By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s Academy enjoyed a memorable week on the basketball court as the SB boys secured a second NorCal championship in four seasons. On Tuesday night, the Crusaders […]
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 — St. Bernard’s Academy enjoyed a memorable week on the basketball court as the SB boys secured a second NorCal championship in four seasons. On Tuesday night, the Crusaders […]
By Ray Hamill — For the second time in three seasons Arcata’s Luke Moxon has been named MVP of the Big 5 in boys basketball, the league announced on Thursday. The senior […]
By Ray Hamill — Two days after winning a NorCal championship on a history-making St. Bernard’s team, junior Liam Dyer has been named conference MVP of the Little 4 in boys basketball. […]
College of the Redwoods announced on Thursday that the school’s football team will begin competing in the National Division this fall. After posting three straight winning seasons since the program was reinstated […]
By Ray Hamill — Arcata’s Mae and Tae Wolford have been named co-MVPs of the Big 5 in girls basketball after leading the Tigers to their first conference championship in seven years. […]
By Ray Hamill — It has been a remarkable run for St. Bernard’s senior Laila Florvilus as she gets set for the next step in her impressive career. The Crusaders standout, who […]
By Ray Hamill — The Hoopa Warriors are optimistic they can turn the corner on the baseball fields this spring after struggling to compete in the Little 4 in recent years. And […]
By Ray Hamill — Addison Wingate believes she has found the perfect fit for the next step on her basketball journey and the next chapter in her life. On Tuesday afternoon, the […]
By Ray Hamill — Any time a local student-athlete gets the opportunity to continue their playing careers in college is impressive. But doing so after just two seasons competing in a sport […]
Former Ferndale Wildcat Isaak Kasso is making an immediate impact at the collegiate level after joining the Cal Poly Humboldt men’s track and field team. The 2024 Ferndale High graduate debuted for […]
It was another successful weekend for the College of the Redwoods track and field team at the Wildcat Invite in Chico, and for one of their athletes in particular. Former Del Norte […]
By Ray Hamill — An exciting early-season softball matchup between two Big 5 rivals went right down to the wire at McKinleyville High School on Tuesday afternoon. The host Panthers led the […]
The St. Bernard’s players made school history in more ways than one with their 48-46 win over Redding Christian in the Division-6 NorCal championship game on Tuesday night. Not only did the […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are NorCal champs in boys basketball for the second time in four seasons after securing a hard-fought win over Redding Christian in Tuesday night’s championship game played at […]
The Fortuna Huskies continued their fast start to the new softball season with a 10-7 win over Lower Lake on Saturday, one day after they opened the new campaign with a 13-5 […]
Several players stepped up for the St. Bernard’s Crusaders on Saturday night, as they secured their place in the 2025 NorCal Division-6 boys basketball championship game. A clutch performance by a group […]
Only one H-DNL boys basketball program has ever won a North Coast Section and NorCal championship in the same year, and now they’ll get a chance to do it again. On Saturday […]
The South Fork Cubs began the new baseball season with four games this week, including three at this weekend’s Maxwell tournament. And it’s been a decent start to thew new campaign for […]
The McKinleyville Panthers continued to role early in the season with their fourth and fifth wins of the new campaign at the Foothill tournament on Saturday. After cruising to a 12-2 win […]
By Ray Hamill — There’s no denying the success former Eureka Loggers are enjoying on the college basketball courts. In recent years, head coaches Mike Harvey and Cliff Napoleon, along with their […]