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Jan 16, 2012 - NFL Championship Picks
Let's see how good we are at picking the NFL Championship game winners. Go to the elections item on the Inside Scoop tab and vote your choices.
Jan 10, 2012 - EFOA Board Meeting Set
The next meeting of the EFOA Board of Directors will be this coming Thursday evening (1/12/12) at 6pm. The meeting will be held at Hudson's Bay High School. The agenda has been posted on the Inside Scoop page under the Board Meeting Information. Please note, Jim Goss has kindly agreed to host this meeting at Hudson's Bay HS. He will meet everyone wishing to attend at 6pm sharp at the door. If you want to attend, you must be there at 6pm.
Dec 15, 2011 - NFHS Football Rules Questionaire
You are invited to take the NFHS 2011 Football Rules Questionaire online by clicking here. The questionaire allows you to vote on some of the rule changes made this year and some that are proposed for next year. Anyone is welcome to take the survey and you must complete it by January 6, 2012.
Dec 14, 2011 - John Bardin and WOA Newsletter
The December edition of the WOA newsletter is available online on the WOA Website. You can view it by clicking here. On the last page of the newsletter, our own John Bardin is pictured along with two other members of his crew working this year's 4A Semi in the Tacoma Dome.
Nov 25, 2011 - Barricklow to go to state!
Phil Barricklow is going to work the 1B semi-final game today in Moses Lake. He is a late replacement for John Pellerin who had to pull out yesterday due to his wife's condition (see scoops for info). Phil, thanks for filling in. We know you will represent us well,
Nov 22, 2011 - Payments completed
All payments for the 2011 season are completed and the last batch went into the mail yesterday. If you don't receive your check by 11/25, be sure and let Dave know.
Nov 21, 2011 - EFOA Served Teams to Tacoma
This year we had the most playoff games of any year to work. The first week of playoffs, we had 5 games and the second week we had two home games and 3 road games. The last week of locally played games, we had 4 more making a total of 12 games - a record for sure!
And now Skyview has advanced to the Saturday night 4A semi-final in the Tacoma Dome and Camas will play in the 3A final Friday night, also in the Dome. And our own John Bardin will be the back judge in the Skyview game and Rick Gilbert will be the white hat in the Camas game! And if Camas wins, they will be joined by Matt Meister as line judge in the 3A Final on TV! Congrats to all our state officials (Rick, John, Matt, Tom, Wayne, John) and let's root for Skyview and Camas!
Nov 19, 2011 - EFOA End of Year Awards
Congratulations to Matt Meister for being named the 2011 Golden Whistle Award Winner for the 2011 season. This award is give to the most outstanding varsity official based on his on-field performance and is selected by a vote of all officials. Contratulations Matt!
The most improved official was Mark Allen and the Rookie of the Year was Heath Powell. Both of these awards are selected by the training staff.
Also at the end of year pizza event, Rick Langeland, Board member for Training, announced the promotion of Doug Kretz, Todd Bingham, Jerry Nye, and Mat Allen to the Varsity level of officiating. Congratulations guys on your well earned promotions.
President John Williams selected Tom Vaughn to receive the 2011 President's Award for his hard work on establishing the EFOA Hall of Fame.
More information on these promotions and awards is available on the Accolades tab of the web site.
Nov 2, 2011 - More Promotions
Congratulations to Roger Frazier, Darrin Leggett, Mike Lindsley, and Jim Vanderpool on their promotion to Intermediate level official. Rick Langeland, at tonight's general membership meeting, made the announcement.
Congratulations, guys! Well done.
Nov 2, 2011 - Bylaws Ammendment Proposed
At the general membership meeting this evening, John Boots proposed an ammendment to the bylaws. EFOA members were officially notified by email this evening that the bylaw change has been proposed. The actual bylaw change as submitted reads:
Article IX, Section 4 currently reads as follows:
“Section 4. Voting. Whenever votes are required by these bylaws, in order to allow everyone to vote, the board may allow for the vote to be via email. The Secretary/Treasurer shall be responsible for administering and reporting the results of any electronic voting and must keep the contents of the actual votes confidential.”
This Amendment would repeal Article IX, Section 4 pertaining to electronic voting.
Voting on this bylaw change will be done electronically starting next Thursday (11/10) at noon and ending on the following Thursday (11/17) at noon. Results of the election will automatically be available on the web site then.
Nov 1, 2011 - EOY Pizza Event
The end of year EFOA pizza event will be held at 6:30pm on Wednesday, November 16 at the Mt. View HS Cafeteria. This event is for officials and their immediate families only. Please RSVP to Rick Gilbert with the number of adults and children from your family that will be attending. You can contact Rick by clicking here.
Oct 27, 2011 - EFOA Election Results
In one of our closest elections ever, Jim Goss, John Bardin, and Rick Gilbert won the EFOA Board Election. Jim was serving a partial 1 year term and now is elected to a full two year term. Rick has been on the board for the past 8 years and is also re-elected for a new two year term. John Bardin was the top vote getter and is elected to his first two year term.
The top three candidates were within 5 votes of each other and the next two highest vote getters just missed the cut by one and three votes respectively---truly a close contest. Congratulations to the new board memebers.
The final order was:
- John Bardin
- Rick Gilbert
- Jim Goss
- Brian Remsing
- Tom Vaughn
- Phil Barricklow
- Ray Osman
- John Meridieth
Oct 24, 2011 - EFOA STATE OFFICIALS
EFOA received 6 slots in the state football tournament for our officials. The board selected the following officials to work these slots:
- John Pellerin 1B semi as Head Linesman
- Wayne Goddard 1A semi as Umpire
- Rick Gilbert 3A semi as Referee
- John Bardin 4A semi as Back Judge
- Matt Meister 3A final as Line
- Tom Vaughn 1B final as Referee
Oct 17, 2011 - Fall Down, Go Boom
That earth tremor you might have felt last night was not an earthquake. Instead, it was referee Dave Krajcar at Camas HS Cardin field tripping over a lineman. Dave had just finished signalling a penalty and was hustling back into position. As he went by a Heritage lineman, the lineman went down on his knee and stuck his back foot out and Dave went down.
The officiating crew and the Camas and Heritage sidelines quickly came to Dave's rescue and no permanent damage was done. He had two cuts (nose, forehead) and a pretty mangled up pinkie finger which was fairly bloody. Dave sat out about 5 minutes of the game and returned for the second quarter. You can see the video of the fall by
Oct 6, 2011 - General Meeting Video Clips
At last night's general meeting, John Williams showed some video clips from recent games. Because we met in the media center, not everyone could see the video very well. We have loaded them onto the website and you can see them by clicking here. They are in one file in Windows media format and may take a minute to load as the file is large. Each play is shown twice.
Oct 5, 2011 - Promotions - Kemp & Krabbenhoft
Congratulations to Ben Kemp and Eric Krabbenhoft on their promotions from Apprentice level to Intermediate level. Rick Langeland, board member in charge of training, announced their promotions at the general meeting earlier this evening. This is the second round of promotions this year and shows our members are moving up! Congratulations Ben and Eric!
Oct 5, 2011 - 2011 Sportsmanship Winner - Fort Vancouver HS
By an overwhelming vote of the EFOA members at our meeting tonight, Fort Vancouver High School, in Vancouver, Washington was selected as the school with the outstanding display of sportsmanship this season. They will be featured on our commemerative coin for next year and one lucky player will receive a $1,000 college scholarship. Congratulations to the Fort Vancouver Players and Athletic Staff for a job well done!
Sep 28, 2011 - Kiggins Bowl Logistics
There have been several issues related to games played at Kiggins bowl. I spent a significant amount of time on this issue and here is the resolution that we have worked out with the district. Please follow this agreed upon solution - do not ask to park below as it will not be permitted.
Here is what was confirmed by the district AD's:
1) All officials will park near the back entry of the Discovery locker room. We will reserve 5 spaces if there is only one game and 10 if there is two games.
2) The officials for the first games will arrive by around 3:15 PM and do their pre-game in the locker room below the stadium. We will have gates and the room open for them. The second game's crew will arrive between 5:30 and 6:00 PM. The white hat will let the Metro Watch officer at the top of the hill know if they want into the school or stadium locker room. The Metro Watch officer will notify game staff by radio so the custodian can be dispatched to open Discovery if necessary.
3) After each game, the DRO working the visitor's sideline will meet the officials at the scoreboard gate and walk them to their vehicles. The white hat of the first game will let the game manager know if they need an escort prior to their game or if they will be staying for the second game.
4) The game manager will haul the officials' gear up to their cars after the game using the golf cart.
Let John Williams know if there any issues at this site over the next few weeks.
Sep 21, 2011 - Promotions - Uruo and Creager
Congratulations to Johnny Uruo and Scott Creager on their promotions from Apprentice level to Intermediate level. Rick Langeland, board member in charge of training, announced their promotions at the general meeting earlier this evening. Way to go Johnny & Scott. We look forward to seeing you out there on Friday nights!
Sep 7, 2011 - EFOA Election Results
Congratulations to John Williams who was re-elected as President of EFOA. John received 33 votes while Bob Vaught had 18 and Ray Osman had 11. John begins his new term on January 1, 2012.
The proposed bylaw amendments passed with an overwhelming 51 votes in favor to only 7 against. These changes will provide for the assigning secretary to be a contract employee.
Sep 1, 2011 - NFHS Rules Changes for Pregames
The new NFHS Rule changes and points of emphasis need to be reviewed in every pregame for the next few weeks. You can get a handy summary of these changes by clicking here.
Aug 30, 2011 - WOA State Mechanics
The WOA state mechanics document can be found on the game day page of this website. It contains all the approved exceptions to the NFHS mechanics and these differences are to be used in Washington state.
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Feb 24, 2012 - WIAA Reclassifications Finalized
The WIAA announced yesterday that the reclassification process is complete and that Camas will move up to the 4A level. This will result in a 6 team 4A and a 6 team 3A. Hockinson and Ridgefield will be in the 2A level while Kings Way and Seton will opt up for 1A. You can read the Columbian article by clicking here.
Jan 18, 2012 - Ed Poyfair to Retire
Ed Poyfair, a Superior Court Judge and former EFOA football official, announced yesterday that he is retiring. Ed served with EFOA in the late 1990's and early 2000's. He retired from officiating in 2005. Many of us remember Ed and wish him and his family well in retirement. You can read the article by clicking here.
Dec 20, 2011 - Carolina Panthers Sneaky Play
Watch the Carolina Panthers pull off a version of the Fumblerooskie as they fool the Texans and score a touchdown. You can watch the play by clicking here. I wonder if the coach told the officiating crew about this play in the pregame conference. There were no flags on the play so they must have been expecting it.
Dec 13, 2011 - Camas set to move up to 4A
It looks like the new numbers have Camas moving up to the 4A level next year. Ridgefield would also move to the 2A level. You can read the deatails in today's Columbian by clicking here.
Nov 30, 2011 - NCAA Concussion Lawsuit
There is a lawsuit agains the NCAA for not properly diagnosing and handling concussions properly. John Boots submitted this article in which 4 athletes (3 football, 1 soccer) alledge that the NCAA was negligent in their handling of concussions. Read the full article by clicking here.
Oct 24, 2011 - Free Kick after Fair Catch
You will want to check this one out. Troy Hulse was kind enough to submit this story about a high school game in Florida where the rarely used free kick after a fair catch was used to score a field goal. You can read the story and see the video by clicking here.
It appears that the crew executed the proper mechanic for this play. Without looking in the book, would you know the proper mechanics for this play? Who lines up where?
Note: The NFL also allows this play. The article is incorrect in specifying that it is only legal in HS football.
Oct 19, 2011 - Interesting article on penalties at Washougal
Ric Bishop suggested this story about the penalties at the Washougal/Woodland game from last Friday night. To see the article, click here. Thanks Ric!!!
Oct 9, 2011 - Who made the call?
Check out this video! Watch the officials and see who makes the call. Now you know why the first official into a scrum can't always tell which way is which. Sometimes even his partner can't help him! To see the video click here.
Oct 9, 2011 - Is it a fumble, a batt, or an incomplete pass???
Watch this with the sound turned off the first time and see what you would call this. Then see what the officials called it. To view the video, click here.
Oct 6, 2011 - Video Challenge #2
Here is a video clip from an ESPN broadcast of a high school football game. You make the call, was forward progress stopped or was this a true fumble. Email your answer to Dave by clicking here.
To see the clip, click here. Remember, these are large files and may take a minute or two to load.
Oct 4, 2011 - Gene Page
Tom Vaughn made a 5 day trip down to Tempe Az. to watch the Beavers and Sun Devils on Saturday October 1st. Before the trip he had called Gene Page and set up a lunch on Monday October 3rd to meet with Gene and talk about the old days when Gene was one of our top umpires. They met for over 2 hours along with Tom's wife Cheryl. Gene has now been in Goodyear Az. for 3 years and says he loves it down in the Valley of the Sun. It only gets bad when the temp gets to 115. On the day of the visit it was a mild 99. Gene is doing odd jobs to keep busy, a security person for the Arizona Cardinals home games, a security person at the skating rink, sells brochures during pro baseball spring training games and works 2 nights a week at a local wine company in Goodyear. All this along with officiating high school football, softball and playing slow pitch softball on Sundays. He says he stays pretty busy. It was a good visit and it was good to see Gene again. Looks the same.
We talked a little about officiating in the Phoenix metro plex. Here are some of the things they do:
- They have one general meeting a year that includes all officials from the East and West. They are one association broken into 2 groups to lessen travel All other communication during the year is done through e-mail.
- They have 5 levels to attain for Varsity. 1 being a new person and those folks go through a certain amount of training.
- In order to be on a Varsity crew you have to be a level 5
- All Varsity assignments are done by crews
- The referee's select there own crews!!!
- Evaluations are done by crews not by individual position
- Rankings are by crew not by position
- playoffs and state games are assigned by crew
- They wear black pants only - even when temp is above 100
- Sub Varsity games are assigned by assignor and they wear black shorts with white socks
- They have only pop Warner and those games are played on Saturdays only at $60.00 per game
- Varsity game fee is $45.00 plus $7.00 travel pay
- They are paid mostly on site but some schools use the ref pay in arbiter
Sep 16, 2011 - EFOA Video Challenge #1
View the short video challenge and see what call you think should have been made. Then go to the EFOA elections option on the "Inside Scoop" tab above to vote on your choice. Please note, the video is 30 seconds long and may take some time to download and play. Be patient!
You can view the video by clicking here.
Then be sure to vote your choice.
Aug 13, 2011 - NFL to test Deep Judge Again
The NFL will experiment this weekend with the Deep Judge as the eighth official on the field. They did this last year and are attempting to gather more data. You can read the full article from the NY Times by clicking here.
Jul 30, 2011 - Vancouver Christian Cancels Football
We just heard that Vancouver Christian School has cancelled their football program. The means that their 5 game home schedule has been cancelled. This will also affect the formula the WOA uses for allocating playoff spots as we will now have one less high school.
May 20, 2011 - So you want to be a back judge?
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