Getting Assignments
Generally speaking, the best way for an official to fill his/her schedule
is to:
- Register in each sport officiated with the Michigan High School
Athletic Association.
- Actively take part in an officials association, including scrimmages
and in-season mechanics sessions. This allows the official to stay
current on rules and mechanics, discuss play situations and learn how to
handle situations with coaches and athletes.
- Communicate your desire to officiate a particular sport with the
assignors who distribute these games/matches, or in some cases, the area
athletic directors of individual schools.
There are several conferences within driving distance of our members.
Some of them have independent assignors who assign all levels, from middle
school through varsity. Others use one or more assignors for the varsity
level, with the schools assigning the sub-varsity levels themselves.
Below is a list of area athletic conferences and member schools:
Southwest 10
Bangor, Bloomingdale, Hartford, Cassopolis, Centreville, Eau Claire,
Decatur, White Pigeon, Menton, Marcellus.
SAC Valley
Delton Kellog, Constantine, Schoolcraft, Lawton, Galesburg-Augusta,
Kalamazoo Hackett, Kalamazoo Christian.
SAC Lakeshore
Coloma, Fennville, Watervliet, Gobles, Saugatuck, Lawrence, Martin.
BCS Red
Berrien Springs, Brandywine, Bridgman, Buchanan, Comstock, Parchment.
BCS White
New Buffalo, River Valley, Countryside, Lake Michigan Catholic, Michigan
Lutheran, Covert, Grace Christian, Howardsville Christian.
SMAC
BC Central, BC Lakeview, Gull Lake, Kalamazoo Central, Loy Norrix,
Mattawan, Niles, Portage Central, Portage Northern, St. Joseph, Stevensville
Lakeshore.
Wolverine
Allegan, Dowagiac, Edwardsburg, Otsego, Paw Paw, Plainwell, South Haven,
Sturgis, Three Rivers, Vicksburg.
Independent
Benton Harbor.
MHSAA REGISTERED ASSIGNERS AND THE SPORTS/SCHOOLS/LEVELS THEY
ASSIGN:
Dave Buck: dave@djbuck.com --
269-208-6205
Basketball -- V, JV, Frosh, MS for BCS Red, BCS White.
Terry Myers: umpit@sbcglobal.net --
269-921-0465
Baseball and Softball – V, JV for BCS schools ((except for Comstock,
Parchment, Howardsville Christian).
Jim Corstange:
jcorstange12@gmail.com -- 269-217-2374
Basketball – V for SMAC, Wolverine, SAC Lakeside, SAC Valley.
Mike Petlick:
petlickmh@sbcglobal.net -- 269-930-9898
Volleyball – V, JV, MS for BCS schools St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Niles, Benton
Harbor, South Haven.
Jerry Nitz: bavoda@frontier.com --
269-487-8008
Basketball -- JV, F, MS for Lakeshore High School.
Bryan Wild: bwild@umpire.com --
239-777-7348
Football – V, JV for the BCS White and Red (except for Comstock, Parchment).
Chuck Rawsthorne: crrfbc@gmail.com --
269-808-6212
Softball -- V, JV for SMAC, Wolverine, SAC Valley Division, Parchment,
Comstock, Howardsville Christian;
Baseball -- V for Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo Home School, Howardsville
Christian;
Volleyball -- V, JV, F, MS for SAC Lakeside, SAC Valley, Mattawan, Portage
Northern, Portage Central, Kalamazoo Central, Howardsville Christian,
Comstock, Parchment, Heritage Christian, Wolverine (except Dowagiac,
Edwardsburg, Vicksburg);
Basketball -- JV, F, MS for SAC Valley, SAC Lakeside, Wolverine (except for
Vicksburg, Edwardsburg, Sturgis), JV/F for Kalamazoo Central, Mattawan, Loy
Norrix, Niles, Portage Central, Portage Northern, Battle Creek Central,
Comstock, Parchment; V/JV/MS for Heritage Christian; MS for Portage
Northern, Portage Central, Portage West.
Baseball -- V for Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo Home School, Howardsville
Christian.
Eric Frohreip: eafrohriep@yahoo.com
-- 517-899-4302
Basketball – V, JV, MS for SW10.
Volleyball – V, JV for SW 10.
Dennis Myers: dmyers5536@yahoo.com
-- 616-550-9912
Baseball and Softball – V/JV for SW10, Saugatuck, Fennville, Watervliet,
Hartford, Gobles, Martin.
Duane Luedecking: deluede@att.net --
269-501-8630
Football -- V, JV, MS for SAC, SMAC, Wolverine, SW 10.
Baseball – V for Wolverine, SMAC, SAC Valley Division.
Notes:
- Talk to other fellow officials regarding which athletic directors do
the assigning themselves for some of the sports and levels at their
schools.
- Wrestling of all levels is assigned by the athletic directors.
- The SW10 matches will be assigned by John Bishop, Allegan.
- For any sport or level or school that is not listed, contact the
FBOA trainer of that sport for whatever information he might be able to
offer you.