{"id":179,"date":"2022-05-08T21:23:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T21:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2022-05-10T19:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T01:58:16","slug":"football","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/?page_id=179","title":{"rendered":"Football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>High school football season in Iowa begins in the last week of August and concludes late October, playoffs continue into early November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Format: Varsity high school games are assigned by crews of five officials: Referee, Umpire, Head Linesman, Line Judge and Back Judge. Subvarsity games may use 4-official mechanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Certification:<\/strong> you must be certified annually by the IHSAA to work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iahsaa.org\/officials\/become-an-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DMOA members will soon have access to <a href=\"#\">exclusive content and training resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Martensdale_181019_450x450.jpg\" alt=\"Back Judge\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Martensdale_181019_450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Martensdale_181019_450x450-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Martensdale_181019_450x450-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Martensdale_181016_0408_km-JTurner450x300.jpg\" alt=\"New wing official\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Martensdale_181016_0408_km-JTurner450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Martensdale_181016_0408_km-JTurner450x300-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cappy-decked-out-500x667-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cappy-decked-out-500x667-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cappy-decked-out-500x667-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Football-Clinic-Pic-2_800x400.jpg\" alt=\"Football Clinic '21\" class=\"wp-image-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Football-Clinic-Pic-2_800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Football-Clinic-Pic-2_800x400-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Football-Clinic-Pic-2_800x400-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Our 2021 Football Clinic featured classroom &#038; on-field work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High school football season in Iowa begins in the last week of August and concludes late October, playoffs continue into early November. Format: Varsity high school games are assigned by crews of five officials: Referee, Umpire, Head Linesman, Line Judge and Back Judge. Subvarsity games may use 4-official mechanics. Certification: you must be certified annually&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/?page_id=179\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Football<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmoinesofficials.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}