How many officials on the field?

[KWH]

Unfortunatly, our OSAA Handbook still states that four officials are required for varsity football contests. (That printed word thing)
Fortunatly, most officials associations have worked with their conferences on a local level and are providing 5 officials for most 4A football games. Some conferences work 5 for ALL varsity contests regardless of the levels.
Unfortunatly, the 4A Portland Interscholastic League continues to use poverty as an excuse and will not pay for more than 4 officials.
Fortunatly, the Portland Interscholastic League is the ONLY 4A league in the state that holds firm on this issue.

So to compliment our "official" title of lowest paid football officials in the nation (confirmed by 11/04 Referee Magazine spreadsheet), we are still working some 4A varsity football games with 4.

Varsity - Some 4, Mostly 5
Junior Varsity - 3, 4, or 5
Lower levels - 3 or 4