Fasten your seat belts, a thrilling race for the Big 5 championship in boys basketball is showing no signs of slowing down. The top three contenders put some distance between them and […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Big 5 contenders continue to roll
SCHEDULE UPDATES — Busy weekend in store for H-DNL basketball
By Ray Hamill — It’s going to be a busy weekend on the local high school basketball courts, with several rescheduled games on tap. No one will be busier than the McKinleyville […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Big wins for Tigers, Panthers and Crusaders
The McKinleyville Panthers kept their championship hopes alive and well with a hard-fought victory over Del Norte at Mack High on Wednesday night. The Panthers rallied from a five-point deficit in the […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Warriors, Tigers and Loggers win
The Arcata Tigers and Del Norte Warriors moved into a two-way tie atop the Big 5 standings halfway through league play after key victories on Tuesday night. The Tigers won 73-65 at […]
Impressive Cats get set to play Eureka in big Tuesday matchup
By Ray Hamill — One day after getting the better of St. Bernard’s in a key Little 4 showdown, the Ferndale girls have added a Tuesday night game against Eureka to their […]
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — Eureka and L4 teams continue to impress
By Ray Hamill — The Little 4 teams feature prominently in this week’s Girls Basketball Power Rankings, with the smaller schools conference holding two of the top three positions. No. 2 Ferndale […]
BOYS POWER RANKINGS — A shake up at the top this week
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers got their league campaign back on track this week with a big win at home over Del Norte. And that is just enough to put […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Statement win for Ferndale; first Big 5 win for Del Norte
The Ferndale Wildcats are on a roll and showing no signs of slowing down. On Friday night, they improved to 2-0 in the Little 4 and 10-2 overall with a statement win […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Tigers, Crusaders both bounce back
The Arcata Tigers got back on track with a crucial league win on Thursday night, defeating Del Norte 54-41 at Arcata High. After dropping their Big 5 opener at McKinleyville last week, […]
NCS RANKINGS — One local team on the rise ahead of big league showdown
By Ray Hamill — Two H-DNL teams remain No. 1 in their division in the North Coast Section basketball rankings this week, according to MaxPreps, while there’s a new top-ranked H-DNL girls […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Loggers, Wildcats and Huskies all win
The Eureka Loggers improved to 3-0 in the Big 5 with a 64-50 win over Arcata on Wednesday night, while the Ferndale Wildcats impressed with a big 81-32 win over South Fork […]
Updates on cancelations and what games are still going ahead
By Ray Hamill — COVID protocols continue to adversely affect the local high school basketball season, with several games postponed this week, including a couple of big matchups that had been scheduled […]
Warriors top the Huskies, get set for pivotal Big 5 showdown at Arcata
The Del Norte Warriors took care of business with a comfortable 71-39 win over Fortuna in boys basketball on Tuesday night, setting up a huge showdown at Arcata on Thursday. Playing behind […]
BOYS POWER RANKINGS — Who’s No. 1 after a wild week in the H-DNL?
By Ray Hamill — To say that COVID has changed everything this year is a huge understatement, but at least most of the games are still going ahead, and that’s something we […]
GIRLS POWER RANKINGS — Little to separate the top teams right now
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL is forging ahead without fans and without many players right now, so it’s become a little more difficult to gauge exactly which are the top five […]
Eureka girls pull away in the second half, go to 2-0 in B5
By Ray Hamill — Through their opening two league games, the Eureka Loggers are living up to the billing as Big 5 favorites. On Friday night at Eureka High, the Loggers pulled […]
South Fork boys top Ferndale in Little 4 opener
The South Fork Cubs returned to action for the first time in a few weeks and opened league play with a 46-40 win over Ferndale in boys basketball on Friday night. Tommy […]
League races thrown wide open after wild night of basketball
By Ray Hamill — Wow! What an opening few days in the Big 5 and Little 4. While COVID has played havoc with just about every H-DNL roster this week, it hasn’t […]
Panthers edge the Tigers in thrilling Big 5 showdown
By Ray Hamill — One of the best rivalries in local high school basketball did not disappoint on Thursday night, as the McKinleyville Panthers got the better of the Arcata Tigers 67-58 […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP — Big wins for Hoopa, Mack and Eureka
There were a couple of surprising results around the H-DNL on Thursday night, most notably at Hoopa, where the Warriors tipped off the Little 4 with a big victory over a shorthanded […]
