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 best team in the H-DNL this past winter has swept the Humboldt Sports end-of-season basketball awards. Arcata’s Tae and Mae Wolford have been named our girls co-players […]
It’s been an impressive opening month to the local high school softball season for the Fortuna Huskies, as they get set to turn their attention to this year’s Big 5 and the […]
The Wildcats got back to winning ways on Saturday, sweeping a softball doubleheader at Calistoga to cap off an impressive pre-conference schedule for the team. Two days after suffering their first loss […]
By Ray Hamill — A pair of seniors that have started their respective seasons strong feature in this week’s awards, and one of them features twice. Fortuna’s Isabel Sanchez has impressed through […]
By Ray Hamill — The Crusaders will carry plenty of momentum into what will be a huge week for the team next week. On Friday, the St. Bernard’s boys welcomed Arcata to […]
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers let a late five-run lead slip away against Windsor on Friday afternoon, falling 8-6 in non-conference softball. The visiting Jaguars battled for all seven innings, scoring […]
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods will pay tribute to Dylan Moon at a softball doubleheader against Butte College on Saturday. Moon was a Hoopa High basketball player who tragically […]
This year’s Big 5 is shaping up to be a lot more competitive than it was 12 months ago. After combining for just four wins in conference play in 2025, the Arcata […]
By Ray Hamill — Nallia Meyer finished 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, as the hard-hitting Arcata Tigers notched their sixth win of the softball season on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers welcomed […]
The Tigers came out swinging hard at South Fork on Wednesday, hitting six home runs in a doubleheader sweep. Arcata took game one 12-1 in six innings and followed that with a […]
Bigger challenges await, but thus far the Ferndale baseball team has taken care of business. On Wednesday the Wildcats traveled to Calistoga and won comfortably 13-0 in five innings to go to […]
The Hoopa Warriors wrapped up their pre-league schedule in baseball with a dominating performance at Trinity on Tuesday afternoon. The Hoopa boys bounced back from a challenging trip to the Fort Bragg […]
Kira Morris and the Concordia Golden Eagles are well positioned in this year’s PacWest. The former Eureka Logger and 2023 Humboldt Sports Big 5 Girls Athlete of the Year is enjoying her […]
By Ray Hamill — The defending Big 5 champs in baseball don’t have a lot of varsity experience on the roster this year, but that doesn’t mean they won’t contend for a […]
By Ray Hamill — While the early-season North Coast Section baseball and softball rankings should be taken with a pinch of salt, it makes for good reading for H-DNL fans. According to […]
The red-hot Fortuna Huskies became the first 10-win team in the H-DNL this spring with a doubleheader sweep in softball at Fort Bragg on Tuesday. After finishing second in the Big 5 […]
Cayden Lee enjoyed a big weekend playing for Simpson University, as the Red Hawks stretched their winning streak in baseball to six straight games with a three-game sweep of Caltech. The former […]
The hard-hitting Rikki Lipscomb helped lead the Hoopa Warriors to a doubleheader sweep over Trinity in softball action on Tuesday. The senior is off to an impressive start this season and continued […]
The Cal Poly Humboldt and College of the Redwoods softball teams played four conference games each over the weekend with mixed results. The Humboldt women welcomed Cal State Dominguez Hills to Arcata […]
They may be playing for little more than pride at this stage, but the College of the Redwoods players are not throwing in the towel. CR traveled to play Butte College in […]
