By Ray Hamill — Freshman Samantha Sundberg had a state playoff debut she won’t easily forget. On Tuesday night, Sundberg helped lead No. 1 seed St. Bernard’s to a 55-39 win over […]
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 — Freshman Samantha Sundberg had a state playoff debut she won’t easily forget. On Tuesday night, Sundberg helped lead No. 1 seed St. Bernard’s to a 55-39 win over […]
The McKinleyville Panthers fell 60-49 at Mt. Shasta in the opening round of the Division-5 boys basketball state playoffs on Tuesday night. Nick Maher scored a team-high 15 points for McKinleyville, while […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers appeared to be cruising to a comfortable win in their state playoff opener in girls basketball on Tuesday night, but their opponents had other ideas. […]
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs will make a little bit of history this weekend. On Saturday morning, College of the Redwoods will host a first-ever women’s wrestling tournament in their first […]
St. Bernard’s began the new baseball season at the Foothill Tournament on Tuesday, falling 3-2 to Las Plumas. Sophomore Michael Manzi was outstanding on the mound in what head coach Matt Tomlin […]
The Cal Poly Humboldt women continued to roll in softball on Sunday, sweeping a non-conference doubleheader at Menlo College. The Lumberjacks won 7-3 and 4-3 and have now won three straight and […]
The College of the Redwoods baseball team suffered its first losses of the season on Saturday, dropping both ends of a doubleheader at Shasta. After an 8-0 start, which included a 5-1 […]
By Ray Hamill — Both College of the Redwoods basketball teams have qualified for the California Community College Athletic Association playoffs. The Corsairs will open on the road on Wednesday night. The […]
By Ray Hamill — The two H-DNL girls basketball teams to qualify for the state playoffs have received very favorable seeds. The brackets were announced on Sunday afternoon, with St. Bernard’s and […]
The South Fork boys fell just short in their bid for a first North Coast Section championship in boys basketball in 34 years on Saturday night. The Cubs traveled to Antioch to […]
The Corsairs got the new track and season season off to a good start on Saturday, but head coach Reed Elmore admits they have a long way to go to get to […]
The Cal Poly Humboldt softball team won three of four games at Cal State East Bay this weekend, with a couple of local players making an impact. The four-game series got under […]
Five local wrestlers qualified for this weekend’s CIF state wrestling championships in Bakersfield and all of them were in action on Friday. In the boys championships, at 138 pounds, Del Norte junior […]
The College of the Redwoods softball team traveled south to play at Monterey Peninsula on Friday and dropped both games of a doubleheader. The Corsairs fell 10-2 in the opener and 7-0 […]
By Ray Hamill — A group of South Fork players will look to secure a rare second North Coast Section championship winners medal on Saturday night. The Cubs will travel to Antioch […]
By Ray Hamill — Resilient is probably the word that best describes the four College of the Redwoods sophomores who were honored before Wednesday’s regular-season finale in women’s basketball. The class of […]
The College of the Redwoods baseball team continued to roll on Friday, as the Corsairs opened conference play with a 5-1 victory at Shasta. On Thursday night, meanwhile, the Cal Poly Humboldt […]
By Ray Hamill — So how did the seedings committee do when it comes to the North Coast Section basketball playoffs this year? With 14 section championship games scheduled for this weekend, […]
By Ray Hamill — It was another impressive week for local high school wrestling, with the H-DNL claiming almost a quarter of the entire North Coast Section wrestling championships. The league took […]
The Corsairs are hoping a tough early-season schedule in softball will help prepare them for conference play, which gets under way next month. And they’re also hoping the home support will give […]