Approaching Deadline:
**2018-2019 Registration– The initial deadline for spring sports (Baseball, Boys Lacrosse, Flag Football Girls Lacrosse, Softball, Track & Field and Water Polo) is today, January 18th. After January 18th the registration fee will include a $10 late fee. If you still need to register please click the provided link, http://fhsaa.arbitersports.com/front/103524/Registration

Exams:
**2018-2019 Exam- The rules exam for Baseball, Boys & Girls Lacrosse, Softball, Track & Field and Water Polo are currently open for all officials that have registered for the 2018-2019 season. February 15th is the deadline for the Baseball, Boys & Girls Lacrosse, Softball, Track & Field and Water Polo Exams. 

**2018-2019 Flag Football Exam- The rules exam for Flag Football is now open for all officials that have registered for the 2018-2019 season. 

Now that we are going into our second year with Arbiter to take the exam there will be no fines collected or waivers accepted for not completing the exam. 

If you have already registered you can click the following link to get to the exam, http://fhsaa.arbitersports.com/front/103524/Test. 
* No make-up exams offered.
* Must click SUBMIT for test to be graded. Failure to click submit will result in not receiving a score. Please do not confuse your 17-18 test score as your 18-19 test score.
* Rules exams have no time limit
* Officials can save and exit the exam as many times as necessary. Once the “submit exam” button is clicked your test will be graded and your one (1) attempt is completed.
* Exams are created and written by the NFHS (Softball exam consists of FHSAA specific rules that are in the FHSAA Officials Guidebook).
* Exams that are incomplete once the deadline passes will not be graded.  

Officials Registration for 2018-2019 IS OPEN!

Please register for baseball, softball or both as soon as possible.  You’ll need to sign into ArbiterSports in order to begin and complete the registration process. 

Registrations for the 2018-2019 sports season are still set to open today. We did come across a couple of minor issues on Friday during the final testing session and are currently working with Arbiter to correct those issuses. Once these issues have been corrected registrations for 2018-2019 will go live.

It is highly recommended that you use Google Chrome or Firefox as your web browser for the registration process.

Also, for the 2018-2019 season officials will receive access to the NFHS Rules App for their phone, tablets, etc. Instructions on how to receive access will be posted on the main home page of the FHSAA Central Hub, on the left side under Electronic Rulebooks, http://fhsaa.arbitersports.com/front/103524/Site.

BASEBALL REGISTRATION LINK

SOFTBALL REGISTRATION LINK

2018-19 Registration Deadlines

Baseball and Softball Initial Deadline – 1/18/2019

Final Deadline 2/8/2019

NFHS Insurance Benefits

Attached is a document with your

NFHS Insurance Benefits

2018-19 NFHS Schedule of Benefits(1)

Isabella Garcia, 19, died of a head on collision yesterday (Saturday June 9th).  More information to follow.

Meeting Reminder:

General Meeting

Sunday, March 4th

Noon – 1:30 PM

Teamsters Building – Lane Avenue

Checks will be available.

If you want someone else to pick up your check please let Steve Kilpatrick know BEFORE the meeting. Also, remember that once your check is turned over to another official it is your responsibility to get with that other official to collect your check.

Catholic League is scheduled to start on/around March 13th. If you want to officiate Catholic League games but didn’t let Terry know already, then please contact him soon.

Rule books from FHSAA will no longer be hard copy.  They will be online through Arbiter only.  However, you can still purchase hard copy books from NFHS directly.

Here’s the info from Arbiter/FHSAA:

Greetings,

This email is in regards to the 2017-2018 rulebooks. As many of you know, a hard copy version of the rulebooks will not be available this season from the FHSAA. The hard copy versions of the rulebooks have been replaced by an electronic version that is avaiable through the Arbiter in the NFHS- Central Hub account. Attached you will find a PowerPoint with step by step instructions on how to access the rulebooks.

Currently the NFHS has the 16-17 rulebooks posted, but are working on getting final approval from their publication department to get them posted. To start Swimming & Diving rule books should be posted by the end of this week. This being said if there continue to be delays we will adjust the testing windows for the sports that are effected by this.

Thanks,

​Jeremy Hernandez

Dropbox file: Rulebook- How to Access.pptx

Our first general membership meeting will be:

Date:  October 15th

Time:  Noon – 1:30 PM

Place:  Teamsters Building