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Jaysef,
I know the feeling. Last year was my first year so I experienced the same thing.
My first ever action on the field, I was sent to do a JV game as the referee. I was so nervous, I forgot to get a good flipping coin, so I ended up doing the toss with a nickel!
The game went by at 200 miles an hour and I saw ABSOLUTELY NOTHING the entire time. The great thing about it though, is that I can look back on the game and laugh - many of the mistakes I made, only I and the other officials knew about it.
Just relax (easy for me to say) and have fun. One of the best pieces of advice a veteran official gave me is don't worry about throwing flags - you don't have to throw a flag the entire game - worry about your mechanics. You can always tell a coach "Sorry coach I didn't see it", but if you are in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing it will be obvious.
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