For those of you in Ohio

[cdoug]

I was at a girls Varsity game (in Ohio) the other night and noticed that there were only 2 officials. I know that the boys have 3 in V games and was curious as to if the third official didn't show up or if this was a typical occurrance in girls games.

[Ignats75]

Virtually every conference around the Cleveland area is three person for both Boys and Girls Varsity. There is even talk that some Boys JV will be shifting to three person.

[youngref33]

official must not of showed. One of the JV officials should of stayed and worked the game.
In Ohio I think all varsity games, should be 3 man crews.
Some of the schools on central ohio are going 3 man for JV.

[Ignats75]

If a varsity official is a no show and there is no sub from the assignor, its at the discretion of the two head coaches whether a JV official is used or not. If neither JV official has their Class 1 license and/or the coaches feel they would be better off without either of them, the game will be a two man game.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

If a varsity official is a no show and there is no sub from the assignor, its at the discretion of the two head coaches whether a JV official is used or not. If neither JV official has their Class 1 license and/or the coaches feel they would be better off without either of them, the game will be a two man game.

Isn't that precious, let the coaches decide!

[rgncjn]

Originally Posted by cdoug

I was at a girls Varsity game (in Ohio) the other night and noticed that there were only 2 officials. I know that the boys have 3 in V games and was curious as to if the third official didn't show up or if this was a typical occurrance in girls games.

Depending on the location / conference, some GV assignments are still 2-official in Ohio.

[OHBBREF]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

If a varsity official is a no show and there is no sub from the assignor, its at the discretion of the two head coaches whether a JV official is used or not. If neither JV official has their Class 1 license and/or the coaches feel they would be better off without either of them, the game will be a two man game.

I am pretty sure it is only discressionary if JV officials are not Class I - the coaches do not have the authority to not use a class I official if avaialble at that time.
The only other time a choice can be made is if there is an official in the stands or near by (dad) they must be mutually acceptable to the coaches.

that is from a few years ago it may have changed I try not to think of such things.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Isn't that precious, let the coaches decide!

Rich,
In WI do the coaches have a say in which officials are selected for post-season?

[OhioReferee]

There is one league in Southwest Ohio that uses 2-man for girls that I know of. It's a small school conference north of Dayton. It has 13 schools and some of them are an hour apart.

[stmaryrams]

There are also some in Southeastern OH that use 2 for GV due to availablity of officials.
Several of the leagues around Columbus have gone to 3 person crews for a Frosh/JV doubleheader depending on the school.
There are also some mentoring crews which follow the Varsity crew's schedule for the league. A great way to train new officials and have a stable of available officials ready.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

There are a number of conferences and leagues in Ohio that do not use three officials for girls' varsity games, and the most common reason is $$$$$$$.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

There are a number of conferences and leagues in Ohio that do not use three officials for girls' varsity games, and the most common reason is $$$$$$$.

Seven dollars doesn't seem like a very good reason?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Rich,
In WI do the coaches have a say in which officials are selected for post-season?

The coaches rate the officials during the season, but I see no correlation between assignments and ratings. The assignments all come from the state office and I do not know if the coaches have any say in who they get.