple of basketball games on Tuesday, and it was good day for three of the Warriors teams. The Del Norte varsity boys and both JV […]
Five HDN teams ranked in the top 20 in the North Coast Section
By Ray Hamill — The early-season North Coast Section rankings are in and it makes for some impressive reading for some of the H-DNL teams. None more so than the St. Bernard’s […]
Big week in store for all four local college basketball teams
By Ray Hamill — All four local college teams will be in action this week, as they each continue a hectic pre-Christmas schedule, although all four will be on the road. Fresh […]
Wildcats named Division-5 state team of the year by Cal Hi Sports
Just a few days after four of their players were included among the nominees for the Cal Hi Sports state teams of the year, the accolades continue for the Ferndale Wildcats. On […]
Loggers, Panthers continue to build in weekend tournament action
The McKinleyville girls basketball team reached the championship game of the Redwood Empire Invitational on Saturday, falling to Justin-Siena 60-36. Also in action on Saturday, the Eureka girls won the consolation game […]
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — HDN teams continue to build momentum ahead of league play
Saturday was another wild and busy day of local basketball action with several H-DNL boys and girls teams playing. And it was a good day for many of them, none more so […]
SB boys make early statement with big win over McKinleyville
Two of the best teams in the H-DNL through the early season faced off in the Mt. Shasta tournament championship game on Saturday afternoon, and one of them came away with a […]
Ferndale girls clinch Trinity tournament with a big second half
The Wildcats apparently learned their lesson from Friday night. On Saturday afternoon, the Ferndale girls closed out the Holiday Classic at Trinity High School with a come-from-behind 69-61 win over the hosts […]
Warriors win big at AIBT, get ready for busy week on the court
The Warriors won their final tournament game against Red Bluff at Arcata High on Saturday to close out 2-1 over the three days. Del Norte won comfortably 81-48. And they succeeded with […]
Loggers display poise, top Huskies with big second half at AIBT
The Eureka Loggers faced off against a Big 5 rival for the second straight day at the Arcata tournament on Saturday, but this time they enjoyed the better of exchanges. One day […]
Arcata Tigers start fast, but come up short in AIBT championship
Despite featuring a very new-look team this year, the Arcata Tigers showed this weekend why they might just be a serious contender in the Big 5 once again as they look to […]
Cody Whitmer joins some elite company as CR men win again
Cody Whitmer joined some pretty elite company on Saturday, as the College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team closed out tournament play in Modesto with a victory over Alameda. The CR men […]
Eight HDN players nominated for Cal Hi Sports all-state teams
By Ray Hamill — Eight H-DNL players have been nominated for the Cal Hi Sports all-state football teams, including four from the history-making Ferndale Wildcats. Cal Hi Sports announced the nominees from […]
McKinleyville Panthers to play for tournament championships
It’s been a good few days in tournament play for both McKihnleyville High basketball teams, each of which will play for a tournament championship on Saturday. The Mack boys won their semifinal […]
