By Ray Hamill — The NCS playoffs might be kicking off a week later than expected, but for the Eureka Loggers they’re really beginning a week early. The Loggers travel to Del […]
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 NCS playoffs might be kicking off a week later than expected, but for the Eureka Loggers they’re really beginning a week early. The Loggers travel to Del […]
Apparently they’re not the worst team in the state of California after all. After being ranked dead last in the preseason out of 98 community college teams in the state in at […]
By Ray Hamill — Unlike the school’s boys team, the South Fork girls don’t have to wait anxiously for Sunday to find out if they will make the North Coast Section soccer […]
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Warriors are taking full advantage of an extra weekend before the football playoffs, adding a home game against California School for the Deaf to fill the […]
The Eureka boys will go into next week’s H-DNL cross country championships as favorites after another big showing at Wednesday’s league meet at the Eureka Municipal Golf Course. The host Loggers beat […]
A memorable season on the volleyball court for the McKinleyville Panthers came to an end on Wednesday, as they bowed out of the North Coast Section Division-IV playoffs at St. Joseph-Notre Dame […]
The Fortuna girls left little doubt on Wednesday as to who was the best soccer team in the H-DNL this season. It may have been a battle all the way against Eureka […]
The McKinleyville Panthers set themselves up for playoff inclusion with a well-deserved 2-2 tie in boys soccer at Fortuna on Wednesday. The Panthers, who stretched their unbeaten run to four straight games, […]
The South Fork Cubs closed out a third consecutive season undefeated in the NCL-III with a comprehensive 82-20 victory at Potter Valley in eight person football over the weekend. The Cubs rushed […]
Arcata’s Avary Henry closed out her high school golf career with an impressive showing at the North Coast Section Division-I tournament on Wednesday. Henry, this year’s H-DNL champion, shot an 84 at […]
By Ray Hamill — Seven different local youth football programs will be represented on the penultimate weekend of the season, with six games on tap to decide who reaches the championship games. […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section announced on Wednesday that it will be pushing back the start of the football playoffs by one week in order to allow teams affected […]
By Ray Hamill — Sometimes the smallest of margins can decide a championship. Such was the case on Saturday afternoon, when the Fortuna girls escaped Albee Stadium with a hard-fought and well-deserved […]
By Ray Hamill — As expected, the Arcata Tigers’ North Coast Section volleyball opener has been pushed back one day to Thursday. Originally scheduled for Wednesday night, the game had to be […]
By Ray Hamill — It was an historic week for Fortuna soccer in more ways than one, and a memorable weekend for Del Norte football, with two players in particular continuing to […]
By Ray Hamill — It should be a fun season for College of the Redwoods men’s basketball, and one that the local sports community has been anticipating for some time. The question […]
The Eureka girls won a make-up game with South Fork in girls soccer on Monday, closing out league play with a record of 9-1-2. The 7-0 win puts the pressure on the […]
By Ray Hamill — The wildfires in Sonoma County forced the postponement of Monday’s North Coast Section Division-I girls golf tournament, and it’s not the only NCS action affected this week. The […]
Del Norte’s Danika Scott will represent the H-DNL at next month’s North Coast Section girls tennis championships after winning the league title at No. 1 singles at Fortuna on Saturday. Scott capped […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna boys secured their seventh straight league title outright with a 3-2 win at Eureka on Saturday. The Huskies, who have dominated North Coast soccer for much […]