By Ray Hamill — The Eureka girls responded to a disappointing week on the basketball court with a dynamic team performance in a non-conference 66-53 win at St. Bernard’s on Saturday night. […]
Prep Roundup — Loggers hold off their crosstown rivals
Big 5 run-in, who has the advantage?
By Ray Hamill — The excitement is building in the Big 5, and this year’s league has been about as competitive as anyone could have hoped for. Not at the top, of […]
Huskies bounce back in wrestling, get set for NCS
The top two wrestling teams in the Humboldt-Del Norte League will compete at the upcoming North Coast Section Dual Team Wrestling Championships at Eureka High on Feb. 2. Fortuna and Del Norte […]
Where Are They Now? — McCracken makes quick transition at Whitman
By Ray Hamill — One year after a dominating season on the local high school basketball courts, Kaylie McCracken has made a smooth transition to the collegiate game. The former Arcata High […]
Prep Roundup — Crusaders, Warriors both win non-conference games
Hoopa Valley avenged an earlier loss at Eureka High, with a comfortable 86-64 win at home to the Loggers in boys basketball action on Saturday. The high-scoring George Navarro finished with 35 […]
Del Norte girls extra motivated in search of breakout season
By Ray Hamill — This year we’re seeing a changing of the guard in Big 5 girls basketball, with traditional powerhouses struggling and unlikely challengers emerging. None more so than the Del […]
Athletes and team of the week
By Ray Hamill – Another busy weekend in prep basketball gave us plenty of options for this week’s Humboldt Sports athletes and team of the week. In boys basketball, Isaac Puzz has […]
H-DNL Girls Preview – Local teams impress heading into league
By Ray Hamill – While the Humboldt-Del Norte League boys have just two basketball teams ranked in the top 60 in the North Coast Section, the girls have five teams ranked in […]
H-DNL Boys Preview — Can anyone stop Fortuna, Hoopa?
By Ray Hamill — League play opens in earnest for most of the local high schools on the basketball courts this week, with at least one key matchup right off the bat. […]
Hungerford issues apology, calls his actions ‘stupid’
By Ray Hamill —- Former College of the Redwoods men’s basketball head coach Aaron Hungerford has admitted his actions on Christmas Eve were stupid, while issuing a public apology to his family, […]
Prep Roundup — Fortuna boys respond; SB girls win Fort Bragg tourney
The Fortuna boys basketball team wasted no time putting Friday’s loss behind them, bouncing back on Saturday to beat the host team at the Windsor tournament, 65-45. Donald Willis led the way, […]
2018 In Sports — Some more of the best moments of the year
By Ray Hamill — This week here at Humboldt Sports we’re taking a look back at the top local sports stories of the year. On Tuesday, we broke down Nos. 21-30, and […]
Gardner joins 1,000-point club as Crusaders top Arcata
St. Bernard’s senior Emily Gardner joined an exclusive club on Friday night, becoming the second local player this season to score her 1,000th career point. The milestone came in a 58-44 win […]
