THE HIGH SCHOOL REF SHOW

Real stories from the people that work the games.

The podcast where high school officials talk through the calls, the challenges, and the moments that don't make the highlight reel. New episodes regularly.

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EPISODE 7

How to Navigate the High School Ranks a a Young Official

Brenden Black started officiating intramural sports at NC State — and six years later, he's working high school basketball and football across the Triangle.

EPISODE 6

What Officials Expect from the Next NCHSAA Commissioner

We sit down with Steve Schwartz to talk about expectations for the next commissioner of the NCHSAA and what this transition means for officials across North Carolina.

EPISODE 5

A Special Game Assignment

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Scott Graham to share the story of a truly unforgettable assignment — officiating a game played on a court dedicated to his father, Danny Graham, a longtime high school girls basketball coach at Lumberton High School who passed away last year.

EPISODE 4

Talking Flag Football Officiating

Flag Football is sweeping the nation as high schools and colleges add varsity teams. On this week's episode, DJ Doss joins the show to talk about flag football officiating, the high school landscape in Georgia, and his 10+ years of officiating at many levels.

EPISODE 3

46 Years of Basketball Officiating Wisdom

Randy Lockhart joins the show to share his 46 years of basketball officiating experience including the challenges of balancing officiating with a full-time job and the evolution of officiating rules and practices over the years.

EPISODE 2

Connecting Intramural Sports to High School Officiating

Scott Flickinger joins the show to discuss his 25+ years as a high school basketball official and his career developing student intramural sports officials at multiple campus recreation departments in the Northeast.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Made by officials, for officials.

High school officiating doesn't get talked about honestly enough. The High School Ref Show fixes that — real conversations with the people who actually work the games, from rookies to veterans.

Whether you're thinking about picking up a whistle or you've worked a thousand games, there's something here for you.