Boys swimming officiating clinic scheduled for April 2025!
Register now to complete the course and become a certified official! Interested in becoming a boys swimming and diving official? The association will be holding a clinic for prospective officials as follows: April 9, 10, 14, 16, and 29; May 1 and 7, 2025. All sessions will begin at 5:30 p.m. and are a mix […]
Baseball officiating clinic scheduled for February 2025!
Register now to complete the course and become a certified official! Interested in becoming a baseball official? The association will be holding a clinic for prospective officials as follows: February 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2025. All sessions will be held at Island Trees High School from […]
Volleyball officiating clinic scheduled for January 2025!
Register now to complete the course and become a certified official! Interested in becoming a volleyball official? The association will be holding a clinic for prospective officials as follows: January 27, 29; February 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 24, 25 and 27, 2025. All sessions will be held at the Nassau BOCES George Farber Administrative […]
Boys soccer officiating clinic scheduled for January 2025!
Register now to complete the course and become a certified official! The Nassau County Boys Soccer Official’s Association will be holding their annual officiating clinic in January 2025. Pre-registration is required and must be completed by January 10, 2025. Contact Steve Padaetz or visit the Nassau County Soccer Officials Association website for more information.
Section VIII football officials named Crew of The Month for October 2024!
Partnership between NFL, NFHS and NYSAOCF is celebrating high school football officials all season long! Section VIII is proud to announce that five members of the New York State Association of Certified Football Officials and LIAFO – Elvin Brown, Lowell Citron, Steve Delillo, Bob Miller and Tom O’Connor – have been named as October’s Crew […]
Concussions in Football – presented by NYU Langone Health
Valuable information from Section VIII’s Official Partner in Health Education Concussion in Football Rupi Johal, MDNYU Langone Hospital – Long IslandPrimary Care Sports Medicine Head impacts and concussions caused by contact sports are a growing epidemic among young athletes. When left undetected, concussions can result in long-term brain damage and may even prove fatal. CDC […]
Common Hip Injuries in Soccer…and Prevention! – Presented by NYU Langone Health
Valuable information from Section VIII’s Official Partner in Health Education Common Hip Injuries in Soccer and Prevention Ioannis C. Zouzias, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, NYU Langone Health Hip flexor and hip adductor strains are very common in soccer athletes. Hip adductor strains are more common than hip flexor strains. Boys have a higher […]
Beat the Heat: Essential Heat Safety Tips for Football Practice – Presented by NYU Langone
Valuable information from Section VIII’s Official Partner in Health Education Beat the Heat: Essential Heat Safety Tips for Football Practice With August comes not only the end of summer, but also the beginning of football season. Training camp for football during the heat of summer brings with it the risk of heat related illness. The […]
Preventing Hamstring Injuries in Soccer – Presented by NYU Langone Health
Valuable information from Section VIII’s Official Partner in Health Education Preventing Hamstring Injuries in Soccer Written by NYU Langone Sports Performance Experts Hamstring strains are the most prevalent injury in the game of soccer. They constitute more than one-third of all time-loss injuries and cause more than a quarter of the total injury absence in […]
Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 announced!
Induction ceremony scheduled for September 25, 2024! Section VIII is proud to announce the Dr. James Tolle Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024! Get to know the 25 deserving inductees with our virtual press conference by clicking here.
