I posted the following in a PM to a fellow Washington official, on this forum, that had wished me good luck in the game. We are all "friends" here...so here is my PM to him.
Thanks ______...Connell played Burbank last night...both 1A schools. There was a lot of local media covering the game, but they really had nothing to report on or see that was too interesting.
It was 5 min. into the game before either team fouled. Coaches and players were on their best behavior. I heard #34 didn't go to school friday...therefore, he was ineligible to play and was not even there. #42 got his 5th foul in the middle of the 4th quarter and helped the kid up that he had just fouled. I had closed down on the foul...and said "thank-you" when he offered his hand to the opponent.
I did "T" up the assistant coach from Connell (which is the head football coach at the school) about 2 min. into the 4th quarter. I had just called a foul on #42 (his 4th) for pushing a player as he was crossing the key on offense. The coaches had been great all night...no complaining...nothing. But, as I was reporting the PUSHING foul...the assistant coach yelled, "What did he do?"...I ignored him (since I had just reported what he did) and went to inbound the ball on the endline as new trail. As I was running by the bench...the assistant coach yelled again, "What did he do!" WHACK! unsporting behavior, explained it to the head coach (for about 5 seconds) and away we went.
Yeah...probably a little quick on the trigger...but, the devil made me do it.
Pretty easy night...Burbank beat Connell by about 20.