TAUNTON— When former Taunton High athletic director Mark Ottavianelli and teachers Chris Green and Brad Koneski launched a Sports Officiating class in 2023, they envisioned it as a pathway to help ...

A new after-school pilot program at Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School in Easton is helping students become certified basketball referees while addressing a statewide shortage of ...

KEWAUNEE, Wis. (WBAY) - WIAA officials say the number of licensed referees in the state has exceeded pre-pandemic numbers. This past year, there were more than 10,000 licensed officials, the most the ...

CHIPPEWA HILLS - At Chippewa Hills High School students have the opportunity to participate in an officiating class with the focus being on sports officiating. In the fall the class is focused on ...

Tensions have been high surrounding school sports fields and courts recently because of a New York state-wide referee shortage. This shortage has led to less qualified referees who tend to make more ...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - As schools across Central Texas and throughout the state deal with referee shortages, one high school in Killeen is helping students become referees. At Shoemaker High School ...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - As schools across Central Texas and throughout the state deal with referee shortages, one high school in Killeen is helping students become referees. At Shoemaker High School, ...

A retired NBA referee visited Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School to teach students training to become referees. Gary Zielinski, who officiated games played by basketball stars such ...

AT TEN. SO WITH THE BASKETBALL SEASON UPON US, WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAYERS ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? BUT NOT USUALLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WITH THE WHISTLES, UNLESS THEY MAKE A MISTAKE DURING THE GAME. AND THEN ...