By Ray Hamill — The Big 5 and Little 4 teams return to league play this coming week, with some big matchups on tap in baseball and softball. Fresh off their spring […]
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 Big 5 and Little 4 teams return to league play this coming week, with some big matchups on tap in baseball and softball. Fresh off their spring […]
By Ray Hamill — Two key components of the history-making College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team have received All-American recognition. Sophomore center Jon Nchekwube and freshman guar Trey Neff have both […]
By Ray Hamill — When you win a national championship, you deserve to be named a Humboldt Sports Athlete of the Week. And that’s the case this week for a pair of […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s going to be a busy weekend for Arcata High baseball program. The Tigers will host their annual fundraising golf tournament at Baywood Golf and County Club on […]
An exciting game ended without a winner on Thursday, as the Del Norte Warriors tied Etna 4-4 to close out the Shasta tournament. The Warriors twice battled back from deficits before the […]
The four local teams competing at the Shasta tournament went undefeated on the final day of action on Thursday. The Eureka Loggers and Arcata Tigers capped an impressive showing in Redding as […]
A pair of former Eureka Loggers have been crowned national champions in cheerleading while competing for Lindenwood University out of Missouri. Connor Brogan, a 2019 Eureka High graduate, and KyleeAnna Zink-Clinton, who […]
Former McKinleyville Panther Ashley Ballew is making a habit of getting clutch hits for College of the Redwoods this spring. Just a few days after tying a game against Mendocino with an […]
By Ray Hamill — An aggressive recruiting campaign has paid off for Del Norte senior Jacob Dane, who is taking his talents to the college football fields. An all-league first-team selection for […]
Two H-DN track and field athletes have posted the best marks in the North Coast Section in their respective events this spring, with seven of their peers also featuring among the section […]
Senior Riley Bates pitched a one-hitter against Central Valley at the Shasta tournament on Wednesday, as the McKinleyville Panthers quickly bounced back from a tournament-opening loss the day before. McKinleyville beat Central […]
The Arcata bats continued to impress on Wednesday, as the Tigers won their second game at the Shasta tournament and improved to 12-2 on the season. The Tigers beat Enterprise 16-3, putting […]
The Eureka Loggers made it two wins in two days at the Shasta tournament on Wednesday with an 11-2 victory over Red Bluff. Cooper Ohlsen pitched 6.2 strong innings and got plenty […]
The results haven’t been going their way recently, but the Del Norte Warriors continue to battle on the baseball field. On Wednesday, the Del Norte boys dropped their second straight game at […]
Former Eureka Logger Thomas Becannon has thrived at the collegiate level since making the decision to join the College of the Redwoods track and field team, and he’s not alone. Former McKinleyville […]
With the 2023 Redwood Acres Raceway season just around the corner, a test and tune day will take place this weekend. The new season begins later in the month on April 29 […]
Two of the four H-DN teams in action at the Shasta tournament opened with a victory on Tuesday. The Eureka Loggers rebounded from a disappointing Saturday in the Big 5 to beat […]
The College of the Redwoods women stretched their winning streak to four straight with a doubleheader sweep of Mendocino in non-conference softball on Saturday. The Corsairs took the opener 11-10 in eight […]
The Del Norte Warriors swept a Big 5 softball doubleheader at Fortuna on Saturday, winning 9-0 and 11-6. The visitors won with some quality defense behind pitcher Shay Nolan, who threw a […]
The Del Norte Warriors will try to put three tough losses behind them when they open play at the Shasta tournament on Tuesday. The Warriors lost all three games in their league-opening […]