If you’ve lived in Humboldt for awhile, you know we’ve had to endure some “oh my”-inducing local commercials over the years (we still love you, Corky). So when one comes along that is creative, funny and well executed, your Lost Coast Outpost jumps to celebrate it. 

Thus, check out this spot clueing you in that the Humboldt Crabs baseball season is just around the corner. The ad, shot at Big Pete’s Pizza in Arcata, was produced by Mercy Me Productions and directed by Sean Wilson and Montel VanderHorck. Well done, gentlemen.

Now the rest of you enjoy Pete Ciotti’s latest star turn as “The Reliever” below.

… and speaking of the Humboldt Crabs: the LoCO is effin’ ecstatic to announce that June 26 is LOST COAST OUTPOST NIGHT at the Arcata Ballpark. We made it to the big leagues! Slap us on the behind if you see us! We will note that we picked this night because it is simultaneously COWBELL NIGHT. We support more cowbell.

See y’all in the stands! Go Crabs!

Congratulations to head coach Kim Jorgensen and the top-seeded Ferndale Wildcats for winning the North Coast Section Division 5 championship with a convincing 53-14 victory over the third seeded St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs at the Redwood Bowl on November 24.

Ferndale led 14-7 in the second quarter before scoring 39 unanswered points on its way to capturing its 13th section title and first since 2007.

The Wildcats will find out on Sunday if they have been selected to play in the CIF Northern California Division 4 bowl game.

Meanwhile, the fourth seeded Arcata Tigers were a successful two-point conversion away from upsetting the top-seeded Justin-Siena Braves in the Division 4 semi-finals.

Arcata rallied from a 27-0 first half deficit, only to lose a heartbreaker to Justin-Siena by a final score of 34-33.

SMALL SCHOOL RANKINGS

1) Ferndale (12-1) - The Wildcats had 52 carries for 567 yards and seven touchdowns in the championship game. Seniors Jacoby Hughes and Justin Lang combined for 358 yards rushing and five touchdowns to help lead the Wildcats to their tenth straight win.

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The top teams in both of our rankings will celebrate Thanksgiving Weekend with another game in the North Coast Section football playoffs.

The top-seeded Ferndale Wildcats play the third seeded St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs in the Division 5 championship game at Humboldt State University on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff time at the Redwood Bowl is 1:00 p.m.

Ferndale has won 12 section championships while St. Vincent de Paul has captured four section titles.

The fourth seeded Arcata Tigers travel to Napa to face the top-seeded Justin-Siena Braves in the semi-finals of the Division 4 playoffs on Friday night. The opening kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

SMALL SCHOOL RANKINGS

1) Ferndale (11-1) - Junior quarterback Kyle Chambers scored on a one yard run with 12.1 seconds left in the game to help lead the Wildcats to a dramatic 20-13 home victory over the St. Bernard’s Crusaders. Ferndale now owns a nine game winning streak.

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