By Ray Hamill — A great year for Will Omey and St. Bernard’s football just got even better. On Thursday, CalHiSports.com named the Crusaders senior their small schools State Player of 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.
By Ray Hamill — A great year for Will Omey and St. Bernard’s football just got even better. On Thursday, CalHiSports.com named the Crusaders senior their small schools State Player of the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt State men’s rugby team will be hosting a unique event in a few weeks, when the Jacks welcome Cal Maritime to the Redwood Bowl for a […]
By Ray Hamill — Those of us who know Frank Cheek have been waiting for this. One of the most legendary coaches here on the North Coast, Cheek has teamed with Tom […]
By Ray Hamill — The weather has forced the postponement of Thursday’s College of the Redwoods men’s and women’s basketball games at Feather River. Both games have been tentatively rescheduled for Friday. […]
By Ray Hamill — Friday night’s boys basketball showdown between the Del Norte Warriors and Arcata Tigers in Crescent City will now be for the Big 5 lead. Both teams won their […]
The South Fork Cubs got their Little 4 campaign off to a winning start in boys basketball on Wednesday night, rallying from a halftime deficit with a big third quarter and holding […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers found their touch from downtown in the third quarter on Wednesday night, as they took control of their Big 5 boys basketball showdown at home […]
The Del Norte Warriors proved too strong for the Huskies in Fortuna on Wednesday night, keeping their perfect start to league play going with a 53-35 win in boys basketball. Omar Banuelos […]
By Ray Hamill — A number of local basketball players are in the midst of big seasons at the collegiate level, many of them on winning teams. At Whitman College in Washington, […]
By Ray Hamill — The weather has forced the postponement of basketball games between Hoopa and McKinleyville for the second straight day. Wednesday’s JV and varsity boys games at Hoopa High were […]
By Ray Hamill — The Ferndale and St. Bernard’s girls basketball teams will promote a worthy cause this week, when they meet in a Little 4 showdown at Ferndale High on Thursday […]
Registration is under way for the upcoming Humboldt Fastpitch Softball season, which begins in mid-March. Interested players can register online at madrivergirlssoftball.blogspot.com in age groups from 6U to 16U. Last spring 375 […]
By Ray Hamill — They say good teams find a way to win games when they don’t play their best, and that was the case for the Eureka Loggers on Tuesday night. […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s taken them some time to come together, but the Warriors appear to be finding their feet in boys basketball, and they appear to be doing so at […]
The 17-1 Fortuna Huskies appear to be getting even better. On Tuesday night, the Fortuna girls came away from Del Norte with a comfortable 53-31 win over the Warriors in basketball to […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been a school year of outstanding freshmen performances here on the North Coast, and that has continued into the basketball season where St. Bernard’s newcomer Saulele Tanuvasa […]
By Ray Hamill — After their impressive victories over the weekend, both College of the Redwoods basketball teams continued to move up in the state coaches polls. The CR men rose one […]
The Crusaders and Huskies served up another entertaining game in boys basketball at St. Bernard’s on Monday night, with just two points separating the two teams for the second time this season. […]
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team treated a large, loud and enthusiastic home crowd to a thrilling showdown with Butte on Saturday afternoon, as the Corsairs […]
By Ray Hamill — It seems there are more and more opportunities for local soccer players here on the North Coast these days, and it seems as if more and more of […]