By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers are the most unpredictable team in the H-DNL, but when they get it right they certainly don’t disappoint. That was the case on Saturday night, […]
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 Eureka Loggers are the most unpredictable team in the H-DNL, but when they get it right they certainly don’t disappoint. That was the case on Saturday night, […]
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods and Butte both moved two wins clear of the chasing pack in the Golden Valley Conference with wins in women’s basketball on Saturday. While […]
By Ray Hamill — The Corsairs found a different way to win on Saturday. After suffering their first loss on the basketball court in 10 weeks at Shasta last weekend, the College […]
The Panthers may be a long shot to reach the Dick Niclai tournament and the North Coast Section playoffs in girls basketball this season, but they did their league rivals a big […]
It didn’t take long for the Corsairs’ bats to get going this season. On Saturday, a new-look College of the Redwoods softball team exploded for 25 hits in a doubleheader sweep at […]
The Corsairs won just six games all of last year in baseball. On Saturday, just nine days into the 2020 season, they improved to 6-0 with a doubleheader sweep of Napa Valley. […]
By Ray Hamill — With their backs to the wall and their season essentially on the line, the Eureka Loggers outscored the Tigers 7-3 in a defensive overtime period at Arcata High […]
The Fortuna girls had to battle for this one, but that’s what they’ve been doing all season long. No North Coast team has displayed the same composure in the fourth quarter of […]
By Ray Hamill — It certainly wasn’t the cleanest of games by either team, but it was as entertaining a matchup as you’ll see on the North Coast all season. And in […]
While the Fortuna and St. Bernard’s girls were busy on Friday night securing league titles with victories over Del Norte and Ferndale, respectively, the South Fork boys were keeping their hopes of […]
The St. Bernard’s girls secured the Little 4 girls basketball championship outright on Friday night, defeating the Ferndale Wildcats 63-30 in Eureka. The championship is the seventh straight for the Crusaders and […]
The Humboldt State women opened the new softball season with a doubleheader split at Metropolitan State in Denver, dropping the opener 15-7 and responding with a 15-4 win in the nightcap. Haley […]
The Corsairs continued their winning start to the season in baseball on Friday, sweeping a pair of games from visiting Napa Valley at Bomber Field in Eureka. The CR men won the […]
By Ray Hamill — Klayre Barres seems to know what she wants, on and off the soccer field. This week, a year and a half before graduating high school, the Eureka junior […]
The Corsairs were shut out in their softball opener on Friday afternoon, falling 7-0 at Santa Rosa. With less than two days of outdoor practice under their belts, the College of the […]
Both Humboldt State basketball teams dropped road games at UC San Diego on Thursday night, with the men falling 85-63 and the women losing 81-65. Alexia Thrower had another big game for […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers are learning how to win close games. On Thursday night, they rallied late to pull out a pivotal 61-52 win at Eureka to keep their […]
A busy night on the local basketball courts saw the St. Bernard’s boys clinch at least a share of the Little 4, while Del Norte and Arcata both won tough matchups to […]
By Ray Hamill — The College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team isn’t the only Corsairs squad featuring a large group of local H-DNL all-stars. On Friday afternoon a very new-look CR […]
By Ray Hamill — It might still be January, but baseball returns to the North Coast on Friday, with the Corsairs scheduled to host Napa Valley in the first of two weekend […]