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& Award Winners
1997-98 -- Charley’s at Stony Point
1998-99 -- Mio’s
1999-00 -- The Grapevine
2000-01 – Monte Calvo’s
2001-02 – O’Charley’s (Brook Road)
2002-03 – O’Charley’s (Brook Road)
2003 – Hill
Street Café
2004 – Nick’s
Roman Terrace
2005 – Joe’s Inn (Mechanicsville)
2006 – Joe’s
Inn (Mechanicsville)
2007 - Steak & Ale (Broad Street)
Year |
Referee of the Year |
Umpire of the Year |
Most Improved |
|
1990-91 |
David
Bassler and Andre Spencer |
Not
Given |
Not Given |
|
1991-92 |
Jean
Russo |
Not
Given |
Jean
Russo |
|
1992-93 |
Andre
Spencer |
Not
Given |
Dicky
Hulcher |
|
1993-94 |
Carol
Ford |
Not
Given |
Bob
Provost |
|
1994-95 |
Andre
Spencer |
Not
Given |
Dawn
Hampton |
|
1995-96 |
Pat
Kaveney |
Not
Given |
Bonny
Hajek |
|
1996-97 |
Paul
Schall |
Not
Given |
Gary
Schwarztrauber |
|
1997-98 |
Randall
Carson |
Not
Given |
Hawthrone
Wilkes |
|
1998-99 |
Dawn
Hampton |
Not
Given |
Ronnie
Jones |
|
1999-00 |
Randall
Carson |
Not
Given |
Brian
Cowles |
|
2000-01 |
Pat
Kaveney |
Not
Given |
Steven
Martz |
|
2001-02 |
Howard
Nester |
Bruce
Frye |
Tom
Dent |
|
2002-03 |
Pat
Kaveney |
Dave
Roever |
Butch
Atkinson |
|
2003 |
Brian
Cowles |
Susan
Warr |
Dean
Scott |
|
2004 |
Dave
Roever |
Doug
James |
Bill
Slish |
|
2005 |
Doug
James |
Willie
Jones |
Kevin
Daniel & Shep Moss |
|
2006 |
David
Bassler |
Bonny
Hajek |
John
Thomas & Bert Wilson |
|
2007 |
Willie
Jones |
John
Thomas |
Darryl
McCartt |
Year |
Rookie of the Year |
Rookie Rookie of the Year |
President’s Award |
|
1990-91 |
John
Koch |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1991-92 |
Andy
Crane |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1992-93 |
Lisa
Robinson |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1993-94 |
Randall
Carson |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1994-95 |
Barry
Martin |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1995-96 |
Jena
Patterson |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1996-97 |
Tim
Gunn |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1997-98 |
Rick
Alston |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1998-99 |
Sherman
Chung |
John
Thomas |
Not
Given |
|
1999-00 |
Butch
Atkinson |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
2000-01 |
Willie
Jones |
Leonard
Lambert |
Not
Given |
|
2001-02 |
Karl
Best |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
2002-03 |
Brad
Bradley |
Steve
Bowen |
Not
Given |
|
2003 |
DeWayne
Johnson |
Not
Given |
David
Bassler |
|
2004 |
Andy
Creery |
Ron
Jones |
Richard
Starr |
|
2005 |
Bryan
Wagner |
Not
Given |
Bert
Wilson |
|
2006 |
James
Stumbaugh |
Robert
Blankenship |
Bruce
Frye |
|
2007 |
Charles
Arvin & Stuart Wilson |
Not
Given |
Doug
James |
Fun Awards
Quick Draw McGraw -- for the best yarn involving
“cards”: 1998-Jena Patterson (7
yellow and 2 red in a Varina/Lee-Davis Boys match; 2000-Pat “I never
give cards” Kaveney (for giving two in the VHSL AAA Boys’ championship match; 2001-Bruce
Frye (for requesting a card because the Bluestone coach was a menace to
navigation; 2002-Steven Martz (threw out two coaches – who were in the
stands); Winter 2003-Howard Nester (kicked a player out after the
match); Fall 2003-Bert Wilson (carded Howard for accidentally bunging a
player with a ball; 2004-David Bassler (gave a red card to player whose team was ahead by 20 points); 2005-Hawthrone
Wilkes; 2006-Ron Jones (yellow carded the Mathews announcer prior to the
match for announcing his name as “Jerry Stone”; 2007-Hank Hartz (reverse
award for NOT giving a card to the Deep Run coach during a regional match
because the umpire (from another association) who requested it baited the coach
into a sanction.
Life’s Most Embarrassing Moment -- ‘nuff said: 1999-Buz
Haymans (zipper issue); 2000-Ron Farris (another zipper issue); 2001-Bonny
Hajek (forgot her socks so she inked her ankles black with magic marker); 2002-Randall
Carson (packed his wife’s black pants – needless to say they didn’t fit); Winter 2003-David Bassler (when
demonstrating proper the use of flags, his flag broke in half and flew 30
feet.); Fall 2003-Buddy Thomas (went to the bathroom between games and
got lost trying to return to the MWGS gym) and Buz Haymans; 2004-Darryl
McCartt (letting his flag fly across the court coming to rest on the inbounds
spot); 2006- Tom Dent (during warm-ups got smashed in the face by a
serve so hard he required medical treatment); 2007 (tie) – Willie Jones
(made a call, then changed it three times until it was back at his original
ruling) & Doug Schutte (got run over by a pair of female players while
working as a line judge at the Showcase Tournament).
Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang -- for the referee most
likely to show up at a match in a tow truck:
1998-Angel Torres (car broke down so many times he should have
bought a tow truck); 1999-Ron Farris (“who needs headlights when there’s
a full moon”); 2000-David Bassler (his car – 256,000 miles and counting
-- broke down; then his loaner broke down, too); 2001-Theresa Armstrong
(her car’s even dirtier than Howard’s farm truck); 2002-Clark Woods
(only car that broke down this year); Winter 2003-Howard Nester (nobody
wants to ride in his farm truck); Fall 2003-Joe Clark (Joe’s car is even
more unreliable than Howard’s farm truck); 2004-Buddy Thomas (for having
his car actually break down on the way to a match); 2005-Joe ‘not again’
Clark (who now has two ‘cars’ up on blocks and was even late to the banquet to
receive his prize; 2006-Bob Schumm (shows up to matches in his taxicab);
2007-Don Gathers (car was in the shop most of the season);
Best Dressed Referee -- for the referee who showed
the greatest dedication to the perfect uniform: Arthur Chester (1998); Sherman Chung (1999); Brian Cowles (2000);
Dave Hunt (2001); Jim Aldrich (2002); Bob Guagliardo (2003 Winter); Daryl
McCartt (2003 Fall); Leonard Lambert (2004); DeWayne Johnson (2005); Major
Coles (2006); Joe Pintavalle (2007).
Salesman of the Year -- for the referee who
brought in the most new members: Bruce
Frye (2000); Ron Robinson (2001); Ron Robinson (2002); David Bassler (2003
Winter); Ron Robinson (2003 Fall); Bruce Frye (2004); Ed Smith (2005); Bruce
Frye (2006); Bruce Frye (2007).
Minute Man Award -- for the referee(s) most
available in the least amount of time:
Ron Farris & Hawthrone Wilkes (1998); Arthur Chester, Michelle
Fortune & Rick Fortune (1999); Woody Wheeler & Christine Simmons
(2000); Alecia Jones & Jim Aldrich (2001); Bert Wilson & Ronnie Jones
(2002); Bob Guagliardo (2003); Howard Nester (2004); Lou Martin (2005); Todd
Hagan (2006); Tom Dent & Bert Wilson.
The Above and Beyond the Call Award: Stoney McNeil (Middlesex/Northumberland
match rescheduled for Northumberland; drove to Northumberland to make sure
match was covered – and we don’t assign Northumberland; Woody Wheeler waited
more than an hour and a half for Cumberland’s very lost bus driver to find Park
View HS ) (2001); Pat Kaveney (drove to Greensville to discover match had been
moved to Powhatan, so he drove there) and Jim Aldrich (drove to Mathews to
discover his match was cancelled; Ron sent him to Powhatan instead) (2002),
Doug James and John Thomas (2003), left dinner to ref an unscheduled match.
Andy Creery (2004) who arrived at TJ for a match and found the school dark. He
then drove to MWGS to find that they had moved the match without telling the
Assignor. Not given in 2005, since all matches were covered. Charles Colgin and
Bob Guagliardo, who left a match at Hanover to cover an unscheduled scrimmage
at Hermitage (2006); Jeff Carter, Major Coles, Pat Kaveney, & Darryl
McCartt, who waited patiently for over an hour to begin matches at Patrick
Henry and Maggie Walker when the wrong team from MWGS went to P-H by bus and
had to come back.
Iron Man Award – for the official who had no
closed dates and who would go anywhere at any time to referee a match: Bob
Provost (2005); Pat Kaveney (2006); Willie Jones (2007).
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