February 23, 2025

Basketball:

Congratulations as well to the officials who received state tournament assignments! They are:

GSOA State Tournament Officials

Girls Tournament: Rob Bissonette, Joe Bollant, Andrew Cook, Ryan Grams, Taylor Hagen, Chris Katke, Rich Kellerman, Brent Kuphal, Nate McNaughton, Aaron Nordling, Tony Perez, Keesha Pringle, Katie Reese, Dayna Rethlake, Toby Sackett, Drew Scherber, David Schmeichel, Tony Schrepfer, Mick Yanke, Gina Zech

Boys Tournament: Koe Anderson, Rick Baker, Dawson Blanck, Cole Fasching, Assante Kelton, Stephen Kent, Dean Kockelman, Dan Kvitrud, Ryan Luessenheide, Tom Middagh, Charles Moore, Pat Sobiech, Chris Tengwall, Aaron Walton

34 Gopher State officials received state tournament assignments. Congrats to all of you!

Baseball/Softball:

Dues are due by Saturday March 1 to avoid a late fee! Pay them at this link, venmo $94 (dues plus a $4 processing fee) to @gsomn, or send a $90 check to 

Gopher State Officials Association

P.O. Box 24052

Minneapolis, MN 55424-9998

The baseball/softball annual meeting will be March 16, 2025, at the Brooklyn Park Community Center, 5600 85th Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55443. Meeting will run from 6pm to 8:30 pm. Attendance is required for those who are committed to being an umpire, but if you're curious about working baseball or softball this year, we'd love to have you attend the meeting as well. Reach out to Scott Schimitz for more information at Scott.Schimetz@va.gov.