[Mountaineer]

I've had 3 problems. Once in a MS game, the scorekeeper was shaking his head at almost every foul called on the home team. It was a blowout game and as the game neared the end the team behind got bumped right as she hit midcourt - tried to gain her balance - but stepped out of bounds - probably took 3-5 seconds. I called the foul - and the scorekeeper jumped up and said WHAT? I just pointed to the door and said OUT. Informed him that he WAS on my team.

I had a HS varsity game that the SK kept shaking her head on every single call - didn't matter what the call was, she didn't agree. I had a foul at the table and the ball ended up under the table - she shook her head in disbelief and I then went to retrieve the ball at the table. I leaned over to her and very quietly said, "If I see you shake your head one more time - so much as a nervous twitch, you are going home. Do you understand?" The other SK looked at me and mouthed the words "thank you".

Finally, last year, my partner counted a shot at the buzzer at halftime and the student at the table made the "wave-off" motion. My partner RAN to the table and RIPPED him. Actually made the kid cry . . . then the coach of his team went over and ripped him more. As we came out at halftime, a member of the school board came up to us and chastised us to which my partner told him quietly get back in the stands or head to his car. Funny.