By Ray Hamill — It’s been a very good start to the new season for a pair of H-DNL soccer teams, both of whom feature in our weekly awards this week. It’s […]
ATHLETE AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Cats, Huskies impress early
Del Norte girls appear ready to challenge for Big 5 championship
By Ray Hamill — After being edged for the championship a year ago, the Del Norte girls are hoping to reestablish themselves as the best team in Big 5 volleyball this fall. […]
Tigers rally from early deficit as they continue to build for B5
With their conference opener just eight days away, the defending Big 5 champs continued their preparation with a victory over St. Bernard’s on Tuesday night. The Arcata Tigers will begin conference play […]
Ferndale’s Gossi, Hagemann combine for championship goals
Madison Gossi and Macie Hagemann combined for both of Ferndale’s goals in Saturday’s championship game at the Upper Lake girls soccer tournament. The Ferndale girls stretched their winning streak to five straight […]
Huskies perfect going into league after tourney win at Upper Lake
The Fortuna High boys soccer team continued to roll over the weekend, closing out their pre-league schedule by winning the Upper Lake tournament. The Huskies won their semifinal on Friday night, defeating […]
Early mistakes prove costly for Loggers, as Shasta holds on late
By Ray Hamill — A mistake-filled first half and way too many penalties proved costly for the Eureka Loggers on Saturday night, as they dropped their home opener 32-24 to Shasta at […]
Cats win Upper Lake tournament with their fifth straight shutout
The Ferndale Wildcats are making a legitimate case to be considered favorites for this year’s Little 4 championship in girls soccer, in what is expected to be a very competitive conference. And […]
Cats dominate with big night on defense, offense and special teams
The Ferndale Wildcats came into the new football season with high expectations, and in Friday night’s opener at Fort Bragg they more than lived up to those expectations. While there were some […]
Team offense struggles again, as Redwoods drops to 0-2
Different weekend, same story for College of the Redwoods football. A lack of consistency on offense saw Redwoods drop its second straight game to start the new season on Saturday night. CR […]
Loggers playing like legitimate contenders ahead of league play
The Eureka Loggers are confident they can end a two-decade wait for a league title in boys soccer this fall. And they’re certainly playing like contenders. After seeing league rivals Arcata, Del […]
Del Norte’s Larson, Keeling set the early standard in H-DNL girls golf
The H-DNL girls golf season officially got under way this week, with the annual league best ball tourney. The league’s golfers traveled to Beau Pre Golf Course for the season-opening event on […]
FRIDAY NIGHT ROUNDUP — Big wins for SB, Del Norte, Ferndale and Hoopa
By Ray Hamill — It was a busy night for the H-DNL football teams on Friday, with five varsity teams in action. The only all-local varsity matchup of the weekend took place […]
Richards, linemen lead the way as Hoopa Warriors win at Etna
Senior Brian Richards led the way on both sides of the ball on Friday night, as the Hoopa Warriors got their first win of the new season. One week after opening with […]
Crusaders continue to roll, cruise to comfortable win at Mack
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are hitting their stride early in the season and showing why they should be a legitimate contender for this year’s Big 4. On Friday […]
Much-improved Del Norte Warriors dominate the Grizzlies, go to 2-0
Once they found their second wind, there was no stopping the Warriors on Friday night. Del Norte made the trip to Ashland and ran out to a dominating 42-13 win over the […]
Del Norte girls, boys hungry for success as they get set for league
By Ray Hamill — Both Del Norte soccer teams have enjoyed some big success in recent years, including a second-ever league title for the boys two years ago and a first-ever league […]
Lumberjacks Hall of Famer returns to Arcata to join coaching staff
The Jacks will welcome an old friend back this winter. On Friday afternoon, the local university announced that Hall of Famer Kevin Johnson Jr. is returning to Arcata to join the men’s […]
Warriors, Crusaders meet in early-season non-conference game
The Del Norte Warriors traveled to Eureka to play St. Bernard’s in non-conference volleyball action on Thursday as they continue their preparation for the upcoming Big 5 schedule. And it was a […]
What’s not to like as Wildcats get set for their season opener
By Ray Hamill — After a longer preseason than most teams, the Ferndale Wildcats will finally kick off their season this weekend when they travel to play Fort Bragg. And expectations are […]
Ferndale girls shut out Mendocino schools in busy week of action
It’s been a busy week for the Ferndale girls on the soccer fields, with a pair of non-conference matchups against two Mendocino County schools. On Tuesday, the Wildcats traveled to Mendocino and […]
