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In college, I am not so sure about "better" as "different". In high school, I would say that, for the most part, officials for boys games are more sharp then the officials for girls games. Some of that has to do with tempo of the game. The boys game is usually at a faster tempo then the girls. Also, some officials look at officiating girls games as a "step beneath them". This was evident this year in my wife's season. Even at the regional level there was one official who was more concerned with talking to the crowd and the other bench then calling the game. Usually he was out of position and his calls were very inconsistent. Come to find out he had called a DII game the night before and had a boys game the next nite. You could tell that he wasn't in to it.
As for the difference in gender of officials, I have not seen a difference. There are as many good female officals out there (percentage wise) as good. Same as men.
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