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Zebra: I am located in northern VA. We have Class A, AA, and AAA ball. This is the last year for girls A & AA ball to be played in the fall. Starting with next school year, all classes -- boys & girls -- will be played in the winter. Should make it interesting since we are always short of qualified officials.

Assignments for District and Regional playoffs are made by the same individual that does our regular assignments. We cannot get games directly from the schools. For state assignments, the assignor prepares a list of 10 officials (I think) and sends the list to the state office and they make the selection. I seem to recall that we can't go to states more than 2 years in a row, or something to that effect. There is also some restriction on officiating a game involving teams that we normally might do during the regular season. For example, officials from my association would officiate a game involving a team from the beach area and one from the other end of the state. My association uses 3-whistle crews on all varsity games throughout the season (don't know if all associations within VA do this). To officiate at the state level, you have to have attended a 3-person clinic. As far as I know, the coaches have no input into the selection at the state level, although the coaches can "scratch" either 3 or 4 officials, up until the District playoffs begin.