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 …

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 …

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” …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …