On winter nights in Fairfield, when the band is thundering and the student section is shaking the bleachers, it’s easy to focus entirely on the athletes on the floor. But behind every well-run game stand the people in stripes—officials who keep the contest moving, fair, and safe.
In Fairfield, six of those officials have a story worth telling.
All six began in the 127 Sports Intensity Junior Referee program. Today, they are fully registered members of the Montana Officials Association (MOA), working junior high and youth games while still walking the same school hallways as the players they of...
