By Ray Hamill — Changes are in the air for the Eureka girls basketball team this season, in more ways than one. This winter, Michael Harvey takes over as head coach from […]
Tougher preseason in store for Eureka girls
After long delay, SB girls prepare for first NCS decider since 2003
By Ray Hamill — To say the St Bernard’s girls are eager to play Saturday’s North Coast Section championship game is a bit of an understatement. If 15 years between title games […]
NCS Playoffs — Fortuna heads to Kennedy, St. Bernard’s to San Marin
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section football playoffs finally resume this weekend, with a pair of local teams involved, each of them in Division IV, and each of them playing […]
CC runners head to Fresno for state championships
By Ray Hamill — Both the present and future of high school cross country in Humboldt County appears to be in pretty good hands. On Saturday, a pair of seniors and a […]
Almost time to play some football again
By Ray Hamill — It appears as if the North Coast Section playoffs will finally resume this weekend after a tumultuous and controversial couple of weeks. And that’s good news for St. […]
Eight Corsairs earn all-conference honors in football
By Ray Hamill — Eight College of the Redwoods players were named all-conference in football on Wednesday morning, including seven who earned first-team honors. Three freshmen receivers made the list, including a […]
IOC wrestlers continue to impress at Best of the West
A good start to the season got even better for the Institute of Combat youth wrestlers, with a strong showing at the prestigious Best of the West tournament in Oregon over the […]
Another NCS shambles leaves runners high and dry
By Ray Hamill — Poor planning by the North Coast Section has left many local cross country runners wondering what might have been, after a sudden end to their high school careers. […]
Four locals selected for state, Arcata girls team left out
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section advancement committee selected four local runners for the State race, but left out the highly-rated Arcata girls team. The decisions were released on Tuesday […]
Record-breaking win for Humboldt State men
The Humboldt State men’s basketball team broke the program record for points in a single game on Monday night, defeating Capilano University 123-69 in Burnaby, D.C. The record was previously set during […]
Runners left standing at the starting line in NCS cross country
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League runners were literally left standing at the starting line, when their North Coast Section cross country championships were canceled at the last minute on […]
Time for the CIF to act, accept latest coaches’ proposal
By Ray Hamill — Some teams are refusing to give up on their playoff ambitions as easily as the North Coast Section apparently did. On Monday, three high profile Bay Area coaches […]
NCS cross country races still on for Tuesday
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section cross country championships are scheduled to go ahead at Hayward on Tuesday, as long as the air quality remains within the required levels. On […]
NCS coaches make proposal to CIF to save the playoff crisis
By Ray Hamill — Football teams throughout the North Coast Section continue to search for a solution to the scheduling crisis, with another proposal on Monday to avoid a coin toss deciding […]
CR Roundup — Maria Overton closes out strong at state
College of the Redwoods sophomore Maria Overton closed out her Corsairs cross country career on Saturday, with a strong showing at the state meet. Overton, from Del Camp High School in Sacramento, […]
Sold-out fight night a big hit once again at Bear River
By Ray Hamill — The growing culture of MMA here on the North Coast was evident in all its glory at the Bear River Casino on Saturday night. And in terms of […]
NH Steelheads 13Us continue to grow as a team
By Ray Hamill — A couple of little changes have led to big success for the Northern Humboldt Steelheads 13U baseball team this year. The Steelheads closed out an impressive fall season […]
VIDEO – Moore’s knockout punch at Bear River fights
Austin Moore of the Lost Boys gym in Arcata provided the highlight of the night at the Bear River Casino fight night on Saturday, with a knockout in the first round of […]
NCS cross country, soccer postponed – races pushed back to Tuesday
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt-Del Norte League cross country runners who qualified for the section meet will have to wait a few more days to compete after the races were postponed […]
Local boosters offer NCS an alternative, but games remain on hold
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section has been offered yet another alternative to overcome the backlog of playoff games and avoid a coin toss deciding who moves on from the […]
