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The NCHSAA mandates that all varsity contests are officiated by three officials, and have since 1991. Schools have no choice. Your state association needs to grow a pair.
Our local association also uses three man for all JV games as well and have done so since 2004. How else you can you train JV officials?
I agree with biggravy that it's much easier to look where you're going when running from T to L in 3 man. No, I do not look over my shoulder the entire time. If there's a play behind me, there's a C and a T. Rarely do I ever have to make a call going to L. It's my job to get to the end line and be ready for the play to come to me.
And yes, Rut and Rich are correct. You spend +/- a third of the game at C, where you're not sprinting to the other end as often. If you've got a team pressing full court, it's a walk from FT line to FT line. That's huge!
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