The Ferndale Wildcats won for the second time in three games on Friday night, closing out the H-DNL boys basketball season with a 60-51 win over Hoopa Emmitt Albee capped another big […]
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 Ferndale Wildcats won for the second time in three games on Friday night, closing out the H-DNL boys basketball season with a 60-51 win over Hoopa Emmitt Albee capped another big […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Crabs will lift their ticket restrictions in time for Tuesday night’s big showdown against the Humboldt Eagles at the Arcata Ball Park. The Crabs opened the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale Wildcats have been impressive in girls basketball this season, and that’s not likely to change any time soon. In five matchups against Big 5 opponents over […]
By Ray Hamill — The Redwood Coast Gymnastics team returned to competition early last month with an impressive showing at the Xcel Regional Championships. After going well over a year without any […]
By Ray Hamill — The top eight local Little League teams will face off at the Redwood Fields in Cutten this weekend, as the district Tournament of Champions returns for the first […]
Caden Vance continued to impress for the Loggers in boys basketball on Thursday night, as they got the better of Ferndale at Eureka High by a score of 80-64. Vance scored a […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers and Ferndale Wildcats showed their support for local basketball officials on Thursday night, coming together to honor the crew working the games at Jay Willard […]
The Fortuna Huskies celebrated senior night in boys basketball with a thrilling 57-54 overtime win over Del Norte on Thursday night. The victory lifts the Huskies to 2-1 in the Big 5, […]
St. Bernard’s closed out the boys basketball season with a comfortable win over Hoopa on Wednesday night. The Crusaders won 74-49 and finish the short season with a record of 4-4. Remy […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers won their third straight game in H-DNL girls basketball on Thursday night, but the Ferndale Wildcats gave them everything they could handle. The Cats rallied […]
By Ray Hamill — The league had to overcome a lot of uncertainty and a shaky start, but all in all it’s been a memorable season in H-DNL basketball for many reasons. […]
Senior Zoie Andre closed out her high school career with a bang at McKinleyville on Wednesday night. The Arcata standout scored a game-high 21 points as the Tigers comfortably got the better […]
By Ray Hamill — A good week for College of the Redwoods football got even better on Wednesday, with three more local all-league players committing to play for the team when it […]
By Ray Hamill — Former St. Bernard’s standout Caleb Ruiz got his first win with the Humboldt Crabs on Wednesday night. The Crabs got the better of the Bay Area Force by […]
The Northern Humboldt Giants maintained their fast start to the American Legion baseball season with a sixth straight win on Wednesday night, beating the Southern Humboldt 76ers 10-4 in eight innings at […]
The Fortuna Huskies quickly got back to winning ways on the basketball court on Wednesday night. One day after losing to neighbors and rivals, Ferndale, the Fortuna boys beat South Fork 72-62. […]
By Ray Hamill — Short season or not, the Arcata Tigers have left little doubt as to which is the best boys basketball team in the H-DNL this year. On Wednesday night, […]
The Fortuna girls improved to 7-0 in girls basketball on Wednesday night with one of their most impressive wins so far. The Huskies got the better of a tough Del Norte team, […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors feature heavily in this week’s Athletes and Team of the Week, sponsored by College of the Redwoods Athletics. Del Norte senior Kaleb Price is […]
The South Fork Cubs celebrated their seniors in the best way possible on Tuesday night. Playing their final Little 4 boys basketball game of the season, the Cubs comfortably took care of […]