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. […]
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 — 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 […]
It was a busy night for the H-DNL with eight of the league’s teams in action in the North Coast Section playoffs. And it was a good night for six of them, […]
By Ray Hamill — Here we go again. On Wednesday night, the McKinleyville Panthers took care of business against a lower seed in the opening round of the North Coast Section girls […]
The Arcata Tigers quickly took control of their North Coast Section boys basketball playoff opener on Wednesday night and never appeared to be in danger of losing. Facing No. 13 seed Middletown […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section boys basketball playoffs must feel like an extension of the regular season for the McKinleyville Panthers. On Wednesday night, they overcame a slow start […]
By Ray Hamill — Two weeks after winning a first-ever H-DNL dual meet championship, the Arcata Tigers were crowned league champions in girls wrestling at Eureka High School on Saturday. The Tigers […]
All four local college basketball teams will be back in action later this week after mixed fortunes this past weekend. The College of the Redwoods men remain mathematically alive in the chase […]
By Ray Hamill — At least one local team is moving on from the first round of the North Coast Section playoffs before Wednesday’s busy night of action. The Arcata girls were […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a good night for the Little 4 girls, with all three teams in action winning their North Coast Section Division-5 basketball playoff openers on Tuesday. And […]
By Ray Hamill — A memorable season for the St. Bernard’s boys basketball team ended with an upset loss to visiting Marin Academy in the opening round of the North Coast Section […]