It's been a full month and a half since the high school basketball season started, yet I have yet to officiate a varsity game.
Although I have been officiating for eight years, my move from Virginia to North Carolina last May meant that I was in my first year of membership in a new association. I fully expected some degree of scrutiny, testing and evaluation after the move. I paid dues, attended clinics, arrived early, stayed late, volunteered for more than the minimum number of scrimmages, and sought feedback from senior officials. Despite all my efforts, energy and experience, and relatively stellar evaluations and commentary from association insiders during the pre-season, my schedule, at least so far, is chock-full of non-varsity games.
A veteran high school basketball official learns that her move to new state has meant that the road to officiating varsity games is going to take longer than she thought and take more twists and turns, so she will need to keep a sharp lookout for signs along the way in order to enjoy the trip.
