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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) 2025 is the 100th year of the Beaver Valley Football Officials PIAA chapter, which is a group of officials that continues to keep their tradition with officiating Western Pennsylvania football games. There are 49 officials who are currently paying dues for the 2025 high school football season, with two female officials, three sets of brothers, three duos of fathers and sons, three members who officiate college football along with their high school assignments. Many officials that are part of this chapter, and some of them have become members of the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame, which include Sam Adams, Ronald “Lefty” Dionisio, Jim Irons, Lenny Leiper and Reggie Smith. Smith has worked Big 10, Big 12 and Conference USA games for college football before his present role as a rules analyst for both the Big 10 coverage and Notre Dame coverage from NBC. Another official from the Beaver Valley Football Officials PIAA chapter who has experience in officiating college football is Mark Estermeyer, who was worked games in the Big 12. The Beaver Valley Football officials are accepting applications anytime to become new members and to become an official, regardless of your age or background. If you are interested in becoming an official, you can visit the PIAA website for more information by clicking here or contact any member of the Beaver Valley Football officials board. The emails you can contact can be found below:

Scott Travis, travis6284@comcast.net, Ryan Marchione, ryan.marchione@yahoo.com, Tim Linkenheimer, teched_timlink@yahoo.com, Bobbie Jo Belus, bobbiejobelus55@gmail.com, Frank Van Oudenhove, fvanou23@yahoo.com, or Quinn Alexander, @quinn_tabby@comcast.net.