Register for the golf tournament on August 15!
Contacts
Varsity Assignor
Mike Gearman
612-237-9384
Lower Level Assignor
Austin Lagesse
815-953-2356
Clinician and Board Representative
Rick Baker
(763) 607-7780
Craig Laird has decided to move on from being the basketball clinician. The Board thanks Craig for his service as clinician for the past few years. In Craig's place, the Board voted to make Rick Baker the new Basketball Clinician. The Board looks forward to having Rick as the new clinician as the liaison to the high school league and to oversee rules interpretations and training for the officials in their sport.
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The Gopher State Officials Association will be hosting our 3rd annual basketball officials’ camp.
This is a great opportunity to be evaluated by MSHSL observers and veteran officials.
Games will be videoed with classroom analysis and on-court advice from some of our top GSOA veteran officials.
The 3rd Annual GSOA Basketball Officials Camp is scheduled for Sunday, September 21st at Concordia University (CSP), 235 Hamline Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55104 (Gangelhoff Center).
There will be 2 Sessions (8am – 1pm and 12pm – 4pm). We will need a minimum of 24 officials for each session.
There will be a pre-session meeting before the start of each session.
This camp is for ALL levels of our GSOA roster of officials.
Here are the details of the camp:
3-person crews (MSHSL shirt, black shorts or pants, black shoes & socks)
Minnesota High School Varsity boys’ teams in will be playing
4-courts will be going simultaneously and games running 45 minutes apart
18-minute running-time halves, stop time the last 2 minutes of 2nd half
MSHSL shot clock rules on courts 1 & 2 only
Each official will work a minimum of 3 games
MSHSL observers will be onsite
GSOA veteran officials will be advising the officiating crews during on court play
Games on courts 1 & 2 will be videotaped and have classroom breakdown
Water & Gatorade will be supplied for the officials (in the designated “Officials Only” area)
Review of the MSHSL rules for the 2025-2026 season
Parking - in the Gangelhoff lot, along the street or in the lot to the West of the Holiday gas station
The contact people to sign-up for the GSOA Basketball Officials Camp are:
Mike Gearman: mlgearman@gmail.com
Austin Lagesse: austin-lagesse@bethel.edu
Dean Kockelman: dwk_3@hotmail.com
***Sign-up deadline is Wednesday, September 17th.
Above and below: Gopher State officials Craig Laird (r) and Ricky Spencer (c) with Lamar Sullivan of MOA (l) before the 2021 AAAA boys state championship game at Target Center.