Orange County Football Officials Association

Official account of the Orange County (CA) Football Officials Association. Providing officials for high school tackle & girls flag football for the CIF-SS.

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Registration for Orange County Football Officials Association (OCFOA) is now open.

Numerous #OCFOA alumni have gone on to officiate D1 college and NFL, including the Super Bowl. You could be next!

Registration deadline is approaching so don't wait.

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OCFOA Officials Featured in @RefereeMag

Pages 58-59 of May 2026 Referee Magazine, officials (L-R) Bob Biggio, Jim Stickney, Chris Salio & Dan Pulos, were pictured in the article "The Right Mix".

Join OCFOA & officiate high school football this fall

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Get ready to hit the links! The Speed Castillo Golf Tournament is still accepting registrations!

Join us for a day of fun while supporting OC football officials.

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Through continuing education outside of the normal rules instruction curriculum, OCFOA members were treated to a presentation by long time OC coaches Kurt Westling & Dave Brown.

Helping officials understand the X’s & O’s off the field helps us be better officials on the field.

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🏌️Golf Tourney Registration Now Open ⛳

OCFOA Speed Castillo Golf Tournament is Monday, 6/22/26. 

Early discounted registration now open. Late registration after June 1. Fivesome discounts.

Flyer has all pertinent details. To sign up & register:

https://t.co/fC1DJMsZ6v

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OCFOA officials had the incredible opportunity to officiate the RX3 Foundation Charity Flag Football Tournament.

Veteran official Paul Hebbard was mic’d up and gives a behind the scenes look at what it was like this past Saturday.

#ocfoa #flagfootball #rx3foundation #rx3

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A number of @SDCFOA members joined #ocfoa officials to officiate the RX23 Foundation 2026 Charity Flag Football Tournament this past Saturday. 

So proud to be a part of an event that helped raise $4.2M for the RX3 Foundation charity partners.

Look for a video coming out soon.

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It's with great sadness to announce the passing of long time member Barry Sousa last week.

Barry served OCFOA as a crew chief for many years along with officiating numerous other sports.

Please join us in honoring & mourning the loss of Barry Sousa. He will be greatly missed.

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⏰The wait is over! ⏰

🏈 Registration is now open for those wanting to officiate high school football in 2026.

Discounts available for 1st-year officials & those officiating both tackle and flag football in 2026. 

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Congratulations to Andrew Lambert as the Replay Official for Super Bowl LX.

Lambert, #OCFOA alumnus officiating @CIFSS football from 2003 - 2019, was the Replay Official on John Hussey's crew this season.

Help us celebrate Andrew on this incredible honor and accomplishment.

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Join us in recognizing these #OCFOA members attending the 3-day Southern California Football Officials Clinic this weekend at Compton College.

L-R: Parris Moore, Ricky Zimmer, Michael Blanchard, Michael Balourdas, Tim McCune, Chris Costlow, Keith Gibbs

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Jan. 15, 1967, exactly 59 years ago today, the legendary NFL referee Norm Schachter and his crew (George Young, Bernie Ulman, Al Sabato, Mike Lisetski, and Jack Reader) took the field for the very first AFL–NFL World Championship Game -- now commonly called the Super Bowl -- played between Green Bay and Kansas City at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

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3 #OCFOA officials appeared in @RefereeMag Jan. '26 issue

David Lamm, Umpire on the Gilman crew, appears in the Table of Contents page and P64

Jon Batarse, Back Judge on the Locy crew, & Paul Schneider, Back Judge on the Wilson crew, appear on P66

Congratulations gentlemen!

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Our #OCFOA crew from the CIF State Final D3-AA: St. Ignatius (San Francisco) vs. Ventura game.

L-R: Jim Ryan (SJ), Bob Biggio (HL), Chris Salio (U), Troy Leonard (R), Corey McManimen (BJ), Dan Pulos (FJ), John Patterson (LJ)

Check back for more candid shots from Friday.

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The top rated officials in the Orange County Football Officials Association officiated the CIF regional game between South El Monte and Santee.

These seven officials represented the top rated football officials in Orange County, California.

#ocfoa #CIF #fridaynightlights

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Saturday, #OCFOA officials officiated @CIFState Reg D7-A championship game. These officials represented the top rated officials in Orange County.

L-R: Jim Ryan (SJ), John Patterson (LJ), Corey McManimen (BJ), Jim Stickney (R), Bob Biggio (HL), Dan Pulos (FJ), Chris Salio (U)

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Congratulations to two #OCFOA officials who recently were selected to officiate the SCCFOA (Junior College Football) Quarter-Final game (Ventura @ Golden West).

Join us in congratulating Don Ariosto (R) and Chris Costlow (SJ) officiating the post-season at the next level.

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OCFOA had the honor & privilege of officiating 2 @CIFSS Finals this week.

D5 Finals officials from L - R: Dan Pulos (FJ), Paul Schneider (BJ), John Patterson (LJ), Troy Leonard (R), Colin Nesbitt (HL), Chris Salio (U), Jim Ryan (SJ)

#ocfoa #fridaynightlights #CIFSS #Playoffs

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OCFOA had the honor & privilege of officiating 2 @CIFSS Finals this week.

D11 Final officials L to R:

Jim Druding (HL), Joel Rodgers (FJ), Rich Brown (BJ), Michael Darakjian (R), Matt Goda (LJ), Terry Torline (U), Michael Balourdas (SJ)

#ocfoa #fridaynightlights #cifss

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OCFOA earned the opportunity to officiate 4 @CIFSS Semi-final games.

7 of the top rated officials in the OCFOA took part in the semifinal contest between Pacifica (Oxnard) & Chino Hills High school.

Here’s a sneak peek of what it is like to officiate a CIF playoff game.