Halfway through their league schedule, the Fortuna Huskies are the team to beat in the Big 5. The red-hot Huskies stretched their winning streak to five straight as they won both 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.
Halfway through their league schedule, the Fortuna Huskies are the team to beat in the Big 5. The red-hot Huskies stretched their winning streak to five straight as they won both games […]
The McKinleyville Panthers kept their Big 5 title hopes alive with a pair of much-needed wins against Eureka on Saturday. The Panthers ended a three-game losing skid with 8-1 and 6-5 victories […]
By Ray Hamill — After two big seasons at Shasta College, former Del Norte Warrior Anthony Slayton is taking his talents to a four-year football program. The only question is which one? […]
With their backs to the wall and their league ambitions on the line, the McKinleyville Panthers battled back from a 7-1 loss in the opening game of a doubleheader at Eureka to […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders moved closer to a Little 4 title with a third straight league doubleheader sweep on Saturday. Playing at Ferndale, the Crusaders beat the Wildcats 10-0 in five innings […]
The Northern Humboldt Steelheads 12Us went 6-2 on a recent week-long road trip to Arizona and made it all the way to the championship game at the Triple Crown Spring Championship Tournament. […]
By Ray Hamill — There are good weeks and there are really good weeks, and when the latter rolls around it’s a whole lot easier to pick our Athletes and Team of […]
The offseason additions have begun for the College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team. On Thursday, Mason Mottashed signed his letter of intent to play for the Corsairs in a ceremony at […]
Three Institute of Combat wrestlers placed at the prestigious Reno Worlds tournament in Nevada over the weekend, including a pair of H-DN standouts. Hoopa High’s Gerard Marshall continued an outstanding year on […]
The race for the 2023 H-DN boys golf championship will go down to the final day of action. St, Bernard’s Esteban Cervantes made a big move on Thursday, matching his season-best round […]
The Arcata Tigers took full advantage of a bye week in the Big 5 with their third and fourth wins in just three days on Thursday. After sweeping a doubleheader from Hoopa […]
The Arcata Tigers won both the boys and girls team competitions at the second H-DN track and field meet of the season at McKinleyville High on Wednesday, although there was little to […]
By Ray Hamill — Arcata’s Sydney Hasselquist has hit the ground running this spring, literally. The Tigers senior continued her impressive start to the new track and field season with a perfect […]
The Hoopa Warriors continued to roll on Thursday, stretching their winning streak to 11 straight with a 2-1 non-league win at Credo. Tatianna Colegrove once again was instrumental in the win, finishing […]
The Del Norte Warriors opened the Big 5 with a 14-4 win over the Fortuna Huskies in five innings in Crescent City on Wednesday afternoon. Shay Nolan got the win in the […]
The Fortuna Huskies won their third straight game in the Big 5 to move clear at the top of the standings on Wednesday, defeating Del Norte 6-0 in Crescent City. With the […]
The Eureka Loggers took over sole possession of first place in the Big 5 with a 5-1 win at McKinleyville on Wednesday afternoon. The game was close throughout and tied 1-1 heading […]
After dropping their league-opening series to the Arcata Tigers, the Eureka Loggers got a much-needed win at McKinleyville to keep their Big 5 hopes alive on Wednesday. The Loggers won 5-3 and […]
It was a quick turnaround for the Humboldt Composite Mountain Bike Team (HCMTB), which is getting well used to a lot of travel this spring. Just one week after their season-opening event […]
College of the Redwoods was a team divided over the weekend, but that didn’t slow sophomore Hannah Hartwell’s assault on the school record books. Hartwell, who is fast establishing herself as arguably […]