Congrats to Tomegun!
 

If the assignments that I've seen remain unchanged, one of our forum members, Tomegun, will be working the Nevada Division 1 (large school) boys State Final this Friday night.
More impressive, this isn't his first time doing so!
Congrats man!!!

Congrats Tom!

Can't believe your state is already at the Finals. We start the first round this weekend with the finals being the 2nd Saturday in March.

HOORAH! Congrats. Quite an accomplishment, Kudos to you sir!

Similar to Camron, we're still early and in Regionals.

Congrats. Enjoy the moment, you never know if you'll ever be there again.

I think someone else on this list is working the state finals in WI.

Congrats to all who are working post season, or working the "next level" for the first time.

Congrats to my friend. Wish you the absolute best. Have a blast.

We have not even started our playoffs for the big schools (3A-4A). That starts next week. Then in 3 weeks, they will have the State Finals at that level. The smaller schools (1A-2A) Finals will be the week before. Smaller school boy's started this week.

Peace

Congrats
 

Maz'l tov!!!!!

Knock 'em dead

TV or streaming link available???

Congrats Tom!

Enjoy your weekend and good luck on the floor.

Way to go Tom!!

Congrats, Tom. Don't forget to have a great T-ime! ;)

Congrats, Tom. DFIU!

We worked our first round boys game last night. Still a long road ahead -- first round girls isn't until March 4. Boys final is March 15 and girls final is March 22.

Congratulations. The first one is always special. Be sure to enjoy the moment.

I don't think it's Tom's first rodeo, but that doesn't make it any less of an accomplishment.

WTG, Tom.

Out of curiosity, what's the enrollment range of a D-1 school in Nevada?

Congrats, Tom!

you da man!

Congratulations, Have Fun ...
 

Boom goes the dynamite. Wait? I'm being told ... What? But I thought we were posting things that guys yell out? No? Alright. Never mind.

way to go Tomegun :) is there streaming footage of this game available?

To those who asked: the favorites to be in this boys final are Canyon Springs of north Las Vegas and Bishop Gorman.
CS is public and has an enrollment of just over 2600 although under the current NV system any school over 1200 is put in D1. There are currently four divisions. There has been talk of creating a fifth for the biggest schools, perhaps over 1800 or 2000 but that hasn't happened yet.
Gorman is private and has won the State championship for the past few years. Maxpreps ranks them 20th in the country.

My apologies...I read the initial post too quickly. IMO, that only enhances the honor.

Way to go, Tom!

My sentiments exactly. Congratulations, and have fun. :)

Thanks everyone! This isn't my first time, but I NEVER take something like this for granted.

I am not sure about streaming for the game; Nevada (the state) seems to be kind of behind for that. Maybe Nevada (the forum member) knows more about it.

I didn't think there were enough schools in Nevada to have 5 divisions. I lived in Vegas from '93-98, I wouldn't be surprised if somebody were to say the number of high schools in the Vegas Valley has doubled since that time.

BTW, that was well before my officiating days, I was one of the Wreck players tomegun was officiating back then.

I will see what I can find out. Btw I will be around for tomorrow's semis.
See you then!
(Note: He also has a State semi on the girls side. NV uses a Final Four format. The last four teams in each Division make up the teams at the State tournament. Everything prior to that is classified as Regionals.)

Nevada State tournament games streaming video
 

NIAA - Streaming live high school sporting events from NFHS Network

Go to the above link and pick the games from the schedule.
The semis start today at 3pm local time (6pm Eastern).
Tomegun will work the 3rd game of the 4 today.

Way to go Tom!:D

Good luck tonight Tomegun! anyone else working today?

Game 1 underway from the NIAA tournament in Reno

A Day Late, A Dime Short ...
 

Damn. I didn't turn in my brackets.

Any idea which teams he is officiating?

Today he had the 2nd girls semi which was Reno 55, Centennial 52.
The first semi was Liberty 43, Manogue 33.

He has the winners of these boys semis on Friday night:
Canyon Springs 66, Spanish Springs 51 (the losing team actually led by 10 at halftime)
Bishop Gorman 68, Reno 27 (40-pt running clock mercy rule)

I saw some of that one. Didn't know which one was tomegun though. Bald dude looked pretty good.

For those who didn't see the video, the above comment is funny because all three officials who worked the contest are bald.

I actually watched some of that game. Video streaming was actually pretty good.

Man that Reno is a big team.

Good stuff.

Chester Have You Heard About Harry ...
 

I walked into a state quarterfinal game a few years ago to see three "very veteran" officials on the court. Of course, I had to yank some chains, so I told them that the assigner must have selected the three oldest officials. One immediately replied that the assigner actually selected the three baldest officials. His statement, although facetious, was probably more accurate than mine.

Those games all had really good streaming quality.Our section finals are next Saturday and Sunday at 3 different sites.

Congrats Tom!

Fantastic! Congratulations, gun!

I was going to supply the link but Nevada beat me to it.

Yeah, nobody had to do their hair last night. I did however look substantially different than the other two. :D

I knew it!
You're the short one.

LOL...I was the black one.

I had a T against Gorman tonight - rule 10-3-3

Does anyone have a link to the replay?