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.
Freshman running back Isaiah Hemmings continued to impress for College of the Redwoods on Saturday, as the Corsairs traveled to Los Medanos and won 44-31. The win, which was the team’s third […]
The Arcata Tigers struck late to edge the South Fork Cubs 2-1 in non-conference girls soccer action at Arcata High on Saturday. The Tigers enjoyed the majority of possession and carried a […]
The surging McKinleyville Panthers rolled to an impressive 8-1 win over the Eureka Loggers in H-DNL boys soccer on Saturday. The win follows an equally impressive 5-0 win over Arcata earlier in […]
The Fortuna Huskies suffered another disappointing loss on Friday night as they dropped to 2-5 on the season, but the players showed a lot of resiliency in the second half to make […]
The Redwood Giants 10U Orange team didn’t have to wait as long for their second tournament win. After some close calls throughout the year, the local travel team got a breakthrough tournament […]
Madyson Nelson and the Arcata Tigers continued their surge towards individual and team league titles in H-DNL girls golf on Thursday, but the runaway league leader was pushed closer than she has […]
By Ray Hamill — It was a busy night for the H-DNL football teams on Friday with six of the nine varsity teams in action. In the Little 4, the Ferndale Wildcats […]
The Eureka Loggers are quietly building some momentum ahead of conference play. On Friday night, they traveled to Biggs High and came away with a 43-0 win, their second victory in four […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders got back to winning ways in Tennessee on Friday evening, defeating Grace Baptist Academy 23-10. Two weeks after suffering their first loss of the season against Ferndale and […]
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s senior Aliyah Vigil still has some unfinished business to take care of on the high school basketball courts, but she knows where she’ll be playing after […]
The youngsters continued to set a blistering pace for the rest of the league at the second H-DNL cross country meet of the season in Crescent City on Wednesday. Fortuna freshman Juan […]
By Ray Hamill — They may not be winning all of their games, but the Ferndale girls are enjoying am inspirational season on the soccer fields this fall nonetheless. And one player […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata girls would not be denied. On Thursday night, the Tigers took a big step towards their first Big 5 title in volleyball in three years with […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders capped a big week on the volleyball court with a straight-sets win over the Ferndale Wildcats in Eureka on Thursday night. In the past three days, the SB […]
By Ray Hamill — The Little 5 schools are setting a good example when it comes to good sportsmanship. This past spring, the Hoopa Warriors became the fifth of the conference schools […]
The Eureka Loggers kept pressure on the league leaders with a straight-sets win over McKinleyville on Thursday night. The Eureka girls won 25-12, 25-10, 25-17 and improved to 3-3 in the Big […]
By Ray Hamill — The Arcata Tigers and Ferndale Wildcat remain on course for a colossal showdown next week, in a game that barring some huge upset this week will go a […]
By Ray Hamill — Eight of the nine H-DNL varsity football teams will be in action this weekend, including three games here in Humboldt County. Little 4 co-leaders Arcata and Ferndale will […]
Whenever the St. Bernard’s and Ferndale girls soccer teams face off it’s usually a tight affair, and that was the case once again on Wednesday. The two rival schools tied 0-0 for […]
By Ray Hamill — Two goals from impressive freshman Jozalyn Dahl, including one just a few minutes from time, lifted the Fortuna Huskies to a 2-1 win at McKinleyville in Big 4 […]
