After going winless with a tie for the year, things have picked up the past two games for the Del Norte Warriors girls soccer team.

On Saturday, they tied Brookings-Harbor 2-2 for their second tie of the year.

On Monday, they earned a 4-1 win at home against South Fork, whom they tied with earlier this year.

The Del Norte High boys soccer team earned a 3-1 win against South Fork at home on Monday.

In their first meeting of the year Del Norte lost 4-2, so head coach David  Sanyaolu  was pleased to earn a win against them.

“I thought my boys played very well today,” he said. “Today we challenged them and fought.”

The Del Norte high girls tennis team earned a 5-4 win against Fortuna at home on Saturday to improve to 5-4 for the year.

Kathryn Gustafson defeated Angie Gearhart 6-4, 6-1 to remain undefeated for the season.

Jordan Babich, the No. 3 seed, earned a win against Risa Balcom 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.  In No. 4 singles, Taylor Cleland defeated Angie Isawa  6-1, 6-3.

In doubles, Del Norte earned wins in No. 1 and No. 2 two doubles play.

The Del Norte Youth Football League played at home on Sunday.

In the A division the DNYF Blue team won against CYF 26-6.  The DNYF Gold team fell to  ERV Blue 13-0.

In the AA division, the DNYF Gold team downed ERV Blue 21-0. The AA Blue team and the AAA squad both had bye weeks.

Warrior volleyball team members play against Aracata Thursday night. For more photos, go to triplicate.com/photos Del Norte Triplicate/Rick Postal

The Warriors looked sharp as they downed the Tigers 25-18 in the first set, which gave the home fans a lot to cheer about.

“The first set was great and the players gave a very good effort,” Del Norte head coach Robyn Parker said.

There was not much to cheer about in the second set as Del Norte committed 13 service errors and fell 25-11.

Pierce and Bombers play today at Eskimos

Buck Pierce and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers face the Edmonton Eskimos in Canadian Football League action tonight.

Pierce, a 2000 Del Norte High graduate, and the Bombers earned a playoff berth last Friday by downing Hamilton 33-17 to improve to 9-5 for the year. Pierce is the starting signal-caller for Winnipeg. In that game he threw for 239 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for 24 yards and a score.

The Edmonton game is on the road and begins at 4 p.m. PDT. The game wil be shown live on the Internet on ESPN3.

Richard Hoffman, his wife Cindy and their son Jayson pose in front of a BYU sign in front of their home on Tuesday. Del Norte Triplicate/Bryant Anderson

He gave it to his parents last Christmas.

“What an amazing gift we got,” a proud Richard Hoffman said this week as he and his wife, Cindy, looked at the photo at their home in Crescent City.

Down Fortuna in four sets Tuesday

The Del Norte High varsity volleyball team snapped out of a funk to defeat Fortuna in four sets on the road Tuesday night.

The win improved the Warriors to 1-2 in the Big 5 Conference and 7-11 overall.

After falling in the first set 20-25 Del Norte bounced back to earn 25-21, 27-25 and 25-15 wins.

Gustafson wins to remain perfect

Freshman Jordan Babich of Del Norte High competes in her No. 3 singles match against Northocast Prep on Tuesday. Del Norte Triplicate/Bryant Anderson

Earlier in the year the 4-4 Warriors had defeated Northcoast Prep.

“This is the second contest against NCP this season and it’s disappointing to lose to them this second time,” Warrior head coach Sara Miller said. “They are a strong team. Last match, they were missing their No. 2 player, and this time we felt the full heat of their ladder and it got us.”

The Del Norte Warriors girls soccer team remained winless for the year, falling to St. Bernard’s of Eureka 6-1 on Wednesday at home.

Del Norte found itself down 2-0 at the half and allowed the Crusaders to score four more times in the second half.

A highlight for the Warriors was a goal on a free kick by Molly Lambert in the 70th minute.