Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] This week, the HTNL announced the 2025 All League Teams and MVPs in football hello and welcome to this week's KMUD News Sports Report. I'm Ray Hamill with humblesports.com we'll have all the details of the all league selections and MVPs in just a moment as we take a look at all of the big local sports stories of the week, including all the latest high school boys and girls basketball news, all the latest college basketball updates and how one former McKinleyville panter joined some pretty elite company over the weekend. But first up, the League Teams and MVPs in HDNL football have been released with a total of 40 players honored in the Big Four. Seniors Macaulayne of Fortuna and Tyler Heinrichs of Saint Bernards have been named MVPs after outstanding seasons for both players. Limon finished the year with 1,395 yards rushing on 218 carries and he also scored 17 rushing touchdowns. Heinrichs played multiple roles for the Crusaders, finishing with 810 yards receiving and seven touchdowns on 57 receptions and rushing for 242 yards on 62 carries while scoring 16 total touchdowns. Brad Essick, Michael Shaw, Kavi Bolden, Will Shaw, Gavin Maybury and Tyson Evano each also were included on the All League team for Fortuna, while Karon Devlin, Josh Tinkham, Colton Hall, Trenton Hagler, Jassiri Bailey and Garrett Shanahan were all named All League for St. Bernards. Both Fortuna and St. Bernards tied for the Big Four champions.
[00:01:36] Del Norte's Tobias Myers, Canyon Starkey, Jason Murphy and Ricardo Borges were also included in the All League team along with Eureka's Dominic Hardcastle and Bryson Burns in the Little Four. Ferndale teammates and seniors Tanner Pidgeon and Prescott Langer were both named MVPs after leading the Wildcats to an historic season that saw them set a state record for most points scored in a regular season. The two senior standouts were joined on the All League team by teammates Ethan Weitzel and Jake Kurwitz. Roland McClurg, Garen McClurg, Luke Dixon and Angel Zaragoza. Arcadia's Luke Lemke, Lincoln Newman, Skyler Kahlonberg, Rico Villalpando, Miguel Obizo and Sefo Vanuku were each also named all league along with McKinleyville's Trevor Marsh, Justin Albertson, Spain and Jeremiah Smith and Hoopa's Alan Kane, Brian Richards and Ethan Obie. And the accolades for the league players don't stop there. Eight HTNL players have also been nominated for the Prestig Calhai Sports All State Teams, a group that includes Ferndale's Weitzel, Pigeon, Langer and Christian Enriquez, St. Bernard's hall and Bailey and Arcata's Lemke and Newman. The Wildcats have also been named The Calhai Sports Division 5 state team of the Year. Switching gears, it was another busy week for the HDNL basketball teams with several schools competing at various tournaments over the weekend in girls action, the Ferndale Wildcats continued their impressive start to the new season by winning the championship at the Trinity Tournament on Saturday, defeating the host schools 69 to 61. Tinley Pigeon was named Tourney MVP while teammates Mikayla Ellsmore and Madison Gossie were named to the all tournament team. The Cats also defeated Del Norte 4640 on Tuesday night and are now 6 1. Also in action last weekend, the Eureka Loggers won two of three games at the Windsor tournament, including a 5734 win over Encinal in the consolation game to go to 7 2. The McKinleyville Panthers, who are 6 and 3, reached the final of the Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament in Healdsburg where they fell 60 to 36 to Justin Siena. Saint Bernards lost 56:44 to Pyramid Lake of Nevada in the final of the Mount Shasta tournament and dropped to 4:3 and the Fortuna Huskies went 2:1 at the Healdsburg tournament including a 67:21 win over the host school in the third place game and improved to 6:2 in boys high school basketball action. It's been an impressive start to the new season for the St. Bernard's Crusaders, who are the fourth ranked team out of 130 in the entire North coast section last weekend. The SB boys improved to 51 on the season with a statement 6346 win over McKinleyville in the championship game at the Mount Shasta tournament. The Crusaders, who are also the top ranked Division 6 program in the state, improved to 51 on the season while the Panthers dropped to 7 2. The Arcata boys reached the championship game at their own tournament where they lost 6755 to South Medford and dropped to 55 while Del Norte the consolation game at the same tournament, defeating Red Bluff 81 48. The warriors, who also defeated Ferndale 6441 in non tournament action on Tuesday, are now 7 2. The Eureka boys were also in action at the Arcada tournament but lost two games before closing out with a 6048 win over Fortuna. The Loggers are now 53 while the Huskies are 3 8. The Hoopa boys also were in action and reached the championship game at the Trinity Tournament, where they fell 6249 to the host school and Dropp to 65 while the Ferndale boys tipped off their season at the same tournament and went 1 2. A quick correction from last week's sports report the South Fork Cubs are hosting their annual Gene Connor Memorial Tournament this weekend and not last week in local college basketball. Meanwhile, the College of the Redwoods men's team was in action at the 87th annual Modesto tournament last weekend and went 21 after opening with a 9075 loss to Yuba. The Corsairs responded with two straight wins, defeating Fresno 90 and Alameda 86 to 63. Former McKinleyville Panther Cody Whitmer was named to the All Tournament team for cr. Wittmer joined some pretty elite company with the honor. The legendary Jackie Robinson was also named to the Modesto All Tournament team the first year the tournament was held back in 1939. The CR men will be back in action this weekend at the Kris Kringle Tournament, which is hosted by Santa Rosa jc. Both Cal Poly Humboldt teams will also be in action this weekend as they resume conference.
[00:06:21] The Jacks played doubleheaders at Cal State San Marcos on Friday night and at Cal State Monterey Bay on Sunday afternoon. The Humboldt men, who did not play last weekend, are 1:1 in conference and 3 and 5 overall, while the Humboldt women, who split a pair of non conference games last weekend, are now 20 in conference and 4 and 4 overall. And that's this week's KMUD News Sports Report. Until next time. I'm Ray Hamill with humboldtsports.com.
