The Arcata Tigers won their opening game at the Redwood Empire Invitational tournament on Thursday night, defeating Ukiah 70-64 at the Redwood Empire Invitational tournament at Healdsburg. After leading for much of […]
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 Arcata Tigers won their opening game at the Redwood Empire Invitational tournament on Thursday night, defeating Ukiah 70-64 at the Redwood Empire Invitational tournament at Healdsburg. After leading for much of […]
After a long delay on the way to Mt. Shasta, it took the St. Bernard’s girls a little while to get going on Thursday afternoon. But once they did, they were able […]
Aniah Gaither scored a game-high 15 points as the Eureka girls comfortably took care of business against Sonoma in their Maria Carrillo basketball tourney opener on Thursday, winning 59-25. The impressive Gaither […]
By Ray Hamill — The St, Bernard’s Crusaders got the new basketball season off to a flying start this past week, with both the boys and girls teams winning their respective tournament […]
The College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team scored a season-high in points in a 104-79 win at Reedley on Wednesday. Bradley Willis led the way with 25 points, as the Corsairs […]
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte junior RJ Loftin has been named offensive MVP of the Big 4 in football, the league announced on Wednesday. Loftin’s teammate Sam Schauerman was named co-MVP […]
The Mad River MIST 12U travel softball team shut out the NorCal Pride 6-0 in five innings on Sunday to win the Legacy Sports Toys for Tots Tourney in Oroville. McKenna Sargent […]
The South Fork girls made it two wins in two days on Tuesday, getting the better of Calistoga 50-18 in Miranda. Summer Contreras scored a game-high 16 points in the win, as […]
The South Fork Cubs continued to roll in boys basketball early this week, winning a pair of games to go to 6-1 on the young season. The Cubs defeated Hayfork 63-41 on […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a fun opening weekend in local high school basketball, with 17 of the 18 H-DNL varsity teams in action and five of them winning tournament championships. […]
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for another busy week in local prep basketball, with several H-DNL teams playing at various tournaments beginning on Thursday. Here on the North Coast, the Tigers […]
The South Fork Cubs got big contributions from several players on their way to a 44-27 win over Hayfork in girls basketball on Monday night. Natalie Roberts scored a team-high nine points […]
The Fortuna Huskies got the week off to a winning start on Monday, getting the better of Hoopa 45-32 in girls basketball at Fortuna High. Isobel Crosswhite scored a game-high 15 points […]
The Ferndale Wildcats have been putting up plenty of points early in the new girls basketball season and they have averaged more than 70 points a game through their opening four games. […]
The Humboldt State women’s basketball team defeated Cal State Monterey Bay 65-59 at Lumberjack Arena on Saturday night for the Jacks’ second straight conference win. Julia Iman recorded her second double-double of […]
The Crusaders made quite a statement in a thrilling early-season game on Saturday, rallying to knock off the Tigers in the Arcata tournament championship game by a score of 71-62. In an […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers got an early-season wake-up call on the opening day of the McKinleyville tournament and they’ve been on a roll ever since. On Saturday, they took […]
It was a busy day of basketball action for the H-DNL girls on Saturday with several local teams in action at various tournaments. At Arcata High, the St. Bernard’s Crusaders defeated the […]
The Crusaders won their third game in as many days to clinch the Lake County Tournament on Saturday, defeating Upper Lake 68-51 in the championship game. Owen Shanahan was named tourney MVP […]
They might still be a work in progress, but the Corsairs are certainly an entertaining team this season. On Saturday, the College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team played in yet another […]