by Randy Wilson | Oct 12, 2017 | General
Thursday October 5: Jeff Rutledge will go over new Rules and Mechanics for the up coming basketball season Greg Hartziem – Will discuss the Mentor Program Thursday October 12: Mark Cladis – Will discuss Taxes and Liability Craig Davelis – Mentor...
by Jason McKinney | Sep 6, 2017 | General
AOA Basketball Division will be hosting our annual membership meetings again this year at York High School. Meeting dates are Thursdays: October 5, 12, 19, 26, & November 9 – Meeting originally scheduled for November 2 has been moved to Wednesday, November...
by Jason McKinney | Feb 3, 2017 | Announcement, General
Chicago, Illinois (February 1, 2017) – The Athletic Officials Association (AOA), the oldest referee training organization in Illinois, and thought to be the oldest in the United States, celebrates its 100 year anniversary in 2017. In the 1920’s the AOA Advisory...
by Randy Wilson | Apr 5, 2016 | Announcement, General
The AOA Board of Directors is trying to determine how many among its membership have served in any branch of the US Armed Forces. On November 11, 2015, the IHSA began recognizing Military Veteran Officials and the AOA is trying to discover how many among our...
by Randy Wilson | Oct 8, 2015 | General
9/28/15 – As a new official I walked into the locker room for a game and found out I was working with a two-time state finals ref. After a good pregame, I was confident that he would be able to get us out of any trouble that happened during the game. There were...
by Randy Wilson | Oct 7, 2015 | General
9/21/15 – Player A1 brings the ball into his frontcourt and into a defensive trap in the corner of the sideline and division line. A1 picks up the ball and sends a bounce pass to his teammate standing with both feet in their frontcourt. A1’s pass bounces once...
