Death of an Official

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Originally Posted by bob jenkins

In addition, I think this was some tourney with teams coming from a long distance. While there are clearly some circumstances that could / should cause it to be cancelled, more is done to get these games in than "normal season" games.

To clear up any issues, so that everyone may understand the circumstances:

This was a regular season varsity girls game between Chicago Marian Catholic vs. St. Louis St. Joseph Academy on a Saturday night. Jerry had just finished the 5:30 JV Girls game and collapased in the locker room. The Varsity officials called 911 and a defibulator was used to revive him. He was alive when he left for the hospital and died at the hospital a little while afterwards. All 3 varsity officials were given the option to be replaced by other officials and again, in Jerry's honor, decided to referee the game.

I had worked with Jerry several times over the last several years and enjoyed every minute of it. He was a great coach and referee and gave back a lot of his time to the community.