The Huskies showcased why they have been one of the hottest teams in the H-DNL over the past month with another big win on Friday night. Fortuna traveled to Crescent City and […]
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 Huskies showcased why they have been one of the hottest teams in the H-DNL over the past month with another big win on Friday night. Fortuna traveled to Crescent City and […]
Guest post By Jennifer Bailey — On a gray Humboldt afternoon, the rain came sideways. Practice didn’t stop. In the sucking mud on the football field at College of the Redwoods, a […]
The College of the Redwoods men’s wrestling team traveled to Sacramento City College for a dual meet on Thursday and lost 37-11. Jacob Torres, Jared Williams and Knolin Callender all impressed for […]
The Jacoby Creek girls closed out the local youth cross country season with a big showing at last week’s county championships. The event, which was organized by the Humboldt Redwoods Running Association […]
By Ray Hamill — Eureka junior Claire Gast and Fortuna sophomore Juan Ornelas both won for the second time in three league cross country meets this week. On Wednesday afternoon, the league […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a fun start to the school year in local high school sports with several teams impressing and some enjoying history-making campaigns. We’ve already had several league […]
The Eureka Loggers battled to a 3-2 win at South Fork in H-DNL boys soccer on Wednesday night. The visitors came out ready to go and enjoyed the better of exchanges in […]
By Ray Hamill — Break out the thesaurus, we’re running out of superlatives to describe the No. 1 team in our Power Rankings. The stats are nothing short of staggering, as the […]
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for the biggest weekend of the local football season so far. On Sunday, the Six Rivers Youth Football teams will begin their playoffs, with the championship […]
The Six Rivers Youth Football Conference wrapped up another fun regular season last weekend, with three teams closing out with a perfect 7-0 record. And it’s been a good fall for the […]
It will be a quick turnaround for the College of the Redwoods volleyball team, as the CR women get set for a trip to play Butte on Friday. On Wednesday afternoon, Redwoods […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a fun week in H-DNL sports. History was made, perseverance and determination paid off, and it was business as usual for the Ferndale High quarterback. And […]
Local fight fans were treated to another highly-entertaining night of action at the Bear River Casino Resort on Saturday. The Rumble at the River VII — or Bloody Mayhem in Sock-tober, as […]
The Little 4 champion Ferndale Wildcats continued to build momentum ahead of the North Coast Section playoffs with a 3-2 win over St. Bernard’s in girls action on Tuesday. Also in girls […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders closed out a dominating conference campaign with another straight sets win in volleyball on Tuesday night. The SB girls hosted Hoopa and won 25-18, 25-15, 25-14. Since dropping […]
Halfway through their conference schedule, the College of the Redwoods women are beginning to build some momentum on the soccer field. On Tuesday, the Redwoods women traveled to Shasta and came away […]
Determination and perseverance paid off for the Loggers on Tuesday night. With the conference title on the line, the Eureka girls traveled to Del Norte for what is an always challenging matchup […]
The Eureka Loggers ended a seven-year wait for a Big 5 championship in volleyball with a win over Fortuna last week. On Tuesday, they secured the title outright. The Loggers traveled to […]
The Humboldt Crabs announced on Tuesday evening that longtime manager Robin Guiver is stepping away. Guiver has been with the club as a player, assistant coach or manager for 25 of the […]
In the end, Bria Larson left no doubt as to who was the best golfer in the H-DNL this fall. League play wrapped up on Monday and Larson completed her remarkable stretch […]