By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods men’s basketball interim head coach Darren Turpin officially takes over the reins on Friday, as the Corsairs get set for their conference opener on […]
Turpin prepares for first game with CR men’s team
Eureka wrestlers get set for busy weekend
By Ray Hamill — Eureka High wrestlers will travel to compete at three different tournaments this weekend, with the varsity boys and girls and JVs all going their separate ways. The girls […]
Hoopa boys win at Etna tournament
The Hoopa Valley Warriors opened the Etna tournament with a comfortable 74-44 win over Trinity in boys basketball on Thursday. George Navarro continued his impressive season with another big game, scoring a […]
Local girls head to Napa for prestigious wrestling tournament
By Ray Hamill — The best local high school girls wrestlers will be in action this weekend at the annual Napa Valley Classic at Vintage High, which gets under way on Friday. […]
Loggers edge the Huskies in exciting league opener
By Ray Hamill — Wednesday night’s Big 5 opener between the Eureka and Fortuna girls was at times a sloppy game, with too many fouls, stoppages and wayward shooting. It was also, […]
Mullins named to NCS all-star team, other locals honored
By Ray Hamill — Tyce Mullins continues to receive recognition from outside the area after being named this week to the Prep2Prep all-North Coast Section football team. Mullins, who is coming off […]
Power Rankings – Fortuna, Del Norte lead the way
Basketball Power Rankings Girls 1 — Del Norte (10-1) The No. 2 ranked team in NCS Division-IV, the Warriors are getting plenty of respect 2 — Eureka (9-4) A tough pre-league schedule […]
Athletes and team of the week
By Ray Hamill – Another busy weekend in prep basketball gave us plenty of options for this week’s Humboldt Sports athletes and team of the week. In boys basketball, Isaac Puzz has […]
H-DNL Girls Preview – Local teams impress heading into league
By Ray Hamill – While the Humboldt-Del Norte League boys have just two basketball teams ranked in the top 60 in the North Coast Section, the girls have five teams ranked in […]
H-DNL Boys Preview — Can anyone stop Fortuna, Hoopa?
By Ray Hamill — League play opens in earnest for most of the local high schools on the basketball courts this week, with at least one key matchup right off the bat. […]
Hungerford issues apology, calls his actions ‘stupid’
By Ray Hamill —- Former College of the Redwoods men’s basketball head coach Aaron Hungerford has admitted his actions on Christmas Eve were stupid, while issuing a public apology to his family, […]
HSU basketball teams fall at UC San Diego
The Humboldt State men’s basketball team saw a five-game winning streak snapped at UC San Diego on Saturday night, as the No. 14 nationally-ranked Tritons ran out to an 85-62 win. The […]
Prep Roundup — Fortuna boys respond; SB girls win Fort Bragg tourney
The Fortuna boys basketball team wasted no time putting Friday’s loss behind them, bouncing back on Saturday to beat the host team at the Windsor tournament, 65-45. Donald Willis led the way, […]
Busy few days for McKinleyville boys in basketball
The McKinleyville boys enjoyed mixed results at the Enterprise tournament over the past few days, including a thrilling triple-overtime loss to the host school in the semifinal. The Panthers opened tournament play […]
Friday’s Prep Roundup — Fortuna boys suffer first loss
The Fortuna boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season at the Windsor tournament on Friday, falling 73-55 to Menlo-Atherton. The Huskies were riding a 13-game winning streak to start […]
CR women fall to Fresno City at San Jose tournament
The College of the Redwoods women’s basketball team fell to Fresno City 82-56 at the San Jose City College tournament on Friday. The loss was the second in two days at the […]
Arcata girls impress in tournament opening loss
The Arcata girls lost a close one to Sir Francis Drake to open the West Coast Jamboree at Cornerstone Christian on Thursday. Playing against a very big Drake team, the Tigers turned […]
CR women fall to Chabot in San Jose tournament opener
The College of the Redwoods women’s basketball team got off to a slow start on Thursday and never fully recovered, dropping the opening game at the San Jose City College tournament 80-74 […]
Our favorite moments from 2018, and the best to come in 2019 …
By Ray Hamill — It’s been an interesting year in local sports, and a fun one to cover from the sidelines. This past week, I’ve been busy reliving many of those moments […]
2018 IN SPORTS — The top local stories of the year
By Ray Hamill — 2018 will go down as a controversial one in local sports, with Humboldt State and the North Coast Section front and center for the wrong reasons. But there […]
