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.
Some strong pitching and timely hitting lifted the Arcata Tigers to a doubleheader sweep against Fortuna in Big 5 baseball on Saturday. The Tigers won game one 6-1 and followed that with […]
It was a good week for several former H-DNL standouts on the college baseball and softball fields, none more so than Eureka’s Kira Morris. The 2023 Eureka High graduate got the win […]
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s junior Liam Dyer has been honored by CalHiSports. The Little 4 MVP and finalist for Humboldt Sports Player of the Year has been named to the […]
Former Eureka Logger Jackson Giacone is enjoying a successful spring on the baseball fields playing for Mt. SAC. And he’ll be hoping to cap that with a state JC championship this month. […]
Sophomore Cody Wheeler is fast establishing himself as a key player on a young South Fork baseball team and turned in another good performance on Thursday. The Cubs welcomed St. Bernard’s to […]
By Ray Hamill — This week was a memorable one in local high school sports for many reasons. We got the week started with the first perfect game of the season in […]
The Ferndale Wildcats bid farewell to a couple of worthy adversaries on Thursday in a 10-0 win at Hoopa in Little 4 baseball. The Wildcats broke the game open with six runs […]
It’s been a long time coming. On Thursday afternoon, the South Fork Cubs swept a doubleheader of Little 4 games against St. Bernard’s to clinch this year’s Little 4 championship in softball. […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders made it official on Thursday, clinching at least a share of this year’s Little 4 championship, as expected. Since taking three of four games against second-placed Ferndale earlier […]
The Hoopa Warriors continued their late-season surge in Little 4 softball with a doubleheader sweep over Ferndale in warm conditions in Hoopa on Thursday afternoon. The home team took a hard-fought game […]
The Arcata girls continued to showcase their depth in track and field with a third straight team win in an H-DNL meet at Del Norte on Tuesday. The Arcata girls won eight […]
As expected, there was little to separate the Del Norte and Fortuna girls in Crescent City on Wednesday. The two heavyweights in this year’s Big 5 faced off in what was essentially […]
The H-DNL athletes are building momentum as we head towards the business end of the 2025 track and field season. On Tuesday, at the fourth and final H-DNL regular-season meet of the […]
The race for this year’s Big 5 championship in baseball took yet another twist on Wednesday. Up in Crescent City, the Del Norte boys took care of business against Fortuna and won […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders moved within one win of officially clinching at least a share of this year’s Little 4 championship in baseball with a 19-0 win over a short-handed South Fork […]
It was an historic season for Simpson University baseball, and one former H-DNL star played a big role in that. St. Bernard’s graduate Cayden Lee joined the Red Hawks this season and […]
Ferndale pitchers Prescott Langer and Colton Renner combined to throw a no-hitter against visiting Hoopa in Little 4 baseball on Tuesday. The Wildcats won the game 18-0 in five innings to go […]
Former Big 5 MVP McKenna Beach returned to the North Coast with a new team over the weekend and closed out the 2025 softball season with a bang. The 2022 Eureka High […]
By Ray Hamill — College of Redwoods will honor the 2024 Grizzly Bowl winning players with a ring ceremony later this week. Redwoods defeated West Hills Coalinga 37-26 in December to clinch […]
The first perfect game of the 2025 H-DNL season helped lift the Fortuna Huskies into top spot in the Big 5 standings. Whether they’ll remain there depends on the biggest game of […]
