The St. Bernard’s Crusaders held the host school in check offensively at the Mt. Shasta basketball tournament on Friday to keep their unbeaten start to the season going and set up a […]
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 St. Bernard’s Crusaders held the host school in check offensively at the Mt. Shasta basketball tournament on Friday to keep their unbeaten start to the season going and set up a […]
The Corsairs lost their opening game at the Santa Rosa Crossover tournament in women’s basketball on Friday, falling 72-50 to the host school. Ashley Quigley scored a team-high 18 points in the […]
By Ray Hamill — The youth movement is alive and well in H-DNL wrestling. Now it’s just about getting these young guns some valuable mat time. The local high school season officially […]
The Humboldt State men’s basketball team returned to winning ways with a 85-68 victory over Simpson at Lumberjack Arena on Thursday night. After dropping their past two games, both in conference play, […]
The Huskies dropped their opening game at the Arcata tournament on Thursday night, falling 72-63 to Las Plumas. The Fortuna boys started the stronger of the two teams but Las Plumas began […]
The Arcata boys won their own tournament opener against a young Red Bluff team on Thursday night, rolling out to a comprehensive 66-25 victory. The win keeps the Tigers unbeaten through five […]
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. […]