[Mark Padgett]

Just got my schedule for one of the spring rec leagues for this weekend (no games on Sunday due to the holiday) and I see a guy I've worked with has seven games scheduled for just Saturday! He works three, then has an hour off, then works another four. All of his games are either 8th grade or HS level and they're all boys games. Fortunately, he's in his mid-20s, so he'll have some energy working for him.

These are running clock with a three minute halftime and they start every hour, so we only have about five minutes between games. That's hardly enough time to grab a drink of water or go to the little referees room.

I have three in a row scheduled - two boys V then a girls V/JV. The boys games are on a standard HS court but the girls game is on a smaller court. I'm glad they're in that order.

Oh yeah - there's one other guy who has nine games that day and a couple of guys who have eight, but they each have a few breaks.