For the 2023 Kennewick Grid Kids (KGK) season will be using high school-aged youth, ex-KGK players, adults, and certified WIAA officials. For some youth officials, this will be their fourth year of officiating, while for others it will be their 1st year. In either case, with training and practice, we believe KGK officials will continue to deliver well-officiated games to support the development of the KGK football participants. We hope that youth officials will be able to also learn from their WIAA-certified counterparts.

Listed below are the activities to be accomplished in preparing for the 2023 season:

• Register to officiate by filling out the form
• Sign up for an Arbiter Pay account (if you have not already)
• Saturday, August 26th – Expectations, responsibilities, and Game Rules Training (2 hours) - TBD Time and Location
• (or) Friday, September 8th – Expectations, responsibilities, and Game Rules Training (1 hour) - TBD Time and Location
• September 16th - First official KGK game

In order to be eligible to officiate games this year, you must have completed registration and a training session or have officiated with us before. In the event that you have an unavoidable conflict, we will work with you to supplement these training opportunities. However, it may not be able to be accomplished prior to the start of the regular season weekends.

We hope you are excited to work and develop this season.

Thank you, see you soon and enjoy the rest of your summer!