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 — It’s been an impressive start to the new season for the St. Bernard’s girls basketball team, which is off to a 6-0 start. On Tuesday afternoon, however, the […]
The McKinleyville Panthers continued their impressive start to the new wrestling season with another strong showing at their own tournament this past weekend. One week after a third-place finish at Del Norte’s […]
By Ray Hamill — The state champion Arcata Tigers football team was honored by the city on Wednesday afternoon with a victory parade. Several fans and community members showed up on the […]
By Ray Hamill — One of the most anticipated local basketball tournaments of the year will tip off on Thursday evening. The Eureka boys will host the 46th annual Logger Classic at […]
The Del Norte Warriors stretched their winning streak to three straight with a comfortable win over Brookings-Harbor in boys basketball in Crescent City on Tuesday night. The Warriors won 66-16. And, according […]
By Ray Hamill — Now that the 2024 local high school football season has finally concluded, the H-DNL has announced this year’s Big 4 and Little 4 all-league teams and MVPs. The […]
By Ray Hamill — After winning a fifth straight Big 4 title in football this fall, it was no surprise to see the Del Norte Warriors well represented on the conference all-league […]
By Ray Hamill — Just a few days after their historic state championship win, the Arcata players will be honored with a parade on Wednesday afternoon. On Saturday night, the Tigers capped […]
The Del Norte girls basketball team won the battle of the Warriors at Hoopa on Monday night. Freshman Jaylee Keeling led the visitors’ charge and finished with a team-high 19 points, as […]
The College of the Redwoods men split a pair of games against tough opponents over the weekend, while both Cal Poly Humboldt teams fell to the Wildcats in a doubleheader at Chico […]
The Hoopa girls are building some momentum ahead of league play in the new year. On Saturday evening the Warriors capped a perfect run through tournament play at the Trinity Holiday Classic […]
There was little to separate the McKinleyville and Fortuna girls basketball teams in an early-season all-local battle in the third-place game at the Healdsburg tournament on Saturday evening. In a back-and-forth game, […]
On Saturday night the Arcata Tigers became the fourth H-DNL school to win a state championship in football in the last 10 years and they did so in thrilling fashion. It took […]
A short-handed Arcata team played in a tournament championship game for the second straight week on Saturday, but unfortunately for the Tigers they also lost in a championship game for the second […]
The Eureka girls overcame some adversity this weekend on their way to another tournament championship. On Saturday afternoon, they trailed by six points in the fourth quarter of the championship game, but […]
The Corsairs knew it was going to be a tough matchup against City College of San Francisco on Friday night and it turned out to be exactly that. The Rams, who are […]
By Ray Hamill — A pair of former H-DNL standouts faced off against some old friends when College of Marin hosts College of the Redwoods in a women’s basketball game on Thursday. […]
The Arcata Tigers will play for a tournament championship for the second straight weekend after beating Piner 59-46 in Friday’s late semifinal. One week after they lost the McKinleyville tournament championship game, […]
The Eureka girls continued their preparation for the Big 5 with another impressive showing against a good Encinal team at the Windsor tournament on Friday. The Loggers stretched their winning streak to […]
Guest Post by John Pritchett, Family Engagement Liaison/Del Norte High School – Brooklyn Carter remembers the “pop.” It was a Dec. 30, 2023, game at a tournament in Fort Bragg. Del Norte High’s […]
