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 — Eureka sophomore Ginny Brooks capped an outstanding spring in track and field with four individual wins at the H-DNL Championships at Fortuna on Saturday. Brooks was the big […]
By Ray Hamill — The rivalry lived up to the billing. Seniors Collin Stockwell of Fortuna and Ian Bennett of Eureka have battled back and forth for much of their careers in […]
The South Fork Cubs rallied in both games of Saturday’s baseball doubleheader against Ferndale to close out the season with a sweep. The Cubs won 11-10 and 14-9. The South Fork boys […]
It was, in the words of head coach Sarah Fox, a special season for the Eureka girls softball team, one that saw the Loggers close out with a perfect 14-0 record. On […]
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods women split a softball doubleheader against College of the Siskiyous on Saturday, taking a hard-fought opener 5-4, before dropping a high-scoring nightcap 12-10. […]
A stellar senior season in baseball came to an end for Kokko Figueiredo on Saturday, as North Carolina Central lost in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship game. Figueiredo, a former Fortuna High […]
The McKinleyville Panthers and Fortuna Huskies split an H-DNL baseball doubleheader on Saturday, with a pair of shutouts. McKinleyville took game one, 1-0, when Austin Brown drove in Logan Maher on a […]
By Ray Hamill — There may not be a Big 5 baseball championship officially handed out this season, but no one can deny the Eureka Loggers would be champs if there was. […]
By Ray Hamill — Eric Imrie loved being an athletic trainer, and the local sports community loved having him as part of their family. Particularly his athletes, and to most of them […]
Hailey Dolcini showed just why she is one of the best pitchers in college softball right now, in front of a national television audience on Friday evening. Dolcini threw a complete-game, two-hit […]
By Ray Hamill — Five teams have added some honorable mentions to the boys soccer all-league honors, which were announced last week. After a shortened season because of the pandemic, the H-DNL […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL recently named its all-league team in volleyball, as well as listing several honorable mentions. After a shortened COVID season with no league champions crowned, each of […]
By Ray Hamill — The hard work is clearly paying off for Fortuna senior Connor Pratt. Last week, the Huskies standout committed his athletic future to Sac State, where he will run track […]
By Ray Hamill — On Wednesday, Hoopa’s Larry Tracy became the second H-DNL sprinter in the past week to commit to take his talents to the collegiate level. Tracy, who has placed […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers and Fortuna Huskies will extend the H-DNL baseball season by a couple of days in order to play a make-up game on Monday. The two […]
Karyn Jensen continued to cause problems for opposing pitchers on Thursday, but the College of the Redwoods women lost both games of a softball doubleheader against Feather River in Redding. Jensen finished […]
Kokko Figueiredo and North Carolina Central took another step towards qualifying for the NCAA Division-I baseball tournament with a big victory to open the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday. The former […]
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for a Friday doubleheader to decide the unofficial Big 5 championship in baseball. On Wednesday, the Arcata Tigers held on to defeat the Eureka Loggers 8-7 […]
The Eureka girls won again on Wednesday, defeating the Tigers 17-2 to improve to 12-0 in H-DNL softball. The Loggers can close out a perfect season with a doubleheader sweep of Arcata […]
McKinleyville junior Raina Ausburn held a dangerous Fortuna lineup to just two hits on Wednesday, as the Panthers won 12-1 in H-DNL softball. Ausburn pitched all six innings, allowing two walks and […]
