Training Pays Off: 3/8-3/9 

During the months of January and February, CVSRA held seven Supplemental Youth Training sessions via Zoom. CVSRA’s continuous of youth referee training paid great dividends over the weekend during the Boy’s Jefferson Cup on March 8 & 9.

Our youth referees were put to the test many times and stood tall despite constant pressure from fans and coaches. Two separate incidents stood out and deserve applause for how our youth referees handled themselves and the situations: 

Over at J.R. Tucker High School, there was a game that ended with a score of 5-4, and a protest regarding the score was filed to the tournament director.  All 3 referees on the crew were asked to show their record book of the score on that game – all 3 had physically recorded the score as 5-4.  Mega kudos to Howard Toft, Milo Toft, and Matei Boanca!

Over at Glen Allen High School, we had a player go down and hit his head on the artificial turf. His head hit hard enough that the referee crew determined that it was a safety issue and informed the coach that the player was in “concussion protocol.” There was no athletic trainer on site, so the player could not play the rest of the day as only an assigned certified athletic trainer can release a player from “concussion protocol.”  Excellent job to Peyton Seward, Madi Sicat, and Lucas Ryther!

Peer Mentoring: 3/8-3/9

During the Boy’s Jefferson Cup on March 8 & 9 at Glen Allen High School, CVSRA rolled out it’s “new” Peer Mentoring Initiative.

The Peer Mentoring Initiative included one site during a tournament where no adults would be present – except for coaches and parents. The objective was to have the more experienced high school referees mentor each other, as well as the middle school referees.

We heard many comments during and after the tournament about how successful our youth referees felt the event went, making this a huge success!

Special thanks to our high school seniors Katelyn Davison, Sarah Olsen, Rylan Samos, and Emma Sicat who stepped up as CVSRA’s first Peer Mentors.

Peer Mentoring will continue next weekend during the Girl’s Jefferson Cup on March 15 & 16.