And another season starts tomorrow...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Depends where you're working, I guess. Some of the Madison ball is quite good and some of the Rockford ball is...ragged at best.

I do not work Rockford ball, so I cannot really compare. I have had a couple of their teams on the road or in tournaments, but that was nothing to get overly excited about. I would rather go 2 hours in another direction and work a packed gym, then work in another state just to say I worked in another state. Part of the reason I do this is the excitement for post season games. I was always disappointed when I worked baseball in Iowa to work some of the best games in an area, only to not see the process in the state tournament.

Originally Posted by RichMSN

But I just didn't want to work down there anymore. No matter how many games we worked, we were never going to get assigned post-season games because we were reciprocal officials.

This is why I do not blame you. I only want to go to Wisconsin for college games.

Peace

[Raymond]

Well, I thought my HS season would start December 2nd but the visiting team is still participating in the football play-offs with 3 more games needed to win state championship. Here are the scores of their games this season. I see a postponement in my future:


Week 1: 47-7

Week 2: 52-0

Week 3: 44-0

Week 4: 48-0

Week 5: 35-0

Week 6: 65-13

Week 7: 42-6 (over 2nd best team in conference)

Week 8: 63-0

Week 9: 48-0

Week 10: 77-0 (over Mike Tomlin's high school)

Eastern Region quarters: 63-6

Eastern Region semifinals: 47-0 (over Plaxico Burress' high school)

[grunewar]

Wow, BadNews that's quite a juegernaut team you have there! Looks like U of Fla scores! (Can you believe they play the Citadel this weekend? )

[26 Year Gap]

I had my first scrimmage today. Actually did both the JV & V. Felt good to be on the floor again, though right now I am feeling a little differently after 10 qtrs with a 2 person crew.

[jdw3018]

Had my second scrimmage of the season last night - boys varsity. Was great to run up and down the court, and I feel good about things.

I am thankful for these scrimmages, though, as I'm definitely a bit slow to react and found plenty of things to work on in my next two scrimmages before my season starts Dec 1.

Man, I love this time of year!

[26 Year Gap]

Was supposed to be a girls' DH scrimmage. Had a JV official with me. Ended up as a boys' DH scrimmage. She did pretty well though. Coaches & players were pretty well demeanored throughout.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Coaches & players were pretty well demeanored throughout.

Ah, reminds me that I got to call my first technical foul of the year last night on visiting head coach. One of my partners had nailed the home head coach about 5 minutes after play started.

Fun, fun, fun...though V HC apologized later in the game and we had a nice laugh about it.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Week 6: 65-13

Who did they play in Week 6, the Tennessee Titans?

[Adam]

I finally decided to ref where I live rather than where I work (about an hour away), and I got a call late last night from my assigner asking me to update more information in arbiter so he could assign me games. He'd just realized I hadn't gotten any games yet and figured out why the system was blocking me.

As he noted, I should have called him sooner and asked him what was up.

My first game isn't until 12-2, though, unless they still have room on the preseason scrimmages.

[Rich]

Third game last night.

Girls game. Home team scored 18 points. Had more fouls in the game. Thursday night we had a total of 20 fouls the entire game and walked off the court 65 minutes after we started.

Last year I worked my third game just before Christmas.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Thursday night we had a total of 20 fouls the entire game and walked off the court 65 minutes after we started.

Great job.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Great job.

Tuesday's game was a boys game. 29 fouls, about 70-75 minutes.

I've been happy with the start of the season. I've worked 4 scrimmages and 4 varsity games so far (1 boys, 3 girls). Having 8 times on the court before Thanksgiving must be a record for me. I only have one more now before my annual conference for work that takes 10 days off my season, though.