A Second NFHS “Optional” Study Guide
Tom Azevedo, the Interpreter for the Massachusetts State Board of Officials, has released a “second” optional 2022 NFHS Football Exam or study guide that contains 75 questions. It contains the rule and case references to make it easy to find the correct answers; once we receive our rule books. Some of you may be interested to use …
2022 NFHS “Optional” Football Exam
The MIAA has released the optional 2022 NFHS Football Exam that contains 55 questions (five of which are video questions). Some of you may be interested in seeing the national warm-up questions and/or use them as optional study questions. These 55 questions, posted below, are for self-study purposes only. We will release the answers at the next …
ANEFO – 2022 NFHS New Rules – June 20, 2022
Al Bartolini, President, presided at the first ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, June 20, 2022, before a packed house of officials at the Irish-American Club. President Bartolini greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. He announced the 2022 NFHS Rule Books have not arrived yet due …
2021 ANEFO Banquet – November 22, 2021
The 2021 ANEFO Annual Awards Banquet was held at the Irish-American Club in Malden, Massachusetts on Monday, November 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. This capstone season event is historically the Monday before the annual Thanksgiving Day football games. Mike Sullivan was the master of ceremonies, and he introduced the retirees and special guests. The platters …
ANEFO – Business Meeting – November 1, 2021 – Election Results
The Association of New England Football Officials held its annual business meeting on Monday, November 1, 2021. A well-represented, robust group of officials were in attendance. After the reading of the minutes and a discussion about old business and new business, the election was held. The results of the election for ANEFO Officers are as …
ANEFO – You Make the Call: Overtime – October 25, 2021
Rick Cacciatore, President, presided at the ninth, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, October 25, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. Rick greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season. Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, was the guest speaker. He showed fifteen video clips from seven local high school games including: Austin …
ANEFO – You Make the Call: It Happened During a Try – October 18, 2021
Rick Cacciatore, President, presided at the eighth, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, October 18, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. Rick greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season. Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, was the guest speaker. He showed seven video clips from four local high school games including: Lowell …
ANEFO – “You Make the Call” – Field Goals & Fumbles in the End Zone – October 4, 2021
Bob Prestera, Secretary-Treasurer, presided at the seventh, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, October 4, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. Bob greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season. Bob also reminded everyone there will be no meeting next week! Bob Prestera, Secretary-Treasurer, was the first guest speaker. Bob topic’s …
2021 Pop Warner Football Rules
The ANEFO has received correspondence title “Referee Information for the 2021 Season” from the Pop Warner Football Conference of Eastern Massachusetts. The document covers rules for ejection of players, score run ups, electronic devices, face shields, kicking boots, tie breakers, protests and a host of other topics. If you officiate Pop Warner football, you can …
ANEFO – You Make the Call: Blindside Block, Run Play & Pass Play – September 27, 2021
Richard Cacciatore, President, presided at the sixth, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, September 27, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. President Cacciatore greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season. Bob Prestera, Secretary-Treasurer, was the first guest speaker. Bob explained how the private Independent Schools (ISL) “Overtime Rules” …
ANEFO – “You Make the Call: Holding Enforcement & A Backward Pass Out of Bounds – September 20, 2021
Richard Cacciatore, President, presided at the fifth, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, September 20, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. President Cacciatore greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season. Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, was the first guest speaker. This week the scenarios involved penalty enforcement on an …
NFHS 2021 Pre-Season Exam
The 100 question NFHS 2021 Pre-Season Exam is below. NOTE: In the exam situations, A—refers to the offensive team and B—refers to their opponents the defensive team. K—refers to the kicking team and R—refers to the receiving team. A1, B1, K1 and R1 are players of these teams. If team possession changes during the down, …
ANEFO – PreSeason Exam – September 13, 2021
Richard Cacciatore, President, presided at the fourth, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, September 13, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. President Cacciatore greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. The handouts and/or resources from the meeting are now posted online. Select the “Announcement” tab or the …
ANEFO – You Make the Call: Muffed Punt & Soccer-like Kick – September 7, 2021
Richard Cacciatore, President, presided at the third, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. President Cacciatore greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. Rick announced that the deadline to submit the online Preseason ANEFO Exam has been extended until Monday, …
ANEFO New Rules and Pre-Game Conference – August 30, 2021
Richard Cacciatore, President, presided at the second in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, August 30, 2021 before a packed house of officials at the Irish-American Club. President Cacciatore greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. The handouts from each of the guest speakers can be found …
Football Official Candidate Classes – September 7, 2021
Are you interested in become a football official? Do you know anyone who might be interested in becoming a football official. If so, this message is for you. Candidate classes to become a new football official begin on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Irish American Club, 177 West Street in Malden, …
ANEFO – New 2021 NFHS Rules – June 28, 2021
Richard Cacciatore, President, presided at the first in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, June 28, 2021 before a packed house of officials at the Irish-American Club. President Cacciatore greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. Rick announced that all eight division MIAA semi-final and final games …
ANEFO – Penalty Enforcement – April 13, 2021
Al Bartolini, First Vice-President, conducted the sixth and final virtual ANEFO meeting of the Fall II Football Season on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. About 109 ANEFO members attended the virtual Zoom meeting. First Vice-President Bartolini greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming Fall II Football Season. Next, Tim Hooton, Commissioner of the Middlesex …