By Ray Hamill — Fasten your seat belts, Wednesday night is going to be a wild one for local basketball fans, who will have their pick of 12 big games here on […]
Five takeaways from the NCS seedings
13 H-DNL teams make NCS playoffs
By Ray Hamill — As expected the St. Bernard’s boys received the No. 1 seed in the Division-VI bracket for the North Coast Section basketball playoffs. The seedings were released early Sunday […]
Warriors, Loggers win H-DNL wrestling championships
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys were crowned H-DNL wrestling champions at Arcata High on Saturday after taking six individual championships with four runners-up. Fortuna was second with four individual […]
What’s next after another magical Niclai?
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a highly entertaining season on the local prep basketball courts, and that shouldn’t change too much in the coming weeks as we get set for the […]
Career night for Humboldt State’s Thrower
Molly Dixon’s tip-in with 0.4 seconds left in the game lifted Humboldt State to a dramatic 74-73 victory at Sonoma State in women’s basketball on Saturday night. The win was the fourth […]
COLLEGE SOFTBALL — Corsairs split again; Jacks lose a pair
Amy Reyes continued to pack a punch at the plate for the Corsairs, who split another softball doubleheader on Saturday, beating American River 9-8 before falling to San Mateo 17-3 in five […]
CR men off to their best start in baseball since 1999
Despite dropping two of three games at home to Los Medanos this weekend, the Corsairs are off to their best start to a baseball season in 21 years. College of the Redwoods, […]
Redwoods women set up championship clash
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods women’s basketball team took care of business at home to Feather River on Saturday, setting up a championship-deciding clash on Wednesday. The Corsairs […]
McCracken leads Whitman to conference championship
Former Arcata standout Kaylie McCracken led Whitman College to a conference championship in women’s basketball over the weekend, scoring a game-high 18 points in a 70-53 win over closest challenger George Fox […]
Corsairs closing in on history
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs assured themselves of at least a share of their first conference title in men’s basketball in a decade on Saturday afternoon, but they’re not satisfied yet. […]
VIDEO — The comeback kids strike again
By Ray Hamill — The Loggers will go into the North Coast Section playoffs with plenty of momentum, and the sort of self-belief that could prove just as valuable going forward as […]
Eureka girls dig deep to claim Niclai title
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka girls are finding ways to win games and developing a self-belief that could be very dangerous heading into the North Coast Section playoffs. On Friday night […]
Dominant Del Norte overwhelms Arcata in Niclai decider
By Ray Hamill — The Warriors are ready for the North Coast Section playoffs. That much was apparent on Friday night, as they cruised to a Dick Niclai championship in boys basketball, […]
Warriors head coach makes history
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte head coach Marc Slayton made history on Friday night, as the Warriors won the Dick Niclai championship in boys basketball. Del Norte defeated the Arcata Tigers […]
‘Huggers’ unite ahead of championship clash
The Eureka Loggers are setting a standard on and off the local sports fields. On Friday morning, just a few short hours before the school played the Huskies in a Dick Niclai […]
Corsairs split a doubleheader in softball
The College of the Redwoods softball team split a pair of games on the road on Friday, beating Hartnell 11-1 in five innings before losing to West Valley 10-0, also in five […]
HSU women win at San Francisco State
Molly Dixon and Alexia Thrower each scored 19 points as the Humboldt State women won 81-45 at San Francisco State in basketball on Thursday night. Gabrielle Carbajal added 12 points and nine […]
DICK NICLAI CHAMPIONSHIPS — Two great matchups on tap
By Ray Hamill — North Coast basketball fans won’t want to miss what is arguably the best night of the local basketball season, with two Dick Niclai championship games on tap at Lumberjack […]
VIDEO — Vigil and the Loggers take over in the fourth quarter
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers left it late on Thursday, overcoming a poor night shooting with a big finish on the way to defeating St. Bernard’s 46-41 in the Dick […]
Eureka girls edge St. Bernard’s in exciting Niclai matchup
By Ray Hamill — The Loggers are headed back to the Dick Niclai championship in girls basketball, after getting the better of St. Bernard’s 46-41 on Thursday night, in what has become […]
