TASO Cen-Tex Baseball Chapter will conduct its New Member Field Training this Sunday, February 2, 2025 at the Leander High School Baseball Field (directions). We will start promptly at 9:00 am and go until approximately 3:00 pm without a lunch break. We will cover working the 2-man umpire system in detail.
TASO CenTex Chapter was honored to send the following crew to UT Arlington to work the TAPPS Baseball 2024 State Championship Tournament:
TAPPS 2024 Championship games covered:
Georgetown High School Baseball hosted a non-district game against Vandegrift High School as part of Military Appreciation Day on Saturday April 13, 2024.
Our TASO CenTex Chapter was proud to officiate the game with a crew of four veterans:
The 2020 Annual Meeting for the Baseball Division is scheduled for January 3‑5, 2020. The meeting location is the Delta Hotel Dallas‑Allen by Marriott in Allen, Texas. More information and registration.
Multiple schools in and around Central Texas will have new rivalries next season as part of the University Interscholastic League’s biennial realignment.
For those of you that enjoy reviewing the tougher situations we sometimes have to officiate, I offer this nugget from the NCAA:
Day/Date: Sunday January 31, 2016
Time: 1pm
Location: Norris Conference Center
2525 W. Anderson Lane Ste 365. Austin 78757
Cost: $30
Happy Holidays, and welcome to baseball season!
We are 2 weeks away from our first chapter meeting and are looking forward to seeing old faces, and a number of new ones. Please put the below dates on your calendar for our 2016 meeting schedule. Please remember, meeting attendance is part of playoff eligibility. Meetings will again be held at Cedar Park Fire Station #2
The TASO Baseball Division will conduct their 2016 Annual Meeting on January 9, 2016, at the Westin Houston, Memorial City . Room block available through December 17th
The Houston Chapter will serve as host.
Optional clinics to be hosted on the 8th. If you wist to register, follow the TASO STATE MEETING link. Registration to attend is $30
On Monday, October 19, 2015, the UIL Legislative Council gave final approval for a game fee increase effective for the 2016-2017 school year. As a summary, the increase equates to about a $10 across the board increase for all sports, but Basketball received a $15 increase for varsity games. Basketball also now has a much needed game fee breakdown based on the length of quarters for junior high games. The fees chapters receive for scrimmages were also increased.
Is it enough? No, but it is a 15% – 27% increase and TASO will continue to work closely with the UIL staff on future game fee increases.
As I have previously reported to you, the UIL Sports Officials Committee (SOC) recommended a new travel allowance based on the current Metro Plan where every official is paid a travel allowance based on the distance the game/match site is from the chapter center point. The “rings” that are currently 30 and 40 miles would extend out to 150 miles (Non Metro pay beyond that). After the new plan was announced there was some opposition from schools and officials alike. After discussion, the Legislative Council determined that travel allowance for officials needed much more research, so no action was taken.
The TASO Division Boards will be discussing this very soon and we will solicit member input, so expect more communication on this subject.
http://www.taso.org/news/uil-approves-gamematch-fee-increase