By Ray Hamill — A young Fortuna football team has plenty to live up to in 2019, but head coach Mike Benbow believes this is a group that is ready to seize […]
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are back where they feel they belong, at least when it comes to North Coast Section football. On Monday, the school won an appeal […]
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 […]
By Ray Hamill — So who do you think has the more North Coast Section football titles, Ferndale or the rest of the Humboldt-Del Norte League combined? That’s a tough one, right? […]
By Ray Hamill — Experience isn’t the only thing that has prepared the Fortuna Huskies for this moment. So too has their schedule. The Huskies will travel to play Moreau Catholic in […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s no coincidence that the Fortuna Huskies have won three straight playoff games at the same time they’re playing their best defense of the season. Similar to last […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies are gearing up for a second straight North Coast Section championship game this weekend, hoping to secure a second straight NCS title. To get it, […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a wild weekend for the local football teams still playing, not to mention their coaches, parents and fans. It was also a great weekend for Fortuna […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s finally go time in the North Coast Section Division-IV semifinals, with two of our area’s traditional heavyweights getting set for battle. No. 6 seed Fortuna will travel […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers have been adamant for the past two weeks that if it comes down to a choice between playing for a North Coast Section football championship […]
By Ray Hamill — To suggest there is nothing that different about this year’s Fortuna senior class might be paying them the ultimate tribute. They are what Fortuna football is all about. […]
The Huskies executed their game plan to near perfection on Saturday night, comfortably taking care of business in their North Coast Section playoff game at Kennedy High in Richmond. Fortuna pieced together […]
(Updated with Omey stats) The St. Bernard’s Crusaders lost a thriller in the North Coast Section playoffs for the second year in a row on Saturday afternoon, falling 49-47 at San Marin […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section football playoffs finally resume this weekend, with a pair of local teams involved, each of them in Division IV, and each of them playing […]
By Ray Hamill — It appears as if the North Coast Section playoffs will finally resume this weekend after a tumultuous and controversial couple of weeks. And that’s good news for St. […]
By Ray Hamill — Some teams are refusing to give up on their playoff ambitions as easily as the North Coast Section apparently did. On Monday, three high profile Bay Area coaches […]
(UPDATED with news on schools refusing to travel) By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section is ready to move 13 playoff football games to Humboldt County, but unfortunately many of the […]
By Ray Hamill — If they haven’t already done so, it’s time for the North Coast Section to seriously consider moving this weekend’s playoff games to Humboldt County. On Thursday morning, the […]
By Ray Hamill — With so many North Coast Section football games postponed over the weekend, the local teams are taking full advantage of the extra time afforded them. The poor air […]
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s and Fortuna will now play their North Coast Section quarterfinals on Saturday, after a full list of rescheduled games was released on Monday. Both teams’ game […]
