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His Overton team was good. Thought he could get it rolling if he stuck around.

Thanks @MattStepp missed that opening.

Is Cleveland not still there. Had a good team this year.

Yes the District has one AD. The football coach on each campus is the HFC and Athletic Coordinator for several sports. Each High School has several Athletic Coordinators that oversee several sports.

Why?

Been around for 25 years. Their losses were to other private schools, but non district.

If we are not able to recruit more committed long term officials the state of officiating in 10 years is going to be very interesting. Most of the older officials have been committed to officiating for a long time. They study, learn the rules, and have lots of experience on the field. The newer guys that come in don't typically stay around long enough to be considered veterans. Hopefully we will be able to to stem the tide, but it could get worse before it gets better.

With spread offenses it is the only way to go. Hard for 5 guys to see it all. Actually have less flags with 7-man crews than with 5.

Not exactly accurate. Knew a while back. But communication between officiating chapter out of Longview and school could have been better.

It should not get worse throughout the season. Varsity officials are chosen by the coaches back in the spring. Coaches mostly at smaller schools have known for months that they would most likely not a have a crew for a particular Friday night. They just wait until the last minute to move the games. We actually have a good number of officials right now, but we would love to have more for next season. The problem is getting officials that want to start and lead new crews. Hopefully we will have some guys step up. I believe this current week was one of the hardest to cover in the Tyler/East Texas area for the season.

OC in Gilmer

I believe Blackwell is still there. His Assistant Head Coach took the Canton Job

Thanks

Unless I missed it, I don’t see the name of the new hire.

Yep. And Adair retired.