Nine games in 24 hours

[Mark Padgett]

Nine in 24 hours certainly isn't the most I've ever worked, but it is at this age. About 7 years ago, I worked a tournament of 4 on a Friday night, 10 on Saturday and 8 on Sunday, including the title game which started at 10:00 pm. For you guys on the East coast, that means I was blowing my whistle at about 2:30 am your time. Hope I didn't wake you.

For you Portland area guys, this was a kids tourney for Robbie Fenk at Tigard HS (full HS court - yikes). The nice thing about Robbie was not only that you got paid cash at the games, but you got free concessions, too.