The Tigers geared up for league play with another strong tournament showing this week, going 3-1 at the Marin Catholic boys basketball tournament. Arcata opened with a 52-48 win over Central Catholic […]
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 Tigers geared up for league play with another strong tournament showing this week, going 3-1 at the Marin Catholic boys basketball tournament. Arcata opened with a 52-48 win over Central Catholic […]
The College of the Redwoods women’s basketball team won for the fourth time in five games on Wednesday, closing out the San Jose Tournament with a 65-63 win over Siskiyous. The Corsairs […]
The Fortuna girls closed out the Enterprise tournament with a 51-36 win over Weed on Thursday. Teal Mostovoy and Isobel Crosswhite were each named to the all-tournament team for the Huskies, who […]
VOTING HAS CLOSED By Ray Hamill — As the year 2021 winds down, it’s time to reflect on some of the big local sports stories of the past 12 months, as well […]
VOTING HAS CLOSED By Ray Hamill — It’s that time of the year again, when we look back at 2021 in local sports and hand out some well-deserved end-of-year awards. Including of […]
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED By Ray Hamill — It was a strange year for local sports in so many ways because of the pandemic, but that didn’t prevent a number of local […]
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED By Ray Hamill — As with all of the categories for our end-of-year awards, our coach of the year features several worthy candidates who left their mark on […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are building plenty of momentum ahead of league play. On Thursday afternoon, the No. 1 ranked Division-6 boys basketball team in the state capped a big three days […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers won nine straight to start the new season before tasting defeat for the first time against a very good Pleasant Valley team at the Red […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s time for our first power rankings of the season in girls basketball, and there’s no surprise who’s No. 1. Despite a loss to Grants Pass on Wednesday, […]
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs are off to an impressive start this season in men’s basketball, both as a team and individually. The College of the Redwoods men are 10-3 and […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a good week for the Ferndale Wildcats in girls basketball. The Ferndale girls kept their unbeaten start to the new season going with three wins in […]
Arcata High School will host a winter baseball camp in February and March, just ahead of the local high school season. The US Baseball Academy clinic will run on four consecutive Sundays, […]
The McKinleyville girls had a big second half on the way to an impressive 45-42 win at Ukiah on Wednesday night, while the Eureka girls were unable to contain Grants Pass down […]
The Fortuna, Del Norte and St. Bernard’s boys all won in basketball on Wednesday night as they continue their preparation for the upcoming league campaign. Fortuna defeated Marin Academy 68-60 and improved […]
With two of their top players sidelined through injury, the St. Bernard’s girls suffered their first loss of the season at the Berean Christian tournament on Tuesday. The Crusaders, who were missing […]
Two local standouts faced off in college basketball on Monday afternoon, as Kaylee Murphy and UC Santa Cruz got the better of Kaylie McCracken and Whitman by a score of 72-63. Both […]
Humboldt State’s Cam Timmons had a career night at Sonoma State on Monday, but the Jacks fell 66-56 to the Seawolves in men’s basketball. Timmons finished with 22 points, eight rebounds, two […]
The Mad River MIST 12Us won their third tournament of the fall over the weekend, placing first at the Redding Big League Dreams. Because of the weather, the tournament was shortened to […]
The Arcata Tigers suffered their first loss of the boys basketball season at the Red Bluff tournament over the weekend, falling to Pleasant Valley 75-50 in the championship game. The Tigers, who […]