At the age of 10, having failed in his lifelong ambition to become a vigilante vampire werewolf – otherwise known as a vamp-wolf – Ray Hamill finally admitted defeat and turned his attention full-time to daydreaming instead.
A mere few decades later, the world of crime fighting’s loss is now the literary world’s gain.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Ray moved to the United States after graduating college, spending time in Boston and San Francisco before settling among the redwoods in Northern California, where he has worked as a journalist for the past 20 years.
In that time he has published three books, including his most recent, Help, My Horse is Drowning!, a humorous look at the world of sports and the life of the enthusiastically delusional athlete in us all.
He previously published the outrageously satirical Free the Leprechauns! as well as the semi-autobiographical Help Me, Im Irish! - a book about the non-meaning of life.
Ray is also the host of a weekly sports talk radio show broadcast locally in Northern California on Blue Ox Community Radio, and a sports blog at barstoolfanatics.com.
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL served up another surprise in boys soccer on Wednesday night, as the Panthers handed league favorite Fortuna a 1-0 loss at McKinleyville. The win was McKinleyville’s […]
It was an historic weekend for College of the Redwoods athletics as the Corsairs competed in wrestling for the first time in more than four decades. Head coach Brandon Benvenuti traveled with […]
The College of the Redwoods women’s volleyball team will head into conference play with a little momentum. On Wednesday afternoon, the Corsairs won a pair of matches at Marin, beating the host […]
The Del Norte Warriors won their second straight league game on Tuesday night, getting the better of McKinleyville in straight sets in Crescent City. The Del Norte girls won 25-11, 25-9, 25-10 […]
The Eureka Loggers secured their third win in three games this season with a 7-0 victory at St. Bernard’s in girls soccer on Tuesday afternoon. Also on Tuesday, the Arcata Tigers took […]
By Ray Hamill — Carlos Aguilar was a big-play player on the football field during his time at Hoopa, and he’s continued that at College of the Redwoods. The freshman receiver scored […]
The Huskies continued to roll at both the varsity and JV levels over the weekend, sweeping both games against Ferndale on Milk Can Night. While the Fortuna varsity won 37-6, the school’s […]
Former football head coach Rob Smith and the 2008 softball team highlight the 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt Hall of Fame class. The class will be inducted at a special ceremony at Baywood […]
The Cal Poly Humboldt cross country teams enjoyed successful season debuts at the annual Jim Hunt Humboldt Invitational, which the Jacks hosted at Beau Pre Golf Club in McKinleyville on Saturday. The […]
The South Fork Cubs knocked off the defending league champions in H-DNL boys soccer over the weekend, running out to a 3-2 win over Arcata in Miranda. Also on Saturday, the Del […]
While Gary Klinetobe goes for a perfect season sweep in the mini stocks, the race for the championship in two other divisions will go down to the final night of action at […]
By Ray Hamill — A pair of former H-DNL players accounted for all three College of the Redwoods touchdowns in Saturday’s loss to West Hills Coalinga, and all three came on exciting […]
By Ray Hamill — Fortuna and St. Bernard’s continued to look like the top two teams in the H-DNL this weekend. Both won their fourth straight games to go to 4-0 on […]
By Ray Hamill — In the words of College of the Redwoods head coach Jason White, Saturday’s showdown against West Hills Coalinga at the Redwood Bowl was a “funky, weird game.” It […]
St. Bernard’s improved to 4-0 with a hard-fought 35-21 win over Arcata at Crusader Field on Saturday afternoon, but they had to battle all the way against a physical Tigers team that […]
The defending Little 5 champs got their league campaign off to a winning start on Thursday night. The St. Bernard’s girls traveled to Ferndale and came away with a straight sets victory, […]
It was a disappointing night for some of the H-DNL teams, with tough losses for Ferndale, Eureka, Hoopa and McKinleyville. The one bright spot for the local teams was Fortuna’s big win […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies left little doubt as to where the Milk Can belongs for the next 12 months after a dominating performance against their biggest rivals on Friday […]
Four different schools were represented in the top four in the latest round of H-DNL girls golf at Del Norte on Thursday. Arcata’s Madyson Nelson continued to set the pace with a […]
By Ray Hamill — Local high school and college soccer takes center stage this week in our athletes and team of the week. Indeed, it’s been an impressive start to the season […]
