The Del Norte Youth Football League hosted five games at Mike Whalen Field on Sunday.

This was the first of three straight weekends that games will be held in Crescent City.

In the DNYF A division, the Blue team fell to ERV Blue 6-0. The DNYF Gold team downed EJLF Red 20-19.

Former Del Norte Warrior football player John Goacher had a good performance close to home over the weekend.

Goacher, a 2010 Warrior graduate, is a starter on the offensive line at The College of the Siskiyous of Weed, which traveled to Eureka to face College of the Redwoods on Saturday.

Goacher did not allow a sack in the Eagles 56-26 victory. Goacher and the rest of the offensive line also helped running back Taylor Cox set a school record with 326 yards rushing.

Junior Taylor Cleland of Del Norte High during her match against Arcata on the road on Saturday. Del Norte lost to Arcata 5-4 to drop to 4-3. Submitted

The Warriors dropped to 4-3 for the year.

In No. 1 singles, Kathryn Gustafson of Del Norte downed Geena Damian 6-0, 6-2.

Fall to Huskies 55-28 to drop to 5-1 for the year

Favored heading into Friday night’s homecoming game, things could not have gone much worse for the previously undefeated Del Norte Warriors.

In Big 5 Conference action the Fortuna Huskies wore down and beat up the Warriors 55-28 to earn the win.

With a packed Mike Whalen Field full of Warriors fans, the Huskies quickly silenced them by taking a 21-0 advantage by the middle of the second quarter.

“Fortuna was better than we were tonight, bottom line,” Del Norte head coach Ray Rook said.

Warriors have strong showing

Sydney Benson hits a golf ball on Thursday at the Del Norte Golf Course. Del Norte Triplicate/Bryant Anderson

The Warriors hosted its first and only Humboldt-Del Norte Conference event of 2011 at the Del Norte Golf Course.

The squad took fourth place, with senior Sydney Benson shooting a 99, good enough for seventh place.

It was the best showing in the three years head coach Cris Rice had been with the team.

“That was our best tournament, yet,” he said. “There were a lot of positive things I saw today.”

DN now 0-2 in Big 5 play

Emma Card of Del Norte High goes up with the ball during a Thursday night home game against the Eureka Loggers. Del Norte lost in three sets 23-25, 21-25, 21-25. For more photos from the game, go to triplicate.com/photos Del Norte Triplicate/Bryant Anderson

Playing in front of a loud group of fans for their first Big 5 Conference home match of the year, the Warriors lost to Eureka 23-25, 21-25, 21-25 to drop to 0-2 in the Big 5 and 6-11 overall.

Senior Keirstyn Anderson was a bright spot for the Warriors, finishing with 12 kills and four aces. Morgan Laney had five kills while Shauna Ratnour had two aces.

While all three sets were close, the Warriors could not build enough momentum to either sustain a lead or come back from a deficit.

Former Warrior Stacey makes BYU BB squad

Former Del Norte Warrior Travis Stacey has made the BYU baseball team as a walk-on.

Stacey, a freshman at the school and a 2011 Warrior graduate, was informed he made the team on Thursday, his father Bruce Stacey said.

He will likely be playing third base.

A story on Stacey should run in the Triplicate sometime next week.

Del Norte hosts cross country meet on Tuesday

Adan Rodriguez of Del Norte High during a cross country race on Tuesday at the Del Norte Golf Course. For more photos, go to triplicate.com/photos Del Norte Triplicate/Bryant Anderson

On Tuesday afternoon, Del Norte High hosted its first and only Humboldt-Del Norte Conference cross country meet of the year at the Del Norte Golf Course.

With the rain coming down at all times and the ground a bit muddy and with puddles in spots, the runners focused on the task at hand and ran three miles.

Homecoming night for the Warriors on Friday presents an intriguing matchup as two of the three undefeated teams in the Big 5 Conference meet up.

Del Norte High has looked strong, with a nearly unstoppable running game and tough defense, to go 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Big 5.

While it didn’t play its sharpest game of the season, Del Norte still came away with a 33-12 victory against Arcata on the road last Friday.

Able to see son in dramatic win over Utah State

Cody Hoffman’s two biggest fans had a lot to cheer about on Friday night.

Hoffman, 20, the former Del Norte High football player and current starting wide receiver and kick returner standout for BYU, played a major role in the Cougars’ 27-24 come-from-behind win against Utah State at home in Provo, Utah.

Cheering him on were his parents, Richard and Cindy Hoffman of Crescent City, who flew to Utah to watch their son play.