Sports

ARCATA — Everybody's in action, but four of the six Humboldt State fall sports will be going on the road to compete this week. Volleyball and football travel for league action, while the men's and women's cross country squads race their final non-postseason events. The men's and women's soccer teams share the home spotlight in Redwood Bowl this weekend.

ARCATA — Homecoming week brings to town a familiar opponent, Azusa Pacific (1-4), for the 6 p.m. Saturday game. Humboldt State seeks its first victory (1-4) in front of Lumberjack fans in Redwood Bowl this season.

ARCATA – Honoring the past and celebrating the present, this week's athletics spotlight falls on Friday's Hall of Fame induction banquet and Saturday's Homecoming football game.

Humboldt State will host a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the campus’s new Kinesiology & Athletics Building on Friday, Oct. 3 at 3:30 p.m.

ARCATA — September comes to a frenzied end when Humboldt State hosts six home sports events this week. Home football, along with men's and women's soccer, are all slated in Redwood Bowl, while volleyball plays a pair of matches in Lumberjack Arena. Before the weekend, however, the HSU soccer teams will travel for midweek conference games.

ARCATA — Humboldt State University will honor five individuals and one team with induction into its Athletics Hall of Fame during Homecoming festivities scheduled for Oct. 3 and 4.

Eureka - The Humboldt State University Alumni Association and Center Activities will present HSU’s “People-Powered Water Adventure,” the Sixth Annual Humboldt Bay Paddlefest, on Saturday, Sept. 27, and Sunday, Sept. 28, on the Eureka Waterfront.

Arcata — Humboldt State's new football coach, Rob Smith, made his much anticipated debut in front of a home audience with the Lumberjacks delivering a strong first half but ultimately losing to Smith's former team, the Western Washington University Vikings, in a 30-14 game on Saturday.

ARCATA — Football occupies the focus of this week's sports schedule, taking its much-awaited turn in the home spotlight. Coach Rob Smith's Lumberjacks open league play this week under the lights in Redwood Bowl, taking on Western Washington at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Monmouth, Ore. – The 2008 Humboldt State women’s soccer season opened with a tough 2-1 loss in double overtime against Western Oregon on Thursday in Monmouth, Ore.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — An extended journey from Arcata didn't deter the Humboldt State men's cross country team from claiming a victory in its opening meet, a 22-35 win over Alaska-Fairbanks on Thursday.

ARCATA — All six of Humboldt State's fall sports squads open the 2008 season this week with road events. Football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, and volleyball, all travel for competition.

Arcata – With 20 players returning from last year’s team and a talented group of incoming freshman, Humboldt State head women’s soccer coach Andy Cumbo is ready to welcome back his squad for another season.

Walnut Creek – Twenty-eight Humboldt State student-athletes were among the 407 recipients of the 2007-08 California Collegiate Athletic Association All-Academic Awards announced Thursday by CCAA Commissioner Robert J. Hiegert.

BERKELEY — For the final time before its Olympic debut, the USA women's volleyball squad will make a public appearance stateside when it plays an intrasquad match at 5 p.m. Thursday in Cal's Haas Pavilion.

HOUSTON, Texas — It's only been nine years, which in the course of a career like Frank Cheek's probably seems like a short trip to the grocery store and back. But 100's of athletes later, Humboldt State's run to its second softball national championship stands right there among the highest moments of an esteemed 40-year career.

ARCATA — Community members are invited to nominate candidates for induction into the Humboldt State Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame, with a submission deadline of June 22.

ARCATA — Competition begins Thursday at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships in Walnut, with four of Humboldt State's six qualified athletes in action.

ARCATA — Following a banner season that included school records, seasonal and career-best performances, Humboldt State track and field reached another all-time high Monday when final qualifying list for the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships released Tuesday included the names of six Lumberjacks.

ARCATA — Chrissy Motzny supplied the pop and Lizzy Prescott kept the party rolling in Humboldt State's 9-0 win over Western Oregon, completing a remarkable comeback through the loser's bracket that ended with HSU earning the crown at the NCAA Division II West Region Softball Championships on Sunday.

This Week’s Games: One more shot at postseason prominence comes in the form of the NCAA Division II West Region Softball Championships. For the first time since 2004, the Lumberjacks get a chance to host the event, which begins Wednesday at 9 a.m. on the HSU Softball Field. Humboldt State has been the No. 1 seed the past three years, but on each occasion they have been unable to host the event because of a conflict with commencement activities on campus. This year’s event begins with No. 3 Cal State Monterey Bay facing No. 6 Western Oregon in the opener, followed by a 11:30 matchup between No. 2 Cal State Stanislaus and No. 7 Seattle University. At 2 p.m., No. 4 UC San Diego plays No. 5 Cal State Dominguez Hills, and the day finally concludes with the No. 1 Lumberjacks taking on No. 8 Cal State San Bernardino at 4:30 p.m. Action continues with four games Thursday and Friday, two on Saturday, and one, if necessary, on Sunday. On the line is a berth in the NCAA Division II National Championships, scheduled for May 15-19 in Houston, Texas.

LOS ANGELES – With points coming from all directions, the Humboldt State men's and women's track and field teams continued their season of impressive progress, finishing fourth and fifth in the respective divisions at the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championships that concluded Saturday.

ARCATA – With one tournament currently in progress, Humboldt State softball learned today that it will be hosting another next week when the NCAA announced that the West Region Division II Championships will be played in Arcata.

This Week’s Games: Humboldt State softball will again host the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament, schedule for Thursday through Saturday. The event begins with CSU Stanislaus and Cal State San Bernardino facing off at 1 p.m., followed by HSU taking on CSU Monterey Bay at 3:30 p.m. All games will be played on the HSU Softball Field.

This Week’s Event: Humboldt State resumes its season with competition at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday on Lake Natoma, near Rancho Cordova. More than 30 programs from all three NCAA affiliations will participate.