By Ray Hamill — This weekend will be a relatively quiet one for local football with four of the nine H-DNL varsity teams on a bye. With the Little 4 set to […]
Relatively quiet weekend in store for North Coast football fans
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Juniors and underdogs prevail
By Ray Hamill — It was a memorable week for a couple of local teams and a couple of local football players. The Ferndale Wildcats turned some heads around the H-DNL with […]
POWER RANKINGS — Wildcats move up this week, but how far?
By Ray Hamill — Are the two best teams in the H-DNL this year both from the Little 4? We’ll know more after this weekend, when the Ferndale Wildcats follow their thrilling […]
JV FOOTBALL — Big 4 teams riding high as we head into week five
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a good year so far for the Big 4 JV football teams. All four of the conference teams won their games last weekend and all four […]
Conference-leading Warriors continue to impress at Ferndale
The Del Norte girls soccer team took over sole possession of top spot in the Little 4 standings with a second win in two conference games at Ferndale on Wednesday. Im a […]
Wildcats end long St. Bernard’s run in conference volleyball
The race for the 2024 Little 5 championship in volleyball took an interesting turn on Tuesday night. And a good week continued for the Ferndale Wildcats. Defending league champion St. Bernard’s traveled […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — Relive Saturday’s memorable Milk Can game
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats played like the defending state champs they are in Saturday’s Milk Can game. This is a very well-coached team that is playing with a lot […]
Wildcats cap busy Saturday with Hoopa tournament championship
It was a busy but successful day for the Ferndale Wildcats on the volleyball court on Saturday. While the school’s football team was playing in a thrilling Milk Can game in front […]
Wildcats win a thriller as the Milk Can returns to Ferndale
By Ray Hamill — Even by the lofty standards of the most storied rivalry in H-DNL football, this was a showdown that will live long in the memory of anyone who saw […]
Shorthanded Ferndale girls impress in non-conference loss to Fortuna
The gap between the bigger and smaller schools in H-DNL girls soccer appears to be narrowing. On Saturday at Ferndale, a shorthanded Ferndale Wildcats team started with just 10 players and played […]
JV ROUNDUP — Two unbeaten H-DNL teams to face off on Saturday
By Ray Hamill — Heading into week four of the 2024 high school JV football season, four of the eight H-DNL teams are still unbeaten. However, something will have to give this […]
POWER RANKINGS — Tigers still the team to beat; Huskies move up
By Ray Hamill — There’s no change at the top of our power rankings after another statement win by the Arcata Tigers over the weekend. However, there are multiple changes within the […]
Little 4 rivals kick off conference play at Crusader Field
By Ray Hamill — New season, same old rivalry. Last year, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders and Ferndale Wildcats battled it out for the Little 4 championship in girls soccer all the way […]
Ferndale girls enjoy back-to-back victories in volleyball
The Ferndale Wildcats posted a pair of impressive victories in volleyball this week, beating Fortuna on Monday night and following that with a win over Hayfork on Tuesday. The Ferndale girls got […]
POWER RANKINGS — We have a new No. 1 after an impressive comeback
By Ray Hamill — A statement win by the Arcata Tigers over the weekend sees them rise to the top of our Power Rankings this week. The Tigers rallied late to beat […]
High-scoring Wildcats continue to roll at Fall River, go to 2-0
The Ferndale Wildcats kept their impressive start to the new high school football season going with another big win over the weekend, traveling to Fall River and beating the perennial Northern Section […]
FOOTBALL ROUNDUP — Busy night for the H-DNL with several teams in action
By Ray Hamill — It was a busy night for H-DNL football on Friday with seven of the league’s teams in action. The biggest game of the night took place at McKinleyville […]
Ferndale players and coaches receive their end-of-year award trophies
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats players and coaches took a short break from practice on Tuesday to receive their trophy after being named the 2024 Humboldt Sports co-Team of the […]
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK — Juniors kick off new season in style
By Ray Hamill — It was a good week for several of the H-DNL football teams and for two junior quarterbacks in particular. Coming into the new season we expected big things […]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS — No shortage of big plays on opening weekend
By Ray Hamill — If week two of the local high school football season is as exciting as week one, then fans here on the North Coast are in for a treat. […]
