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    2A Final - Athens vs Wilmington

    Correct.
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    2A Final - Athens vs Wilmington

    All "Roughing the..." penalties carry an automatic first down under Federation rules.
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    New Rules for 2022

    I don't believe there are any such specific prohibitions in the NFHS code beyond the kicking tee being no taller than 2 inches. Perhaps one of the other officials who post here can find a rule citation?
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    Strangest things you seen & heard in Illinois High School Football

    Reminds me of a game I worked many moons ago at Holy Cross (RIP) in an incredible downpour such that we had punts both (1) stick when they hit the turf/mud without a bounce and (2) hit a puddle and float away before they could be downed. Also at one point had to move a kick off from the 40 yard...
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    MAYBE?

    Very well said, Dieter. IHSA is very concerned about officials being properly and consistently trained for 7-man mechanics before adding them to the playoff crews. There is also very little, if any, interest in individual schools and conferences paying for the larger crews during the regular...
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    New Bylaw proposals

    Does anyone believe those week 9 games between non-qualifiers will get scheduled?
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    Could this be the year....the IHSA implodes?

    People made fun of John Kerry and GW Bush for graduating from Yale with C averages. In th e'60s a C at Yale was an indication that you are of AVERAGE ABILITY AT YALE. Not average at North South Faber A&T. ===== Faber...I see what you did there....Knowledge is Good.
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    What do numbers look like

    Yes we get a little extra. I have never done a "6th quarter" so I don't know what to expect. 5th quarters vary from 10 plays on offense/10 plays on defense to running clock of 10/12/15 minutes to a regular clock 10 minutes play-by-all-the-rules. And they are without a doubt the biggest source of...
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    What do numbers look like

    Officials are being told to not expect many freshman B games but lots of A games with 5th or even 6th quarters.
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    Schedules released

    It is a grim situation, and as you mentioned in an earlier post, there are going to be a lot of very inexperienced officials working varsity games this year, and potentially games having to be covered by less than 5 officials. I hope they survive and grow into experienced officials.
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    Dergo Game

    That was a VERY good crew that worked those games.
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    Title in football, basketball and baseball

    That Class of '74 must have been very talented.
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    Football isn't happening until the Spring

    I don't think it is possible to answer this "yes" or "no." I think there would be a lot of officials willing to work the games, but not sure it is a majority. Safety protocols would be of concern to some, as was the case when the regular season was still under consideration (that was probably...
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    Football isn't happening until the Spring

    I don't disagree. I was trying to clarify that the IHSA currently could not stop anyone, licensed by them or not, from working a non-IHSA game. They could change their rules and codify that as a requirement to hold or maintain an IHSA license (which I highly doubt they would do as it moves them...
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    Football isn't happening until the Spring

    Football officials in Illinois don't "work for" IHSA. We can receive a license from IHSA, which is a requirement to be hired by an individual school to work a game that is performed under IHSA sanction. But that license does not impart any constraints on where or for whom we can work a game. If...
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