MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio — Football games can’t happen without officials. But finding enough qualified referees has become an ongoing challenge for schools and youth sports organizations across Ohio.

Tom Kichline remembers when he began officiating football in the Lehigh Valley about 30 years ago, there was a waiting game to be played. “It took me seven full years to even be considered for a ...

To build something — an idea, a brand, a building, a team, a lifestyle, whatever — the sound decision is to ask yourself an obvious question: Why? For mother Dana Bryan and daughter Saige, their ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Weekly football officiating courses are starting on Thurs. Aug. 20 at 6 p.m. at Bangor’s William S. Cohen School. New officials work their way up through youth, sub-varsity, and ...