POLL CLOSED By Ray Hamill — The Big 5 tips off next week in boys basketball, with a pair of games on Wednesday and Friday nights. And defending co-champs Arcata and McKinleyville […]
READERS POLL — Who will win this year’s boys Big 5?
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Another busy day for the H-DNL teams
The St. Bernard’s boys opened a three-game road trip with a 76-64 win at Eagle Point on Friday afternoon. The win was the sixth straight for the beat-up Crusaders, who are still […]
Huskies win two of three games at Bruin Holiday Challenge
The Fortuna boys began to put a disappointing December behind them with an improved showing at last week’s Bruin Holiday Challenge tournament. The Huskies won two of three games in tournament play […]
Fortuna boys fall to Orland in Anderson tournament finale
The Fortuna Huskies closed out the Anderson boys basketball tournament against Orland on Saturday and fell 51-43. The Huskies started the stronger of the two teams and led 13-9 after the opening […]
BOYS ROUNDUP — Wins for SB, Del Norte, Eureka and Fortuna
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are beginning to find their groove. On Friday they won for the second time in two games at the Kelseyville tournament, defeating Cloverdale 70-69 in a hard-fought game […]
GIRLS ROUNDUP — Huskies overcome big deficit to win in OT
The emerging Jorlynn Villalvazo scored 18 points to help lead the Fortuna Huskies to a 46-43 overtime win against Orland in an exciting semifinal at the Orland Lady Trojan Invitational tournament on […]
BOYS ROUNDUP — Crusaders overcome slow start; Huskies struggle
The St. Bernard’s boys opened the Kelseyville tournament with their third straight win late on Thursday night. The Crusaders defeated Upper Lake 60-45 and improved to 5-2 on the season as they […]
GIRLS ROUNDUP — Unbeaten Crusaders top Oroville, go to 7-0
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders continued their unbeaten start to the season with their seventh win in seven games. Playing at the Kelseyville tournament, the Crusaders cruised to a comfortable 60-13 victory over […]
BOYS ROUNDUP — Cubs, Loggers dominate in tourney openers
The Cubs put a disappointing couple of days at last week’s Cloverdale tournament behind them as they got back to winning ways on the opening day of their own Gene Cotter Memorial […]
BOYS POWER RANKINGS — Who is the best team in the H-DNL right now?
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers’ fast start to the new season has not gone unnoticed. After impressive showings at both of their early-seasons tournaments, the Eureka boys are the highest […]
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — H-DNL teams riding high in NCS
By Ray Hamill — Last season all nine H-DNL varsity girls basketball teams qualified for the North Coast Section playoffs, including two that made it all the way to a NorCal championship […]
Local wrestlers continue to impress at McKinleyville Invitational
The McKinleyville Panthers continued their impressive start to the new wrestling season with another strong showing at their own tournament this past weekend. One week after a third-place finish at Del Norte’s […]
Two Warriors, Fortuna standout named Big 4 MVPs in football
By Ray Hamill — After winning a fifth straight Big 4 title in football this fall, it was no surprise to see the Del Norte Warriors well represented on the conference all-league […]
Panthers, Huskies face off at Healdsburg tournament, go down to the wire
There was little to separate the McKinleyville and Fortuna girls basketball teams in an early-season all-local battle in the third-place game at the Healdsburg tournament on Saturday evening. In a back-and-forth game, […]
BOYS ROUNDUP — Tigers fall to the Vikings in tournament final
A short-handed Arcata team played in a tournament championship game for the second straight week on Saturday, but unfortunately for the Tigers they also lost in a championship game for the second […]
GIRLS ROUNDUP — SB, Eureka and Hoopa advance to tourney finals
The Eureka girls continued their preparation for the Big 5 with another impressive showing against a good Encinal team at the Windsor tournament on Friday. The Loggers stretched their winning streak to […]
Fortuna and Del Norte boys drop their tournament openers
The Fortuna and Del Norte boys will try to bounce back from tournament-opening defeats on Friday. The Huskies played the late game at the Arcata Boys Invitational Tournament and fell 64-50 to […]
GIRLS ROUNDUP — H-DNL teams impress in tournament openers
The Eureka Loggers continued their impressive early-season form with a tournament-opening win at the Windsor tournament on Thursday. The Loggers beat Branson 52-38 for their fourth straight win and improved to 6-1 […]
CR’s Fortuna connection leads to another commit from The Friendly City
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna to College of the Redwoods connection is alive and well. Huskies senior Kalie Chittenden recently became the latest athlete from The Friendly City to commit her […]
Huskies close out strong at Marin Academy to open four-game road trip
The Fortuna girls bounced back from their first defeat of the season with a victory over Marin Academy on Wednesday night. After losing to Weed in the championship game of the Colusa […]
