2old4this: I appreciate your posts as well. The thread is about what I felt was a general uneveness in officiating, rather than taking shots about specific plays and the two examples I gave were what I thought were examples of this. If you were right there, I will take your word for it. I didn't see it when it happened and I haven't seen any video of it, but people who were close said they thought it excessive and borne of frustration. But it doesn't jibe with what I have seen from LC players over the years, so I'll accept your word and apologize.
film: these kids put in hours and years of their life for a shot at state and they deserve the best the system can provide. I don't think the current system of assigning refs from different regions to work together without any warm-up games is good. state is the culmination of a lot of hard work on the part of every player and these are the best teams. yet we collect the best individual refs and say, you're going with Joe from Spokane and Bill from Yakima, so chat for five minutes and go to it. and I think kids deserve better. I am not complaining about calls or anything, rather calling attention to the fact that there are three teams on the floor in every game and people tend to shrug their shoulders on and say, "oh well, they're only human. players miss shots, too, what's the big deal?" well, the refs are experienced and have been doing it a long time, so they should get it right way more often than not. and refs don't have other refs playing defense against them trying to make them miss, so it isn't the same as a 16 year old missing a jump shot. we should have ALL the "teams" prepare for state, not just the players. just my opinion, sorry if it is boring to you.