By Ray Hamill — Two local teams had big statement wins on the opening night of the North Coast Section football playoffs on Friday. In Crescent City, the No. 2 seed Del […]
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 — Two local teams had big statement wins on the opening night of the North Coast Section football playoffs on Friday. In Crescent City, the No. 2 seed Del […]
By Ray Hamill — Arcata quarterback Alex Jioras connected with receiver Carson Tucker on four touchdown passes on Friday night, as the Tigers cruised to an easy NCS playoff victory against San […]
By Ray Hamill — Even without starting quarterback Shane Purcell, the Arcata Tigers proved way too much for San Lorenzo to handle on Friday night. Back-up QB Alex Jioras got his second […]
The Del Norte Warriors sent a message to the rest of the Division-5 playoff field on Friday night with a dominating performance against Archie Williams on the way to a 49-6 victory. […]
By Ray Hamill — Local fans could not have asked for a better conclusion to the 2021 high school girls soccer season. On Saturday afternoon, Big 5 rivals Arcata and Eureka will […]
The talented Tigers trio of Keona DeArmond, Aimee Reiner and Kyra Alway continued to impress at the North Coast Section tennis team championships this week, as they get set for next week’s […]
By Ray Hamill — The Crusaders will play their first playoff game since their 2019 state championship win on Saturday when they host DeAnza at St. Bernard’s in their NCS opener. And […]
By Ray Hamill — The South Fork Cubs’ playoff run is unfortunately over before it even begun. On Friday, the Cubs were forced to forfeit their North Coast Section football opener because […]
By Ray Hamill — This is what we’ve been missing. This is what the pandemic denied us. On Wednesday night, the Fortuna and St. Helena boys served up a thriller in the […]
By Ray Hamill — One of the things that can catch teams down south off guard when they play schools from Humboldt and Del Norte counties in the NCS football playoffs is […]
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s girls are now officially the most successful H-DNL soccer program when it comes to the North Coast Section playoffs, but they may not be alone […]
By Ray Hamill — Senior quarterback Shane Purcell will be back in the lineup along with a number of his teammates who were held out last weekend, as the Arcata Tigers get […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors will kick off the North Coast Section Division-5 football playoffs at home to Archie Williams on Friday night, and head coach Nick White knows […]
By Ray Hamill — What a week for local sports and one that gave us plenty of options for this week’s athletes and teams of the week, sponsored by College of the […]
By Ray Hamill — A number of local football games have switched venue for this weekend because of field conditions at McKinleyville High School, including an opening round North Coast Section playoff […]
The Loggers will get another shot at the Arcata Tigers in the biggest game of the season. On Wednesday night, the Eureka girls won 3-1 at Roseland Prep in the North Coast […]
Road trips for championship games don’t appear to bother the St. Bernard’s girls. On Wednesday night, they clinched a second straight North Coast Section Division-III soccer championship, and once again they did […]
By Ray Hamill — Braiden Barsanti scored the only goal of a thrilling and well-played North Coast Section boys soccer semifinal at Fortuna on Wednesday night, as the Huskies edged St. Helena […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s safe to say Arcata’s Alia Prentiss is enjoying this year’s playoff run. And it’s safe to say her teammates are too. Prentiss scored a second hat trick […]
By Ray Hamill — Nick Dugan is hoping to go to Stanford as a state champion. After verbally committing to play baseball for the Pac-12 school as a sophomore two years ago, […]