By Ray Hamill — The showdown between the top two teams in the Big 5 lived up to the billing at Washington Elementary School on Wednesday. With the league lead on the […]
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 showdown between the top two teams in the Big 5 lived up to the billing at Washington Elementary School on Wednesday. With the league lead on the […]
A more relaxed McKinleyville Panthers team got back to winning ways on Wednesday, shutting out the Tigers 9-0 at Arcata High. The Panthers came into the day having dropped five of their […]
The Arcata Tigers moved clear at the top of the Big 5 standings with a come-from-behind 6-4 win over the McKinleyville Panthers on Wednesday. With the win, which was their 11th in […]
By Ray Hamill — Fresh off the program’s best season in 17 years, College of the Redwoods head coach Megan Valente is hoping the local high school seniors will take notice. In […]
It was a busy weekend for Sequoia FC, with four of the local travel club’s teams traveling to the Bay Area for a pair of games each. The Sequoia teams play in […]
By Ray Hamill — This week’s series between the Del Norte Warriors and the Eureka Loggers will go a long way towards deciding this year’s Big 5 championship in softball. The two […]
The local fifth to eighth grade track and field season got under way last week, with the first meet of the spring held at McKinleyville High School on Thursday. Close to 500 […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DN announced the dates of this year’s Charlie Lakin tournament on Tuesday. The annual league postseason tournament for softball and baseball will take place in the second […]
By Ray Hamill — Following the league’s remarkable success in the playoffs in recent years, three of the 17 H-DN varsity baseball and softball teams are now ranked No. 1 in their […]
The College of the Redwoods baseball team will close out what has been a challenging season in a four-game series at Siskiyous this week. The Corsairs, who are riding a 23-game losing […]
Racing returns to the Redwood Acres Raceway on Saturday with the first races of the 2023 season. Opening night will be highlighted by the second annual Rhododendron 100 for the late models, […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers threw the race for the Big 5 championship wide open on Saturday after sweeping a doubleheader against league leaders Fortuna. After dropping the series opener […]
An intriguing Big 5 just got a little more so on Saturday. With Arcata sweeping a doubleheader at home to Fortuna and McKinleyville and Del Norte splitting two games up in Crescent […]
The Fortuna Huskies ended a seven-game losing streak with a doubleheader sweep at Arcata on Saturday, winning game one 3-2 and taking game two 5-2. And they did it thanks to some […]
Parker Prior has been impressing a lot of people with his performances for the Ferndale baseball team this spring and that continued to be the case once again on Saturday. The standout […]
Tyler Dimmick had a good day at the ball park on Saturday, as the St. Bernard’s Crusaders took a big step towards a Little 4 championship in baseball. Dimmick threw eight innings […]
The red-hot Hoopa Warriors stretched their winning streak to 15 straight with two more wins in softball on Saturday, while solidifying their playoff positioning at the same time. Playing at Mendocino College, […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a very good week for several H-DN golfers and one former Arcata High distance runner. And that make them our athletes and team of the week, […]
By Ray Hamill — The Big 5 is doing something right. Despite the poor weather this spring and the difficulties most teams have faced in regard to their schedules and outdoor practice, […]
By Ray Hamill — After coming up just short in an exciting showdown against Del Norte on Thursday, the McKinleyville Panthers will try to keep their Big 5 championship hopes alive when […]