Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Limmited space.

I was fortunate during the first half of the season to get a good number of bookings (Assignments to officiate), I know some of the officials got very few, and I had several. Unfortunately it is coming back to haunt me in the second half of the schedule. I am very excited about some of the bookings I have. I will be officiating the Minion Duals, and Dixie Nationals in a few days. It is exciting to watch some of the little guys go out throwing high level techniques. I am also scheduled to officiate the King of the Hill Tournament. This is a premier JV event that I have never attended. I know plenty of top level Georgia wrestlers come out of this event. I will also be officiating a youth tournament at Peachtree Ridge, and a Dual at Oglethorpe. I was hoping to officiate an area dual tournament, but my association MAWOA has so many quality officials that I will have to settle for watching from the stands.
If I could get the bookings I would work twice a week plus Friday and Saturday, but there just isn't that many assignments. I love wrestling, and officiating is definitely the best seat in the house. I am willing to take the abuse people dish out in order to get that close to the action.
I have been working with Pete Frits Sr. on some details for State Duals, and have volunteered with Ron Domanico to help run weigh-ins at State Duals to help defray the costs associated with running the tournament. I will be in Macon and between what ever I will be doing to help Pete, and Ron I am looking forward to getting a close up look at some of that action.
I happen to be a girl's soccer coach with the Apalachee program. I am the assistant. I help with Varsity, and run the JV program. I go watch my girls play in the off season when I am not at a wrestling event(I went to watch them play indoor last night). My Head coach is very understanding of my involvement in wrestling, and doesn't get on me if I miss a little here and there at the beginning of the season to be involved with wrestling. The bad news is with my limited bookings I will have to be at preseason conditioning as soon as school gets back. I love coaching the girls, but man is it cold in January, and February. I would much prefer a hot sweaty wrestling room.

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