By Ray Hamill — Any time you win a North Coast Section title it’s special, but Arcata fans could be forgiven for enjoying this one just a little more. On Friday evening, […]
Resilient Tigers no-hit Kennedy in NCS decider, march on to NorCals
ATHLETE AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Tigers rise to the challenge in NCS
By Ray Hamill — There are few local athletes who have impressed this year as much as Arcata junior Skyler Collenberg. The multi-sport Tigers standout enjoyed tremendous success on three sporting fronts […]
Vallerga brings ‘craftiness,’ winning mentality to Redwoods
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods men’s basketball program recently said goodbye to a standout player, while welcoming another into the fold. Sophomore Brandon Lucas, who played a pivotal […]
Coaching key as Jackson commits to play two sports for Redwoods
By Ray Hamill — One of the best multi-sport student-athletes in the H-DNL will continue to be a multi-sport athlete at the collegiate level. On Wednesday afternoon, Arcata senior Mayleah Jackson signed […]
Arcata Tigers prevail, will play for a fourth NCS title in eight seasons
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers will play for a fourth North Coast Section championships in eight seasons this weekend. On Tuesday evening, the No. 2 seeded Tigers won their Division-5 […]
H-DNL releases inaugural league All-Sportsmanship Team
The H-DN Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is continuing to do its best to promote good sportsmanship among the league schools. This week, the league announced the inaugural HDN all-sportsmanship team, which […]
NCS BASEBALL — Tigers, Crusaders set up all-local D-5 semifinal
The last two local teams in this year’s North Coast Section baseball playoffs will face off in a Division-5 semifinal showdown at Arcata High on Tuesday evening. Both the Tigers and St. […]
What’s next for the remaining H-DNL teams in the NCS playoffs?
By Ray Hamill — Seven of the 13 local teams to qualify for the baseball and softball playoffs remain in the chase for a North Coast Section championship heading into the weekend […]
NCS BASEBALL — Arcata, SB boys march on; three HDN teams bow out
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers and St. Bernard’s Crusaders won their North Coast Section baseball playoff openers on Tuesday, but it was a tough day for the other H-DNL teams […]
More questions than answers as NCS brackets are released
By Ray Hamill — Once again the new North Coast Section seedings system has left local fans scratching their heads in wonder. The 2025 playoff brackets and seeds for baseball and softball […]
Explosive Hanks, Florvilus lead H-DNL charge in NCS meets
The Humboldt-Del Norte League had six individual wins in two North Coast Section meets on Saturday, including two each for Del Norte’s Deken Hanks and St. Bernard’s Laila Florvilus. It was another […]
Top NCS track athletes heading to Fortuna for Redwood Empire meet
By Ray Hamill — One of the largest sporting events the North Coast has seen in recent times will take place at Fortuna High School on Saturday. Just one week after the […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Track athletes set blistering pace
By Ray Hamill — A pair of outstanding tracks and field athletes take center stage in our weekly awards after big weekends for both at the H-DNL championships. Del Norte junior Deken […]
Close to 100 new PRs set at weekend league championships
By Ray Hamill — To say that the H-DNL athletes saved their best for last might be a bit of an understatement. Close to 100 PRs were set at Saturday’s league championship […]
Local high school swimmers cap breakthrough season with strong showing at NCS championships
Eureka sophomore Amalia Baugh led the H-DNL charge at this past weekend’s North Coast Section swimming championships in what has a breakthrough season in the sport for the local league. Baugh was […]
Warriors, Loggers crowned HDN track and field champs
By Ray Hamill — The competitive nature of this year’s H-DNL was on full display on Saturday, as just one point separated the top two teams in the race for the girls […]
WEEKEND SOFTBALL — Huskies celebrate their ‘Swiss Army Knives’; Crusaders edge Arcata
The Huskies celebrated three outstanding seniors on Saturday before cruising to an 18-8 win over Eureka in both teams’ regular-season finale at Fortuna High. Also in action this weekend, on Friday the […]
Tigers celebrate their seniors with exciting extra-innings win over SB
The Arcata Tigers celebrated their seniors with an exciting extra-innings win over Little 4 champion St. Bernard’s in non-conference baseball on Friday afternoon. Four of the six seniors all played a big […]
Warriors take care of business, end long wait with outright title
By Ray Hamill — After waiting 11 years for a Big 5 championship, the Del Norte Warriors were in no mood to share. On Wednesday, four days after they clinched at least […]
BIG 5 SOFTBALL — Del Norte girls leave no doubt, cruise to outright title
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte girls won a third straight championship in softball this spring, and on Wednesday they made sure it would be a third straight outright championship. After […]
