MULTIPLE SPORT OFFICIALS - ihsa.org

1 MULTIPLE SPORT OFFICIALS The goal for the vast majority of OFFICIALS registered with IHSA is to work in the state tournament series and eventually be assigned by the IHSA to officiate at the respective State Final Tournament. Over the years, a total of 2,393 men and women have officiated at the State Finals. In order to work a State Final, the official must have achieved Certified status in that SPORT . Certified status is the highest rating level in a given SPORT . When an official begins in a SPORT the official is at the Registered level. After a minimum of two (2) calendar years working at Registered status, an official is eligible to advance to the second (Recognized) level.

2 Then, as early as two (2) calendar years after becoming Recognized, the individual is eligible to advance to the third (Certified) level. Only Certified OFFICIALS are appointed by the IHSA Office to officiate at the State Finals. Only one official has worked five (5) different state finals. That is Larry Wilcoxen of Walnut, who worked Football (1974-75-79), Boys Basketball (1977A-78A-81A), Boys Baseball (1984A-85A-87A), Girls Basketball (1988A-89-91) and Girls Softball (1995A-99A). Four OFFICIALS have worked four (4) different state finals. Madelyn Martino of Lansing, has worked Girls Track (1999-00), Boys Track (2002-03), Boys Swimming and Diving (2002) and Boys/Girls Cross Country (2006).

3 Joe Thompson of Galesburg has worked Girls Softball (1990-1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, COO 2001-2003, 2004, COO 2006, COO 2009, 2012), Girls Basketball (1993-1995), Boys Basketball (2004, 2005), and Girls Volleyball (2013). William Derks of Rochester, has worked Boys Track (2007, 2012), Girls Track (2011), Cross Country (2008), and Football (2013). Scott Garrey of Somonauk has worked Boys Football (1999, 2014), Girls Basketball (2009-2010, 2012), Boys Basketball (2015-2016), and Girls Softball (2018). Sixty (60) OFFICIALS have worked the State Final in three different sports while 425 others have worked two (2) different State Finals and 1980 have worked one (1) State Final.

4 Those who have worked the three different State Finals are: Donna Anfield of Homewood in Girls Swimming, Girls Volleyball and Girls Softball Galen Bennett of Byron in Girls Track, Boys Track and Boys/Girls Cross Country Jim Bernardi of Lake Forest in Boys Basketball, Boys Football and Girls Basketball John Betteridge of Elmhurst in Girls Track, Boys Track and Boys/Girls Cross Country Richard Bieterman, Jr. of Elmhurst in Boys Baseball, Boys Basketball and Boys Football Gail Borton of West Frankfort in Boys Football, Girls Track and Boys Track Preston Brewer of Metropolis in Boys Football, Boys Basketball and Boys Baseball Victor Buehler of Granite City in Boys Baseball, Boys Football and Girls Basketball William Bulat of Rock Island in Girls Track, Boys Track and Boys/Girls Cross Country Tina Butterbrodt of Dwight in Girls Track, Boys Track and Boys/Girls Cross Country Ben Buum of Rockford in Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Boys Basketball David Collins of Wood River in Boys Baseball.

5 Boys Football and Girls Basketball James Collins of Harrisburg in Boys Baseball, Boys Basketball and Boys Football Julie Colwell of Lincolnwood in Boys Volleyball, Girls Volleyball and Girls Basketball Donald Cook of Forreston in Girls Basketball, Girls Softball and Boys Football Glenn Cothern of Gibson City in Girls Track, Boys Track and Boys/Girls Cross Country Theodore C. Daniels of O'Fallon in Boys Baseball, Girls Basketball and Girls Softball Geza Ehrentreu of Peoria Heights in Boys/Girls Cross Country, Girls Track and Boys Track Dave Facker of East Peoria in Girls Track, Boys Track and Cross Country Harry Fletcher of Oregon in Boys/Girls Cross Country, Boys Track and Girls Track Robert Franken of Peoria in Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer and Girls Basketball Paul Frerking of Schiller Park in Girls Basketball, Boys Football and Boys Basketball Joseph Fritsch, Jr.

6 Of Bensenville in Girls Softball, Boys & Girls Water Polo and Girls Basketball Thomas Garrey of Geneva in Girls Basketball, Boys Football and Girls Softball Joe Geiger of Frankfort in Girls Track, Boys Track, and Boys/Girls Cross Country Becky Gillespie of Lake Zurich in Girls Field Hockey, Boys Volleyball and Girls Volleyball David Hasley of Abingdon in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball and Boys Baseball Robert Hawkins of St. Charles in Girls Basketball, Girls Softball and Boys Football Russell Jenkins of Viola in Boys Track, Girls Track and Boys/Girls Cross Country Darnell Jones of Lindenhurst in Girls Basketball, Boys Volleyball and Girls Volleyball Gregg Scott Jones of Centralia in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball and Boys Football Jerry Kats of Peoria in Boys/Girls Cross Country, Boys Track and Field and Girls Track and Field Ted Knapp of Mt.

7 Vernon in Boys Basketball, Boys Football and Girls Softball Jessie Knighten of Chicago in Boys Basketball, Boys Football and Girls Softball Don Korte of Park Forest in Girls Track and Field, Boys Track and Field and Cross Country James Lapetina of Addison in Boys Football, Boys Basketball and Boys Baseball William Laude of Frankfort in Boys Football, Boys Basketball and Boys Baseball Richard Lippert of Rockford in Boys Football, Boys Basketball and Boys Baseball Keith Medema of Sterling in Boys Football, Girls Basketball and Boys Baseball Haig Nighohossian of Granite City in Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer and Boys Wrestling John Polka of River Forest in Boys Track and Field, Girls Track and Field and Cross Country Michael Powers of Batavia in Boys/Girls Cross Country, Girls Track & Boys Track Randall Pozzi of Peru in Girls Basketball, Girls Volleyball and Boys Volleyball Trent Purcell of Carlyle in Boys Baseball, Boys Football and Boys Basketball Robert Redman of Watseka in Boys Football, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball Patricia Ritchie of Arlington Hts.

8 In Girls Basketball, Girls Softball and Girls Volleyball Jeffrey Rutledge of Wheaton in Boys Football, Boys Baseball and Boys Basketball James Schaive of Offawa in Girls Track, Boys Track and Boys and Girls Cross Country Robert Smith of Centralia in Boys Football, Boys Basketball and Boys Baseball Roy Snyder of Rochelle in Boys Football, Wrestling, and Boys Baseball Scott T. Sobeski of Elgin in Girls Softball, Girls Basketball and Football David Stier of Sherman in Boys/Girls Cross Country, Boys Track and Girls Track Pete Struck of Frankfort in Boys and Girls Cross Country, Boys Track and Girls Track Peter Tucker of Highland in Boys and Girls Cross Country, Boys Track and Girls Track Jim E.

9 Wagner of Newton in Boys Baseball, Football, and Girls Basketball John Widmayer of Woodstock in Boys Football, Girls Softball and Girls Basketball Kenneth Wilcoxen of Walnut in Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball and Boys Football Michael A. Wiley of Williamsville in Boys Football, Boys Basketball and Boys Baseball Michael Wilkey of Oak Park in Boys Wrestling, Boys Soccer and Girls Soccer Robert L. Wright of Champaign in Boys Football, Boys Basketball and Boys Baseball Some OFFICIALS worked two Boys state series (Basketball and Baseball) and also officiated Football, but did not work Football because the playoff series was not implemented until 1974.

10 The number of three-tournament OFFICIALS would be greater because of it. In a number of the Boys state series, an official will work a maximum of three State Finals in a given SPORT . This policy was implemented in the 1960's, and is designed to allow for a greater number of rated OFFICIALS to be appointed to officiate at the highest level of competition in the SPORT (s). OFFICIALS are rated by the coaches of the teams participating in each state series and their appointments by the IHSA Office are based upon their ratings in that (and each) given year. Several outstanding OFFICIALS worked numerous State Finals in a given SPORT prior to the institution of the three-appearance limit.