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I assign youth and CYO ball for 6 leagues in pa.
All 1st year officials come in as linesmen, 2nd year if youre doing fine I'll assign you to the umpire position, by the 3rd year you should be ready to start being a referee.(youth level) We are an association that teaches officials. 4th year officials can move up to the high school level. We work with 3 high school assignors and they ask us who's ready to move up. You start out doing f,jv ball and will not get a high school assignment till your 3rd year. At the high school level you make a choice of what position you want to work. All our high school assignors have ex officials and theirselves scout you while youre on the field. All 3 assignors we work with have crews themselves. ( they do not work games that they assign) The way I got my break was being a fill in. I worked a game for a referee who was in an accident on his way to a game( I just got a lucky break by being at that game also). The next year I got a crew.
Let your assignor know you want to be a ref and im sure he'll do what he can.
good luck
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