2 or 3 man crews

[Adam]

CO is pretty much all 3-whistle for varsity. CO Springs also does 3 for most JV. Freshman ball is 2. Pay is only slightly less (about $6 per official) for 3 than for 2.

[stripes2255]

2-person crews for everything in Oregon.

[BillyClyde 68]

How do you expect to call games in the post season if you do not do many in the regular season? That is my question.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyClyde 68

How do you expect to call games in the post season if you do not do many in the regular season? That is my question.

I think what you’re asking is, “How can you expect officials to do a good job on three-person in the post-season when they haven’t worked three-person mechanics all year?” Correct me if I’m wrong.

Most of us would agree this is a good question.

But, FWIW, a lot of states don't require more than 2 officials even if their schools have gone to 3. CO still has a pay scale for 2 official games, and I've heard rumor that some schools up in the mountains still use only 2.

[whistleone]

Missouri leaves it up to the schools for the regular season. The post season is 3-person crews for all classes (1-5).

Since someone already commented on Iowa, I'll comment on Nebraska. The state association uses 3-whistle for the entire postseason, districts all the way to state. Regular season is pretty much on a conference or per school basis. The Metro Conference in the Omaha metro area uses 3-whistle for all varsity games they schedule, regardless if they are conference games or not. I believe the bigger schools in Lincoln are using 3-whistle, and more schools are warming up to the idea. Everything below varsity is still 2-whistle.

[BillyMac]

Connecticut: With the exception of some "big city" games down in the southern part of the state, almost all games here are two-person games, until the postseason, in some league, or conference finals, and the state quarterfinals, and higher, when all games have three-person crews.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by stripes2255

2-person crews for everything in Oregon.

Don't be so sure about that. I know of a few unofficial exceptions.

[stripes2255]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Don't be so sure about that. I know of a few unofficial exceptions.

But you are in the big city. I am further south and much more rural.

[derwil]

In Alabama its 3 man varsity, 2 man sub varsity. It might be two man for varsity out where you can hear the banjo music, but we try not to go out that far.

[Freddy]

In this part of Michigan, all varsity seems to be 3-man. For most big schools, JV is 3 man. For the smaller schools, a single JV game would likely be 2 man. If it's a frosh/JV doubleheader, it will be the same 3-man crew doing both.
Got a non-conference 2-man frosh/JV doubleheader, which is a rarity, next week. That's a lot of running, but the pay is split between two officials instead of three, so that sorta makes it worth the hoof-pounding.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Freddy

In this part of Michigan, all varsity seems to be 3-man. For most big schools, JV is 3 man. For the smaller schools, a single JV game would likely be 2 man. If it's a frosh/JV doubleheader, it will be the same 3-man crew doing both.
Got a non-conference frosh/JV doubleheader, which is a rarity, next week. That's a lot of running, but the pay is split between two officials instead of three, so that sorta makes it worth the hoof-pounding.

When I was in Des Moines, virtually all Frosh games were double headers (2 man). I was a little surprised to find they were all singles when I moved to Colorado.

[ODJ]

Originally Posted by stripes2255

But you are in the big city. I am further south and much more rural.

Yoncalla?

[ref2coach]

TN has geographical differences. "Greater" Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville areas all use 3 person for varsity, 2 person for sub-varsity. The "in between" areas still have many schools that use 2 person for varsity.

[tjones1]

For the most part, most schools hire three officials for varsity games. There are a few exceptions that only hire 2 officials.