
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s baseball has been setting the standard in the North Coast Section for decades and there’s one thing that many of those teams have in common — […]
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 — St. Bernard’s baseball has been setting the standard in the North Coast Section for decades and there’s one thing that many of those teams have in common — […]
By Ray Hamill — The Northern Humboldt Giants will hold tryouts for the upcoming American Legion season this weekend at Arcata High School. The Giants are one of three local American Legion […]
The 2023 Redwood Acres Raceway season returns on Saturday after a three-week break, with another busy night of action scheduled. In addition to all five local divisions, the night’s racing will also […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers are the 2023 North Coast Section Division-4 baseball champions after a thrilling comeback at the Arcata Ball Park won Saturday night. The Tigers rallied from […]
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are North Coast Section champions again after a comfortable victory in Saturday’s Division-6 final at Crusader Field. The SB bats took control of the […]
By Ray Hamill — Fresh off a big spring for the Fortuna Huskies, Matt Letter got the American Legion season off to a good start with the Humboldt Eagles 19Us. The Eagles […]
By Ray Hamill — After clinching North Coast Section titles on Saturday, both Arcata and St. Bernard’s will travel for their NorCal baseball playoff openers this coming week. The Tigers received the […]
By Ray Hamill — With his team trailing late in Saturday’s North Coast Section Division-4 championship game but refusing to throw in the towel, senior Cedar Cline told me this is a […]
By Ray Hamill — A thrilling postseason continued for the Arcata Tigers on Saturday night as they secured a third North Coast Section championship in just six postseasons with a 5-4 win […]
The Cal Poly Humboldt women’s rowing team won a national championship with a perfect score on Saturday. The Lumberjacks won both the Fours Grand Final and Eights Grand Final at the NCAA […]
By Ray Hamill — The most successful baseball program in the North Coast Section is showing no signs of slowing down. On Saturday afternoon, the St. Bernard’s boys won a record 15th […]
The Del Norte Warriors saw a memorable season come to an end in softball with a 3-0 loss to Cardinal Newman on Friday evening. The two teams faced off in the North […]
By Ray Hamill — One Little 4 school will be crowned a North Coast Section champion on Saturday afternoon, the only question is which one. League rivals St. Bernard’s and Ferndale will […]
By Ray Hamill — There’s something to be said about playing your best at the business end of the season. After the disappointment of barely losing out in the race for both […]
One year after his legendary week with St. Bernard’s in the CIF NorCal playoffs, Stanford freshman Nick Dugan is settling in nicely at the next level. After what has been an up-and-down […]
Here we go again. McKinleyville’s Cameron Saso will compete for a state championship in baseball with the Folsom Lake Falcons for the second straight year, beginning this weekend. The 2020 Mack High […]
By Ray Hamill — Three H-DNL track and field athletes qualified for this week’s CIF State Championships after a big showing for the league at last weekend’s NCS Meet of Champions. Seniors […]
By Ray Hamill — The season hasn’t even begun yet, but the Humboldt Eagles are already attracting the attention of some college coaches and scouts. The local American Legion club held tryouts […]
By Ray Hamill — Local fans who will be attending either of Saturday’s North Coast Section championship baseball games here in Humboldt County should remember that tickets can only be purchased online […]
By Ray Hamill — With exactly 100 days to go to the 2023 College of the Redwoods opener in football, local fans will be hoping the Corsairs can replicate the excitement of […]