By Ray Hamill — It is now officially less than four weeks to go to the new high school football season, and this fall we will see some big changes in the […]
Changes planned for B4 football with season fast approaching
Eagles enjoy their time together despite a challenging summer
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Eagles got a timely remember of why they love to play baseball this summer. Despite competing with a shorthanded roster for much of the season and […]
Humboldt Sports Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year Finalists
By Ray Hamill — As always there’s a lot of competition for this year’s Humboldt Sports Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year award with several worthy candidates considered. The annual award […]
Large local contingent enjoying big summer with Humboldt Crabs
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Crabs have not featured as large a group of local players in recent times as they are this summer, and just about all of them are […]
Humboldt Sports Big 5 Boys Athlete of the Year Finalists
By Ray Hamill — It’s almost time to name the Humboldt Sports Big 5 Boys and Girls Athletes of the Year for the 2024/25 school year. And as always, there are several […]
Busy summer continues for Mack basketball with upcoming youth camp
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a busy offseason for the McKinleyville boys basketball program and that’s not going to slow down anytime soon. The defending Dick Niclai tournament champions have been […]
Humboldt Sports Baseball Player of the Year finalists
By Ray Hamill — It was another fun year on the local high school baseball fields with lots of excitement, a breakthrough championship and a thrilling Charles Lakin tournament final. And with […]
Warriors dominate all-conference team, Nolan earns MVP honors
By Ray Hamill — After winning a third straight Big 5 championship in softball this spring, the Del Norte Warriors had several worthy candidates for conference MVP. And when the conference coaches […]
Daniels named MVP as Big 5 All-Conference team is announced
By Ray Hamill — It will hardly come as a surprise to anyone who followed this year’s Big 5, but Del Norte senior Preston Daniels has been named the conference MVP in […]
Another Panthers success story, as Maher commits to college team
By Ray Hamill — Senior Nick Maher became the latest McKinleyville Panther to commit his future to a college program this week. The multi-sport standout will play basketball for Hartnell College, following […]
Matadors hold on late to edge the Panthers in NCS semifinal
By Ray Hamill — After going further in the North Coast Section softball playoffs than any other H-DNL team, the McKinleyville Panthers saw their season end in a closely-fought and well-played showdown […]
H-DNL releases inaugural league All-Sportsmanship Team
The H-DN Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is continuing to do its best to promote good sportsmanship among the league schools. This week, the league announced the inaugural HDN all-sportsmanship team, which […]
NCS SOFTBALL — Sargent leads Panthers past Clear Lake; Warriors, Cats fall
By Ray Hamill — It was a day of mixed fortunes for the H-DNL’s No. 1 seeds in the North Coast Section softball playoffs on Friday. The McKinleyville Panthers comfortably took care […]
ATHLETES AND TEAMS OF THE WEEK — Lakin winners and track stars shine
By Ray Hamill —A trio of local track and field standouts are honored this week after big weekends for all three in postseason competition. St. Bernard’s Laila Florvilus closed out her high […]
What’s next for the remaining H-DNL teams in the NCS playoffs?
By Ray Hamill — Seven of the 13 local teams to qualify for the baseball and softball playoffs remain in the chase for a North Coast Section championship heading into the weekend […]
McKinleyville Panthers go down battling at D-I Amador Valley
Despite being forced to play a Division-1 school in the opening round of the North Coast Section baseball playoffs, the smallest school in the Big 5 almost pulled off the upset on […]
More questions than answers as NCS brackets are released
By Ray Hamill — Once again the new North Coast Section seedings system has left local fans scratching their heads in wonder. The 2025 playoff brackets and seeds for baseball and softball […]
Explosive Hanks, Florvilus lead H-DNL charge in NCS meets
The Humboldt-Del Norte League had six individual wins in two North Coast Section meets on Saturday, including two each for Del Norte’s Deken Hanks and St. Bernard’s Laila Florvilus. It was another […]
After breakthrough championship, Gardner announces college choice
By Ray Hamill — McKinleyville’s first H-DNL champion in boys golf in 13 years is taking his talents to the college courses. On Wednesday, two days after competing at the North Coast […]
‘Resilient’ Huskies dig deep, answer the call late in Lakin decider
By Ray Hamill — It was a few years in the making, but the Fortuna Huskies are champions of the Charles Lakin softball tournament again. On Friday evening, the 2025 Huskies evoked […]
