By Ray Hamill — The top two teams in this week’s Humboldt Sports Power Rankings are also the top two ranked local teams in the North Coast Section, according to MaxPreps. Just […]
St. Bernard’s remains the top-ranked local team in the NCS
WEEKEND FOOTBALL — Wildcats, Loggers to play for first time in 13 years
By Ray Hamill — With conference play set to kick off next week for all nine local varsity teams, this weekend will be a relatively quiet one for North Coast football fans. […]
POWER RANKINGS — Ferndale, St. Bernard’s continue to lead the way
By Ray Hamill — It was another good week for the frontrunners in the Humboldt Sports Power Rankings. On Friday night, the Ferndale Wildcats traveled to Fortuna for their annual Milk Can […]
BOYS SOCCER — Tigers, Huskies continue to roll, go to 4-0 in HDN
The Arcata Tigers and Fortuna Huskies both moved four points clear of the chasing pack in H-DNL boys soccer with big wins on Wednesday. The Huskies, who improved to 13-0 overall, traveled […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Exciting start for Big 5 volleyball
By Ray Hamill — The sport of volleyball takes center stage in this week’s awards. The Big 5 schools began conference play last week, and it’s been a fun start with two […]
L4 VOLLEYBALL — Crusaders, Warriors both win in four sets
St. Bernard’s and Hoopa got their Little 4 campaigns off to a winning start in volleyball on Tuesday night. The Crusaders traveled to Ferndale and won a very competitive game, 21-25, 25-22, […]
B5 VOLLEYBALL — Tigers take five-set thriller; Loggers win again
The Eureka Loggers moved clear atop the Big 5 standings with a straight sets win over McKinleyville on Tuesday night, while the Tigers got back to winning ways with a victory over […]
LITTLE 4 SOCCER — Wildcats win again; Crusaders bounce back
The Ferndale Wildcats took over sole possession of top spot in the Little 4 standings with a 3-0 win in Crescent City on Tuesday afternoon. The win was the second straight in […]
BIG 4 SOCCER — Ties the story of the day in conference play
After a weekend of playing the Little 4 schools, the Big 4 teams resumed conference play on Tuesday. And both games ended in ties. Eureka traveled to McKinleyville and scored a late […]
Keeling becomes third individual winner in three rounds of HDN golf
The third round of H-DNL girls golf was the closest yet, with just one stroke separating the top three golfers on the day. The league teams traveled to the Redwood Empire Golf […]
Penalty-prone Warriors fall to Trinity in final pre-conference game
The Hoopa Warriors finally got to play their home opener on Saturday night, but it didn’t go as well as the home fans would have liked. The Warriors hosted Trinity in their […]
GIRLS SOCCER — Tight games across the board in Saturday’s action
It was a busy day of non-conference action for the H-DNL girls teams on Saturday. At McKinleyville, the host Panthers edged Del Norte 2-1 thanks to a pair of goals from Grace […]
Eureka Loggers battle key injuries, fall to Novato in close game
A couple of key injuries and the hot conditions didn’t help matters for the Eureka Loggers in a close matchup at Novato on Saturday, as they fell 21-20. The Loggers led by […]
Redwoods continues to struggle, falls to Sequoias in Visalia
College of the Redwoods made the long trip to play College of the Sequoias on Saturday, but continued to struggle and fell 41-21 to the Giants. The visitors started slow and never […]
BOYS SOCCER — Huskies, Tigers win big; Warriors edge the Panthers
The Del Norte Warriors were involved in a one-goal game for the second time in four days on Saturday, but this one went their way. After losing a heartbreaker at Fortuna in […]
Arcata girls shut out St. Bernard’s in non-conference action
The Arcata girls overcame a pregame injury to one of their players and a shaky start to get the better of St. Bernard’s 2-0 in non-conference soccer on Saturday. Jada Lusk scored […]
Little 4 Girls Athlete of the Year settling in well at Chico State
By Ray Hamill — Congratulations once again to the 2025 Humboldt Sports Little 4 co-Girls Athlete of the Year Laila Florvilus. The recent St. Bernard’s graduate, who has committed to play two […]
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL — Busy night affected by lightning delay
By Ray Hamill — Six of the nine local high school varsity teams were in action on Friday night, including one game that was delayed by 90 minutes because of lightning in […]
Wildcats dominate their rivals in Milk Can showdown at Fortuna
Bragging rights will stay with Ferndale for another year. On Friday night, in a game that was delayed by 90 minutes because of lightning in the area, the Wildcats cruised to one […]
Penalties prove costly, but new-look Panthers continue to battle
The McKinleyville Panthers are going through a tough stretch in their schedule right now, but 155 yards in penalties did not help their cause on Friday night. The Panthers traveled to Redding […]
