By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville Panthers feature a very young team in softball this season, with just four upperclassmen on their roster. The Panthers lost a tough game to a good […]
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 — The McKinleyville Panthers feature a very young team in softball this season, with just four upperclassmen on their roster. The Panthers lost a tough game to a good […]
By Kären Hammer — The players of the boys and girls Eureka High soccer teams showed their love of the game through an act of kindness to celebrate and honor rival Arcata High […]
By Ray Hamill — Ladies and gentlemen, start your computers. Tickets for the new Redwood Acres Raceway season opener go on sale at noon on Friday, with the first race set to […]
Humboldt State will host the 39th Annual Swing for the Jacks Tom Wood Golf Classic next month. The event will be held at Baywood Golf and Country Club in Arcata on May […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers are off to a 2-0 start in baseball with shutout victories over Hoopa and St. Bernard’s this week. The team’s pitching has looked good against […]
By Ray Hamill — Jason White is heading back to where it all began for him. On Wednesday morning, the longtime local coach was named the new head coach of College of […]
The Eureka Loggers, Del Norte Norte Warriors and Arcata Tigers all posted wins on Wednesday afternoon. With Alexa Morehouse in control in the pitcher’s circle for Eureka, the Loggers scored four runs […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers have given up just one hit in two games to start the new season, winning their second game in two days on Wednesday, 10-0 at […]
By Ray Hamill — There can be no argument over who was the top team on the North Coast this season, even if it was a close call. It took them an […]
By Ray Hamill — When you throw for six touchdowns in a game you’re going to be in the mix for Humboldt Sports Athlete of the Week, sponsored by College of the […]
By Ray Hamill — Former McKinleyville Panther Jacob Smith is enjoying his return to baseball at Carleton College in Minnesota this spring. Smith is batting .361 for the Division-III Knights and was 5-for-7 […]
By Ray Hamill — Hailey Dolcini pitched a one-hitter for Fresno State over the weekend, as the former H-DNL star and the red-hot Bulldogs continued to roll. Matching up against Saint Mary’s, […]
By Ray Hamill — Jason White has been named the new head coach of the College of the Redwoods football team, it was announced this morning. White will take over the re-instated […]
By Ray Hamill — As she gets set for one more season in high school, McKinleyville senior Ashley Ballew already knows where she’ll be playing softball after graduation. Ballew, a four-year varsity […]
Junior Finn McRea pitched five innings of no-hit ball against the Hoopa Warriors at the Arcata Ball Park on Wednesday, as the Arcata Tigers got the season off to a winning start […]
The Hoopa Warriors got the new softball season off to a winning start at Arcata on Wednesday afternoon, edging the Tigers 4-3. Pitcher Savannah Colegrove picked up just where she left off […]
By Ray Hamill — It was an impressive spring for a number of H-DNL players, but none more so than Arcata’s Shane Purcell. The junior standout quarterback grew in stature as the […]
By Ray Hamill — A great debut season in college golf got even better for Arcata’s Avary Henry over the weekend, when she shot a personal best round of 78 at […]
The College of the Redwoods men and women opened the new track and field season on fire at Butte College on Saturday, with a new school record and numerous PRs set. Brianna […]
By Ray Hamill — With the local high school football and soccer seasons both concluding over the weekend, H-DNL fans won’t have to wait long for the next prep sports seasons to […]