By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers answered the call late in Wednesday night’s game against Fortuna to keep their championship hopes on track. After dropping two of their three previous games, […]
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 McKinleyville Panthers answered the call late in Wednesday night’s game against Fortuna to keep their championship hopes on track. After dropping two of their three previous games, […]
The Loggers ended a four-game losing streak with an 82-41 win over Del Norte in Big 5 boys basketball at Eureka High on Wednesday night. More importantly, the win keeps the Eureka […]
By Ray Hamill — As we head toward the stretch run of the local high school basketball season, we’re finally beginning to get a clearer picture of who are the best teams […]
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Warriors are preparing for one of their most important games of the year, as they look to close out the 2023/24 girls basketball season strong. It […]
Three days after losing a non-league game at St. Bernard’s, the Eureka Loggers bounced back with a comfortable victory at Del Norte in girls basketball on Tuesday night. The Loggers won 60-38 […]
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s girls have never won a Dick Niclai tournament championship, but judging by their performances over the last four days there’s every reason to believe this […]
After an outstanding season leading St. Bernard’s to as first-ever Big 4 championship in football, senior Wyatt Simoni has been named to the CalHiSports all-state small schools team. Simoni was one of […]
Brandon Hilligeist led the McKinleyville charge at the weekend Corning wrestling tournament, placing first in his bracket at 123 pounds. Hillegeist, who is now 15-4 on the season, defeated Durham’s Haden Solinger-Owings […]
All four local college basketball teams will play home games this week, including the College of the Redwoods and Cal Poly Humboldt men’s teams who are hoping to put their recent struggles […]
The Loggers fell in overtime to University Prep in non-league boys basketball at Eureka on Monday. Eureka lost 65-59 to a quality Panthers team that improved to 14-8. The loss was the […]
By Ray Hamill — The best team in the H-DNL might not be who most people seemed to think it was. On Saturday night, the Crusaders knocked off Big 5 leaders Eureka […]
By Ray Hamill — The Crusaders capped a good night for their teams with a 61-51 victory over Eureka in boys basketball at St. Bernard’s on Saturday night. The win gave the […]
By Ray Hamill — With just seven wrestlers on their roster, the Del Norte girls wrestling team may not have the depth to challenge defending league champs Eureka at next month’s H-DNL […]
By Ray Hamill — With several H-DNL basketball teams riding high in the North Coast Section and state rankings, the league could be in store for a big year in the upcoming […]
By Ray Hamill — Is there a better boys basketball team in the H-DNL right now than the St. Bernard’s Crusaders? Saturday night’s game against Eureka may tell us differently, but a […]
Tatum Fisher had a huge night in a tough road game for the McKinleyville Panthers, who took a big step toward securing a place in this year’s Dick Niclai tournament with a […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders took a big step toward a conference championship with a comfortable win over their closest challengers in girls basketball on Friday night, while the Hoopa Warriors got their […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys wrestling team could make a case for being the most dominating high school sports program on the North Coast right now. On Tuesday, the […]
Five days after an exciting victory over Butte in their conference opener, the College of the Redwoods men surprisingly lost at Lassen in men’s basketball on Thursday night, falling 74-71. The CR […]
By Ray Hamill — An unpredictable Big 5 got a little more unpredictable on Thursday night. The two conference frontrunners suffered losses, with Big 5 leaders McKinleyville falling in overtime to Del […]