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Friday’s MHSAA football game between Murrah and Cleveland Central featured the first all-female crew to officiate high school football in the state. The on-field crew consisted of Adrienne Barnes, Sarah Fleming, Sherri Vaughans, Chandra Adams, Felicia Davis, Alona Alexander and Dominique Sutton. Clock operators were Constance Clark and Phylicia Cotten. …

2022-23 Officials Handbook

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2021-2022 Official’s Fees

See story, photos by The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Thomas will cap her sixth NFL season by becoming the first female to officiate the Super Bowl in NFL history. Thomas, a down judge, is part of the officiating crew announced Tuesday by the NFL. She is a …

Fulton Carson began his officiating career 25 years ago at an MHSAA junior high football game in Vicksburg. January 11th in South Florida, Mr. Carson gets rewarded for his two and half decades of devotion and excellence by working the University of Alabama-Ohio State University showdown for the College Football …

2020-21 Officials Handbook

NASO is offering a free virtual Sports Officiating Summit August 24-27. Click to Register The summit will feature more than 70 sessions.

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Lance Barksdale of Mississippi has reached the pinnacle for a Major League Baseball umpire. Mr. Barksdale is scheduled to work his first World Series beginning tonight, when the Houston Astros host the Washington Nationals is Game 1. He is one of seven umpires who will be on the field for …

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Officials from around the state attended Officiate Mississippi Day on Saturday at the Muse Center in Pearl. The conference included guest speakers Paul Guillie, Coordinator of Umpires for the SEC; Mark Dribelbis, Supervisor of Officials for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association; and multiple breakout sessions for football, basketball, …

What: MHSAA’s Second Annual “Officiate Mississippi” Workshop and Seminar When: July 20, 2019 Where: Clyde Muse Center, Pearl MS   The Mississippi High School Activities Association is sponsoring its second annual “Officiate Mississippi Day” this Saturday, July 20th at the Clyde Muse Center in Pearl MS.   This workshop and seminar is being conducted to …

2019-2020 NFHS Schedule of Benefits

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Longtime MHSAA official Emerus Addison reached one of the pinnacles of the profession recently, when he was among a select few umpires chosen for the Women’s College World Series. Mr. Addison called five games in the NCAA Division Softball Championships at Oklahoma City, including in the final best-of-three series between …