The Panthers started and finished strong in a non-league girls basketball game at McKinleyville High on Saturday night on the way to beating Ferndale 54-39. Camryn Pinard scored a game-high 23 points […]
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.
The Panthers started and finished strong in a non-league girls basketball game at McKinleyville High on Saturday night on the way to beating Ferndale 54-39. Camryn Pinard scored a game-high 23 points […]
There was no letdown for the Corsairs after a three-week break in action and a change of location for Saturday’s basketball game at the last minute. The College of the Redwoods men […]
The College of the Redwoods women’s basketball team won its conference opener on Saturday, getting the better of Shasta 61-49 at Lumberjack Arena. With standout sophomore Rachel Valdez sidelined with a knee […]
The Fortuna boys placed 13th at the two-day Anderson tournament this weekend, with two Huskies taking home an individual title. Also on Friday, the Del Norte Warriors won their H-DNL dual meet […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a good school year for Del Norte sports so far and that doesn’t look like slowing down any time soon. This winter the Warriors are enjoying […]
The Ferndale boys basketball team tipped off the Little 4 with a 76-58 win over visiting Hoopa on Friday night, and they did it with one of their most complete performances of […]
By Ray Hamill — Because of a power outage at College of the Redwoods, both of Saturday’s Corsairs basketball games will now take place at Cal Poly Humboldt instead. The CR teams […]
After a couple of days of postponements because of the weather and power outages, H-DNL boys basketball returned on Friday night, with some big games in both the Big 5 and Little […]
By Ray Hamill — Advantage St. Bernard’s. There’s still a long way to go in this year’s Little 4 in boys basketball, but the Crusaders took a big step towards a possible […]
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders comfortably won their league opener in girls basketball on Friday night, getting the better of visiting South Fork by a score of 57-25. Laila […]
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods men’s and women’s basketball teams will return to action when they host Shasta College in their conference openers on Saturday. The men, who […]
By Ray Hamill — A number of heavyweights have been impressing for the Eureka High wrestling teams through the first month of the season, as the Loggers continue to build momentum on […]
Five different McKinleyville girls scored in the fourth quarter on Thursday night, as the Panthers broke open a tight game with a dominating fourth quarter at Fortuna in a 43-33 win. The […]
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s girls are coming together a little quicker than expected on the basketball courts this winter, and because of that they appear well up to the […]
The Del Norte Warriors were expected to be the team to beat in H-DNL wrestling this season and so far there’s no reason to doubt that. But more impressively, this is a […]
By Ray Hamill — Power outages and the stormy weather continue to affect the H-DNL schedule, with more games postponed on Thursday morning. The Big 5 girls basketball showdown between Del Norte […]
By Ray Hamill — The results are in and North Coast sports fans have spoken loud and clear. The Fortuna Huskies are the heavy favorites to win this year’s Big 5 in […]
It took them a while to get going this season, but the McKinleyville Panthers are coming off their most impressive showing yet at the two-day No Guts No Glory wrestling tournament in Sacramento […]
By Ray Hamill — The Huskies are building momentum on the wrestling mats this winter as a young roster continues to gain some valuable experience. On Tuesday night, the Fortuna grapplers got […]
By Ray Hamill — With power out across much of the North Coast and travel conditions hazardous, several high school sporting events scheduled for Wednesday evening have been postponed. All of the […]