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 […]
Close to 100 new PRs set at weekend league championships
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 […]
Panthers edge rivals in pitchers’ duel, but fall just short in Big 5 bid
The McKinleyville Panthers will be hoping to meet Del Norte once again in next week’s Charles Lakin tournament. On Wednesday, they closed out the regular with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Arcata, […]
Charles Lakin baseball and softball tournament schedules set
By Ray Hamill — The schedules for this year’s Charles Lakin Tournaments have been announced by the H-DNL. The league’s postseason baseball and softball tournaments will take place next week with five […]
Gardner crowned H-DNL champion after victory at Baywood
McKinleyville senior Jake Gardner capped a big spring in H-DNL boys golf with his third victory in six rounds on Monday. Competing at the Baywood Golf & Country Club in Arcata, Gardner […]
Plenty on the line over final few days of H-DNL play; tiebreakers set
By Ray Hamill — A busy and pivotal few days for H-DNL baseball and softball got under way on Tuesday with three local games. In baseball, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders clinched the […]
Busy spring for CR football brings new players, new coaches and another ring ceremony
By Ray Hamill — A busy spring for College of the Redwoods football will wrap up this week, as the local community college program gets set to host a scrimmage to close […]
Huskies close out strong against Arcata, play the waiting game
The Fortuna girls did what they had to do on Saturday. Now they must play the waiting game. With a doubleheader sweep over Arcata, the Huskies closed out the Big 5 with […]
Arcata Tigers sweep the Huskies to end five-game skid in Big 5
Some strong pitching and timely hitting lifted the Arcata Tigers to a doubleheader sweep against Fortuna in Big 5 baseball on Saturday. The Tigers won game one 6-1 and followed that with […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — A week to celebrate perfection, a new record and history makers
By Ray Hamill — This week was a memorable one in local high school sports for many reasons. We got the week started with the first perfect game of the season in […]
H-DNL girls continue to impress at Del Norte ahead of league championships
The Arcata girls continued to showcase their depth in track and field with a third straight team win in an H-DNL meet at Del Norte on Tuesday. The Arcata girls won eight […]
Three big NCS marks set at final regular-season HDN league meet
The H-DNL athletes are building momentum as we head towards the business end of the 2025 track and field season. On Tuesday, at the fourth and final H-DNL regular-season meet of the […]
Tigers complete series sweep, move into third in the Big 5 standings
The Arcata girls rallied late to beat Eureka on Monday as they moved into third place in the Big 5 softball standings. In a make-up game that had been pushed back from […]
Loggers sweep the Tigers, secure Lakin tournament berth
With this year’s Charles Lakin tournament switching venues to Belotti Field in Eureka because of the ongoing construction at the Arcata Ball Park, the host Loggers made sure they will be a […]
Tigers prevail in wet conditions, keep Lakin tourney hopes alive
The color of the Arcata jerseys at the end of Saturday’s game against Eureka told the story of the day. The Tigers traveled to Washington Elementary School to play the Loggers in […]
