By Ray Hamill – Fortuna senior Adam Medeiros led the local charge at Saturday’s North Coast Classic at Eureka High, which featured wrestlers from eight local high schools among the field of […]
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 – Fortuna senior Adam Medeiros led the local charge at Saturday’s North Coast Classic at Eureka High, which featured wrestlers from eight local high schools among the field of […]
By Ray Hamill — The Warriors have a plan in place. They know they’ll need it. They know the same old formula won’t continue to work when the competition level goes up […]
Hoopa Valley avenged an earlier loss at Eureka High, with a comfortable 86-64 win at home to the Loggers in boys basketball action on Saturday. The high-scoring George Navarro finished with 35 […]
The Humboldt State men’s basketball team got back on track with a 68-61 win at Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday, re-taking sole possession of third place in the conference standings. With […]
The College of the Redwoods basketball teams both remained winless in the Golden Valley Conference after each lost at Lassen on Saturday. The men’s team fell 85-60 and is now 0-4 in […]
Humboldt State is offering two free general admission tickets to all federal government employees for next week’s basketball games. HSU basketball hosts Cal State San Marcos next Thursday and UC San Diego […]
By Ray Hamill — Just 24 hours after the McKinleyville boys basketball team ended a long losing skid, the Mack girls did the same on Friday night, beating rivals Arcata at home […]
It was a case of bad timing perhaps for the Fortuna girls on Friday night, as they fell hard in girls basketball to a Eureka team on a mission. Two days after […]
By Ray Hamill — Many of the Humboldt-Del Norte League wrestlers will descend on Eureka High on Saturday for the biggest annual local tournament of the year. A total of around 25 […]
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers needed this one, and it showed. In one of the best rivalries on the North Coast, McKinleyville turned in a dominating performance to pull out a […]
The Fortuna Huskies continued to roll over the rest of the Big 5 in boys basketball on Thursday night, running out to a 59-41 victory at Eureka. The win, secured with a […]
Both College of the Redwoods basketball teams dropped road games at Feather River on Thursday. The men lost 86-63 and remain winless on the season at 0-18, while dropping to 0-3 in […]
The Humboldt State men’s basketball team saw its four-game winning streak come to an end at Cal State East Bay on Thursday night, falling 88-78. The loss drops the Jacks to 7-4 […]
By Ray Hamill — Local girls wrestling will enjoy a couple of historic firsts this week, showcasing just how far the sport has evolved in recent times. On Thursday night, the Humboldt-Del […]
Defense was the name of the game in local girls basketball on Wednesday night. In the big showdown in Crescent City, Del Norte held Eureka to just four first-half points on the […]
The Del Norte girls took a major step toward a first-ever Big 5 title in girls basketball on Wednesday night, running out to a decisive 48-21 win over closest challengers Eureka in […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s do or die time for the McKinleyville Panthers. Halfway through the Big 5 campaign, the Mack boys are 0-4 in league and riding a six-game losing streak. […]
By Ray Hamill — It took the Fortuna Huskies a little while to get going on Tuesday night, but once they did they quickly pulled away for an 86-66 win at McKinleyville […]
Both Fortuna and Hoopa Valley remained perfect in league play with impressive wins in boys basketball on Tuesday night, while two others did their best to keep pace. Fortuna senior Zac Claus […]
By Ray Hamill – The Ferndale Wildcats are doing their part to bring awareness to Alzheimer’s Disease and the Pat Summit Foundation, by hosting a “We Back Pat” game against the South […]