
By Ray Hamill — Senior Aidan Dorsch will get the start on the mound for St. Bernard’s in Monday’s CIF NorCal Division-3 championship game. Fellow senior Nick Dugan will be available after […]
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 — Senior Aidan Dorsch will get the start on the mound for St. Bernard’s in Monday’s CIF NorCal Division-3 championship game. Fellow senior Nick Dugan will be available after […]
By Ray Hamill — Two of the smallest schools in the NorCal playoffs will battle it out for the Division-3 baseball championship on Monday. No. 4 seed St. Bernard’s will host No. […]
Less than 24 hours after getting shut out against the Humboldt Crabs, the Humboldt Eagles 19Us responded with a big performance against the Fairfield Expos at the Bear River Sports Complex on […]
By Ray Hamill — Big-time players always step up to the occasion, and that was the case this week with all three of our Humboldt Sports Athletes of the Week, sponsored by […]
Hailey Dolcini and the Texas Longhorns sufferd their first defeat at the Women’s College World Series on Saturday, falling to No. 1 Oklahoma by a score of 7-2. The Sooners, who are […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Crabs have postponed a scheduled Saturday night game against the Alameda Cardinals, the club announced early Saturday afternoon. The decision was made because of the rain […]
By Ray Hamill — Just three months after winning the H-DNL’s first-ever North Coast Section and NorCal double in boys basketball, some of the St. Bernard’s players are now on the verge […]
Newcomer Cary Arbolida got the 2022 Humboldt Crabs season off to a flying start on Friday night, hitting two home runs in his debut with the team. The Orange Coast College player […]
By Ray Hamill — Sequoia FC returned to competitive action for the first time in three years last weekend, with two teams from the local soccer club competing at the three-day Medford […]
By Ray Hamill — There aren’t too many teams that can bring a local community together like those at Hoopa High. And that’s something we got to witness once again this spring, […]
No one can accuse the Eureka Loggers of going down without a fight in Thursday’s NorCal playoff game. The Eureka girls fell 9-8 at Monterey High in the Division-4 softball semifinals, battling […]
The McKinleyville Panthers closed an enjoyable and highly-entertaining playoff run in a 3-2 loss at Carlmont in the Bay Area in the NorCal Division-4 softball quarterfinals on Tuesday. The Panthers led by […]
By Ray Hamill — A big third inning saw the St. Bernard’s Crusaders take control of Thursday’s CIF NorCal Division-3 semifinal at Crusader Field. The home team scored four runs in the […]
By Ray Hamill — The Crusaders are going where no H-DNL team has ever gone before, but that’s nothing more than they expected. At the start of the 2022 season, this senior-heavy […]
By Ray Hamill — With rain forecast for this weekend, the CIF NorCal Division-3 baseball championship, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been pushed back. The St. Bernard’s Crusaders advanced to the […]
The Eureka girls fell just short in their bid for a NorCal championship game appearance in a 9-8 loss at Monterey on Thursday. There was little to separate the Nos. 2 and […]
By Ray Hamill — The Humboldt Crabs will play this weekend no matter what the weather, the team announced on social media on Thursday morning. Friday night’s season opener will see the […]
Cal Poly Humboldt men’s basketball head coach Tae Norwood has announced the signing of the University of North Florida transfer Joshua Berenbaum. “We are excited to welcome the addition of Josh (Berenbaum) […]
By Ray Hamill — With Matt Tomlin returning as head coach of the team, the Humboldt Eagles 19Us finalized their roster on Thursday as they get set for a big season opener […]
Former Big 5 MVP Hailey Dolcini became the first player from the H-DNL to play in Women’s College World Series on Thursday. She also became the first local player to win a […]