2020 Tournament Voting Results

The following individuals have received the majority of votes from our membership for the 2020 tournaments.

Baseball Voting Results

Kennith Mills

Harry Groner

Chet Cooper

Jeffery Davis

David Baco

Corey Sabo

Thomas Karabin

Michael Oneil

Anthony Swindler

Miles Dotson

Richard Bardol

Greg Patoray

Martin Kanetsky

Joseph Pompeo

Tony Tarantino

Kennith Aguilar

Ron Aulet

Richard Randall

Gary Wiery

Randy Cameron

Softball Voting Results

Donald Barzak

Richard Bardol

Paul Bevilacqua

Michael Dorbish

Jay Donnatelli

Brian Earich

Patrick Montana

Anthony Montana

Robert Luklan

Richard Randell

Linda Papagna

Gary Jennings

Michael Williams

Albert Toth

David Veitz

Eric Marino

Jeff Wellington

Michelle Hall

Paul Marovich

Regis Smith

Anthony Swindler

Robert Wiery

DRAFT of New YMUA Constitution

At yesterday's business meeting, a draft of a new YMUA constitution was introduced.  A link to this draft document is provided here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pq5mvoih4vn5cdd/YMUA%20Consitution%20DRAFT.docx?dl=0. This document is also linked on the "Important Documents" page.

YMUA members are strongly encouraged to read through the document and be prepared to vote on it at the next business meeting.

If you have questions,  comments, corrections, etc., please send them via email to Chet Cooper at crcooper01@ysu.edu and/or John Mang at mangtheref1965@gmail.com.

Official User Guide for officials.myohsaa.org

Getting Started 

• Go to officials.myohsaa.org
• If you have not set up an account for the new site, click the Register text on this page
• Enter all information, including a valid email address to link to your account
• Click Sign Up Now to register your new account on the site
• NOTE: If the email address is linked to a different account in the system, you are not able to reuse that email address to create a new account
• If you have already set up and account, login into the site with your username and password
• If you cannot remember your password, enter your username into the correct field, then click the "Forgot Password" option. This will initiate a process by which an email will be sent to your email account. Use the Link in the email to create a new password for your account.
• Usernames and passwords are case sensitive- if you created the username and/or password using a combination of capital and lower case letters, you have to enter them as such when you attempt to log in. 

Profile Information 

• Once logged in, click on Contact Information on the left hand side of your screen and update your profile info- verify that all of the information on this page is updated and click Save at the bottom of the screen 
• You must enter all required information on this page, including your County of residence, date of birth, the last four digits of your social security number, and the Felony status. 
• If you indicate yes to the Felony question, you must enter an explanation in the text box provided. Make sure to save your changes on this screen before moving forward.
• Select the Sports you are interested in officiating by clicking the Choose Sports option along the left side of the page
• Check the box for each sport you are interested in officiating, then click Save at the bottom of the screen. This will update your account with the new information

Selecting a Course 

• Click the Official tab near the upper right corner of the screen.
• Click the Select a Course option along the left side of the new screen
• You will now see a list of courses that are available at this time. Courses are separated by sport, and you will only see the sports that you selected on the Choose Sports page 
• Click the View option next to a course to see the course details, including instructor name, cost, meeting dates and times, and the course description

Softball Email from OHSAA

Date: January 28, 2019

 

To: OHSAA Softball Officials

From: Jerry Fick, Director of Softball Officiating Development

Re: SB Bulletin #1

The 2019 Softball “Meeting and Training Season” is underway. The best ways to start your preparation and study for the coming year is to attend both a “face to face” State Rules Meeting and a Mechanics Clinic. We also encourage everyone to take the online rules test. Please review all the details below.

1. Meeting Attendance

The state meeting will be available both online and in person. There will be eight in person meetings. Each meeting will feature sessions of about two and a half hours and in addition to the state meeting will review the most important items that we want to cover prior to the season. By attending the entire session, you will receive credit for a local meeting in addition to the state meeting. There is no need to “pre-register” for any face-to-face State meetings. The schedule is listed below with all meetings starting at 6PM.

Monday, January 28 – Zanesville – High School – 1701 Blue Ave

Tuesday, January 29 – Columbus – OHSAA Office – 4080 Roselea Place

Wednesday, February 6 – Monroe – High School - 220 Yankee Rd.

Thursday, February 7 – Cleveland - Garfield Heights High School – 4900 Turney Rd.

Tuesday, February 12 – Findlay – Donnell Middle School – 301 Baldwin Ave.

Thursday, February 14 – Canton – McKinley High School – 2323 17th St. NW

Tuesday, February 19 – Piqua – Upper Valley Career Center – 8811 Career Dr.

Thursday, February 21 – Jackson – High School – 500 Vaughn St.

The online meeting for softball will be available January 30. The last day on which an online rules meeting may be viewed without penalty will be Thursday, March 21. The meeting will be accessible with a $50 late fee until Monday, April 22. To access the meeting, log in to your myOHSAA profile and click the “Rules Meetings” icon in the top right, then click “Find a State Meeting” from the left side menu, then select “Softball” from the “Sports” dropdown menu, “Official” from “Meeting Type” dropdown menu, and then click “Search”. This search will display the online meeting option as well as any face-to-face meeting options. You may view the online meeting on any device except for a Google Chromebook. A Google Chromebook is a type of laptop computer, entirely different from the popular internet browser Google Chrome. You may view the online meetings using the internet browser Google Chrome.

2. Mechanics Clinics

OHSAA 2019 SOFTBALL UMPIRE MECHANICS CLINICS

New for 2019 – Attendees will also receive three points added to their TOURNAMENT SELECTION SCORE.

Saturday, February 9 – Northeast – Walsh Jesuit High School – 4550 Wyoga Lake Rd. Cuyahoga Falls

Sunday, February 10 – East – East Muskingum Middle School – 13120 John Glenn School Rd - New Concord Note – this site was changed after publication of the White Book and rule book mailing

Saturday, February 16 – Northwest – Glenwood Middle School – 1715 N. Main St. Findlay

Sunday, February 17 – Southwest – Stebbins High School 1900 Harshman Rd. Riverside (Dayton area) Note – this site was changed after publication of the White Book and rule book mailing

Sunday, February 24 – Southeast – Piketon High School, 1414 Piketon Rd. - Piketon

Sunday, March 3 – Reynoldsburg HS Livingston Campus – Columbus - 6699 East Livingston Ave.

All sessions are from 9 AM to 4PM.

The OHSAA will sponsor six Softball Mechanics Clinics in 2019. These clinics, designed to help umpires improve their skills and attain their advancement goals, will emphasize plate and base mechanics. Staff will be from the OHSAA Softball Umpire Instructional Team and will include OHSAA softball tournament observers. An OHSAA state rules meeting will also be available for registered clinic attendees only. Umpires attending will receive credit for their required state meeting and one local rules meeting. New for 2019 – Attendees will also receive three points added to their TOURNAMENT SELECTION SCORE.

The cost of each clinic will be $60 which includes all instruction, lunch, and a registration gift. Immediate registration is encouraged as the number of attendees at each location will be limited. Some past clinics have sold out – we hated to cut off registrations and as a result have added additional clinics.

This clinic will be a working clinic – attendees should come prepared for both plate and base drills in an indoor setting. Please bring your plate equipment - OHSAA umpire uniform is recommended. Please also bring gym shoes as the weather will likely require that these be indoor events. Stations will be rotated in order that attendees can work with each instructor. Questions should be directed to Clinic Director Jerry Fick, OHSAA Director of Officials Development – Softball at swdoc@fuse.net.

For Registration - Mail form below to: OHSAA, Attention Officiating Department, 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus, OH 43214

Note – Clinic registration will start at 9AM and program will begin at 930AM. In case of inclement weather participants will be notified by email and the clinic will be rescheduled.

2019 SOFTBALL UMPIRES MECHANICS CLINICS

REGISTRATION FORM

Select Location:

____Saturday, February 9 – Northeast – Walsh Jesuit High School – 4550 Wyoga Lake Rd. - Cuyahoga Falls

____ Sunday, February 10 – East - East Muskingum Middle School – 13120 John Glenn School Rd - New Concord Note – this site was changed after publication of the White Book and rule book mailing

____Saturday, February 16 – Northwest – Glenwood Middle School – 1715 N. Main St. - Findlay

____Sunday, February 17 – Southwest – Stebbins High School 1900 Harshman Rd. Riverside (Dayton area) Note – this site was changed after publication of the White Book and rule book mailing

____ Sunday, February 24 – Southeast - Piketon High School, 1414 Piketon Rd. - Piketon

____Sunday, March 3 – Reynoldsburg HS LIVINGSTON CAMPUS – Columbus - 6699 EAST LIVINGSTON AVE.



Name: _____________________________________________________________

OHSAA Permit #_____________________EMAIL ADDRESS______________________________

Primary Phone Number_________________________________________________

Years Registered as an OHSAA Softball Umpire________________________________________

Mail with payment of $60 to: OHSAA, Attention Officiating Department, 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus, OH 43214

Make checks payable to OHSAA

New for 2019 – Attendees will also receive three points added to their TOURNAMENT SELECTION SCORE.

3. Rules Testing

For the 2019 season the OHSAA will again offer rules testing for umpires. Umpires who complete the rules test successfully will receive additional point credit for their 2020 tournament officials rating as follows:

94% and above – 3 points

86% - 92% - 2 points

80-84% - 1 point

New for 2019 - Umpires working the state tournament, effective 2020, must receive a test score of at least 80% in the previous season. The 2019 test applies to 2020 tournaments. This test will be available by mid-February and will have a mid-March deadline. Additional details will be sent to you when the test is available online.

Sincerely,

Jerry Fick

Director of Officials Development - Softball

Mandatory On-Line State Meetings

All baseball and softball officials must take the state on-line meeting to be properly certified to officiate games this season.  NOTE: The deadline for each meeting is 11:59 PM on Thursday, March 21, 2019.  Get on it!!!!!

Instructions from OHSAA to "attend" these meetings:

TO ACCESS ONLINE RULES MEETINGS:
1.Login to your myOHSAA account (http://officials.myohsaa.org/Logon)
2.Click on the “Rules Meeting” icon
3.Click on “Find a State Rules Meeting”
4.Search for your sport specific State Rules Meeting using the ‘Sports’ and ‘Meeting Type’ drop-down menus
5.Click on ‘View Meeting’ once the State Rules Meeting has gone live
 




Baseball Officials Online Rules Meeting
 
The online rules interpretation meeting will be offered from Jan. 30 at 9 am through Thursday, March 21 at 11:59 pm without penalty. After March 21, there will be a $50.00 late fee to take the rules meeting and receive credit. The deadline with penalty is April 29 at 11:59 p.m.
 

Softball Officials Online Rules Meeting 
 
The online rules interpretation meeting will be offered from Jan. 30 at 9 am through Thursday, March 21 at 11:59 pm without penalty. After March 21, there will be a $50.00 late fee to take the rules meeting and receive credit. The deadline with penalty is April 22 at 11:59 p.m.

What Do You Have?

Check out the following video and post your comments here: https://youtu.be/q56xpFCGErw.

Baseball Umpire Mechanics Clinics

Three baseball mechanics clinics are being offered this Spring.  Information and registration can be found at the following web site: https://www.ohsaa.org/Officiating/DOD.

OHSAA: Baseball Pre-Season Information

OHSAA Communication

January 17, 2019

Hope everyone is having a good end of the year and are looking forward to the 2019 season.  Jerry Fick and I have been putting together the information for both programs and we want to make sure that everyone is getting the proper information with as much lead-time as possible.

I have elected to send this information out in blast form so that you can mark you calendars for the meeting dates along with the clinics.  The rulebooks, casebook and new Blue Book will be coming your way shortly.

1. Meeting Attendance

The state meeting will be available both online and in person. There will be eight in person meetings. Each meeting will feature sessions of about two and a half hours and in addition to the state meeting will review the most important items that we want to cover prior to the season. By attending the entire session, you will receive credit for a local meeting in addition to the state baseball meeting. There is no need to “pre-register” for any face-to-face State meetings, it is purely optional. The schedule is listed below with all meetings starting at 6PM.

Monday, January 28 – Zanesville – High School – 1701 Blue Ave

Tuesday, January 29 – Columbus – OHSAA Office – 4080 Roselea Place

Wednesday, February 6 – Monroe – High School - 220 Yankee Rd.

Thursday, February 7 – Cleveland - Garfield Heights High School – 4900 Turney Rd.

Tuesday, February 12 – Findlay – Donnell Middle School – 301 Baldwin Ave.

Thursday, February 14 – Canton – McKinley High School – 2323 17th St. NW

Tuesday, February 19 – Piqua – Upper Valley Career Center – 8811 Career Dr.

Thursday, February 21 – Jackson – High School – 500 Vaughn St.

The online meeting for softball will be available January 30. The last day on which an online rules meeting may be viewed without penalty will be Thursday, March 21. The meeting will be accessible with a $50 late fee until Monday, April 22. To access the meeting, log in to your myOHSAA profile and click the “Rules Meetings” icon in the top right, then click “Find a State Meeting” from the left side menu, then select “Softball” from the “Sports” dropdown menu, “Official” from “Meeting Type” dropdown menu, and then click “Search”. This search will display the online meeting option as well as any face-to-face meeting options. You may view the online meeting on any device except for a Google Chromebook. A Google Chromebook is a type of laptop computer, entirely different from the popular internet browser Google Chrome. You may view the online meetings using the internet browser Google Chrome.

2. Mechanics Clinics

The OHSAA will again sponsor Baseball Mechanics Clinics. For Registration Information – see below, visit the OHSAA website, Directors of Officiating Development page in my Baseball section. Or you use this link: https://www.ohsaa.org/Officiating/DOD

New for 2019 - Attendees will also receive three points added to their tournament selection score.

3. Rules Testing

For the 2019 season the OHSAA will again offer rules testing for baseball umpires. Umpires who complete the rules test successfully will receive additional point credit for their 2019 tournament officials rating as follows:

94% and above – 3 points

86% - 92% - 2 points

80-84% - 1 point

New for 2019 - Umpires working the state tournament, effective 2020, must receive a test score of at least 80% in the previous season. The 2019 test applies to 2020 tournaments. This test will be available by mid-February and will have a mid-March deadline. Additional details will be sent to you when the test is available online.

Dan McGinnis

Director of Baseball Development