By Ray Hamill — There will be a period of adjustment for most of the H-DNL basketball teams this season, with several new head coaches taking over around the league. Of the […]
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 — There will be a period of adjustment for most of the H-DNL basketball teams this season, with several new head coaches taking over around the league. Of the […]
A memorable season ended earlier than hoped for on Friday night, as the Del Norte Warriors fell 36-0 at San Marin in the North Coast Section Division-5 football championship game. Playing their […]
By Ray Hamill — One former H-DNL player will play for a championship in JC football this weekend. On Saturday, Feather River will host Monterey Peninsula in the Northern California Football Conference […]
By Ray Hamill — New Fortuna girls basketball head coach Tom Chapman is expecting a battle in the Big 5 this year and knows he will have his hands full matching wits […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers got the new boys basketball season off to a winning start at Hoopa on Tuesday night, but one man who played a major role in […]
By Ray Hamill — The biggest game of the local high school football season takes place on Friday night, as the Del Norte Warriors look to secure a second straight North Coast […]
By Ray Hamill — Former Arcata Tiger Ashley Quigley has begun the new college basketball season in style and is averaging over 20 points a game for the College of the Redwoods […]
By Ray Hamill — A pair of H-DNL cross country runners enjoyed big performances at the North Coast Section championships on Saturday, and that makes them our athletes of the week, sponsored […]
The Eureka girls welcomed back a key player as they improved to 2-1 in basketball with a comfortable 69-26 win over Hoopa at Jay Willard Gymnasium on Tuesday night. The Loggers outscored […]
By Ray Hamill — Saturday’s College of the Redwoods men’s basketball game against Simpson College JV has been postponed because of COVID protocols. The Corsairs, who are off to a 5-1 start, […]
The McKinleyville boys got the new basketball season off to a winning start at Hoopa on Tuesday night, defeating the Warriors 67-59. Owen Hamm scored a game-high 21 points in the win, […]
The Lumberjacks won their fourth straight game in men’s basketball on Tuesday night and are off to their best start since 2015. The Humboldt State men defeated Western Oregon 77-66 at Lumberjack […]
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs are off to an impressive start in men’s basketball this season and coaches around the state are taking notice. The first state coaches poll of the […]
By Ray Hamill — This week’s North Coast Section championship game between Del Norte and San Marin will be streamed live. The No. 2 seed Warriors will travel to play the No. […]
The Humboldt State men’s rugby team came up just short in its bid for a place in this year’s final four of small schools rugby on Saturday. The Lumberjacks suffered a heartbreaking […]
College of the Redwoods and Arcata High School will co-sponsor this year’s Old Town Turkey Trot. which will be held on Thursday. The traditional fun run will start at 9 a.m. at […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors still have some unfinished business to take of this coming weekend (and hopefully beyond), but the local prep football season has come to an […]
The Humboldt State men’s basketball team hosted a game at Lumberjack Arena for the first time in 21 months on Saturday, and it was a highly-entertaining return. The Jacks rallied late to […]
By Ray Hamill — More than two decades after their mothers won North Coast Section medals in girls soccer, two young H-DNL student athletes are following in their footsteps and living up […]
Arcata’s Jude Ortega led the H-DNL in Saturday’s North Coast Section Division-4 Cross Country championships in Hayward, placing ninth overall. The senior standout, who has dominated the rest of the league all […]