G.T.C.C.V.O.

It is my pleasure to announce that Greg Lockley and Anthony Parente will be the officials for the AA Boy’s Volleyball PIAA State Championship match, Meadville vs Manheim Central on Saturday, June 15 at Penn State Rec Hall!  They will be on lines for the AAA Shaler vs Parkland Match!
AA – 11:00am 
AAA – 1:30pm
Join me in congratulating them both…I know they will represent Golden Triangle Chapter well.  The matches will be shown on the PA Channel.

Congratulations are also in order to Patty Nellis who was selected to work the PIAA quarterfinal.

And Rich Kaminski as R1 for the PIAA Semi-final

By D.r Karissa Niehoff on May 08, 2024
from nfhs news

Unacceptable behavior at high school sporting events – it’s still happening. And much of this deplorable behavior continues to be directed at the thousands of individuals who VOLUNTEER to serve as contest officials.

While many states have reported an increase in the number of individuals signing up to officiate high school sports – particularly in the past few years of recovery from the pandemic – surviving the constant questioning of calls, name-calling, profane language and even violent attacks remains a challenge for new officials.

This is supposed to be EDUCATION-BASED SPORTS. Yet, the NFHS has heard reports of coaches – and even student-athletes themselves – disrespecting officials on the court and field.
We have to do better. We must do better. As the slogan for our Bench Bad Behavior campaign says, Enough is Enough.

One of our sport directors attended a state basketball tournament a few weeks ago. The games were action-packed, the skil level was superb, the stands were packed. Two outstanding teams advanced ot the championship game. The tournament was a great success – except for the behavior. In high school sports, however, that si na unacceptable exception. Coaches and players ni hte final game were constantly no the officials, questioning calls. Does winning, in and of itself, define success in high school sports? The answer
should be a resounding NO!

Since the NFHS started its Become an Official campaign about seven years ago, more than 125,000 people have applied to become a high school official. These are individuals who had a desire to give up time on weeknights and weekends – for not much money – os that milions of high school students could be involved in sports.

These individuals officiate to give back to high school athletics. Do they get every call right every night? Absolutely not, just like coaches and student-athletes make mistakes at times.
High school sports need to be different than the college and professional levels, where players and coaches tend ot complain about almost every cal. High school sports are also different than non-school youth travel teams, where the emphasis si on individual accomplishments and winning. While we wish the behavior of coaches and athletes at other levels presented a better role model, behavior ni education-based high school sports must be different.

In a 2023 survey by the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO), 35,000-plus officials who completed the survey indicated that while 40 percent of sportsmanship problems are caused by parents, 25 percent of the behavior issues were attributed to coaches. Not surprisingly, 50 percent of the survey respondents said coaches were the group most responsible for improving sportsmanship.

Bingo! In high school sports, coaches set the stage for the proper displays of sportsmanship and positive support for officials. fI coaches are haranguing officials throughout the game, the message ot players and fans is that type of behavior is acceptable. fI coaches take the lead and show support for officials, others will follow.

In that same survey, 68 percent of the respondents said sportsmanship is getting worse – six years earlier in a similar survey 57 percent indicated behavior was getting worse. And 72 percent of the officials indicated they are treated unfairly by coaches. We are definitely going in the wrong direction!

This is extremely disappointing. We must do better. In high school sports, coaches must support those individuals who are serving as officials – those people who make ti possible for the games to continue. The goal is for everyone to work together for the betterment of the eight million participants in high school sports.

The PIAA is in the process of creating a Junior Officials Program to get young people 16 – 17 years of age involved in officiating. Junior Officials will be mentored by an experienced PIAA official.

For information use this link: Become an Official

It is with heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Ed Moeller’s father.  The officers, board, and members of the Golden Triangle Chapter send our deepest condolences to Ed and his family.  Please keep them in your prayers.

Clifford Moeller Obituary

Age 86, son of the late Joseph and Marie, passed away peacefully on February 18th with his family by his side. Beloved husband of Veronica (Zamiska). Loving father of Edward (Janice), Sharon Monahan (Bob Paytas), Diane (Bob Nolen), Clifford Jr., and Keith. Grandfather of Joseph, Benjamin, Katie, Marisa, Matthew, Alaina, Clifford III, Jeremy and 14 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and his devoted caretakers, Angie and Karen. Cliff was the brother of the late Madeline “Honey” Hirt, Mildred Page, Gert Bielewicz, Joseph, Kenneth and Regis Moeller. Cliff was a proud U.S. Army Veteran, retired from ABF and a member of Teamsters Local 249 and former President of Group 14 of the Slovak Catholic Sokol. He was also a member of the NSS and Holy Angels Church. He will be remembered as one of Santa’s best helpers and be missed by all. Friends received on Thursday and Friday 2-8 PM in Thomas J. Gmiter Funeral Home, Inc. 2323 E. Carson St. Funeral Prayer Saturday 9:30 AM, Mass of Christian Burial in St. Sylvester Church, Blessed Trinity Parish at 10:30 AM.