Hoopa Warriors

“Look out folks, this guy is on fire,” Sports broadcasters for KWPT’s the Point said over and over during an early January match between the Hoopa Warriors and the Ferndale Wildcats. Read More →

The Hoopa High Warrior wrestling team dominated the North Coast Classic hosted by Eureka High on January 20. Read More →

Coming into the season the Hoopa Warriors were facing new found territory, defending a North Coast Section championship. They knew it would take hard work and determination Read More →

With the season on the line, the Hoopa Warriors defense needs guts, determination, and a little bit of luck to save the season and the chance for a repeat as North Coast Section Division V Champions. In a game that was filled with fumbles and miscues, it was the defense that provided the needed edge... Read More →

On a cold, wet, blustery day in Eureka the Hoopa Valley Warriors needed to win to take over the top seed for the upcoming North Coast Section Division V playoffs, from their rivals in the Little Four, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders. They were able to ride their defense for a hard-fought 26-13 victory and now sit in the driver’s seat for a chance to repeat as NCS champions. Read More →

One team was coming off of a hard loss while the other came into the game with a five game winning streak and revenge in their hearts. Hoopa beat the St. Bernards Crusaders in last year’s playoffs. The Crusaders got their revenge, 23-14. The Crusaders had this game circled from the beginning of the season, sending scouts to three of Hoopa’s games. This was an old fashioned high school slobber-knocker, with both teams coming out of the gate ready to hit and be hit. The Warriors drew first blood when Hoopa quarterback Sonny Ryles hit his favorite target, Talon Williams, for a beautiful lobbed 48-yard touchdown. Just like Ferndale the Crusaders keyed on holding the shifting signal caller to a few good runs but mostly short scrambles and sacking him 6 times and hitting almost every play. Read More →

The first game of the Humboldt Del-Norte Little Four division league pitted a team that has dominated the region for years—Ferndale—versus a team that wanted to show they were the new bully on the block—Hoopa. But, the game ended like the other 27 straight victories for Ferndale, with a convincing victory over an overwhelmed foe. Read More →

With two evenly matched teams, it comes down to momentum and control of the line of scrimmage. On Friday night, the Hoopa Warriors had a strangle hold on both in their 55-6 victory against the Maxwell Panthers. Read More →