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...that reminds you why you started officiating. I have had a string of bad games, with bad players, fans, coaches, and partners. I was getting very fed up with my season and was really looking forward to my last game.
So I was scheduled to work one 8th grade game. I get there and I walk towards to locker room to dress and I see that the line to get in the gym is out the door. I find out that the game is between cross town rivals, public vs. private. The atmosphere was great, there was a band, a dance team, you could feel the electricity in the air. Bottom line, it was a great game, with good players, fans, coaches, and partner. Now I wish my season wasn't over. 
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Thu Jan 31, 2002, 09:28am
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What schools were these Rookie?
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Thu Jan 31, 2002, 10:17am
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Rookie,
As you get more experience and move up, you'll find that you get more and more of the "fun games" and less and less of the ones that make you wonder if it's worth it. Next year will be even better. Z
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Thu Jan 31, 2002, 10:22am
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I will have to ditto what Z said. Rookie, go to camps so you can have more fun games.
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There was a school called Tolt High School east of Seattle that the Snohomish County association used to send refs to. Most officials didn't want to make the long drive there and back, but always loved going to the school.
It was a small town, small gym, and was always full to the brim with great fans, cheerleaders, and the band. Always a blast. And they had a referee's room with a couch and TV. What more could you ask for? Sometimes the small schools are the most fun. Tolt's gone now, they have a new school ten miles north. But it was never the same.
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