The Cal Poly Humboldt volleyball and men’s soccer teams will both host games this week, while the women’s triathlon team gets set to begin a new era for Lumberjacks sports. The volleyball […]
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 Cal Poly Humboldt volleyball and men’s soccer teams will both host games this week, while the women’s triathlon team gets set to begin a new era for Lumberjacks sports. The volleyball […]
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders had to dig deep on Saturday as they rallied from a two-touchdown first-half deficit on the way to beating Hoopa 26-25 at Crusader Field. […]
An impressive start to the new season continued for the Arcata boys soccer team at the McKinleyville tournament this weekend. The Tigers won all three of their games to go to 4-0, […]
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s and Hoopa served up an early-season instant classic at Crusader Field on Saturday afternoon, in what was a thoroughly engrossing and highly entertaining showdown between these […]
The College of the Redwoods defense came ready to play on Saturday, as the Corsairs competed in their first football game in almost three years. Unfortunately, it was wasn’t enough as they […]
The Ferndale Wildcats utilized their depth at running back to great effect on Friday night, as they held on late to beat a competitive South Fork team 35-21 in Miranda. Playing the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors continued to roll with another big win on Friday night, while the McKinleyville Panthers kicked off their season in style on what was […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers look like they will have plenty of depth in the offensive backfield this year, with five different backs scoring touchdowns on Friday night. They kicked […]
The Fortuna defense came to play on Friday night with a much-improved performance, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough as the Huskies fell 6-0 at Justin-Siena in Napa. The loss drops Fortuna […]
Giancarlo Desolenni scored three touchdowns on Friday night, as the Del Norte Warriors rolled to another comprehensive victory at Piedmont. Desolenni scored on a pair of runs and on a TD reception […]
By Ray Hamill — What has 77 freshmen and one sophomore? This year’s College of the Redwoods football team. And that will make the program’s return to the field a challenging […]
By Ray Hamill — Klayre Barres scored her first college goal on Thursday, as the Chico State women defeated Central Washington 2-0. The former Eureka Logger netted on a free kick in […]
By Ray Hamill — Week two of the high school football season will present some different challenges for a number of teams, as two in particular try to keep their fast […]
By Ray Hamill — The defending North Coast Section champions are eager to pick up just where they left off last season. And they should have the talent to do exactly that. […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors looked good in all aspects of the game in their season opener last week, but what impressed head coach Nick White the most was […]
By Ray Hamill — Local soccer fans will have the opportunity to check out the top teams in the H-DNL in action this weekend at the McKinleyville boys tournament. The tourney features […]
By Ray Hamill — In the tradition of some of the great College of the Redwoods teams of the past, one of the strengths of this year’s squad could be the defensive […]
With their season opener just a month away, the Cal Poly Humboldt men’s rugby team has received some preseason recognition. This week it was announced the Jacks are ranked No. 5 in […]
By Ray Hamill — Three years after they last played a down, the Corsairs will kick off the new football season on Saturday afternoon, when they travel to play Merced College for […]
By Ray Hamill — Three local teams impressed on opening weekend of the new football season, but no one impressed as much as the Del Norte Warriors. And that makes them a […]