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Wavesgiving
On Saturday, Nov. 19, while some of us huddled inside and watched the rain, Humboldt surfers woke before dawn and headed out to Trinidad State Beach for the second annual Wavesgiving Surf Contest. Some 20 contestants zipped into their wetsuits and hit the water to compete for cash and salty glory. Photographer Sean Jansen was […]
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HSU Softball Stopped One Win Shy of National Title
The Lumberjacks entered Saturday needing just one win to become national champions. It wasn’t meant to be. The Humboldt State University softball team dropped both its games Saturday to lose the best of three NCAA Division II national championship series in Denver to the University of North Alabama. HSU got off to a good start […]
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Our Assemblyman Golfed Pebble Beach Last Year for Free
Politicians are just like us. Who hasn’t been given $460 tickets to a Warriors or Giants game from a powerful state union or private corporation? The LA Times just released an article detailing the sports-related gifts handed to California lawmakers and there was our very own 2nd District Assemblyman Jim Wood, leading the state in […]
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John Jaso: Humboldt’s Dreadlocked Baseball Hero Talks Concussions
Humboldt-grown pro baseball player John Jaso is the subject of a fantastic article that came out this week on VICE Sports. In it, Jaso’s former teammate Fernando Perez (a World Series champ and he’s a better writer than me? Sigh) talks with Jaso about playing catcher, diva pitchers, being a Moneyball player and the debilitating […]
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Championship Crusaders
The St. Bernard’s High School football team made history yesterday, becoming the first North Coast team to win a state championship. Under a driving rain in Laguna Hills, the Crusaders lead throughout and beat Saddleback Valley Christian 28-21 to claim the California Interscholastic Federations Division V-A state title. After taking the early lead, the Crusaders […]
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Jacks Defeated in Missouri
After a win over Augustana University to start the Humboldt State University football team’s first postseason since 1968, the Jacks were routed Saturday, 54-7, by the number one-ranked Northwestern Missouri State. Playing in Maryland, Missouri, the Jacks record-setting offense was all but stuffed, held to a single touchdown in the fourth quarter off a blocked […]
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Jacks Win in First Postseason Since 1968
The Humboldt State University football team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament today after beating South Dakota’s Augustana University in a raucous game with back-and-forth offensive thrills. Augustana returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, quieting a full house of Jacks fans, but HSU quickly answered, and the teams went […]
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Sanctioning Body Drops Trinidad Fight Night
Fight night is returning to Trinidad on Nov. 14, but likely without the sanctioning and oversight that were put in place following a catastrophic injury in April of 2014, which left fighter Steve Watts paralyzed. Cher-Ae Heights Casino has hosted two nights of mixed martial arts and amateur boxing in the year and half since […]
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The Humboldt Four Head to Nationals
Four Humboldt State University mountain bikers boxed up each of their bikes and then paid more than $400 apiece to have them sent to Snowshoe, West Virginia, and back. The reason? The 2015 USA Cycling Gravity Mountain Bike Nationals. This weekend, HSU’s four riders are competing in the two highest levels of racing, professional and […]
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Maualuga Re-Signs with Bengals
Former Eureka Logger Rey Maualuga just inked a three-year contract extension with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals drafted Maualuga in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft and have watched him develop into a defensive cornerstone for the team, despite his being slowed by knee and hamstring injuries the last two years. Coach Marvin […]