VIDEO – Be wary of soccer players bringing gifts of Gatorade this time of the year. Watch as Eureka’s Keylei Carroll (12), Athena Miller (2) and Olivia Stone (14) give Loggers […]
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.
VIDEO – Be wary of soccer players bringing gifts of Gatorade this time of the year. Watch as Eureka’s Keylei Carroll (12), Athena Miller (2) and Olivia Stone (14) give Loggers […]
It was a bittersweet ending to a difficult season as the Humboldt State football team overcame a halftime deficit to defeat Simon Fraser, 23-16, Saturday afternoon at Terry Fox Field in Canada. […]
By Ray Hamill — This time around, the Eureka girls would not be denied. After losing last season’s North Coast Section championship on a penalty shootout, the Loggers made sure there would […]
The Fortuna Huskies are the 2018 North Coast Section Division-I boys champions after a dramatic finish against an unlikely new rival on Saturday night. Playing at Husky Field, the home team had […]
By Ray Hamill — These are special times at Eureka High. In volleyball this fall, the Loggers ended a couple of decades of playing second fiddle to Del Norte and Arcata by […]
VIDEO – The Eureka Loggers rolled to a comfortable 66-20 win over De Anza in the North Coast Section football playoffs at Albee Stadium on Friday night, scoring eight first-half touchdowns on […]
By Ray Hamill — If there were any concerns there would be a letdown for the Eureka Loggers when the playoffs rolled around, they answered them emphatically on Friday night. It was […]
It was a good night for all three local teams in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday, with all three posting comfortable wins. At Albee Stadium, No. 2 seed Eureka cruised […]
By Ray Hamill — Say what you want about the quality of opponents and a diluted pool of teams in the North Coast Section, what the Eureka Loggers have achieved in girls […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s championship time for the Six Rivers Youth Football Conference this weekend, with three title games on tap in their version of Super Bowl Sunday. And the players […]
By Ray Hamill — Several North Coast Section football playoff games scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been pushed back to Monday because of the poor air quality throughout much of the […]
By Ray Hamill — If week one was any indication, no one will be taking the Big 4 lightly in the second round of the North Coast Section playoffs this weekend. All […]
By Ray Hamill — The Del Norte Warriors will host their first North Coast Section playoff game in two years on Friday night, welcoming Justin-Siena to Crescent City. The Warriors are the […]
By Ray Hamill — The South Fork Cubs open the North Coast Section eight-person football playoffs at home to Rincon Valley Christian on Friday night. The Cubs come into the semifinal matchup […]
By Ray Hamill — For the Eureka Loggers, the 2018 season begins in earnest this weekend. That’s not to take from what has been a memorable regular season – Eureka’s second straight […]
(UPDATED on Nov. 9 – game pushed back to Monday) By Ray Hamill — For St. Bernard’s, the plan is simple going into this weekend’s North Coast Section playoff game at San […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section soccer playoffs will come to a conclusion this weekend, with several local teams involved. Both the boys’ and girls’ Division-I championships will feature a […]
(UPDATED on Nov. 9 – game pushed back to Monday) By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies will look to continue their impressive postseason record when they travel to Richmond to play […]
The College of the Redwoods sophomores played their final home game in volleyball on Wednesday night, and it was a successful farewell in more ways than one. In front of their largest […]
By Ray Hamill — There’s something to be said for peaking at the right time. After losing four times in four matchups to Fortuna this season, the Arcata Tigers finally got the […]