Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] The big five and little four MVPs and all league teams have been announced in basketball hello and welcome to this week's KMWOOD News Sports Report. I'm Ray Hamill with Humboldt sports.com we'll have more on the MVPs and all league selections for all 18 HDNL teams 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 baseball and softball news and why it's been an impressive start to the spring season for the Ferndale Wildcats. In particular, all the latest college baseball news, results from the opening round of the HDNL boys golf season and news of a record setting weekend for one local high school track and field athlete. But first up, the HDNL has announced the Big 5 and Little 4 MVPs and all league teams. In basketball, the talented Saint Bernards duo of Liam Dyer and Samantha Sundberg have been named MVPs of the Little Four while McKinleyville's Henry Turner and Arcata's Tay Wolford have have been named MVPs of the Big Five. Dyer is a conference MVP for the second straight year after helping to lead the St. Bernard's boys to a 244 season including an undefeated league campaign. The senior shooting guard averaged 21 points, eight rebounds and three assists a game, including a career night at Arcata on the last day of January when he scored a career high 52 points. Sundberg was just as impressive for the SB girls, averaging 13.7 points and 7.9 rebound a game and shooting 34% from three point range. The SB girls finished the year 239 and reached the quarterfinals of the NorCal Division 3 playoffs in the Big Five. Turner led the McKinleyville Panthers to an historic season that included a first ever outright conference title and a Dick Nicholai Tournament championship. The senior averaged A team high 14.5 points and 5.9 rebounds a game while leading the team to an Overall record of 19 9. Arcadist Tay Wolford was just as impressive as the Tigers also secured a Big 5 and Nikolai tournament championship. Double. Tay averaged a team best 17.7 points a game as well as 5.7 rebounds and four steals a game. Her twin sister May Wolford was also included on the All League team along with fellow Tiger Mia Cueto, Eureka's Tiara Mauluga and Nashia Williams. Del Norte's Jaylee Keeling and Kansas Coulson Fortuna's Kalia Parkinson and Mckinleyville's Liddy Battalocci each also were named to the Big 5 Girls All League team. McKinleyville's Neil Moon and Bodie Douglas joined Turner on the Big 5 Boys All League team along with Eureka's Xavier De La Rosa and Ryder Mitchell, Arcata's Luke Lemke and Jack Lew, Del Norte's Damien Escalera and Ty Blue and Fortuna's Kai Hawthorne. Dyer's teammates Carson Costa and Garrett Shanahan each also were named to the Little Four Boys All League team along with Hoopas Malachi McCoy and Brian Richards, Ferndale's Tanner Pigeon and Prescott Langer and South Fork's Sean Schmid. The Little Fork girls All League team also included St Bernard's Carly Baum and CJ Figas, Ferndale's Tinley Pigeon and Madison Gossie Hoopas, Wakel Blake and Vooonship E. Cor and South Fork's Carolyn Warswick. In local high school baseball this week, the McKinleyville Panthers stretched their unbeaten start to the new season to seven straight games with a pair of wins at the Montgomery Tournament in Santa Rosa on Tuesday, including a wild 2723 victory over the host school. The unbeaten run, however, would end in the tournament championship game on Wednesday when they fell 161 to Ukiah. The Panthers are now 71 in the season while the Ukiah Wildcats improved to 6 3. The Arcata Tigers, meanwhile, enjoyed back to back wins to go to 2 and 4. The Arcata boys defeated Kelseyville 42 on Saturday and followed that with a 60 win over Middletown on Thursday.
[00:03:59] The St. Bernards boys were also in action this past week, traveling to Washington to compete at Efrata Tournament and winning both of their games there to go to 3 0. The Crusaders defeated Ephrata 62 and follow that with a 60 win over Quincy. The Ferndale Wildcats, meanwhile, have been one of the most impressive local teams in the area early in the new season. Over the weekend, the Wildcats traveled to compete in the Maxwell Tournament and won all three of their games there, including a thrilling 98 win over the host school in the championship game. The Cats trailed 07 going into the sixth inning but would outscore their opponents 9 to 1 over the final two innings to take the victory and the tournament championship. Senior Tanner Pigeon was named Tournament MVP for Ferndale. The Ferndale boys followed that with a doubleheader sweep at Hayfork on Tuesday to go to 7 0. The Ferndale Wildcats are also enjoying a good start to the new softball season with junior pitcher Olivia Gosse leading the way. The Cats opened with a 131 win over Willows on Friday and follow that with a 32 win over Lower Lake on Saturday. They improved to 40 with a doubleheader sweep at Hayfork on Tuesday, winning both of those games by identical 220 scores. The Hoopa and Arcata girls traveled to compete at the Trinity Tournament over the weekend. The warriors finished 2:2 in tournament play, including wins over Etna and Weed, while the Tigers won their opening four games in the tournament to reach the final, where they fell 9 to 2 to Durham. Three of their four wins were shutouts as the Tigers outscored their five opponents by a combined 39 to 14 and improved to 4. Two on the season. The Eureka Lagers traveled to Palo Cedro over the weekend and split a doubleheader, falling 5 to 1 to Foothill before beating University Prep 62 for the team's first win in two years.
[00:05:51] The Fortuna girls are off to an impressive start after sweeping Willows in a doubleheader on Saturday by scores of 15 to 1 and 22 0. The Huskies improved to 5 0.
[00:06:02] In local college baseball, College of the Redwoods got its first conference win at Siskiyous over the weekend. The Corsairs dropped their first two games against the Eagles 107 and 132 before taking the series finale 128 Sierra's now 321 overall and 1. 10 in conference in local high school boys golf. Meanwhile, it was a competitive start to the new league season at the Redwood Empire Golf and Country Club in Fortuna on Monday with five different schools represented in the top six.
[00:06:33] Arcata senior Risen Miller had the low score of the day with a round of 78 to lead the Tigers to the team win. League action continues next Thursday at Beaupre in McKinleyville. And rounding out another busy week in local sports, it was a particularly good week for Arcata senior Skyler Kahlenberg. Kahlenberg traveled to compete at the Jim Crowhurst Track Extravaganza in Ukiah and set a new school record in the discus with a throw of 167ft, 6 inches, breaking a record that had stood for 51 years. And that's this week's KMUD News Sports Report. Until next time, I'm Ray Hamill with humboldtsports.com.
