NEWS

March 6: Our condolences to the Mayhew family on the loss of Larry's brother.

March 5: Congratulations to Wade Clayton, Terry Lee and Brian Shea for their assignment to the 6A State Championship. Saturday, March 6 at 7:00. A salute to Williston on achieving a trip to Lakeland.

February 28: Just an update on Bud from Eileen Holt.. He is doing well. The doc took him off the hard chemo for a little while. He says it is beating Bud up pretty bad and he needs a vacation from it. He is still taking chemo but a milder form. He is to have a Pet Scan and I think a cat scan. He will have them on the 9th of March. It will show what is going on inside. The doc says he looks great on paper but it is time to take a look inside. So please be in prayer that all is good. He says he feels good.

February 27: Congratulations to the girls of The Rock and P. K. Yonge on attaining their state championships. Also a salute to Vanguard and Lafayette on achieving the trip to Lakeland.

February 25: The FHSAA has announced the 2010 class of its Hall of Fame. The officials included are Clem Brooks and Joe Rider. Wayne Hunter and I know Clem from our time with the West Coast Officials Association in Hillsborough County. Wes Hargis worked with Clem while both were with the Greater Miami Athletic Conference.Joe Rider was active in the Southern Independent Football OA when they were servicing schools like Miami and FSU before they joined the ACC.

February 24: We will be sending a crew to Lakeland for the 4A Semi-Final of Jefferson HS, Tampa vs. Pensacola HS. Friday at 11:30. Congratulations to Yvette Jones, Toia Coffee, and Billy McCall.

January 27: The link for the September Board Meeting minutes now works.

January 20: Kevin Townsend pointed me to this, Holly Pole named the Banner's volleyball player of the year. Holly is Treasurer Jeff's daughter.

January 13:

There will be a preplanning meeting to host both a 2010 FHSAA Football and Basketball State Field Clinic at 6:30 pm on Monday, January 25, 2010 at North Marion High School. Any MFOA member interested in being on either the football or basketball (or both) organizing committees should attempt to attend the meeting that night. We need 10-12 committee members per sport to be able to plan and run a good state clinic. I have heard from a few members who are willing to help and have good ideas but I still need more help.

Please contact Ted Bedford via email - tjbedford@email.com if you are interested and can attend. I understand that there are a few basketball games that evening and if you want to be on a planning committee but can't attend on 1/25/10, let me know any area of planning listed below that you may be able to help out with. I am also planning to have a follow-up meeting about 2 weeks later (2/8/10?). As we get closer to the planned clinic dates we will meet more often (weekly?) to iron out details.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

FHSAA Correspondent - Meet w/FHSAA in Gainesville for agendas.

Site Coordinator - Arrange location / fields/ gyms; large meeting room / classrooms (audio-video / computer access)

Teams / Coaches Contacts - Contact schools for participation in scrimmage; Coaches Forum

Clinician Recruiter - Contact and arrange for clinicians; help w/curriculum

Curriculum Administrator - Prepare classroom curriculum; Audio-visual materials.

Registration Coordinator (Treasurer) - Collect registration & fees; sign-in: Report attendance to FHSAA

Hospitality - Arrange lunch; drinks; hotel accommodations

Uniform / Supplies Contact - Arrange for uniform supplier; Gifts

Special Guest Liaison - Arrange guest speaker and accommodations.

Secretary - Maintain planning meeting records; Work w/Registration Coordinator

I'm looking forward to working with dedicated and hard-working officials in making both clinics successful.

Thank you,

Ted Bedford

MFOA Training Director

January 11: We should also congratulate Ronny Pruitt of Hawthorne for being named Coach of the Year in his Classification. Coach Pruitt has now moved on to Union County, announced Feb. 23.

Basketball officials please note the schools that you do not wear an FHSAA patch while working there.

January 4: The FHSAA has released the Academic Team Champion Awards for Fall sports. The Forest High School football team received the top honor for 6A Football teams. Congratulations to the team, coaches and teachers.

January 1: The relative rating for basketball is now posted. Reminder that there is a basketball meeting in Ocala on Sunday January 3. This for setting the play-off crews.

October 21: The FHSAA has sent out to broadcast emails. First for all sports, The AT6 form for unsportsmanlike conduct and ejections is now available as an online form allowing you to fill it out and submit it online. No more filling out by hand and faxing. For football, the Spalding J5V is the ball that must be used starting with the tie breakers and for every play-off game after that. At least that is how interpret the message. Last year we had a debate as to which week was the ball was mandatory. This email seems to leave no doubt. The penalty is an unsportsmanlike conduct foul against the coach.

Baseball rule changes

Softball 2010 rules changes