News
There are a few new and exciting changes headed your way. First up, our meeting location has changed to West Valley High School.
For those interested in beginning to officiate, there are “First Year Officials” meetings just for you. Please reach out to our training coordinator, Steve Felker, to get plugged in.
One Stadium Spokane is opening just north of downtown and will replace the, now defunct, Albi Stadium as host to many high school football games. Additionally, IEFOA will be providing radio headsets to be used at all One and Union Stadium games. This technology will help us provide even greater service to the community by enabling us to communicate better and more efficiently throughout the game.
Lastly, don’t forget that this website has many helpful features that you’ll want to revisit regularly. Find news, rules updates, events, and board minutes to keep you informed and on top of your game.
IEFOA first-year trainees taking advantage of our new meeting location to gain experience out on the field during the August 22 general membership meeting.
August 17 | 6:30 pm
Family members and new recruits welcome and encouraged!
Purchase your tickets here:
https://fevo.me/inlandempirefootballofficials
On July 30, 2022 the IEFOA held their 3rd annual Memorial Golf Tournament. This year’s recipient of our donations was Inland Empire Youth Football. Twenty-five current and retired football officials ‘played’ golf and were joined by some of the staff from Youth Football.
In an attempt to enhance recruiting and retention, WIAA and WOA have jointly approved a substantial game fee increase of $20.00 per game per official with the increase being phased in over the next 3 school years.
WIAA and WOA agreed that these game fee increases will go directly and timely (through the recent implementation of ArbiterPay) into officials pockets. None of the money being allocated by WIAA schools will be used to increase administration fees at local or WOA levels.
Long-time Official, Danny Adams, will be retiring at the end of the 2021 season. His request to have an entire crew comprised of people of color was able to be fulfilled.
The Inland Empire Football Officials Association held our 2nd Memorial Golf tournament on Aug 7. We started this event last year during COVID when WOA asked each association/board to hold their own event. We enjoyed it so much we did it again this year.
For the March 26 game at West Valley HS, I (Chuck Latimer) was able to assign an all transfer crew -- all new to IEFOA for this spring -- with well over 80 years of experience cumulatively. It is unprecedented for us to get five transfers with so much experience.
All these guys have earned playoff games at various levels, and IEFOA is extremely lucky to have had them join us for the 2020-21 School Year and our spring football season.