By Ray Hamill — After waiting 11 years for a Big 5 championship, the Del Norte Warriors were in no mood to share. On Wednesday, four days after they clinched at least […]
Warriors take care of business, end long wait with outright title
BIG 5 SOFTBALL — Del Norte girls leave no doubt, cruise to outright title
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte girls won a third straight championship in softball this spring, and on Wednesday they made sure it would be a third straight outright championship. After […]
Panthers edge rivals in pitchers’ duel, but fall just short in Big 5 bid
The McKinleyville Panthers will be hoping to meet Del Norte once again in next week’s Charles Lakin tournament. On Wednesday, they closed out the regular with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Arcata, […]
Charles Lakin baseball and softball tournament schedules set
By Ray Hamill — The schedules for this year’s Charles Lakin Tournaments have been announced by the H-DNL. The league’s postseason baseball and softball tournaments will take place next week with five […]
Gardner crowned H-DNL champion after victory at Baywood
McKinleyville senior Jake Gardner capped a big spring in H-DNL boys golf with his third victory in six rounds on Monday. Competing at the Baywood Golf & Country Club in Arcata, Gardner […]
Plenty on the line over final few days of H-DNL play; tiebreakers set
By Ray Hamill — A busy and pivotal few days for H-DNL baseball and softball got under way on Tuesday with three local games. In baseball, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders clinched the […]
From the Panthers to the Cougars, Watson makes college choice
By Ray Hamill — McKinleyville senior Gabby Watson is excited about the next chapter in her playing career, and her new coach is excited to bring her on board. On Friday night, […]
Del Norte overcomes distractions, secures three-peat of B5 titles
Good teams win championships, great programs win three of them in a row. And that’s exactly what the Del Norte girls achieved on the softball fields this spring, as they continue to […]
Warriors split with the Panthers, clinch at least a co-championship
The Del Norte Warriors are Big 5 champs in baseball for the first time since 2014. Now the question is can they clinch the title outright with a win at Eureka in […]
Warriors back in control of Big 5 as Loggers knock off the Panthers
The race for this year’s Big 5 championship in baseball took yet another twist on Wednesday. Up in Crescent City, the Del Norte boys took care of business against Fortuna and won […]
Perfect Sanchez and her defense lift the Huskies to top spot in B5
The first perfect game of the 2025 H-DNL season helped lift the Fortuna Huskies into top spot in the Big 5 standings. Whether they’ll remain there depends on the biggest game of […]
Panthers top the Huskies, move into a tie for Big 5 lead with four games to go
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers moved into a tie with Del Norte for the Big 5 lead in baseball after taking care of business against Fortuna on Monday afternoon. The […]
Panthers take care of business to keep pressure on Big 5 leaders
Sophomore Joe Tanno pitched a complete-game four-hitter against the Fortuna Huskies on Saturday, as the McKinleyville Panthers kept their Big 5 championship hopes on track. The defending conference champs were scheduled to […]
Saturday weather forces the postponement of six Big 5 games
By Ray Hamill — After a few weeks in which the weather was cooperating, the local baseball and softball seasons were affected by the conditions once again this weekend. Six of the […]
Joyner named to all-GVC team; Grammer ties home run record
By Ray Hamill — Former St. Bernard’s Crusader Bode Joyner was one of seven College of the Redwoods baseball players to receive all-conference recognition on Saturday. Joyner, who enjoyed an outstanding spring […]
Eureka boys dominate again in third league track and field meet
By Ray Hamill — Eureka’s Xavier De la Rosa continued this impressive spring in track and field with two wins for the second straight week at the third H-DNL meet of the […]
ATHLETES AND TEAM OF THE WEEK — Wild week in Little 4, H-DNL golf
By Ray Hamill — Three different schools and three different sports are represented in our weekly awards this week. On Thursday, Ferndale junior Madison Gossi led her team to an impressive doubleheader […]
McKinleyville boys fall to bogey team in non-conference action
The Panthers will be glad to not play Foothill the rest of the season. With a midweek bye in the Big 5, McKinleyville traveled to play the Cougars in non-conference action on […]
Gardner moves four strokes clear in H-DNL after round four
Arcata’s Mason Alway and St. Bernard’s Breadon Simpson tied for low score on the day in round four of H-DNL boys golf on Monday, as McKinleyville’s Jake Gardner put some space between […]
Panthers sweep their rivals to get their title hopes back on track
By Ray Hamill — There are a lot of things to admire about how the McKinleyville Panthers are playing baseball this season, and many of them were on full display on Saturday. […]
