The state’s first all-female officiating crew will call the Glen Oaks at Parkview Baptist football game tonight. Baton Rouge Area Football Officials Association Assignment Secretary Louis Metevia says he recruited ladies from across Louisiana to be a part of the historic night.
“I reached out to several associations in the state to find out if they had any females in so we could kind of promote them and promote our brands.”
A total of eight female officials – including six from the Baton Rouge Area Football Officials Association – will call the high school varsity football game.
Metevia says it’s getting harder to find referees to officiate football games, so getting females interested in officiating could help their referee shortage…
“Anyway we could possibly help recruit more individuals to come out and become officials, I want to try to promote that and get more people involved in our sport and every other sport out there.”
Last year, Mississippi had an all-female crew call a local high school football game. Metevia says it’s something he’s always wanted to do in Louisiana and tonight’s the night.
“I started calling around just before the season started and we were able to put it together and get a week that they were available. Everybody’s really excited about it.”
Kick-off at Parkview Baptist is at 7 p.m.
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