Week of 10/24-10/31

Tuesday, October 26th
At EHS Aaron, Sean
At ERHS Bud, Sheri
At SHS Willy, Ron
At SAHS Bruce & Freddie
At Grace Joe, Amy 5pm, 6pm & 7pm

Thursday, October 28th
At Grace Gary Skan, Joe 5pm, 6pm & 7pm

Friday, October 29th
At SAHS Joe, Tammy
At WHS Freddie, Nikki
At BHS Sean, Bud
At SHS Mike, Willy
At Grace Julie, Jarrod 5pm, 6pm, 7pm

Saturday, October 30th
At Grace Sheri, Freddie 11am, 12pm & 1pm
At ERHS JV Tourney Donna, Aaron, Gary Skan, Julie


Senior Nights are this week, please be patient and flexible with the coaches and teams.

Senior Night Delays...

Just FYI we had senior nights that began last night, please be flexible and patient when it comes to dealing with the coaches and players for it only happens once a year!

Week of 10/17-10-23

Tuesday, October 19th

At EHS Sheri & Willy
At WHS Amy & Ron
At CHS Elain & Sean
At DHS Joe & Freddie
At Birchwood Gary Skan at 4:30pm

Wednesday, October 20th

At ERHS Sheri & Ron
At WHS Tammy & Nikki Cancelled!

Thursday, October 21st

At WHS Tammy & Willy at 5pm and 6pm
At ACS Bud & Julie at 4pm and 5pm
At Lumen Christi Amy & Bruce at 5pm





Friday October 22nd and Saturday October 23rd

Dimond/Service Tournament

Week of 10/10-10/16

Tuesday, October 12th
At SAHS Elain & Willy
At WHS Sheri & Amy
At CHS Freddie & Dana
At SHS Bud & Gary Skan
At Lumen Christi Ron & Bruce 6pm Varsity Only

Thursday, October 14th
At EHS Tammy & Joe

Friday, October 15th
At DHS Aaron & Amy
At WHS Tammy & Bud
At SHS Julie & Joe
At ACS 3pm & 4pm Bruce & Willy
At Grace 5pm, 6pm & 7pm Mike & Jarrod
At Birchwood Tournament 12pm & 1:30pm Marcy & Gary Steinfort; 3pm & 4:30pm Freddie & Gary Steinfort; 6pm & 7:30pm Freddie & Willy

Saturday, October 16th
At Birchwood Tournament 9am & 11am Gary Steinfort
At Grace 11am & 12pm Amy & Julie

Week of 10/3-10/9

Thursday, October 7
At ERHS Leslie & Bruce JV Only

Week of 9/26/10-10/2/10

Tuesday, September 28
At BHS Bobbi & Willy
At WHS Freddie & Amy
At CHS Mike & Sheri

Wednesday, September 29
At SHS Willy & Gary Skan at 5pm & 6:30pm

Thursday, September 30
At DHS Amy & Joe
At ACS Ron & Aaron at 6:30pm
At Grace Tammy & Freddie at 5pm, 6pm & 7pm

Friday, October 1
At CHS Gary Skan & Leslie
At DHS Elain & Willy
At EHS Freddie & Sean
At SHS Dana & Jerrod at 6:30pm
At Grace Tammy & Bruce at 5pm, 6pm & 7pm
At ACS Aaron & Nikki 5pm & 7pm

Saturday, October 2
At ACS Aaron & Leslie 10am, 12pm & 2pm
AT DHS Amy & Tammy 12pm & 1:15pm

Julie is flying out of town late Wednesday night and won't be back home until late Sunday night, so if you have any problems please contact Dana. Thanks!

Week of 9/19/10-9/25/10

Tuesday, September 21st
At DHS Joe & Freddie
At CHS Aaron & Sean
At ERHS Sheri & Bud
At EHS Mike & Gary Skan

Friday, Setember 24th
At West High School Spiketacular
12pm Nate, Joe & Tammy
4:35pm Freddie, Bud & Dana

At Romig Middle School
5:25pm Elain & Julie

At DHS JV Tourney
4pm Donna & Nikki

Saturday, September 25th
At West High School Spiketacular
9am Sheri, Joe, & Julie
1:35pm Nate, Sean & Aaron

At Romig Middle School
9am Bobbi & Gary Skan
1:35pm Amy & Bruce

meeting update

Thanks to those that showed up to the meeting last night: Tammy, Amy, Donna, Gary, Leslie, Gary Skan, Freddie, Bud, Ron, Julie, Jarod, Willy, Randy, and Mike.

For those of you who did not make it here are some topics that were discussed:

* some kids are not wearing proper uniforms, if seen please report to either Julie, Mike or Dana. We will be looking into possibly an alternate uniform option for them next year.

* Keep checking the blog to confirm assignments, Julie will have it posted by Sunday night. Please make an effort to communicate with your partner just so each of you know you are aware of your assignment for the upcoming week. Communicate if you are going to be late. A contact sheet was handed out, if you need one emailed to you then contact Julie.

* There are have been playsite issues for East and South in regards to court lines. They should have been solved by now.

* October 15th: whomever officiates the South/Service match please allow the C and JV matches to wear the pink shirts with the numbers only on the front. They are doing a breast cancer benefit and have permission from ASAA to have a modified jersey. Varsity will be in their normal uniform. Officials have a choice to wear a pink shirt for the jv match, but both must agree to wear pink. For the varsity match, you must wear your white polo shirt since the teams are in normal uniform. If a pink ball is used then the ball must have a NFHS logo on it. If they use an all pink ball then they must provide you with approval from ASAA. Ill be contacting the coaches to prevent confusion on this.


* Evaluations have been completed on a few officials. My goal is to get to all of you at least once.
Evals will be emailed to you.

* While evaluating, I've observed a common habit by the down official not being aware of all libero exchanges. In most cases the down official had their back turned while the exchange occurred. Please back away from the court during a dead ball to observe the exchanges and if you do not hear a verbal from the libero tracker you may want to glance over that they are recording the exchange.

* Middle School Season: I will email you Holly Odegard's email. She is the coordinator and assignor for middle school volleyball. Matches are usually 2 sets and have a time limit of 30 or 45 minutes and they begin at 2pm. Dates and locations of the jamborees can be found on the Anchorage School District website. They are only using officials for the JV and Varsity competitions.

* ASAA will be having a board meeting in early October where they may consider my pay-rate increase request for regions and state. I asked for an increase from 60 to 75 per match.

* The state tournament for the next 3 years will be out in Wasilla at the Menard Recreational Center. ASAA will provide pay for driving out there, a hotel, and per diem for food.

* State and regional post season selection of officials begins with Julie submitting all officials that are in good standing with AVOA (all of you) and the region coaches then select their top five. Selections are notified and you can either accept or decline. Hopefully, you will accept as it is quite an honor to be selected and your officiating talents recognized.

* If parents approach you at anytime during a match, please be as professional as possible. Some just want to ask you about rules, but if the conversation becomes heated then end the confrontation and be on your way. If need be, get the coach or the gym manager to deal with the parent.

* If interested in becoming USAV please contact Willy who will be doing a clinic in October.

Thanks again to everyone who was there and I appreciate hearing all of your experiences, frustrations and ideas on how to improve our association.

Dana

Week of 9/12-9/9/18

Tuesday, September 14
At BHS Sean & Ron
At CHS Willy & Elain
At ERHS Gary Skan & Freddie
At SAHS Sheri & Aaron
At ACS Bruce & Amy

Wednesday, September 15th
AVOA Meeting at 6:30pm

Thursday, September 16
At ERHS Bobbi & Gary Skan
At BHS Bruce & Willy
At SAHS Freddie & Dana
At SHS Mike & Nikki
At ACS Bud & Julie 4pm & 5pm

Friday, September 17
AT CHS Gary Steinfort 3pm & 4pm

AVOA Meeting & Dinner

Please plan to attend a meeting at Uncle Joe's Pizzeria (Old Seward location) at 6:30 on Wednesday, September 15th.

If you have any rule, protocol questions let Mike know ahead of time so he can be prepared with an answer. Also bring any concerns, fun situations and an appetite.

If you cannot make the meeting please let me know so I know how much food to order.

thanks, and have a safe Labor Day Weekend.

Dana

Sequin Headbands

Just a quick note to all AVOA officials in regards to sequin headbands.

Rule 4-1-6 states: Hair devices made of a soft material or unadorned bobby pins and unadorned flat clips, no longer than 2 inches, may be worn. Hair adornment made of soft material and no more than 2 inches wide may be worn.

As such, given that the sequins on these headbands are very pliable (bendable), the interpretation is that these hair devices are legal and allowed under the NFHS rules for 2010.

This applies as well to headbands decorated with glitter.

Thanks, Mike

Week of 8/31-9/5

Julie is out of state, so if you have any problems please call Dana.
Thanks for all that you do!

Week of 8/30-9/5

Tuesday, August 31

At CHS Bobbi & Freddie
At WHS Sean & Aaron
At BHS Bud & Tammy
At DHS Elain & Willy
At ACS Gary Skan & Gary Steinfort 5pm & 6pm

Thursday, September 2nd
At EHS Sheri & Sean

Friday, September 3rd
At ERHS Tammy & Gary Skan
At DHS Mike & Dana
At BHS Bruce & Freddie

Week of 8/23-8/28

Tuesday, August 24

At BHS Elain & Julie

At WHS Willy & Bobbi

At SAHS Dana & Tammy

At SHS Freddie & Bud



Thursday, August 26

At EHS Dana & Willy

At SAHS Bud & Elain

At SHS Sheri & Bruce

At ERHS Mike & Nikki



Friday, August 27th CHS Invite 2pm Sheri Ct 1 last round begins at 5:20pm, Ct 2 Bud last round at 6:10pm, Ct 3 Willy last round begins at 2pm. Ct 1 6:10pm Amy, Ct 2 Dana 7pm, Ct 3 Tammy 5:20pm.

Saturday, August 28th at CHS Invite 9am Ct 1 Bud, Ct 2 Elain, Ct 3 Amy

Week of 8/16

SHS Varsity Jamboree

Ct 1 Mike & Julie, Ct 2 Willy & Tammy Ct 3 Dana & Gary Ray & Ct 4 Bruce & Elain

BHS JV Jamboree

Court 1 Bud, Court 2 Bobbi & Court 3 Amy

DHS C Jamboree

Court 1 Donna S-until 12pm Gary Steinfort 12pm-5:30pm, Court 2 Bruce 11am-5:30pm

Final Officials Clinic for High School Certifications

Saturday, August 21st 5pm-8pm

Sunday, August 22nd 4pm-7pm

At Midnight Sun Volleyball Gym