Arcata boys go 3-1 at Marin Catholic tourney

Playing in front of a packed house and an electric atmosphere, and with the Big 5 lead on the line, the top two teams in the H-DN served up an intense and entertaining game of basketball at McKinleyville High on Thursday night. And thanks in large part to the play...

The Huskies got back to winning ways in boys basketball on Thursday night, ending a two-game losing skid with a 51-49 over Eureka in a closely-contested game at Fortuna. The Fortuna boys came storming out of the gates and held the Loggers to just five points in the opening quarter on the way to opening up a 12-point lead.

By Ray Hamill — It’s been an exciting week for Eureka boys basketball, albeit one with mixed fortunes. After beating Del Norte 61-53 in overtime in Crescent City on Tuesday night for the first time in several years, the Loggers followed that with a two-point loss, 51-49, in an exciting showdown at Fortuna on Thursday.

The race for the little 4 championship will go down to the final week of action after the South Fork Cubs handed the St. Bernard’s Crusaders their first league loss on Thursday night. So too will the race for the third and final Dick Niclai tournament berth, after the...

By Ray Hamill — Not so long ago they were teammates on a championship basketball team. Now they’ll face off against each other to essentially decide another championship. In the winter of 2018/19, McKinleyville’s Jack Clancy and Arcata’s Brandon Bento-Jackson and Josiah Gomez played alongside each other as Pacific Union eighth graders and finished 24-1, winning every tournament they played in together.

By Ray Hamill — After six years in charge of the College of the Redwoods volleyball team, head coach Petra Lorenzi is stepping away from the program, the Corsairs announced on Wednesday. Former Cal Poly Humboldt assistant coach Paul Castillo will take over the position. Lorenzi, a Del Norte...