By Ray Hamill — The H-DN administrators are clearly doing something right, and they’re getting recognized for it. Last month, Fortuna High Assistant Principal Kristie Christiansen was named one of two 2023 […]
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 H-DN administrators are clearly doing something right, and they’re getting recognized for it. Last month, Fortuna High Assistant Principal Kristie Christiansen was named one of two 2023 […]
By Ray Hamill — A group of local soccer moms and dads are working together to re-establish Mad River United as a more affordable brand of club soccer here in Humboldt County. […]
By Ray Hamill — Former Arcata Tiger Avary Henry will cap another impressive year playing college golf at Aurora University with a trip to this week’s NCAA Division-III women’s championships in Florida. […]
Fresh off his league championship last month, St. Bernard’s Esteban Cervantes led the H-DN at Monday’s North Coast Section Division-II Golf Championships. Nine H-DN golfers traveled to Petaluma to compete in the […]
Former H-DN players Landon Gomes of Ferndale and Cameron Saso of McKinleyville have both received all-conference recognition after outstanding springs for their respective community college teams. Gomes was named first-team All-Golden Valley […]
By Ray Hamill — A freshman and a senior are the fastest athletes in the H-DN this year, and they’re only getting faster. At Saturday’s H-DN track and field championships in Fortuna, […]
Two Fortuna Huskies flew higher than anyone else at the weekend H-DN track and field championships at Fortuna High — literally. Juniors Chloe Cox and Christopher Duey were the only non-Del Norte […]
After the successful stop at the Redwood Acres Raceway late last season, the Gunslinger Sprint Cars will return to the local track for a busy weekend of action. The Gunslinger Sprint Cars […]
Sophomore Jackson Kelly dominated on the mound at Middletown on Saturday, as the McKinleyville Panthers swept a non-league baseball doubleheader. The Panthers took game one 15-0 in five innings, before winning game […]
By Ray Hamill — Arcata senior Ai-Lan McGoldrick won all four of her events at the H-DN track and field championships at Fortuna High School on Saturday, but it was the Eureka […]
By Ray Hamill — The schedules and brackets for next week’s Charlie Lakin H-DN Tournaments have been finalized. The action in both softball and baseball gets under way on Wednesday and will […]
Humboldt County’s Josie Peterson won a CCAA conference championship in the women’s javelin for Chico State on Saturday. Peterson, a St. Bernard’s graduate, won with a throw of 138’9”, just eight inches […]
By Ray Hamill — Congratulations to the Fortuna Huskies, who ended a 48-year championship drought in baseball by winning the Big 5 this week. After clinching at least a share of the […]
By Ray Hamill — Former Eureka Logger Parker Rodgers enjoyed a successful return to the North Coast this spring after being named to the GVC All-Conference second team for College of the […]
A exciting ride came to a thrilling conclusion on Friday afternoon, and when all was said and done a 48-year championship drought had ended. We expected this year’s Big 5 to be […]
We got see a matchup that could excite local baseball fans for the next couple of seasons at the Bear River Sports Complex on Friday evening, as St. Bernard’s freshman Michael Manzi […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders secured second place in the Little 3 and a No. 2 seed for next week’s Charlie Lakin tournament after sweeping the league-concluding doubleheader against Ferndale at the Bear […]
By Ray Hamill — The California community college baseball playoffs got under way on Friday with a number of former H-DN players in action. Arcata’s Nick Parker has quickly adapted to the […]
The Del Norte Warriors have been crowned outright Big 5 champs in softball after a key showdown in Fortuna went their way on Friday afternoon. The Del Norte girls closed out league […]
Thursday was a good day for Del Norte sports. With a pair of victories over the Arcata Tigers in softball, the Warriors clinched at least a share of the Big 5 title, […]