By Ray Hamill — With one more game to go in the regular season, the Arcata Tigers are closing in on a perfect regular season. The Tigers improved to 9-0 on the […]
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 — With one more game to go in the regular season, the Arcata Tigers are closing in on a perfect regular season. The Tigers improved to 9-0 on the […]
By Ray Hamill — After an outstanding start to the North Coast Section fall soccer playoffs for the H-DNL teams on Wednesday, dates, times and venues have been finalized for the next […]
By Ray Hamill — The Jacoby Creek Panthers had another season to remember on the volleyball court, with the school’s eighth graders winning a second straight Bay League title. And they did […]
By Ray Hamill — Heading into the final weekend of the regular season in football, six of the nine local varsity teams are ranked in the top five in their respective divisions, […]
By Ray Hamill — Football features heavily in this week’s awards, with a pair of championship teams and a consistently productive junior getting the nod. It’s been a difficult and up-and-down season […]
Here we go again. The McKinleyville Panthers and Fortuna Huskies will face off for a fifth time this season in the North Coast Section Division-1 quarterfinals after both successfully navigated their playoff […]
By Ray Hamill — A late-season surge saw the Hoopa Warriors close out the 2024 high school volleyball season strong, and one player in particular played a key role in that big […]
By Ray Hamill — Arcata and Del Norte have already clinched at least a share of their conference championships in football this fall, but the question now is can they claim the […]
One of the two JV H-DNL football championships was decided last weekend, while the other will be decided on the final day of the season this weekend. With a 29-14 win over […]
2024 was a good year for the Emerald FC U10 travel soccer team. The young local players came together on and off the field and developed into a very good team on […]
The Arcata Tigers continued their recent dominance with another big regular season in H-DNL girls tennis and a strong showing at the recent league singles championships. The Tigers went 12-0 in league […]
The College of the Redwoods women’s cross country team will carry some momentum into this weekend’s Northern California Championships as the Corsairs look to qualify for the 2024 state championships. Despite missing […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section fall soccer playoffs will kick off this coming week with 11 of the 15 H-DNL teams included. The brackets were announced on Sunday and […]
By Ray Hamill — Del Norte’s remarkable run in Big 4 football continued on Saturday night, as the Warriors clinched at least a share of a fifth straight conference championship. The Warriors […]
It was a tough night for the H-DNL teams in the North Coast Section volleyball playoffs on Saturday night. All three teams involved lost their quarterfinal matchups to end their seasons. In […]
One night after winning their season opener against Napa Valley at their own four-team crossover tournament, the College of the Redwoods women fell 74-69 in overtime to Santa Rosa JC in basketball […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section will announce this year’s playoff brackets and seeds in boys and girls fall soccer on Sunday. And as always there is expected to be […]
The South Fork Cubs all but assured themselves of a North Coast Section playoff berth with their second straight win on Friday night. The Cubs, who are the defending NCS eight-person Division-1 […]
The Fortuna defense dug deep on Friday night, as the Huskies got a much-needed win to keep their Big 4 and playoff ambitions alive in their first home game since Sept. 13. […]
New College of the Redwoods women’s basketball head coach Bree Northern didn’t have to wait long for her first win in the job. On Friday night, the Corsairs tipped off the new […]