By Ray Hamill — Eureka senior Bella Vigil is getting ready to be a Roadrunner, and so much more. This week, Vigil officially signed a letter of intent to play college basketball […]
More than a statistic, Vigil commits to play at Butte
COLLEGE BASKETBALL — Career-night for McCracken; Schoenhofer and Purify get set for playoffs
By Ray Hamill — A career season continues to get even better on the college basketball courts for former Arcata standout Kaylie McCracken. On Saturday, McCracken scored a career-high 29 points in […]
Arcata coach feels three-season model not the safest option
By Ray Hamill — At least one local coach, who will be affected more than most by the CIF’s recent decision to load the spring prep sports schedule, is on board with […]
Napoleon to rejoin the Loggers
By Ray Hamill — Long-time local basketball coach Cliff Napoleon will rejoin the Loggers for the 2021 basketball season, the girls program announced on Friday. Napoleon, who was head coach of the […]
Big week in store for local prep basketball
By Ray Hamill — With two weeks remaining in the regular season, three of the four H-DNL basketball conference championships appear set to go down to the wire. The St. Bernard’s girls […]
Big week in store for local prep basketball
By Ray Hamill — It’s going to be a busy week for local high school basketball, as we close in on the halfway point of the Big 5. Del Norte has set […]
POLL RESULTS — Little to separate the Big 5 leaders ahead of big showdown
By Ray Hamill — Adding to the intrigue of Thursday night’s girls basketball matchup between the Loggers and Huskies, there was little to separate the two teams in this week’s Humboldt Sports […]
PREP ROUNDUP — Close calls for several H-DNL teams
A number of H-DNL teams dropped close games in basketball on Saturday, as they closed out weekend tournaments ahead of next week’s league openers. The Del Norte and Arcata girls each lost […]
Bell named tourney MVP, several others honored too
By Ray Hamill — Much like his team, senior guard Trevor Bell is enjoying a bit of a breakout season on the basketball court. On Saturday Bell was named tournament MVP at […]
PREP BOYS ROUNDUP — Big day for H-DNL teams in tourney play
The H-DNL had a good day at a variety of tournaments on Saturday, with six of the eight boys basketball teams in action winning their games. At the Logger Classic, host Eureka […]
Local teams prepare for Lady Panther Classic
By Ray Hamill — More than half the H-DNL will be in action at the McKinleyville girls basketball tournament, which tips off on Thursday afternoon. In addition to the host team, Fortuna, […]
PREP BOYS ROUNDUP — Tigers, Huskies both fall at AIBT
The Arcata Tigers lost a tournament championship game for the second straight weekend on Saturday, falling 51-41 to Piner to close out their own tournament. Arcata led by three at halftime, but […]
PREP BASKETBALL — Plenty of teams in action this week
UPDATE – The SB girls game with Fort Bragg has been switched to Saturday of next weekend. By Ray Hamill — The local prep basketball season tips off this week with several […]
Four local stars named all-state in basketball
By Ray Hamill — Four local basketball players have been named to the MaxPreps all-state teams, including Big 5 MVP Kaleya Sanchez of Del Norte, who was named to the girls Division-4 […]
H-DNL all-league basketball selections announced
By Ray Hamill — The 2018/19 H-DNL all-league selections in basketball were released on Saturday, honoring the best local players from this season. No surprises among the MVPs, with Del Norte’s Kaleya […]
Stakes a little higher as NCS play begins
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for a wild night of NCS basketball on the local courts on Wednesday, with no less than 12 H-DNL teams in action, including nine of […]
Where the H-DN stands with NCS playoffs looming
By Ray Hamill — It appears as if the Humboldt-Del Norte League is ready to make some noise in the North Coast Section basketball playoffs. At least according to the latest MaxPreps […]
Prep Roundup — Del Norte, South Fork advance in Niclai
Del Norte and South Fork each exploded offensively in the second half on the way to winning their games in the Dick Niclai Memorial Tournament on Tuesday night. South Fork scored 49 […]
Next week’s Dick Niclai tournament schedule set
By Ray Hamill — The 2019 Dick Niclai Memorial Tournament gets under way on Monday, with five straight days of games featuring the best local high school teams. The top three teams […]
Excitement building again for Warriors basketball
By Ray Hamill — The Warriors have a plan in place. They know they’ll need it. They know the same old formula won’t continue to work when the competition level goes up […]
