Officials,
First off make sure you go out and throw a jar of hellman’s in the river today……so you can cinco de mayo!
I hope you enjoyed Star Wars day yesterday, May the 4th be with you. Don’t worry, tomorrow is Revenge of the sixth!
1. Must’ve been a good week, no issues or concerns to address!
2. The IHSLA tournament begins next Thursday the 15th. There’s just one tournament this year, top 16 seeds. Higher seeds will host Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Mostly Thursday and Saturday). Consideration will be given for travel and in some cases seeds may e slightly altered to accommodate such needs.
3. Saturday May 17 is the IYLA state tournament. Games are being played in Fishers all day, not sure yet how many fields will be used simultaneously.
4. Please keep your availability updated. Use partial blocks where appropriate. If I need you to travel I will be in touch with you individually, but please note travel is a last option since we don;t like to needlessly charge the leagues.
5. The IHSLA finals are Friday May 23, and Saturday May 24 in Zionsville. Crews for those games will be determined after the first weekend of playoffs.
6. For those of you who worked the Carmel tournament I got word the payment was sent out Friday.
7. A very special message from our friend and colleague Scott Vendrely. As many of you know he is out for the season and in rehab after being temporarily paralyzed by a viral infection. He asked that I send this message out to all:
"I tried to keep track and up to date of all the ILOA guys who contacted me but not being able to write stuff myself, it was a bit hard to keep up. All your thoughts, prayers and visits meant the world to me and have obviously paid off. The support from you all is greatly appreciated and just further illustrated why I do this, I have greatly missed the camaraderie officiating brings and look forward to getting back on the field next year. Hopefully I will be well enough and mobile enough to show up at the state finals on Saturday.
Thanks again for everything!!!!
Scott"
8. I need assistance for the following Indy area games:
Tuesday- Southport V, 6:00pm
Thursday- HSE 7/8, 6:30
Arsenal Park 5/6, 6:00 and 7:15
Saturday- HSE 7/8, 11:30
Please let me know if you can work aany of these games. Keep up the great work!
Clint
