By Ray Hamill — When you make some H-DNL history by becoming the first-ever league tennis player to win a North Coast Section championship, you can be sure you will be Humboldt Sports […]
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 — When you make some H-DNL history by becoming the first-ever league tennis player to win a North Coast Section championship, you can be sure you will be Humboldt Sports […]
Former College of the Redwoods athletes have been been making some serious noise at four years schools in recent years, especially those from the local community college’s cross country and track and […]
Eureka’s Everett Docherty is closing out his high school career in style. Two weeks ago, the standout senior won the H-DNL boys cross country championship and he followed that with a league-best […]
By Ray Hamill —As the College of the Redwoods football team prepares for an upcoming bowl game, one of the Corsairs has been named the American Pacific-7 Conference Defensive Player of the […]
Samara Gaither and the Eureka Loggers got the new basketball season off to a winning start on Tuesday night when they welcomed the Hoopa Warriors to Jay Willard Gymnasium. Gaither scored a […]
The South Fork Cubs tipped off the new boys basketball season in style with an impressive 74-69 win over Fort Bragg in their foundation game. This year’s team features a dangerous and […]
By Ray Hamill — A pair of H-DNL schools will play for a North Coast Section championship and a place in this year’s state football playoffs this weekend, and one of the […]
A pair of College of the Redwoods wrestlers will carry some momentum into the upcoming Northern Regionals after strong showings at last weekend’s P.S.T. Invitational tournament. The Corsairs traveled to Hayward for […]
Northcoast Prep junior Lily Bazemore made some H-DNL history last week by becoming the first-ever league tennis player to win a North Coast Section championship. The Herons standout won all four of […]
Sometimes it’s not how you start but rather how you finish. Last week, the Eureka Junior League Football Single-A team wrapped up a memorable season with by winning the Six Rivers Youth […]
Photo by Jenipher Willis – St. Bernard’s Sahara Tupua, left, has been named outfield MVP of the Little 4 in girls soccer. By Ray Hamill — A pair of multi-sport standouts have […]
Cal Poly Humboldt’s Aidan Fowler has been selected as the FloCollege/CCAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 18-24. Fowler posted a career-high 24 points last Tuesday to […]
Both College of the Redwoods basketball teams were in action over the weekend, with the men’s team remaining hot and placing first at the Ed Boyle Invitational tournament at Mendocino College and […]
The Fortuna boys and girls basketball teams tipped off the new season with victories over the weekend. The boys team welcomed Fort Bragg to Fortuna and won 55-31, while the girls team […]
By Ray Hamill — One day after a disappointing loss in the regular-season finale, the College of the Redwoods football team got some good news on Sunday. The Corsairs, who closed out […]
By Ray Hamill — Good news for the Ferndale Wildcats, they get to practice on Thanksgiving. After all it’s not every high school team that has the honor to do so. But […]
By Ray Hamill — Saturday afternoon reminded us of why November football in Humboldt County is so special. In a North Coast Section Division-7 semifinal at Coach Carlson Wildcat Field in Ferndale, […]
The College of the Redwoods football team suffered its third loss of the season in a game that got away from the Corsairs on Saturday afternoon. Playing at Siskiyous, CR fell 41-18 […]
North Coast Section teams should never underestimate Del Norte football. On Friday night, the Warriors saw another memorable season end with yet another gritty performance, falling 14-7 at top-seeded Moreau Catholic in […]
By Ray Hamill — It was another impressive season for the Eureka girls soccer team, which won a third straight Big 4 championship and a fourth straight North Coast Section title. And […]