The Southern Humboldt Patriots 17Us are coming together. On Tuesday night, they got the better of the Humboldt Eagles 7-5 in American Legion baseball action. Drew Franklin got the win on 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.
The Southern Humboldt Patriots 17Us are coming together. On Tuesday night, they got the better of the Humboldt Eagles 7-5 in American Legion baseball action. Drew Franklin got the win on the […]
The Southern Humboldt 76ers held on late to secure a 2-1 win over the Humboldt Eagles in a showdown of local 19U American Legion baseball teams at Fortuna on Tuesday night. The […]
By Ray Hamill — The 2021 Humboldt Champions League soccer tournament began last weekend at the new Bear River Casino Resort field, attracting close to 100 of the top players from around […]
By Ray Hamill — Another local basketball player is taking her talents to the collegiate level, with former McKinleyville Panther Victoria Claros recently committing to play at College of Marin next year. […]
By Ray Hamill — The schedules have been set for the three district Little League All-Star tournaments, two of which get under way this weekend. The 10s tournament, which will feature five […]
By Ray Hamill — Rounding out our look back at the high school year in sports here at Humboldt Sports, today we announce our athletes of the year and other awards. It […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us won on Sunday, defeating the Reno Outlaws 1-0 in a pitchers’ duel in American Legion action at the Fathers’ Day tournament in Chico. Jaden Gorge pitched all seven […]
The fourth event of the season at the Redwood Acres was held on Saturday night and featured the Legends, Bombers, Mini Stocks and Roadrunners. The closest race of the night was the […]
By Ray Hamill — This weekend here at Humboldt Sports, we’re taking a look back at the 2021 high school sports year and its most memorable moments. And that includes naming our […]
By Ray Hamill — If there’s one thing we learned from the 2021 high school sports year more than anything else, it’s that the future appears to be in good hands. Across […]
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The Humboldt Eagles 19U bats remained hot at the Father’s Day Tournament in Chico on Saturday, but the team lost for the third time in three days, falling 13-10 to Yolo 77 […]
Just four days after dropping a pair of 5-4 American Legion baseball games to the Northern Humboldt Giants, the Southern Humboldt 76ers got the better of their county rivals by a score […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19U bats are starting to warm up, but mistakes continue to cause problems for this year’s young team. On Friday, the Eagles lost a close one, falling 8-7 to […]
By Ray Hamill — The Big 4 teams will play each other twice each in football this coming fall, as the schedules were recently finalized. After a shortened spring season, all four […]
The Humboldt Eagles 19Us matched the Reno Knights for much of Thursday’s American Legion baseball game, before falling 7-3. The Knights scored three times in the bottom of the sixth to snatch […]
By Ray Hamill — Eureka sophomore Myles Standish turned some heads locally with his performances on the mound this past spring, and now he’s turning them at a national level. Standish is […]
By Ray Hamill — An exciting couple of months of local youth softball concluded over the weekend with the Humboldt Fastpitch end-of-season tournament. Champions were crowed in four different divisions, with 37 […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL released the 2021 all-league teams in girls basketball this week, with two players included from each team, as well as several honorable mentions. Because of the […]
By Ray Hamill — Sophomore Brandon Bento-Jackson and senior Mason Railsback were both named all-league first team for the Arcata Tigers this week, as the H-DNL announced its end-of-season honors. The Tigers […]