By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are back where they feel they belong, at least when it comes to North Coast Section football. On Monday, the school won an appeal […]
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 St. Bernard’s Crusaders are back where they feel they belong, at least when it comes to North Coast Section football. On Monday, the school won an appeal […]
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A memorable season for the Fortuna Huskies is only getting better. On Saturday, the Fortuna girls led the local charge at the North Coast Section Redwood Empire track and field championships, placing […]
By Ray Hamill — An ever-reliable senior leader and an up-and-coming sophomore were the difference makers for Eureka in a close game on Friday night, and the presence of both bodes well […]
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers were mad after Friday’s championship extra-innings loss to Eureka. They should be. Defensive miscues cost them a chance at what would have been a first-ever Lakin […]
By Ray Hamill — A number of former Humboldt-Del Norte League players have been busy on the college softball and baseball fields this spring, with several of them closing out strong. Most […]
By Ray Hamill — A dynamic CR infield was recognized for a big season in softball this week, with three Corsairs named all-conference. Shortstop Amy Reyes and second baseman Adriana Chavez were […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section playoff brackets were finalized on Saturday for both baseball and softball, with few surprises for the local teams. A total of 12 H-DNL teams […]
Sam Betts and Nick Seely teamed up to win a recent Redwood Empire Golf Club two-person scramble, shooting a gross seven-under-par 65. There was a tie for second place between the teams […]
By Ray Hamill — Two down, one to go. The McKinleyville Panthers have been the best high school softball team on the North Coast all spring, and that continued to be the […]
By Ray Hamill — After a regular season that went down to the wire with little separating the top teams in the Big 5, it was only appropriate that we would see […]
By Ray Hamill — If the Hoopa Valley softball team played football, there’s a pretty good chance the Warriors would find themselves in the Big 5 next year. And it probably wouldn’t […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a busy week for College of the Redwoods women’s basketball, with one star moving on to greater challenges and another signing on to help fill the […]
Last weekend’s dodgeball tournament at Eureka High School was so well received, the Loggers are planning on making it an annual event. The fundraiser for the 2019 Safe and Sober Class raised […]
By Ray Hamill — The top two teams in the Big 5 will compete for the Charles Lakin H-DNL Tournament championship on Friday, in both baseball and softball. Defending tournament champions Eureka […]
By Ray Hamill — McKinleyville and Arcata faced off for the fourth time this season at the Arcata Ball Park on Thursday, and you get the feeling they may not be done […]
The Eureka Loggers will get the chance to defend their Charles Lakin H-DNL Tournament title on Friday, but it wasn’t an easy road back to the championship game. The Hoopa Valley girls, […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers are headed back to the Charles Lakin H-DNL Tournament championship game. And they’ll get another shot at the Panthers in the process. The defending tournament […]
The McKinleyville Panthers have been unstoppable for much of the season, and that continued to be the case in the Charles Lakin H-DNL Tournament on Thursday, with a comfortable 11-0 win over […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section playoff seedings and brackets will be announced for both baseball and softball this weekend, with as many as 13 local teams expected to be […]