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.
It was a disappointing few days for the Arcata boys on the basketball court at the Marin Catholic tournament. Playing for much of the tournament without senior standout Luke Lemke, the Tigers […]
The bench players stepped up for the Loggers in their opening game at the Enterprise tournament on Monday, as the Eureka boys topped West Valley 72-41. The win was the second straight […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders made it seven straight wins to close out 2025 with a second victory over McKinleyville in boys basketball action over the weekend. Just two weeks after getting the […]
By Ray Hamill — This year’s Hoopa girls basketball team is young, quick, scrappy and playing beyond its years. Over the weekend the Warriors traveled for the Gene Cotter Memorial tournament at […]
By Ray Hamill — In the true spirit of the concept of team, it was impossible to separate the three frontrunners for this year’s Humboldt Sports Football Player of the Year. And […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a good start to the new wrestling season for some of the Hoopa Warriors, including four grapplers who are expected to lead the way a young […]
By Ray Hamill — It was another busy weekend on the basketball courts for the local contingent of varsity teams, and it was a impressive few days for one team and for […]
By Ray Hamill — After a season that saw them dominate their Little 4 opponents, it’s no surprise to see the Ferndale Wildcats dominate the end-of-season conference awards. The Wildcats won all […]
It’s still early in the season, but the Cal Poly Humboldt women’s basketball team continued to impress in conference action over the weekend. After posting a 76-65 win at Cal State San […]
The St. Bernard’s boys basketball team rose to the challenge on the way to winning the championship game at the Kelseyville tournament on Saturday night with a sixth straight victory. The Crusaders […]
Sophomore Carli Baum was named tournament MVP on Saturday after helping to lead the St. Bernard’s Crusaders to a tournament championship in Kelseyville with a 67-35 win over the host school in […]
The Fortuna girls won the consolation game at the Red Bluff tournament with one of their best performances of the season on Saturday. The Huskies defeated West Valley 51-29. Evalynn Little posted […]
The Arcata Tigers faced off against some tough competition in the Justin-Siena Christmas Classic this week in what head coach Charlie Espinoza described as a “great weekend of basketball and sisterhood.” The […]
The Del Norte Warriors are building some nice momentum at a good time of the year. On Saturday, the Warriors closed out the Anderson tournament with a 50-41 win over Redding Christian, […]
The Cal Poly Humboldt women overcame a slow start in their basketball game at Cal State San Marcos on Friday night on the way to pulling out a 76-55 win. The victory […]
The College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team has advanced to the championship game at the Kris Kringle tournament at Santa Rosa and will face off against the host school on Saturday […]
Damian Escalera scored a game-winning basket on a buzzer beater at the Anderson tournament on Friday evening, as the red-hot Del Norte Warriors stretched their winning streak to five straight with a […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders will be hoping third time is the charm on Saturday, as they get set to play in the championship game of the Kelseyville tournament. This is the third […]
By Ray Hamill — While one basketball season is just beginning to warm up, another closed out this week, and both feature in our weekly awards. The high school season is under […]
The St. Bernard’s boys tipped off the Kelseyville tournament with a fourth straight win on Thursday night, defeating Cloverdale 69-54. With the win, the No. 5 ranked team in the North Coast […]
