Football Officials Association
Here’s the crew from last night’s Division 7 semifinal between Palm Springs and Barstow. From left to right are Jeremy Hamlett (L), Matt Rascon (B), Tim Dow (R), Kenny James Jr. (U), Richard Lamas (S), Frank Fontes (H), and Bill Sullivan (F). Looks like it was a chilly one!
Find all of our playoff assignments on our 2025 Playoffs page.
Looks like the crew had some mucky conditions in last night’s CIF-SS 8-Man Division 1 Quarterfinal game between CSDR and Faith Baptist. Pictured from left to right are: Dave Cater (H), Richard Lamas (L), Michael Guzman (U), Matt Rascon (B), and Jeff Jablonsky (R). Good luck getting that mud out of your shirt, Mike!
Find all of our playoff assignments on our 2025 Playoffs page.
Congratulations to Dave Cater for being assigned to white hat the 2025 CIF-SS Division 2 Flag Football Championship game! Pictured from left to right is the crew: Shawn Martinez (Inland), Anthony Green (Inland), Dave Cater, William Reeves (Long Beach), and DeAndre Lucious (Long Beach).
Find all of our playoff assignments on our 2025 Playoffs page.
The officials for the 2025 Turkey Tussle were, from left to right: Michael Moore (LJ), Drew Benton (BJ), Christian Holloway (FJ), JT Thomas (R), Kenny James (U), Aaron Thomas (HL), and Kenny James, Jr. (SJ).
The 2025 playoffs list is now available. Congratulations to all who made the list! Please remember that making the list is an honor and not a guarantee of getting a playoff game.
Congratulations to our 2025 award recipients! Kai Nakamura and Jonathan Ng both earned the Ernie Dominguez Rookie of the Year Award. Brian Johnson earned the Most Improved Award. Tommy Huitron was posthumously awarded the Joe Conte, Sr. Award .
Congratulations to Reggie Robles and Bill Sullivan, who will be joining the SGVFOA Board of Directors as Members-at-Large. Also congratulations to James Thomas and Darren Winkley, who will continue to serve as Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) made the decision to launch a new statewide registration and eligibility process for all high school sports officials in all sports. For the 2025-2026 season, the registration will be voluntary. However, it will be mandatory at the start of the 2026-2027 season. All officials will be required to register through CIF Central HUB via ArbiterSports. The cost for registering is $29, and it includes insurance and a background check. It should also save the unit quite a bit of money on its insurance, which, in return, could possibly result in a reduction of dues!
If you would like to learn more about the program, please go to https://sgvfoa.com/cif-officials-association.
This year, the new CIF jersey will be required for all varsity contests. You can still use your old jerseys for lower level games, and it is okay if not everyone on the crew has the same shirt. Please do not wear the new shirts for Pop Warner or Jr. All-American games; they are only for CIF contests.
When purchasing a uniform shirt, please make sure it looks like the photo There are other shirts out there that are supposedly “CIF Approved”, but they are not the correct ones for us. You can find the shirts at Purchase Officials Supplies and at U.S. Official’s Supplies.
The 2025 CFOA Study Guide is now available on the Central Hub on Arbiter. It will remain open until July 30th.
The 2024-2026 CFOA Mechanics book and a Powerpoint highlighting changes has also been added to our website on the Mechanics page.
Congratulations are in order for Kenny James, Jr. Kenny attended the Tait-Consul-Griffith in Cedar City, Utah, this week. His outstanding performance there resulted in him being hired to work NCAA Division III football as an umpire in the SCIAC! We wish him the best of luck!
