Game Ball Goes to the Officials
On behalf of all the dedicated football officials in our area, our own Dave Rittman recently accepted the weekly game ball honors from the hosts of ABC-Local 5 Sports show Friday Night Blitz.
Waverly Ump Retires at State Championship
Mark Freund of WHO Sports did a nice story recently about the retirement of Randy Morris of Waverly. I don’t know Randy, but he sure went out in style. https://who13.com/sports/iowa-umpire-leaves-shoes-on-field-after-final-game/amp/
Formal Officiating Mentorship Program
“The DMOA is pleased to announce a formal mentorship program for interested veteran and new basketball and football officials. The program, ‘Each ONE, Bring ONE’, will match veteran officials with inexperienced officials and will include personalized 1:1 discussions on officiating topics, mentoring/encouragement and periodic observation/evaluation/feedback… Read More »Formal Officiating Mentorship Program
Shot Clock – Iowa Adaptations
A presentation on this topic by Todd Tharp, IHSAA, will take place at the Des Moines Officials Association basketball clinic held at Urbandale High School on June 25. The camp is full, but we are offering “shadow” opportunities for those interested in hearing the presentation,… Read More »Shot Clock – Iowa Adaptations
How This NCAA Ref Knows We are Doomed as a Society
Many of our members know Tom Higgins from Omaha – he’s spoken at our annual meeting in the past. He shared some important insights in this KXNO interview. https://kxno.iheart.com/content/2022-05-18-how-this-ncaa-ref-knows-we-are-doomed-as-a-society/
Basketball Officials Clinic Set for 6/25
Hosted at Urbandale HS, this clinic is limited to 36 participants. Contact Larry Jacobus or Dave Rittman to get signed up.