Jaclyn Smith

Excellent post! :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

PointsInThePaint, I'm no expert, but what I do know about officiating a basketball game is that sometimes the plays happen to go right into one officials lap for extended periods during the game. Did he get the calls right? If he did, then your criticism is unfounded. :sssh: I think I know who this official was and I can tell you if it was him, he doesn't care who wins or loses. IMOM, You are correct, if we are talking about the same person. He originally grew up in the 16th Region, but has lived in central KY for quite a long time. :thumb:

I don't know who the person was, but I don't think I would refer to him as a "little official". Maybe he could be referred to as the "shorter of the 3 officials", if in fact that were the case. :thumb:

I think you meant to say with 0:00.3 (three tenths) of a second left. That's the rule.

After reading through this post the other day, I decided to ask my friend who is very knowledgeable about officials in the 10th & 11th Regions. The association is called the Bluegrass Basketball Association (BBA). The veterans and the best officials of the BBA who are always on the biggest games are Wade Branscum, Clayton Brooks, Ken Catron, John Chamberlain, Kirk Hudson, Bart Lenox, Larry Lewis, Cary Lyle, Bo Queen, Sherriane Shuey, J. T. Taylor, Eric Thornsbury, Jerry Thornsbury, Kevin Walter, Don Werner, Jack Whittemore, and Gary Wilson. Some of the newer members, or younger officials, that were mentioned and are good and "up and coming officials" are Royce Blevins, Rod Bristow, Charlie Burke, Mark Johnston, Jim McMillin, Keith Morgan, Dustin Music, Ryan Sallee, Jeff Singleton, Terry Smith, and Jimmy Sparks. My friend said that there are probably some names left out. Mike Goins recently retired and is now the assistant assignor for the BBA. As someone previously stated, John Chamberlain isn't officiating this year.

Mike Fields wrote the information below in today's Lexington-Herald Leader. Maybe this will clear up a lot of questions. It was not a misprint. Dunbar's boys opened the basketball season with an 87-8 victory over Frankfort. Dunbar led 34-0 early in the second quarter. After Frankfort hit a free throw, the host Bulldogs went on another 34-0 streak to make it 68-1 midway through the third quarter. Frankfort, which missed 29 of 32 shots and made 28 turnovers, was missing several key players, including star E.J. Fields, who are still with the Panthers' football team that faces Beechwood in the Class A semifinals tonight.

I did a quick search and this was all that I found. I hope it helps. http://www.anthemkyinallstars.com/

Why in the world would they let someone go that has done so much good for a program? :confused: From what I've read, there doesn't seem to be any justification for this. I don't have any ties to this school, but the student athletes and parents deserve a better explanation that what has been presented so far!

From what I've read and seen, it's between Lexington Catholic and Scott County, but you never know! As they say, that's why you play the games!

You asked what everyone else thinks, so I think that you should stay "behind bars", as your location states, and keep your awful opinions to yourself! At the very least, be a little bit more objective! That would also be very appropriate for some of the comments in the "Girls Basketball" forum and the thread about officiating there.

I was just looking through some of the forums and while I am not an "expert" on this topic, I do know that the Ashland Invitational Tournament used a combination of local officials and officials from other associations for the tournament during Coach Flynn's tenure. The Christmas tournament at Lexington Catholic is officiated by the local association. I think the same association also works the Berea tournament. With a few exceptions, I think most of the schools that host a tournament use the same officials that work the regular season games. Strike3 makes a good point. I'm sure it's a difficult task.

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: Excellent post, but I also agree that there will be someone else to step into his shoes if he really is dead or passes away soon.

Is it legal in college and / or professional baseball?

I missed this post when this thread was more active. You said it best "Fan"! It is truly a shame when parents are trying to live vicariously through their children and don't know when to keep their nose and opinions to themselves!

Here are a couple of articles I found on line about last's night game. http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/sports/14848439.htm http://www.bgdailynews.com/articles/2006/06/18/sports/sports1.txt Sorry, I couldn't find a box score anywhere.