The Arcata Tigers lost their North Coast Section girls basketball playoff game at St. Patrick-St. Vincent on Wednesday night, falling 57-49 to the top seeds in the Division-4 bracket. And according to […]
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.
The Arcata Tigers lost their North Coast Section girls basketball playoff game at St. Patrick-St. Vincent on Wednesday night, falling 57-49 to the top seeds in the Division-4 bracket. And according to […]
The Corsairs took care of business in their regular-season finale on Wednesday night, and now they must wait and see if they did enough to earn a playoff spot. The College of […]
Just three months after winning a first-ever North Coast Section championship in football, many of the same South Fork players will now get the opportunity to win just a second-ever section title […]
By Ray Hamill — Fortuna seniors Mason Evanow and Chloe Cox made school history last weekend by becoming the school’s first-ever two-time qualifiers for the state wrestling championships. Now they’re hoping to […]
By Ray Hamill — Three Del Norte Warriors will compete for a state championship in wrestling this week, as all three look out to close out a memorable campaign on the mats […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a disappointing night for the H-DNL teams in the North Coast Section basketball playoffs on Tuesday. The Eureka and St. Bernard’s girls both lost their NCS […]
By Ray Hamill — Defense and team depth helped the Fortuna JV girls basketball team achieve success this winter. The young Huskies were recently crowned Big 5 champs and closed out the […]
The College of the Redwoods sophomores will look to close out a perfect career home record when they play their final regular season game on Wednesday night. After a record-setting performance in […]
By Ray Hamill — Now that we’ve all had a chance to catch our breath after an exciting weekend in playoff basketball we can turn our attention to what’s next for the […]
By Ray Hamill — North Coast Section playoff basketball doesn’t get any better than this. A packed house, two great rivals, and a season’s worth of dreams and hopes on the line. […]
By Ray Hamill — The Tigers are headed to the state playoffs after a hard-fought victory over their biggest rivals in the North Coast Section basketball quarterfinals at Arcata High on Saturday […]
By Ray Hamill — Five H-DNL teams are moving on to the semifinals in the North Coast Section basketball playoffs after a busy weekend for the league’s teams. On Saturday night, the […]
Three H-DNL wresters were crowned North Coast Section champions on Saturday and five have advanced to next week’s state championships. Competing at James Logan High School, Del Norte’s Curtis Bartley (140 pounds) […]
By Ray Hamill — Two influential seniors who have played a key role for their respective teams this winter are this week’s Humboldt Sports Athletes of the Week. Eureka’s Isis Poteet and […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka girls were tested in Friday night’s North Coast Section Division-3 basketball quarterfinals but they held on late for a 46-42 win over Pinole Valley at Eureka […]
The St. Bernard’s girls look like they’re a team on a mission this postseason. On Friday night, the No. 1 seeds in the North Coast Section Division-5 bracket comfortably took care of […]
By Ray Hamill — The race for this year’s freshmen Big 5 boys basketball championship went down to the wire, with the young Del Norte Warriors securing the title on the final […]
By Ray Hamill — Heading into the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section girls basketball playoffs, remarkably an H-DNL team has yet to lose to an out-of-area school. All nine H-DNL varsity […]
By Ray Hamill — The varsity team wasn’t the only success story of the winter for McKinleyville boys basketball. The Panthers varsity boys were crowned co-champions of the Big 5 after a […]
By Ray Hamill — A second flag football league is coming to Humboldt County this year and is expected to begin play in late May. Humboldt Flag Football is an NFL-backed league […]