By Ray Hamill — As the action heats up across the sporting landscape on the North Coast this spring, so too have some of the individual performances. And a few of them, […]
Athletes and team of the week
Lien, Vera continue to set the tone for the Panthers
The McKinleyville boys continued to set the standard for local athletes in several track and field events over the weekend, with another big showing at the Prefontaine Invitational in Coos Bay. The […]
New NCS football format adds intrigue to Big 4
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section recently adopted a new look for the football playoffs for 2019, expanding to seven divisions while reducing the overall number of playoff teams. The […]
Eureka bats dominate at Fortuna in Big 5 doubleheader
The Eureka Loggers competed the league sweep over the Huskies with a pair of wins at Fortuna on Saturday to go to 4-0 in the Big 5. The Loggers, who have now […]
Corsairs thrill again in Siskiyous doubleheader
The College of the Redwoods softball team played another two close games on Saturday, splitting a pair of one-run affairs at home to College of the Siskiyous. In their 12 conference games […]
Hoopa girls have to battle against South Fork
The Hoopa Valley girls won a doubleheader at South Fork on Saturday, but they had to battle all the way. The Warriors took the opener 4-3 in nine innings, and followed that […]
Little 4 — Ruiz, Gomes dazzle again; Cubs cruise
Pitching was the story of the day once again at Ferndale, and Caleb Ruiz was the biggest story of all. Ruiz, St. Bernard’s only senior this season, pitched another gem on the […]
Travel team standouts moving on to college ball
By Ray Hamill — They may have caused a little bit of controversy when they decided to forgo their senior year of high school soccer in favor of playing for a local […]
Huskies, young and old, make their mark in Oroville
Fresh off their second league meet win in three weeks, the Fortuna girls track and field team continued to impress at the West Valley Invitational at Harrison Stadium In Oroville on Friday. […]
Big day for the Tigers at H-DNL championships
The Tigers completed another dominating season on the North Coast in boys tennis with a sweep of the three doubles championships at Fortuna on Friday. The Tigers, who were undefeated in the […]
The stuff of legend
By Ray Hamill — Cruz Montana has been busy this spring preparing for the next great chapter in his life. The Eureka senior will make the move after graduation to play football […]
Tigers, Warriors battle back and forth in wild doubleheader
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers and Del Norte Warriors played out a wild and entertaining doubleheader at Arcata High on Friday. It was also a slow and drawn-out doubleheader that […]
Prep Softball — Loggers sweep Huskies; Panthers suffer first loss
The McKinleyville Panthers responded to their first loss of the season by beating Shasta 6-1 in their second game at the Wolfpack Invitational at Shasta on Friday. Earlier in the day, the […]
Crusaders hold on against Ferndale to remain perfect in Little 4
It wasn’t their best performance of the season, but the St. Bernard’s girls managed to pull out a win on Senior day, defeating Ferndale 10-8 on Friday. The visiting Wildcats rallied with […]
Tigers take two from Del Norte, remain in Big 5 chase
The Arcata Tigers remained well in the hunt for the Big 5 title with a doubleheader sweep at home to Del Norte on Friday, winning comfortably 10-1 and 11-2. The Tigers took […]
Disappointing day for CR baseball, softball
It was a disappointing day in both softball and baseball for College of the Redwoods, with the women dropping both ends of a doubleheader against Shasta, and the men losing a close […]
NCS champs to open 2019 season on the road
By Ray Hamill — The two-time defending North Coast Section champions will begin the 2019 football season with three straight road games, including a challenging opener at Cardinal Newman in late August. […]
H-DNL continues to share the spoils in track and field
Competitive balance appears to be alive and well in the Humboldt-Del Norte League when it comes to track and field, with five different schools claiming a first-place team finish over the first […]
Christensen blasts her way to player of the week honors
By Ray Hamill — The season just keeps getting better for former Fortuna High standout Jenna Christensen, who this week was named Kanas Collegiate Athletic Conference softball player of the week for the […]
Janzen takes H-DNL singles title, as Tigers dominate
Arcata’s Leo Janzen will represent the Humboldt-Del Norte League in the North Coast Section boys singles tennis championships after winning the league title at No. 1 singles on Wednesday. Janzen, who has […]
