By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte boys and girls wrestling teams are racking up the miles this winter, as the Warriors continue to build momentum ahead of the upcoming league championships […]
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 Del Norte boys and girls wrestling teams are racking up the miles this winter, as the Warriors continue to build momentum ahead of the upcoming league championships […]
By Ray Hamill — Senior Luke Lemke enjoyed a night for the ages last week with a career performance for the Arcata High boys basketball team. Lemke scored 51 points to lead […]
Round one went to the Wildcats. On Thursday night, the Cal Poly Humboldt women’s basketball team welcomed Chico State to Lumberjack Arena with the California Collegiate Athletic Association lead on the line, […]
By Ray Hamill — Many local basketball fans felt the race for this year’s Big 5 boys championship was going to be wide open when conference play began earlier this month. But […]
The St. Bernard’s boys took over sole possession of top spot in the Little 4 standings with their 13th straight win on Thursday night. The Crusaders traveled to Miranda to play South […]
By Ray Hamill — Wednesday night’s performance at McKinleyville High School was a nice response from the Fortuna Huskies. After a very impressive December on the basketball courts, the Fortuna girls tipped […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies kept pressure on the Big 5 leaders with a hard-fought 56-47 win over the Panthers at McKinleyville High on Wednesday night. But it was far […]
The Eureka Loggers moved into a two-way tie atop the Big 5 standings with a dominating 52-24 win at Del Norte on Wednesday night. The trip north didn’t seem to bother the […]
By Ray Hamill — One of the best local high school basketball players in recent years will make her return to the North Coast on Thursday evening for a huge CCAA showdown […]
By Ray Hamill — The competitive nature of this year’s Big 5 was on full display at Jay Willard Gymnasium on Tuesday night. The Eureka Loggers welcomed the Del Norte Warriors for […]
The McKinleyville Panthers maintained their perfect start to the Big 5 in boys basketball with a hard-fought 53-52 win at Fortuna on Tuesday night, improving to 3-0 in conference and moving two […]
By Ray Hamill — After struggling to score for the best part of seven minutes midway through Tuesday night’s game, the Eureka Loggers found themselves 14 points adrift in a game they […]
By Ray Hamill — One of the best local high school athletes we’ve seen in recent years is getting some national attention after a huge performance last week. Arcata senior Luke Lemke […]
Both Fortuna varsity wrestling teams enjoyed impressive performances at Eureka’s North Coast Classic tournament on Friday and Saturday. The Fortuna girls took home the team championship on Friday night and were led […]
The Del Norte Warriors bounced back quickly from a conference-opening defeat to Arcata last week with a big defensive performance in a Big 5 girls basketball showdown at McKinleyville High School on […]
This could be one of the most important weeks of the boys basketball season for the Eureka Loggers. After dropping their Big 5 opener at McKinleyville early last week, the Eureka boys […]
By Ray Hamill — With 12 straight wins and having not lost a game in over a month, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders remain not just the highest-ranked H-DNL team in the North […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL girls teams continue to feature prominently in the MaxPreps North Coast Section rankings this week, with four of the nine league programs in the top 30 […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders were tested late in Saturday’s non-conference road game against a resilient Trinity team, but held on down the stretch to come away with a 60-48 win. With the […]
It was a busy day on the courts for the four local college basketball teams with mixed results. The College of the Redwoods men’s and women’s teams hosted Butte in Golden Valley […]