Officials

An exhibit in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum and a memorial on the grounds of US Lacrosse help commemorate the individuals from the lacrosse community that died during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. We will never forget them.

Registration for the 2019 US Lacrosse West Regional Conference is now open. Designed for coaches, officials and league leaders, the event is a great way to learn more about the sport you love and prepare for the upcoming season. This year’s event will be held in Las Vegas from Nov. 15-17 at the Renaissance Las Vegas.

Two new membership benefits are now available to all US Lacrosse adult member game officials. A voluntary national background screening and voluntary online SafeSport training are being offered to any official who chooses to participate.

The allowance for free movement by players on a whistle or stoppage of play is the most significant rule change for high school girls’ lacrosse in 2020, and one of 12 rules changes approved for high school girls’ lacrosse, effective January 1, 2020.

If we don’t all get on the same page with our local officiating organizations, league administrators, coaches and parents, working together at educating and mentoring, the verbal abuse, the ejections, and the sportsmanship issues are not going to improve. 

NOCSAE announced Thursday that none of the KSONE branded lacrosse balls are certified to NOCSAE standards. NOCSAE’s statement notes that these balls feature falsified markings that imply NOCSAE certification.

An article in Newsday pinpoints verbal abuse by parents, coaches, and spectators as a significant contributor to the declining number of referees and umpires for all high school sports, including lacrosse.

Here are some tips to get feedback and establish a development plan that you can work on over the next eight months before the next spring season begins. After all, summer and fall lacrosse is supposed to be there to help continue developing the players' skills, why shouldn’t we use this time as officials to work on our skills as well?

The US Lacrosse West Regional Conference is coming back to Las Vegas. This year’s event will be held at the Renaissance Las Vegas from Nov. 15-17, 2019.

JP Bennett was recruited to the officiating ranks while playing in high school. Now he serves as the assigner and high school rules interpreter for the Delaware Lacrosse Officials Association while helping to recruit new officials to the ranks.