By Ray Hamill — Seven of the 13 local teams to qualify for the baseball and softball playoffs remain in the chase for a North Coast Section championship heading into the weekend […]
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 — Seven of the 13 local teams to qualify for the baseball and softball playoffs remain in the chase for a North Coast Section championship heading into the weekend […]
By Ray Hamill — A memorable season came to a disappointing end for the Del Norte baseball team, but that shouldn’t take from what they accomplished this spring. The Warriors dropped back-to-back […]
Despite being forced to play a Division-1 school in the opening round of the North Coast Section baseball playoffs, the smallest school in the Big 5 almost pulled off the upset on […]
By Ray Hamill — The story of the North Coast Section playoffs so far for the H-DNL has been the play of the Little 4 softball teams. On Wednesday, conference champs South […]
By Ray Hamill — There’s a reason the Hoopa Warriors are the most successful H-DNL team when it comes to North Coast Section softball — they seem to always bring their A […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers and St. Bernard’s Crusaders won their North Coast Section baseball playoff openers on Tuesday, but it was a tough day for the other H-DNL teams […]
A determined Ferndale team is marching on in the North Coast section softball playoffs for the first time in eight years. The Wildcats, who are seeded No. 9 in the Division-6 bracket, […]
Bear River Casino and Resort has announced the Rumble at the River fight night will return in October after a record-setting night earlier this month. Rumble at the River VI “Putasos Party” […]
Cal Poly Humboldt athletics has announced the 2025 Lumberjacks Hall of Fame class. The class, which will be inducted at a ceremony on Oct. 3, includes Monte Cook (staff, 1988-2006), Alyssabeth DeJerez […]
One former H-DNL athlete played for a state championship this past weekend, while another will do so next weekend. Former Del Norte Warrior Josephine Heuberger made it all the way to the […]
It was a good start to the new Redwood Acres Raceway season for Brandon White. The 78th season at the local raceway kicked off on Saturday night with a packed schedule of […]
By Ray Hamill — Cal Poly Humboldt men’s basketball head coach Chris Tifft is leaving the Lumberjacks to take over a rival program. Tifft has been hired as the new head coach […]
By Ray Hamill — Once again the new North Coast Section seedings system has left local fans scratching their heads in wonder. The 2025 playoff brackets and seeds for baseball and softball […]
The Humboldt-Del Norte League had six individual wins in two North Coast Section meets on Saturday, including two each for Del Norte’s Deken Hanks and St. Bernard’s Laila Florvilus. It was another […]
Former South Fork Cub Chase McFarland was one of three local athletes to earn all-state honors at this weekend’s JUCO state track and field championships in San Mateo McFarland placed fifth in […]
By Ray Hamill — McKinleyville’s first H-DNL champion in boys golf in 13 years is taking his talents to the college courses. On Wednesday, two days after competing at the North Coast […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a few years in the making, but the Fortuna Huskies are champions of the Charles Lakin softball tournament again. On Friday evening, the 2025 Huskies evoked […]
By Ray Hamill — The Charles Lakin baseball tournament has given us plenty of great moments over the past decade, but perhaps none as memorable as we witnessed on Friday night. Playing […]
By Ray Hamill — The Fortuna Huskies ended an eight-year wait for a Charles Lakin tournament championship on Friday. And they did it with an exciting come-from-behind victory over McKinleyville in the […]
By Ray Hamill — One of the largest sporting events the North Coast has seen in recent times will take place at Fortuna High School on Saturday. Just one week after the […]