Summer Study Groups

Monday, July 26, 6:00-8:00pm at  the Pizza Place, located behind the Chevron on the NW corner of Calloway and Rosedale Hwy next to Glinn & Giordano Therapy -- Mark Roberts, 809-6311.

Mondays, July 26, Aug. 2 and 9, 6:00pm at Norm Fox's home (directions available upon request) -- Alex Edillor/Norm Fox

Monday, July 26 and Aug. 2, 7:30 pm at Rusty's Pizza on Niles east of Oswell -- Roy Clark, Ken Lopez

Tuesday, July 27, 6:00-9:00 pm at Kern High School District Office, 5801 Sundale Ave. -- Dennis Matthews for 0-3 yr. officials and any newcomers.

Wednesday, July 28, 7:00-8:30 pm at Tony's Pizza, Coffee Road, just north of Hageman -- Joe Saldivar

 

2010 Pre-season Timeline

July 7-9 -- Receipt of instructional materials (rule books, handbook, etc.)

July -- Summer study groups

July 31 -- Mechanics "boot camp"

Aug. 7 -- Clinic: New rules, Honig's

Aug. 11, 18, 25 -- August Wednesday night regular meetings

Aug. 26-28 -- Intersquad scrimmages start

Sept. 2-3 -- Week 0 games, final scrimmages

NCAA Bowl Officials

Former KCOA members Dave Curschman and Kevin Matthews were the Back Judge and Umpire, respectively, for the Mountain West Conference officiating crew that worked the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl played Dec. 24 in Honolulu. SMU ramped over Nevada, 45-10 in the game. Curschman is a former KCOA Football instructor. The two primarily work the Mountain West Conference, but have done WAC and Pac-10 games in their Div. I careers.

2009 Season

Playoff assignments

Crew members are listed by position order R, U, H, L, B, Bx:

Friday, Nov. 20 
Div. 1 -- Clovis East 14 @ Centennial 16 (Mark Roberts, Tom Trees, Ruben Sanchez, Glenn Myers, David Zulfa, Brandon Snyder) 
Div  2 -- Reedley 23  @ Garces 47 (Baynes Bank, George Kieke, Tony Robertson, Jeff Rothermel, Arley Hill Jr., Ramon Valdez)
Div. 3 -- Hanford West 30 @ Ridgeview 42 (Nick Ellis, Bob Williams, Bob Hartshorn, David Brust, Matt Collier, Jerome Lee) 
Div. 3 -- Foothill 21 @ South 14 (James Taplin, Steve Yaksitch, Ken Lopez, Randal Horne, Angel Gonzalez, Glen Tolle) 
Div. 3 -- Mira Monte16 @ Tehachapi 49 (Joe Saldivar, Roy Clark, Paul Kaminski, Sean Carlsen, Roger Coughenour, Steve Laird)

Friday, Nov. 27
Div. 1 -- Bakersfield 24 @ Stockdale 12 (Dennis Matthews, Dan Harris, Jim Lippy, Paul Kaminski, Norm Fox, Roy Clark)
Div. 2 -- Garces 14 @ Frontier 34 (Joe Nunez, Jeff Rothermel, Sean Carlsen, Rocky O'Neill, David Zulfa, Ruben Sanchez)
Div. 3 -- Foothill 14 @ Tehachapi 21 (Derek Griffith, Steve Yaksitch, Rory Clark, David Brust, Scott Spielman, Mark Potaczala)
Div. 4 -- Exeter 27 @ Wasco 0 (Bill Solan, Rick Rodriquez, Kevin Sullivan, David Newby, Randy Merriman, Randy Blay)
Div. 4 -- Dos Palos 0 @ Taft 27 (Les Huber, Gary Fenstermaker, Jack Turner, Glenn Myers, Brian Landis, Jevin Caras)

Friday, Dec. 4
Div. 1 -- Centennial 21 @ Liberty 14 (JNunez, BWilliams, DGriffith, RO'Neill, SSpielman, DNewby)
Div. 2 -- Redwood 14 @ Frontier 16 (JTaplin, RBlair, GMyers, JSaldivar, AHill, RHorne)
Div. 3 -- Porterville 24 @ Tehachapi 17 (BSolan, Roy Clark, Josh Huber, RHorne, BLandis, CClark)
Div. 6 FINAL -- Orange Cove 26 @ Strathmore 37  (LHuber, GKieke, JLippy, PKaminski, NFox, DBrust)

Friday, Dec. 11
Div. 5 FINAL -- Madera Ranchos-Liberty 28 @ Corcoran 31 (NEllis, BWilliams, SCarlsen, JSaldivar, BLandis, GMyers)

General Requirements

An interest in and basic knowledge of the game. Time to commit to rules and mechanics study, meetings, and games. For those starting out, youth games are Monday and Tuesday nights and all day Saturday. High school freshman games are Thursday nights and JV/V games are Friday nights, with occasional Saturday afternoon games. 

Financially, the requirements are:

• Membership dues and liability insurance ($80 and $12.50 respectively).
• Uniform -- Starter packets go for about $200. Each year, gently used uniforms are donated by veterans for those newcomers who may need assistance.

Expectations

You'll start out at the youth level where there are plenty of games to go around. The KCOA provides officials for Jack Frost, North of the River, Golden Empire Youth Football, and Taft youth programs. All officials will be part of a high school crew for study purposes. Each new official is encouraged to sit in on the pregame preparation and watch the crew from the sidelines to get a feel for the game at the upper levels of high school football.

Certification

To be certified to officiate CIF-sanctioned (high school) football games, you must:

• Score 80% (70% for first-year officials) in a rules knowledge exam.
• Score 80% (70% for first-year officials) in a mechanics knowledge exam.
• Work for free at least two (2) scrimmages before the season.

Benefits

The rewards are great.

• Extra income. For 2010, Sub-varsity game fees -- $53 ($57 for referee); varsity fees -- $65 ($72 for referee). Youth leagues pay about $40-$45 per game.
• Great fellowship.
• Flexible assignments.
• An opportunity to advance to higher levels. KCOA currently has two former members working Div. I and four current members working junior college and Div. III/NAIA.

Co-Instructors/Co-Assignors

Alex Edillor / a.b.edillor@gmail.com / 661.331.4547
James Taplin / taplinjr@sbcglobal.net / 661.496.9895

Sports Committee (Final year of term)

 Norm Fox (2010), Derek Griffith (2011), Glenn Myers (2011), Joe Saldivar (Chairman, 2010),