By Ray Hamill — The Huskies will host a doubleheader of playoff soccer at Fortuna High on Friday night, after both the school’s teams received the top seed for the North Coast […]
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 Huskies will host a doubleheader of playoff soccer at Fortuna High on Friday night, after both the school’s teams received the top seed for the North Coast […]
By Ray Hamill — Get ready for round two. After an exhilarating ride through the H-DNL that saw the league championship go down to the final week of action, the top three […]
UPDATE – For more on this controversy and a very different angle of the play, see our updated story on the call … By Ray Hamill — There was plenty of controversy […]
By Ray Hamill — A difficult season ended all too soon for the Eureka Loggers on Friday night, as they saw any chances of making the playoffs end in a 48-19 loss […]
The Arcata Tigers challenged the top seeds in the North Coast Section Division-IV volleyball playoffs on Saturday night, but were unable to pull out the upset, falling in three sets. The Tigers […]
By Ray Hamill — The South Fork Cubs are eager to get the football playoffs under way. After seeing their regular-season finale cancelled when Tomales opted out of a trip to Miranda […]
The Arcata Tigers carried their regular-season dominance into the H-DNL doubles tournament at Fortuna on Friday, taking all three divisions. Aimee Reiner and Keona Gutierrez teamed up at No. 1 doubles and […]
The Corsairs capped an undefeated run through their opening tournament of the season with a 75-66 win over Monterey Peninsula at the San Jose Tip Off tournament on Saturday. The College of […]
By Ray Hamill — Good news for the Fortuna Huskies. They get to practice again next week. On Saturday, in what was a do or die game, the Huskies grounded out a […]
CR’s Kaleb Traficante choose a pretty good time for his first-ever win in a cross country race. Traficante was one of several Corsairs to run the best race of their lives at […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors ran over the Eureka Loggers on their way to a Big 4 championship on Friday night, winning 48-19 in Crescent City. The home team […]
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte wasn’t in a sharing mood on Friday night. With a league title on the line, the Warriors wore down Eureka with a relentless ground attack, blowing […]
The Tigers will have to wait a week to find out if they’ve made the North Coast Section playoffs, but they more than likely did enough to secure inclusion with a 56-16 […]
There was no stopping the Wildcats once again on Friday, and no stopping Landon Gomes. The Ferndale senior ran for three of his team’s five TDs in a 34-13 win over McKinleyville […]
The Corsairs continued their fast start to the men’s basketball season with a second win in two days at the San Jose Tip Off on Friday, defeating Foothill 56-53. It was another […]
By Ray Hamill — The Tigers are having fun, and they don’t want it to stop. A senior-heavy Arcata volleyball team has been close to unstoppable recently, storming through league play and […]
By Ray Hamill — We could see a repeat of last year’s North Coast Section Division-III championship in girls soccer this season. You never know for sure how the seedings committee is […]
There were mixed fortunes for the two H-DNL teams still remaining in the North Coast Section volleyball playoffs on Thursday night. The Arcata Tigers advanced to the second round of the Division-IV […]
By Ray Hamill — For at least three of the nine North Coast teams, the playoffs are essentially already under way. Eureka and Fortuna both have to win this weekend to make […]
By Ray Hamill — For any offense in football it all begins with the offensive line, and that has been the foundation for St. Bernard’s success this season. The high-flying Crusaders are […]