by saoaofficials | Oct 9, 2024 | Football, Mechanics, Meetings, Rules
Officials, The next SAOA meeting is next Wednesday (10/16/24) at Alton Sportstap, with a 6:30 Kickoff. Game Mechanics on Passing Plays: Observations from several week #6 games has shown our overall rule knowledge has improved. What is causing our greatest concerns now...
by saoaofficials | Oct 4, 2024 | Football, Mechanics, Meetings, Rules
Officials, SAOA News: Thanks to those that attended the meeting last night! Next meeting is 10/16/24 at Alton Sports Tap with a 6:30 Kickoff. Final Meeting will be 10/30/24 at Boogies in Maryville with a 6:30 Start. Please continue to send me Hudl...
by saoaofficials | Sep 12, 2024 | Football, Mechanics, Rules
Officials, First SAOA Meeting will be next Wednesday (9/18/24) at 6:30 PM at Triad HS in the Library. I hope to have the first training tape out by tonight. Observers Program: The initial observer’s program has kicked off. There are five observers across the...
by saoaofficials | Sep 5, 2024 | Announcements, Football, Mechanics, Rules
Officials,Overall, it was a good week #1. Sam advised me there were 27 ejections which is down from last year. The two main reasons for disqualifications were Hate Speech and fighting. Our game management obviously improved as we...
by saoaofficials | Aug 29, 2024 | Announcements, Football, Mechanics, Rules
Officials, Week 1 is tomorrow. Newer officials go back to the last years training tapes (in Hudl) and review that information. If you don’t have access to Hudl please let me know. We removed members who haven’t paid their dues and we could have...
by saoaofficials | Aug 22, 2024 | Announcements, Football, Mechanics, Rules
Football Officials, It is hard to believe a new football season is already upon us. With that and it being Week #0 we need to start with a brief review to get the season started. IHSA Licensing Requirements: In order to be eligible to officiate an...
