Eureka Loggers sweep H-DNL track titles, enter NCS with momentum

Eureka left the H-DNL track and field championships with the kind of result that changes expectations, winning both team titles and collecting 11 individual crowns at Del Norte High School in Crescent City. The Loggers’ boys and girls teams swept the league meet on Saturday, May 10, and now head into North Coast Section with the sort of late-season momentum that often separates contenders from the rest of the field.

The boys side had junior Bo Landry among its key leaders, but Eureka’s edge came from breadth as much as front-line talent. Eleven individual titles points to a program that scored in multiple places, across multiple events, and did not need a single athlete to carry the meet. That depth mattered in a league championship setting, where one strong relay, one field event sweep or a cluster of middle-distance points can tilt a title. For Eureka, it all added up to a double crown and a clear signal that the Loggers are peaking at the right time.

The sweep also marked a sharp reversal from earlier league results. In an April 25 meet back at Del Norte, Eureka’s boys were already on form, scoring 143 points and winning five of 16 events. The girls, though, had been on the other side of the ledger that day, with Del Norte beating Eureka by 33 points in Crescent City. At the championship meet, the Loggers turned that split into full control, taking both team titles and leaving no doubt about which Humboldt-Del Norte program had the strongest finish.

The result fits a larger pattern for Eureka track and field. In 2025, the Eureka girls won the H-DNL title by one point, 135-134, over Arcata, with sophomore Elizabeth Rominger medaling in all four of her events. A year earlier, in 2021, Eureka sophomore Ginny Brooks won four individual events at the league championships, taking the long jump, both hurdle races and a relay leg as the girls team claimed the championship. Put together, those results show a program that keeps producing league-level depth, not just isolated breakthrough seasons. With 11 individual titles, two team championships and a strong boys anchor in Landry, Eureka enters NCS looking like the standard in Humboldt County track.