Heather Nyberg-Schlotzhauer Beacon Correspondent The Fortuna Parks and Recreation Department kicked off the first weekend of their Hot Shots Basketball Program.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent The Ferndale Wildcats varsity boys basketball team has posted a season best four game win streak leading up to tonight's road game at St.   [Full Story]

1. Sensational sophomore Justin Claus drives then dishes off to a Husky teammate under the basket as an Arcata defender keeps close tabs on the ball. Claus and the Fortuna Huskies played solid ball and held the lead over first place Arcata for 3 and 1/2 quarters last Thursday evening until the Tigers came back late and stole the win 50-44.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent In junior varsity action, the Fortuna Huskies boys team dropped their first game of the season locally when they came up short at McKinleyville by a score of 46-42.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent Both the Ferndale Wildcats and the Fortuna Huskies boys and girls basketball teams experienced big wins and tough losses in league over the last couple of weeks.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo, Beacon Correspondent The year 2011 came to an end and so did the preseason tournament action for local prep basketball teams as the focus now becomes the all important league matchups for both Fortuna and Ferndale High.   [Full Story]

"Ferndale's Meagan Earley eyes the basket on a fast break opportunity in Tuesday's Eel River Valley showdown against Fortuna. Earley provided 16 points in the Lady Wildcats valient effort to upset the Huskies however, Fortuna prevailed in the end 41-37.   [Full Story]

"Fortuna's Mellisa Morrison drives to the hoop against Ferndale's Mackenzie Burgess in last Tuesday's HDN action. The Lady Huskies and Wildcats kicked off 2012 in grand style as a the two rivals waged a defensive battle that saw Morrison score 15 points and Fortuna hold on for a 41-37 victory.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo/Beacon Correspondent The Fortuna Huskies scored a touchdown pass on the fourth play of the second quarter that proved to be the difference in the fourth annual Leaky Milk Can Game versus the Ferndale Wildcats.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent The winter sports season got a jump on all of us here in the valley, as the football season captured our interest into the month of December.   [Full Story]

Editorial by Mark Lourenzo Beacon Sports Correspondent It truly seems weird that we've come to the end of our rope here at the Humboldt Beacon. It just doesn't feel right after following this great season of the Fortuna Huskies and Ferndale Wildcats football teams that I will not be writing on the North Coast Section title game between Ferndale and Salesian.   [Full Story]

Redwood Empire Golf and Country Club Head Pro Greg Senestraro won the recent North Coast PGA Professional Pro Am tournament held at Primm Valley Golf Club in Las Vegas.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent Those opportunistic Ferndale Wildcats, they did it again! Those big play in the big game, momentum stealing Cats pulled off a good one over their long time rival, the Fortuna Huskies.   [Full Story]

A scene all too familiar to Ferndale Wildcat opponents, runningback Kaden Zanone runs rampant in the open field with a host of blockers (Hunter VanEmmerik and Wyatt Townsend) paving the way to another big play.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent It's finally here, the game everyone has wished for! This Saturday at Coach Carlson field in Ferndale, the Wildcats will host the Fortuna Huskies in the semifinal round of the North Coast Section Division 4-football playoffs.   [Full Story]