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Hoffart |
GirlsBasketball |
02-06-2018 |
Uintah |
This documentation is for the Uintah vs Spanish Fork girls sophomore basketball game on February 6th at Uintah High School. The game started with Spanish Fork committing three quick fouls. The Spanish Fork coach calmed down his girls and they stopped fouling. Uintah started fouling and we were in the one and one before the end of the first quarter. In the first quarter, my partner Wayne Gingel, issued a warning to the Uintah coach about arguing calls and the warning was noted in the book. In the second quarter the fouling continued with Uintah reaching the double bonus first and then Spanish Fork reached it near the end of the half.
At half time, Wayne talked with me and told me that he heard the Uintah coach call me by name and argue a call. I didn't hear him do this. Wayne said if he did this again he would give the coach a technical and that I should administer a technical if called out by the coach. I said I would watch for this.
In the third quarter or maybe the beginning of the fourth Uintah's coach came out on the court at least 10 feet and started arguing a call. I immediately gave the coach a technical foul. We shot the one and one for the fouled Spanish Fork girl and then the technical for the coach's arguing. The fans on the Uintah side were not happy and continued to ride the referees the rest of the game. The head coach for Uintah remained seated for the rest of the game coaching his girls. The other Uintah coaches complained about calls, but we let the game continue. The foul count for the entire second half of the game was fairly even the whole half and both teams were in the double bonus with about 3 minutes left in the game. Spanish Fork lead the entire second half by about 4 to 6 points.
With three seconds left in the game, I called a pushing foul on a Uintah girl as she knocked a Spanish Fork player to the ground. Uintah's head coach got up off the bench (he already had a warning and 1st technical) and came onto the court. Wayne came and talked with me and said we could give a second technical for leaving the bench and entering the court to argue a call. This would result in an ejection and the coach wouldn't be able to coach the next game. I told Wayne that I didn't want to do this and that we should shoot the free throws and go home. We shot the free throws, and the game ended with a Spanish Fork victory by 6 points.
As soon as the game buzzer sounded, Uintah's head coach stormed the court shouting that we were the worst referees he had ever seen. He got in my face and screamed, "You're terrible!" The JV girls coach tried to restrain him and said he should leave. Wayne and I were standing near mid-court about 2/3 of the way from both benches. The coaches had to come at least
30 feet to yell at us face to face. I said that's enough and gave the coach another technical. He again yelled at us and the JV coach was able to persuade him to leave the court. The JV coach, Kristin Christopherson, was trying to calm the head coach and did not yell at the officials.
Wayne and I made sure the technical fouls and warning were recorded in the book. Wayne said the coach had gotten right in my face and that I had done the right thing. I tried to find out what the head coaches name was from the scorers table and they said it was Hofert. Wayne and I then went and found the Uintah Athletic Director and told him what happened. He told us to file a report and he would look into the matter.
When Wayne and I returned to the locker room together, Kaylon, Jared and Lori were there after refereeing the varsity boys game. We asked them what we should do. They said we needed to call Mike Davis and tell him. I called Mike from the locker room and he said to go home and write up what happened. He said he would find out what we should do after that.
Both Wayne and I believe we called a good game. The Spanish Fork coach didn't get on the referees. The Uintah coach argued many calls and incited his fan base. Both teams were in the double bonus in both halves, and fouls were called as they occurred.
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