This weekend I worked a girls HS tournament which was part of a player's camp at the University of Portland. About one-third of the teams were from Washington, with the majority from Oregon. There are a few differences in girls rules between the states, one of them being that in Washington, they only call 5 seconds on the hold, not the dribble. I work in both states so I have to make adjustments when I go to Washington. Oregon plays pretty much straight NF rules. In this tournament, we play Oregon rules because we are in Oregon, and all coaches were given a copy of the rules.

Anyway, my second game was JV with one team from each state. I called a 5 second count on one of the Washington girls on the dribble. Their coach (a woman) asked for and was granted a timeout. As I approached the table, she asked me what the call was. I told her it was 5 seconds closely guarded (yes, my count was very visible). She said, very nicely, "on the dribble?" I replied that we were in Oregon, and we were playing Oregon rules.

I hope you're sitting down for this. She then turned to her assistant, a varsity player, and said, "We're in Oregon?" At first, I thought she was joking, but she was serious!

It got even better. The assistant looked at her and <i>shrugged her shoulders!!! She didn't know, either!!!</i>

Where's Dave when you really need him?

Too funny! :D

Also, very sad! :(

Good grief!

Help! Where am I??? :)

Click your heals together and repeat....... There's no place like home, There's no place like home. We're not in Kansas anymore Todo!!!!!!!

Well, Mark, I mean after all, the Glen Jackson bridge is just like any other freeway overpass -- easy to miss -- since the Columbia River is such a trickle...

(dripping with sarcasm...)

I know, Juulie. But I would have thought that crossing the Columbia and seeing the huge "Welcome To Oregon" signs and the big sign outside the school that says "University Of Portland" might have been a tip-off. ;)