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2009

Many changes are happening at the OHSAA.  OHSAA is considering the elimination of the District Officials Committee (DOC).  It is unclear how this will affect the officials at the association level or directly,  At this time it is a wait and see what the Governing Board chooses to do.  The DOC determines whom gets nominated to the Officials Hall Of Fame, and affords the secretaries the opportunity to remove officials from the suspension lists that were mistakenly  placed on this list before they become permanent.

In other news OHSAA has increased the Officiating dues for new officials and for current officials.  Please review your MyOHSAA webpage and make any changes needed to your profile.  Also, the Officiating dues for 2009/2010 season will become due after June 1st and before June 30th.  Please watch your MyOHSAA webpage for the Renewal Dues Tab to become active.

Officials who fail to pay their dues before July 1st will incur a fifty $50.00 penalty.  If they fail to pay before August 1st, they will be automatically suspended by OHSAA for the 2009/2010 season.

Please do not call after these dates as there is nothing OHSAA can do to change your status as after is controlled by the Computer and audited by the OHSAA Board of Governors.

New rules changes for the upcoming High School season have been released by the National Federation.  The changes appear to be minor for this upcoming season.  You can view the NF press release by clicking the link below;

2008 HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE

Congratulations to the following officials who have attained recognition from OHSAA for being selected to the respective Tournament Pools.  Being selected for the respective pools does not guarantee being selected to officiate at that level.

BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT SELECTION POOL

JOSEPH BLACKHAM

BOYS REGIONAL TOURNAMENT SELECTION POOL

BRYAN ASP  -  TIM CHURCH  -  ROGER DELROSARIO  -  BRAD DOLAN  -  GARY GALAUNER

GIRLS REGIONAL SELECTION POOL

BRYAN ASP  -  DUANE BEACH  -  TIM CHURCH  -  BRAD DOLAN  -  GARY GALAUNER  -  RON GALAUNER  - TONY GURA  -  PATRICIA KING  -  ROBIN SABBARESE  -  MOXIE SUMISLAWSKI  -  GEORGE WERLING  -  STEVE ZEISE

The FSRA golf outing was held on July 12th.  Only the weather dampened the enthusiasm of the participants.  The Low net was won by the team of Tom Zeise, Greg Zeise, Dwight Burgett and Jeremy
Dahl with a six under par,  Fred Kelly's team finished second with a five under par.  Closet to the pin winners were Moxie Sumislawski, Mike Dean, Brian Dietz and Brian Zeise.  Congratulations to the winners and all who attended.

2008 - 2009 OHSAA attendance cards

OHSAA  has now sent the official packets to the referee's who have renewed their licenses.  Please do not throw away your packets.  The mailing address inside the packet is YOUR attendance card for the State Rules meeting.  Please bring it to the State Rules meeting that you attend to receive credit

NEW HIGH SCHOOL REFEREE CLASSES

New Referee classes are set for persons who wish to become High School Soccer Referees.  These classes are scheduled to begin on Saturday July 19th, 2008 at LCCC in room CC228, starting at 9:00am.  No prior experience is needed and current USSF referees are welcome.  Please click on the link in the right hand column marked "HIGH SCHOOL REFEREES NEEDED" for further information.

OHSAA SHIRT REGULATIONS

Good morning, everyone.

   As you know, USSF has recently adopted a newly designed shirt with broader stripes.

   I spoke today with OHSAA Assistant Commissioner, Henry Zaborniak, who is Supervisor of Officials.

   This is OHSAA's position:

1.)  The gold shirt is still the primary shirt, with the red and black shirts as the ONLY approved alternate shirts.  There is no order of preference for red or black if an alternate shirt must be worn due to color conflict with either or both teams.

 2.)  Officials need NOT buy the blue or the green shirts.  They are NOT recognized by OHSAA as approved alternate shirts.

 3.)  Because the primary shirt supplier, Official Sports International, no longer makes the pinstriped shirt, only the new, more broadly striped shirt will be available for purchase. 

4.)  Officials who wear either the old, pinstriped shirt or the new, broadly striped shirt, will be considered in proper uniform.  There is no need for officials to purchase the new, broadly striped shirts, UNLESS THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.  Bottom line, buy the new, broadly striped shirts if you wish, but you are not required to do so. 

5.)  Officiating crews consisting of a mixture of pinstripes and broad stripes will be considered properly uniformed.  CREWS' SHIRTS NEED NOT BE ALL PINSTRIPES OR ALL BROAD STRIPES. 

   We sincerely hope that this resolves any ambiguity occasioned by USSF's recent adoption of the broadly-striped shirt and the green alternate shirt.

   Please contact Don Muenz with any questions

    Thank you.

 Don Muenz, OHSAA State Rules Interpreter

USSF OFFICIALS NEEDED

Matches begin at 8:10 AM on Saturday, August 30th in Bay Village, Ohio.   Assignors for this Tournament will be Jon Loufman and Ron Galauner.  You can contact them at the email address listed below or check the League Assignors tab to the left for their phone contacts.

Ron Galauner at rgalauner@msn.com       

Jon Loufman  at jonloufman@hotmail.com

Referee Fees
$18 for ARs and singles,                            $20 for centers on 8v8 and                       $22 for centers on 11v11.              Championship matches on Monday pay a little more.

2008 MANDATORY OHSAA STATE RULES MEETING

WILL BE HELD AT VERMILION HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AUDITORIUM ON MONDAY AUGUST 4TH, 2008 AT 7:15pm.  THEIR WILL BE A LOCAL RULES MEETING HELD AFTER THE STATE MEETING

 Referee Night at the CREW

Thursday July 17th, 2008

The enclosed link is for the Referee Night with the Crew at the Crew Stadium in Columbus.  There will be a Pre-Game discussion period and a Post Game Discussion period.  USSF will give one hour credit for each the Pre and Post game discussion periods.  OHSAA will give credit for one Local Rules session for each discussion period attended.  Please refer to the link below for further information.

 Referee Night at the CREW

2007

Congratulations to the following officials who have been selected for the OHSAA tournament in their respective groupings.  The order is alphabetical and does not reflect their vote totals and does not guarantee they will receive a contract for their respective pools.

STATE   (Boys)     

Tim Church, Joe Blackham, Brad Dolan and Steve Zeise

Regional  (Boys)

Byran Asp, Duane Beach, Mike Dean, Ron Galauner, Matt Livingston, Ben Manlou, Nick Maric, Hank Proctor and George Werling

Sectionsl / District  (Boys)

John Baloun, Bill Brutsche, Rogelio DelRosario, James Farley, Gary Galauner, Tony Gura, Pat King, Dave Rolland, John Sheppard, Ron Thompson and Brian Zeise

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State  (Girls)

Brad Dolan

Regionals   (Girls)

Bryan Asp, Tim Church, Gary Galauner, Ron Galauner, Nick Maric, Jim Rouhier, Moxie Sumislawski and Steve Zeise

Sectional / District   (Girls)

Ken Allen, John Baloun, Duane Beach, Joe Blackham, Bill Brutsche, Liam Carroll, Jim Farley, Tony Gura, John Hill, Pat King, Matt Livingston, Ben Manlou, Dave Rolland, Mark Rosemark, Tom Spiroff, Ron Thompson, Don Turacy and Brian Zeise

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+++ATTENTION OHSAA OFFICIALS+++

All High School Officials Please check your MyOHSAA profile for game assignments.  Some schools have already posted assignments and are awaiting acceptance.  All schools are required to have their assignments online by September 17, 2007

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Please update your email address with Joe Blackham and Steve Zeise for High School and Tim Church for USSF. 

The MyOHSAA website is progressing slowly.  Please review your profile to check that you are receiving credit for your local rules meetings.  If you attended a local rules meeting at another association please verify that the meeting shows up on your listing.  We cannot make any corrections for another associations errors.  Only the secretary of that association sponsoring that rules session can make those adjustments.

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The Ohio High School Athletic Association has terminated the OHSAAnet software on their website.  All officials will need to access MyOHSAA (link is on the right side Link Bar).  Individual referees will not have to input their matches as in the old system.  Assignors will do the input of games.  Officials will have to monitor their MyOHSAA page to verify any assignments that have been added by the assignors.  There is a time limit for an official to accept an assignment before it is revoked and given to an other official.  More information about this system will be available at the State Rule meetings during the Local Rules Session.

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TOURNAMENT AVAILABILITY REQUEST

The NE District Athletic Board has requested all eligible class one Soccer Officials who meet eligibility requirements complete the necessary form for the 2007 / 2008 season.  Please click on the link below for the necessary instructions.

 FSRA Tournament availability

2007 OHSAA Rule Changes

 2007 NF Rule Changes

The 2007 Annual Business Meeting and Elections are now history.  Reports of officers were given and accepted by the membership present.  Election of Officers for 2008 was conducted with the following results;

President  - Fred Kelly

Vice President  -  Tony Gura

USSF Secretary - Tim Church

Treasurer  -  Ron Galauner

OHSAA Secretary -  Steve Zeise

OHSAA Assignor  -  Joe Blackham

Trustees  -  Tom Spiroff     1 year Trustee

                 Robin Sabbarese    2 year Trustee

                 George Ralhfs     3 year Trustee*

* =  Newly elected for a three year term

All Officers were elected by Unanimous vote.

FSRA Annual Business Meeting

The FSRA  Annual Business Meeting will be Thursday November 8^th starting at 7:00 P.M.  The meeting will be held at LCCC room CC227.

Election of Officers will be conducted at the Annual Business Meeting with the following being selected by the President's nominating committee.

President  -  Fred Kelley (Brad Dolan has chosen not to run)

Vice President  -  Anthony Gura (Jim Rouhier has chosen not to run)

USSF Secretary  -  Tim Church

Treasurer  -  Ron Galauner

OHSAA Secretary  -  Steve Zeise

OHSAA Assigner  -  Joe Blackham

Trustee -  Robin Sabbarese

There will be open nominations from the floor at the meeting per the bylaws of our organization. 

Registration renewal will follow the ABM. ONLY THOSE officials who have attended all of the 2007 In-Service meetings that were held in January, February, March and April of 2007 are eligible to renew as they have met the Annual Renewal Requirements of five hours during the preceding 12 months. Contact Pat King if you have any questions concerning your hours.  We are currently planning a five hour in-service training clinic to be held in January and February of 2008 for the officials who haven’t met their Annual Requirement. One of these clinics’ will be held on a Saturday and one on a Sunday.

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+++ATTENTION OHSAA OFFICIALS+++

All High School Officials Please check your MyOHSAA profile for game assignments.  Some schools have already posted assignments and are awaiting acceptance.  All schools are required to have their assignments online by September 17, 2007

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The FSRA Constitution and Operating Procedures has been made available to the members of this Association.  You can click on the link to the left to get to this page.  We hope this file is beneficial to the membership.

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2007 In Service meetings are the second Thursday of Jan, Feb, Mar & Apr.
Location: LCCC, room 228
Time: 7:00 PM.
Re-registration to follow. No re-registration in April

New referee clinics will be taking place in Strongsville, Avon Lake, North Olmsted & Oberlin. Pre-registration is required. Please contact Pat King at plking5@buckeye-express.com for more information.

The Cleveland City Stars (a new professional soccer team) has been established. Try outs are currently being held. See their web site at http://www.clevelandcitystars.com/pro_try_out.php

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Referees Day at the Crew - Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 6:00pm, at Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH.  This was a very successful activity in '06.  Attendance is not mandatory, but is a great way to obtain 2 hrs each of USSF (in-service) and high school (local rules) training. Assessors will be given an opportunity to ask questions to the mentor or the stadium observer.  Pre-game seminar will commence at 6:00pm, the match is at 7:30pm, with post-match Q&A to follow.  Tickets can be obtained by contacting Brad Kessler (614-447-4152, bkessler@thecrew.com), or Jim Martella (513-576-9555).

Referee Day at the Crew Flyer