By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors and Arcata Tigers got the Big 5 off to a winning start in girls basketball on Tuesday night, with home victories for each. The […]
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 Del Norte Warriors and Arcata Tigers got the Big 5 off to a winning start in girls basketball on Tuesday night, with home victories for each. The […]
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for what should be a fun month in local high school basketball, with three of the four league races appearing to be wide open this year. […]
By Ray Hamill — The two big questions for local fans as we get set to tip off league play in girls basketball this week is can anyone stop the Loggers in […]
By Ray Hamill — With league play set to tip off in both the Big 5 and Little 4 this week, MIX 95.1 FM has announced the schedule of basketball games the […]
The Lumberjacks remain among the conference leaders in men’s basketball despite dropping their first game of the new year on Sunday. The Cal Poly men’s and women’s teams traveled to Sonoma State […]
The Ferndale Wildcats will begin the defense of their Little 4 championship on Wednesday night when they travel to Hoopa, and they will carry plenty of momentum into the league campaign after […]
POLL CLOSED By Ray Hamill — This year’s Big 5 in boys basketball could be one of the most wide open in recent years, with all five teams seemingly in contention and […]
By Ray Hamill — Former Eureka Logger Kaylee Murphy enjoyed another milestone achievement on the collegiate basketball courts over Christmas and that earns her the nod for one of this week’s Athletes […]
The Fortuna Huskies lost in the championship game at the Dixon Ram Jam tournament on Friday night, falling 60-40 to Vacaville. The loss ended a four-game winning streak for the Huskies, who […]
An impressive early-season showing for the H-DNL continued this week, with the McKinleyville Panthers winning the Enterprise tournament. Also in action this week, the Fortuna boys won their opening two games at […]
The Fortuna boys will play Vacaville for the Dixon Ram Jam tournament championship on Friday night after a couple of impressive wins in tournament play this week. The Huskies, who improved to […]
The Eureka Loggers got to face some tough competition at this week’s West Coast Jamboree at Heritage High School and finished 1-2 in tournament play. The Loggers opened with a 57-52 loss […]
The Wildcats saw their nine-game winning streak come to an end on Thursday, when they dropped their opener at the Lady Hornet Classic in Redding. The Ferndale girls fell 39-35 against Yreka […]
Gracie Betts continues to impress on the basketball court for the College of the Redwoods women despite the team’s recent struggles. Betts led the way offensively for the Corsairs in all three […]
According to head coach Cris Rice, the Del Norte boys are still trying to figure out their identity on the basketball court this season, but he believes they will benefit from a […]
By Ray Hamill — Both Cal Poly Humboldt basketball teams will head into the Christmas break on a bit of a roll, with each riding a two-game winning streak. The Jacks won’t […]
The St. Bernard’s girls lost an exciting championship game in overtime at the Berean Christian tournament on Thursday night, falling to the host school 55-52. Laila Florvilus scored a team-high 19 points […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL girls are getting some serious recognition in the early-season MaxPreps rankings, with six of the nine varsity teams featuring in the top 22 in the North […]
Check out Fortuna’s Russell Pascascio score on back-to-back dunks in tournament play over the weekend … By Ray Hamill — It should be a fun winter on the H-DNL basketball courts, with […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders got a much-needed win at the Walnut Creek boys basketball tournament on Thursday, defeating Mendocino 64-44. The win ended a three-game losing skid for the Crusaders, who improved […]