By Ray Hamill — A young St. Bernard’s softball team is expected to be much improved this spring, as the Crusaders get set for their home opener on Thursday afternoon. The St. […]
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 — A young St. Bernard’s softball team is expected to be much improved this spring, as the Crusaders get set for their home opener on Thursday afternoon. The St. […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers will try to keep their fast start to the new softball season going when they host South Fork on Wednesday afternoon. This year’s Eureka team […]
By Ray Hamill — Humboldt Crabs Hall of Famer Jeff Giacomini is returning to the team as an assistant coach, the club announced this week. Giacomini, who was a three-time team MVP […]
By Ray Hamill — The schedule for this weekend’s St. Bernard’s baseball tournament has been changed with rain forecast for Saturday. The eight-team tourney, which will be held at the Bear River […]
The Eureka Loggers continued their good start to the new boys golf season with another strong showing at this week’s Cougar Classic in Redding. Competing at the Gold Hills Golf Club on […]
Former Humboldt State (now Cal Poly Humboldt) football player Alex Cappa was one of the big winners as NFL free agency got under way on Monday. Cappa, who won a Super Bowl […]
The Eureka girls got the new softball season off to a flying start this past weekend, sweeping a three-game road trip with two routs and a thrilling extra-innings victory. The Loggers opened […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL announced the 2021/22 all-league selections and honorable mentions for basketball on Saturday, with six players named MVPs. In the Big 5, Arcata teammates Kai Purcell and […]
The McKinleyville Panthers bounced back from a disappointing game-one loss to Kelseyville on Saturday to take game two and split a baseball doubleheader at Mack High. The visitors scored in the top […]
The Panthers came out swinging the bats on the opening day of the new softball season, scoring 35 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Enterprise at McKinleyville High on Saturday. The Mack […]
The Huskies continued to take advantage of some dominating pitching and strong defense on Saturday, improving to 3-0 on the young season with a 3-0 win over visiting Middletown. Libby Johnston, who […]
Cal Poly Humboldt men’s rugby’s player Jason Uipi has been named to the 2021 National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) All-American Team, it was was announced earlier this week. Uipi is a junior who […]
By Ray Hamill — A young Arcata Tigers team could be ready to surprise some people this year. The Arcata girls got the new softball season off to a winning start on […]
The Fortuna Huskies will face tougher competition as the season goes on, but for now they continue to take care of business after sweeping a baseball doubleheader at home to Willits on […]
Fresh off their history-making success on the basketball courts on Thursday night, St. Bernard’s Aidan Dorsch, Peyton Smith and Drew Vizenor joined up with the Crusaders baseball team in Middletown on Friday […]
The result didn’t go their way, but there were plenty of encouraging signs for the Hoopa Warriors in Thursday’s season opener in baseball. The Warriors fell 13-2 in six innings at Del […]
By Ray Hamill — Less than 24 hours after the school clinched a NorCal state title in boys basketball, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders will begin the new baseball season with similar goals, […]
The Miranda Mustangs eighth graders capped a big season for basketball in Southern Humboldt at the Crescent City Jaycees tournament this past weekend. Following South Fork High’s memorable Little 4 championship win […]
The Crusaders took their second-half heroics to new heights on Thursday night, as they made a little bit of H-DNL history. Trailing by seven points at halftime of the NorCal Division-VI championship […]
Del Norte’s Brody Mattz pitched four strong innings and five of his teammates had multiple hits, as the Warriors rolled to a comfortable 13-2 win in six innings over visiting Hoopa in […]