South Fork, Eureka win Friday night

The South Fork High School football team churned out 350 yards on the ground to beat Laytonville 26-12 in non-conference action on Friday night.

[Jeff E]

Eureka High plays Arcata High and you can't even send a sports reporter out to cover the game?

Those two towns represent about 90% of your readers. Don't you have any reporters left working for you anymore?

[jcoats1]

Send a reporter you lame excuse for a newspaper.

[Dont Know]

Like this game was big news. They sent their reporter to the "games" This one was over before it started.

[Football Mom]

Good job South Fork Cubs!

[Yikes]

Another sign of the Humboldt economy when the local paper can't even get stats for a game between the two biggest towns. Here's a few ideas;
1. You actually go to the game yourself
2. You call the stat keeper and get the story
3. You call one of the coaches instead of waiting for them to call you

Wow!

[Sarah]

16 and counting. I Hope The Parents Are Happy With All this Losing .

[Coach]

Yikes wrote:

Another sign of the Humboldt economy when the local paper can't even get stats for a game between the two biggest towns. Here's a few ideas;
1. You actually go to the game yourself
2. You call the stat keeper and get the story
3. You call one of the coaches instead of waiting for them to call you
Wow!

So let me get this straight,

The Times-Standard is supposed to cover 4 football games with TWO writers last night? I'm a coach for another sport (cross country) and spoke with the T-S guys on Thursday night. Neil Tarpey and Ray Aspuria where the only guys working last night. Sean Quincey is on vacation.

And BOTH went to football games last night.

So lets see, Football games ended at 10:30 (at least the Fortuna one, I went to that one) and Ray was there.

So, Ray has to write a story, design the pages and call the Eureka/Arcata coaching staff when his deadline is 11:30?

Not even the LA Times or the NY Times could pull that out of their butt.

[Coach]

Jeff E wrote:

Eureka High plays Arcata High and you can't even send a sports reporter out to cover the game?
Those two towns represent about 90% of your readers. Don't you have any reporters left working for you anymore?

So let me get this straight,

The Times-Standard is supposed to cover 4 football games with TWO writers last night? I'm a coach for another sport (cross country) and spoke with the T-S guys on Thursday night. Neil Tarpey and Ray Aspuria where the only guys working last night. Sean Quincey is on vacation.

And BOTH went to football games last night.

So lets see, Football games ended at 10:30 (at least the Fortuna one, I went to that one) and Ray was there.

So, Ray has to write a story, design the pages and call the Eureka/Arcata coaching staff when his deadline is 11:30?

Not even the LA Times or the NY Times could pull that out of their butt.

[Coach]

jcoats1 wrote:

Send a reporter you lame excuse for a newspaper.

So let me get this straight,

The Times-Standard is supposed to cover 4 football games with TWO writers last night? I'm a coach for another sport (cross country) and spoke with the T-S guys on Thursday night. Neil Tarpey and Ray Aspuria where the only guys working last night. Sean Quincey is on vacation.

And BOTH went to football games last night.

So lets see, Football games ended at 10:30 (at least the Fortuna one, I went to that one) and Ray was there.

So, Ray has to write a story, design the pages and call the Eureka/Arcata coaching staff when his deadline is 11:30?

Not even the LA Times or the NY Times could pull that out of their butt.

[Loggers Coach]

Jeff E wrote:

Eureka High plays Arcata High and you can't even send a sports reporter out to cover the game?
Those two towns represent about 90% of your readers. Don't you have any reporters left working for you anymore?

We would look like jerks if we called the paper and gave them details about how we ripped apart Arcata again. No one wants to read that. Plus, the T-S guys had only two people working on the sports staff last night and they did the right thing and went to two contests that were actually games.

[Eric Johnson]

Yikes wrote:

Another sign of the Humboldt economy when the local paper can't even get stats for a game between the two biggest towns. Here's a few ideas;
1. You actually go to the game yourself
2. You call the stat keeper and get the story
3. You call one of the coaches instead of waiting for them to call you
Wow!

I agree with "Coach".

Ray and Neil were the only two working last night (many people don't know this, but Sean, the third and final sports staff was on vacation).

So when the Fortuna/DN game ended at 10:20 or so and when the Mack/Hoopa game ended around the same time, the sports guys have very little time to even write a story.

Ray had to drive back from Fortuna and he has to write his story, and design and edit the pages, all by 11:30 p.m., the paper's deadline.

I'm surprised we even get a paper on Saturday morning with all the complaints and pressure the sports staff has these days with only 3 people.

[Bob]

Sarah wrote:

16 and counting. I Hope The Parents Are Happy With All this Losing .

You are consistent with your countdown. Or is that a countup? Could you expand on why you always say something about "hope the parents are Happy"?

[Joe B]

What TimesStandard readers object to is the snarky comment at the end of the article putting blame on the coaches for not reporting the details of the games.

THAT is bad journalism.
A simple "Details not available at press time" would be good journalism.

[Logger Parent]

Joe B wrote:

What TimesStandard readers object to is the snarky comment at the end of the article putting blame on the coaches for not reporting the details of the games.
THAT is bad journalism.
A simple "Details not available at press time" would be good journalism.

Coaches not calling in what our kids work hard for is BAD COACHING, Joe B.

[arcata fan]

Sarah wrote:

16 and counting. I Hope The Parents Are Happy With All this Losing .

Sarah-you seem to be counting...We are not happy with the losing BUT your sarcasm is sure helpful...

[Logger Parent]

Joe B wrote:

What TimesStandard readers object to is the snarky comment at the end of the article putting blame on the coaches for not reporting the details of the games.
THAT is bad journalism.
A simple "Details not available at press time" would be good journalism.

And you would know what good and bad journalism is? You have your Master's degree in the field right?

[Football fan]

I think all coaches should call in their scores... Even if the game is a blow out a coach should still call in...I'm sure alot of people would like to know what happened in the game...Its too bad they don't have a bigger sports staff...

[b-diddy]

I admire the Arcata kids for hanging in there, and I'm not an Arcata parent. To blame the coaching is pretty shortsighted. It would be a heck of a lot easier to quit than to get your butt handed to you every week, but I think it is pretty remarkable that these kids are out there every Friday. If you haven't had the misfortune of playing on one of those teams before that rarely or never wins, then perhaps you shouldn't be so critical. I also think that coaches in general receive far too much criticism. Everybody in the stands is such an expert, and I can never get over all the complaining I hear about coaches, in general, every game. Talk about Monday morning quarterbacking. Coaches have to put up with a heck of a lot considering the small stipend they're receiving. It is a heck of a lot easier coaching from the stands.

[Could not Agree More]

Logger Parent wrote:

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Coaches not calling in what our kids work hard for is BAD COACHING, Joe B.

I would have to agree with you, Joe. That is bad coaching. Aside from preparing game plans, planning practices, executing practices, monitoring grades, mentoring young men through their teenage struggles, arranging transportation for players who are from a district that provides none, coaching a game in which they struggled to balance getting something from the game and not running up the score, dealing with parents who want more carries for thier son, collecting uniforms, checking players out to drivers they can be legally released to, washing the uniforms back at school, breaking down film for stats on MaxPreps, they should have called the newspaper to report the details and stats of a 65 - 0 football game not more than ten miles from their home field. Shame on you coaches. That is indeed poor coaching. Get better!

[Truth speaker]

Loggers Coach wrote:

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We would look like jerks if we called the paper and gave them details about how we ripped apart Arcata again. No one wants to read that. Plus, the T-S guys had only two people working on the sports staff last night and they did the right thing and went to two contests that were actually games.

I dont think that any of the loggers coaches would say somthing so stuck-up. any ways the tigers did try until the end and people would probably like details about most any games...but without the personel avilable for work their incapability to write about every game is reasonable... I guess if they really wanted to be crunched hardcore for time the two writers each could have tried to write two artices each. That woulld be super hectic though. Any ways no real logger coach said what you said.If u wanted people to get mad @ u it probably wont work. Have a nice day