Change in officials due to emergencies

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by chseagle

What is the normal procedure when an official has to leave in the middle of a game due to an emergency (family/health)?

During the C-Squad/V game, the other night (2-whistle crew), 1 of the officials had to leave de to his son going to the emergency room. Thankfully we had some MS/JH games that happened earlier, so we had additional officials available. One of those came in to finish the game as the official left at halftime.

During last night's GV game, shot clock operator was replaced at halftime due to medical issues.

There is no prescribed procedure. You find the first and/or closest available official. Most times it's an official who's in the gym for a subsequent game or has stuck around from a previous game.

Last year a retired official in attendance for his daughter's varsity game stepped in and worked the first half of the JV game with the approval of both coaches.