By Ray Hamill — Get ready for a big couple of weekends for local MMA fans, with two Humboldt County natives gearing up for big fights. On Friday night, Tyson Miller will […]
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 — Get ready for a big couple of weekends for local MMA fans, with two Humboldt County natives gearing up for big fights. On Friday night, Tyson Miller will […]
By Ray Hamill — A number of former H-DNL players are enjoying big seasons on the collegiate baseball fields, most notably at the JC level, where three of them are playing for […]
The Arcata Tigers held on late to edge the host school in the championship game at the Shasta baseball tournament on Wednesday, winning 4-3 and getting out of a bases-loaded jam to […]
The Arcata High baseball program raised $22,000 at last week’s Tigers Baseball Golf Tournament, all of which will go towards completing the school’s new baseball facility. A total of 120 golfers on […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s shaping up to be another record setting spring for the H-DNL in baseball and softball. With the North Coast Section playoffs set to return for the first […]
The Arcata Tigers won their opening two games at the Shasta tournament on Tuesday to advance to Wednesday’s championship game. What was supposed to be a three-day tourney has been condensed to […]
Brayden Craven pitched seven strong innings and Bryce Sargent remained red-hot at the plate, as the McKinleyville Panthers opened the Shasta High baseball tournament with a 4-2 win over West Valley on […]
Former Arcata High golfer Avary Henry got the 2022 collegiate season off to a flying start last week when she placed first at the Benedictine University Invitational tournament in Illinois. Competing for […]
The Arcata boys continued their remarkable season on the tennis courts by sweeping all six H-DNL singles titles at Saturday’s league championships. Competing in very windy and chilly conditions at McKinleyville High, […]
Cal Poly Humboldt Hall of Famer Mark Conover has passed away at the age of 61. The nine-time All-American graduated from Humboldt State University in 1981 and won both the NCAA national […]
South Fork senior Olivia Ward hit a walk-off double on Saturday, as the Cubs swept a Little 4 doubleheader from St. Bernard’s. Ward’s big blast plated both the trying and winning runs […]
A couple of young players stepped up for the Arcata Tigers on Saturday, as they split a Big 5 softball doubleheader at Fortuna. Sophomore Lexi Alto hit her first career home run […]
By Ray Hamill — Mike Marcelli has been named the new varsity football head coach at Eureka High, which should make for an easy transition after former coach Andrew Haraldson stepped away […]
The Fortuna Huskies showed they can compete with the best teams in the Big 5 and North Coast Section with an impressive come-from-behind win over Arcata on Saturday, as the two league […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders reached the championship game at the Wolves Classic in Arizona on Saturday, falling 15-1 to undefeated Cathedral Prep out of Pennsylvania. Earlier on Saturday, the Crusaders won their […]
McKinleyville junior Soffia Reyes continued to rewrite the school record books in track and field on Saturday, setting new all-time marks in two different events at the Chico Invite. The speedy Reyes […]
The Fortuna bats came alive in game two of a Big 5 softball doubleheader on Saturday, as the Huskies bounced back from a morning loss to split with the Arcata Tigers at […]
The South Fork and St. Bernard’s girls played an entertaining Little 4 softball doubleheader in Miranda on Saturday, with the Cubs winning both games. After taking the opener 12-8, the South Fork […]
The McKinleyville Panthers and Del Norte Warriors split a high-scoring Big 5 doubleheader at Mack High on Saturday, with the visitors taking game one 15-12 and the home team bouncing back to […]
The McKinleyville Panthers battled back from a seven-run deficit in game one on Friday, on their way to sweeping a Big 5 softball doubleheader at home to Del Norte in windy conditions. […]