By Ray Hamill — They may have caused a little bit of controversy when they decided to forgo their senior year of high school soccer in favor of playing for a local […]
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 — They may have caused a little bit of controversy when they decided to forgo their senior year of high school soccer in favor of playing for a local […]
Fresh off their second league meet win in three weeks, the Fortuna girls track and field team continued to impress at the West Valley Invitational at Harrison Stadium In Oroville on Friday. […]
The Tigers completed another dominating season on the North Coast in boys tennis with a sweep of the three doubles championships at Fortuna on Friday. The Tigers, who were undefeated in the […]
By Ray Hamill — Cruz Montana has been busy this spring preparing for the next great chapter in his life. The Eureka senior will make the move after graduation to play football […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers and Del Norte Warriors played out a wild and entertaining doubleheader at Arcata High on Friday. It was also a slow and drawn-out doubleheader that […]
The McKinleyville Panthers responded to their first loss of the season by beating Shasta 6-1 in their second game at the Wolfpack Invitational at Shasta on Friday. Earlier in the day, the […]
It wasn’t their best performance of the season, but the St. Bernard’s girls managed to pull out a win on Senior day, defeating Ferndale 10-8 on Friday. The visiting Wildcats rallied with […]
The Arcata Tigers remained well in the hunt for the Big 5 title with a doubleheader sweep at home to Del Norte on Friday, winning comfortably 10-1 and 11-2. The Tigers took […]
It was a disappointing day in both softball and baseball for College of the Redwoods, with the women dropping both ends of a doubleheader against Shasta, and the men losing a close […]
By Ray Hamill — The two-time defending North Coast Section champions will begin the 2019 football season with three straight road games, including a challenging opener at Cardinal Newman in late August. […]
Competitive balance appears to be alive and well in the Humboldt-Del Norte League when it comes to track and field, with five different schools claiming a first-place team finish over the first […]
By Ray Hamill — The season just keeps getting better for former Fortuna High standout Jenna Christensen, who this week was named Kanas Collegiate Athletic Conference softball player of the week for the […]
Arcata’s Leo Janzen will represent the Humboldt-Del Norte League in the North Coast Section boys singles tennis championships after winning the league title at No. 1 singles on Wednesday. Janzen, who has […]
By Ray Hamill — No surprise to see the McKinleyville girls take over top spot in the North Coast Section MaxPreps Division-IV softball rankings after a three-game sweep of No. 4 Arcata […]
The Eureka bats came to play on Wednesday, as the Loggers won for the second time in two days, comfortably taking care of business at home to Fortuna by a score of […]
The Eureka Loggers were able to overcome six errors with plenty of offense and some solid pitching on Wednesday, defeating Fortuna at home 8-5 and improving to 2-0 in the Big 5. […]
By Ray Hamill — After more than two months of travel and 20 road games, the College of the Redwoods softball team finally played its first home games of the season on […]
By Ray Hamill — There was a rare sighting in Eureka on Tuesday afternoon — a game of baseball featuring the Loggers. Playing just their fifth game in almost six weeks, the […]
It was a big week for St. Bernard’s in both baseball and softball, as they took control of the Little 4 with some keys wins. And two of their athletes in particular […]
By Ray Hamill — Only one team now stands between McKinleyville and a Big 5 title. On Tuesday afternoon, the Panthers continued to roll over their conference opponents, sweeping a doubleheader at […]