I guess I'm the designated truant officer

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by constable

Truant officer eh? Were any of them absent from the game without permission and if so how did you penalize it?

The game isn't until tonight. I'll comment tomorrow if there's anything noteworthy.

[ref3808]

In a weak moment I agreed to officiate the town HS intramural league tomorrow. Multiple games. What was I thinking? By tomorrow eveing I might be able to swap stories with Mark.

[Freddy]

Book 'em, Danno

[Mark Padgett]

Well, the game is over and it wasn't as bad as it could have been, but it was still pretty ugly. My partner tossed one kid and I gave each HC a T. Oh yeah, two other kids got Ts and six kids fouled out.

Here's why that kid got tossed. My partner called a carry on him and he decided to protest the call by throwing the ball against the wall. Partner signals a T and the kid yells, "ARE YOU NUTS?" Whack number two - he's gone.

One HC got his T for generally arguing after I gave him the stop sign and the other one got his for getting in my partner's face and yelling as my partner was reporting a foul (the fifth on his starting center) at the table. I took the initiative and whacked him, saving my partner the trouble. The other two Ts by the players were for shoving each other in the chest during a dead ball.

There was also quite a bit of arguing among parents from the two teams but nothing rose to the level that would have required us to do anything about it.

Oh well, it's over now and I'm getting ready for my middle school games today.

[ref3808]

Mark wins. I only assessed two technical fouls, one to a player who decided to protest a call by slamming the ball down, and the other to his head coach who after the player slammed the ball came onto the court to remind me of all my mistakes that were clearly causing his team to lose their composure.

Oh and we had one game go to overtime, but it we got through it.

And now it's a week off and then AAU. I'll be over here next weekend with the honey do list that's been growing larger since Thanksgiving.