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, […]
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 — 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 […]
The Corsairs bounced back from their first loss of the season in impressive fashion on Saturday, beating Mendocino 69-68 in a true road game. The College of the Redwoods men have made […]
The Eureka Loggers lost a close one in girls basketball at Alhambra on Saturday afternoon, falling 42-39. Payton Goodman led the way with a strong all-around performance as Eureka dropped to 1-1 […]
The Arcata Tigers won their season opener in girls basketball on Friday night, but they had to battle, rallying in the fourth quarter to pull out a 42-37 victory. Head coach Doug […]
Freshman Gracie Betts had her most productive game of the season offensively on Saturday, as the College of the Redwoods women bounced back from a tough loss on the basketball courts on […]
By Ray Hamill — As expected, on Friday local health officials issued their updated mask mandates for high school basketball. The local prep season, which tipped off on Friday night, was put […]
St. Bernard’s gave the No. 1 seeds all they could handle in a thrilling NCS football semifinal at San Marin on Friday night, before ultimately falling 26-25 to end another memorable season. […]
The Del Norte Warriors are headed back to the North Coast Section championship game after another dominating performance on Friday night, as they rolled over Miramonte 42-13 in Crescent City. The win […]
Claire Maples scored a team-high 12 points as the Eureka girls got the new season off to a winning start at Hercules High in the Bay Area. Fresh off her NCS success […]
The best team on the North Coast last season is off to an impressive start this season. The Arcata Tigers tipped off the new campaign at Hoopa on Friday evening, running out […]