By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders put up a lot of offense against Arcata on Saturday afternoon, but it was the team defense that laid the foundation for another dominating […]
VIDEO — Most dominating SB defense in years
Milk Can tops busy weekend of football action
By Ray Hamill — Seven of the nine local high school football teams have games scheduled for this weekend, including three playing here on the North Coast. Topping the bill is the Milk Can […]
Prep Tennis — Tigers shut out their rivals
The Arcata girls got the better of rivals McKinleyville in tennis on Tuesday, running out to a comfortable 7-0 victory. Keona Gutierrez, Casey McAtasney, Kendra Flint and Makayla Bernald each swept their […]
Prep Volleyball — Panthers continue to roll
The McKinleyville Panthers improved to 6-2 on the young volleyball season with a straight sets win over Hoopa on Tuesday night. The Panthers won 25-12, 25-9, 25-9. Senior Rian Heenan continued her […]
H-DNL Girls Preview — Who can stop the Loggers?
By Ray Hamill — With an assortment of talent back from a team that won all 19 games a year ago while outscoring their opponents 111-3, the Eureka Loggers remain the team […]
Athletes and Team of the Week
By Ray Hamill — After taking a break for the summer, Humboldt Sports Athletes and Team of the Week are back, with plenty of worthy candidates right off the bat. None more […]
H-DNL Boys Preview — Chasing pack eager to challenge the Huskies
By Ray Hamill — With six straight league titles to their credit, the Fortuna Huskies remain the team to beat as league play gets under way on Wednesday in boys soccer. Whether […]
VIDEO — Jimenez getting it done on both sides of the ball
By Ray Hamill — There were many heroes for McKinleyville in Friday night’s breakthrough win against Fort Bragg, none more so than senior receiver/DB Che Jimenez, who has arguably been the Panthers’ […]
JV soccer returns to the North Coast
In what many local coaches hope is a sign of things to come, JV boys soccer returned to the North Coast on Monday, when Fortuna played McKinleyville. The Panthers won the game […]
Five Takeaways — First wins and L4 domination
By Ray Hamill — Week three of the high school football season threw up a few minor surprises, while confirming much of what we already believed. There were big wins — again […]
VIDEO — Thrap displays great hands with spectacular TD catch
By Ray Hamill — Lane Thrap scored five touchdowns in Saturday’s 49-8 win over Arcata at Crusader Field, giving him a remarkable 11 total just three games into the new season. It […]
Humboldt Sports Poll — Which first win was most impressive?
By Ray Hamill — Four of the nine local high school football teams posted their first win of the season on Friday night, giving each of them some much-needed momentum going forward. […]
Warriors let momentum slip away at Etna
The Hoopa Warriors overcame a difficult start to settle into their game at Etna on Friday night, but saw the momentum slip away early in the second half on the way to […]
Eureka girls off to a winning start
The Eureka girls got their season off to a winning start in tennis on Saturday, running out to a 5-2 victory over McKinleyville. Lauren Albertini and Jem Mia won their singles matches […]
Defense sets the tone as St. Bernard’s dominates Arcata
By Ray Hamill — Will Omey and Lane Thrap continued to set a blistering pace on offense on Saturday, but the real story in St. Bernard’s dominating 49-8 win over Arcata at […]
CR Roundup — Busy weekend for football, soccer teams
College of the Redwoods football lost its first game of the season on Saturday, falling 51-34 at Monterrey Peninsula. Quarterback Brody Lucero, who is back after missing most of last season through […]
VIDEO — No stopping Kyler Carr; watch all three Mack TDs
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers got their first win of the season on Friday night, holding on to beat Fort Bragg 21-15. Despite giving up an 80-yard touchdown on the […]
Little to separate South Fork and Laytonville in soccer
The South Fork Cubs suffered their first loss of the season in girls soccer on Saturday, falling 1-0 to Laytonville in Miranda. The visitors, who recently re-established their program after years of […]
Offensive line paves the way in Huskies win
By Ray Hamill — One day after watching his team post their first win of the season, Fortuna head coach Mike Benbow gave special praise to the performance of his offensive line. […]
Cubs get first win in football
A young South Fork Cubs football team is slowly getting healthy again and building some momentum. On Friday night, the Cubs got their first win of the season, getting the better of […]
