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Local Officials Prepare for Week 3 After Attack on SA Ref

school football players in san antonio … two players from john jay high school are accused of intentionally running into an official… the players claim they were provoked by racial slurs… locally, our own officials are getting ready for week 3 of the texas high school football season… that’s rocky ontiveros … president of the el paso chapter of officials…what happened in san antonio is not something that happens very often… ontiveros wants to assure parents and fans that things in el paso are going to be fine… “we do have a good football program in our region. we have good coaching, good athletic directors and good officials and the reason is because we meet here to train and to know how to handle these rules. there’s a whole lot of rules and a whole lot of exceptions. we understand them and that’s why we come here to do this.” ontiveros says if players feel they are being provoked by an official for racial slurs or anything like that… they should talk to their coaches … the coaches should then bring it up to the crew chief… it is the eve of the playoffs… the

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