[RookieDude]

We know if we will be asked to go to the State Tournament at the start of the season.

How, you ask?

We get X amount of assingments, from our association, for the State Tournament.

Each official is rated(from the previous year)...1 to 105(Master List)...or amount of officials in our association.

We ask the highest rated official if they want to go to the tourney, on down untill we fill the spots.

Some turn down the assignments for various reasons...such as letting the next guy go because that person may not have gone before and really would like to go. (We had 4 officials "pass" this year with 1 of those officials being injured...All 4 officials had already been to at least one State Tournament)

The first round of State...which actually use to be Regionals...is selected from a list sent in to our State Commisioner. But, our association goes by our "Master List" to determine who goes to the "big" tourney...with our State's Commisioner's blessing, of course.

Edit: Our association's board uses our "Master List" and a "Coaches List" to determine who gets Playoff assignments. (Districts/Regionals)
Again...the "Master List" is used to assign the State Tournament.