This is the official site of the El Paso Basketball Officials Association (EPBOA), a member the Texas High School Basketball Officials Association (THSBOA) which consists of 29 local basketball officiating chapters in Texas with a membership of about 5,300 officials. Each chapter has a representative that sits on the Board of Directors of the THSBOA.
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Welcome to the El Paso Basketball Officials Association website. The purpose of the El Paso Basketball Officials Association (EPBOA) is to provide a group of skilled basketball officials to assist the advancement of its members in every practical and ethical way to the highest levels of officiating the game of basketball.
For the second year in a row, our chapter has been awarded a regional championship boys game by the University Interscholastic League.
The EPBOA officials selected to officiate the Region 1-1A boy’s championship are Chuck Veliz, Freddie Gilpin and Charlie Miller.
The game will be 2 p.m. Saturday at South Plains College in Levelland.
State championship
Jaime Marquez is one of 18 officials from across the state to be selected to officiate one of the girls state championship games at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Saturday.
Please take the time to recognize and congratulate these Officials on their selections.
The boy’s playoff coaches in Class 5A and Class 4A selected their playoff crews.
Two crews were also selected to officiate the District 1-6A seeding game between Franklin and Americas and a play-in game between Montwood and Eastlake on Friday night.
Here is the playoff schedule. Please go out and support these hard-working officials.
Friday
District 1-6A seeding game (for first seed): Americas vs. Franklin at Bowie High School, 6 p.m. Officials are Danny Padilla, Andy Garcia and Victor De la Rosa.
District 1-6A play-in game (for fourth seed): Montwood at Eastlake, 7:30 p.m. Officials are Zeke Sanchez, Victor Martinez and David Ramirez.
Monday
Class 4A Bidistrict: Clint at Bowie, 6 p.m. Officials are Chuck Veliz, Jaime Marquez and Antuan Washington.
Class 5A Bidistrict: Del Valle vs. Andress at the Don Haskins Center, 6 p.m. Officials are Craig Pringle, Danny Padilla and Mike Henry.
Class 5A Bidistrict: Bel Air vs. Chapin at the Don Haskins Center, 7:30 p.m. Officials are RJ McCullen, Zeke Sanchez and Christian Aguirre.
Class 4A Bidistrict: Harmony at Mt. View, 7:30 p.m. Officials are Josh Parra, Armando Romero and Freddie Gilpin.
Tuesday
Class 5A Bidistrict: Canutillo at Hanks, 6 p.m. Officials are Andrew McCullen, Charlie Miller and Tury Hernandez.
Class 5A Bidistrict: El Paso High at Ysleta, 6 p.m. Officials are Chuck Veliz, Danny Padilla and Victor Martinez.
Class 4A Bidistrict: Irvin at San Elizario, 6:30 p.m. Officials are Armando Romero, RJ McCullen and Antuan Washington.
Class 4A Bidistrict: Riverside vs. Austin at the Don Haskins Center, 7:30 p.m. Officials are David Ramirez, David Aguirre and Jorge Bustamante.
The girl’s playoff coaches in Class 5A and Class 4A selected their playoff crews.
A crew was also selected to officiate the District 1-5A seeding game on Friday night.
Here is the playoff schedule. Please go out and support these hard-working officials.
Friday
District 1-5A seeding game (for second place): Chapin vs. El Paso High at Tinajero Middle School, 6 p.m. Officials are Armando Romero, Mario Macias and Mike Henry.
Monday
Class 5A Bidistrict: Chapin at Bel Air, 6 p.m. Officials are Jaime Marquez, RJ McCullen and Christian Aguirre.
Class 4A Bidistrict: Harmony Science at Mt. View, 6 p.m. Officials are Daniel Padilla, Ceci Hernandez and Joshua Parra.
Class 5A Bidistrict: Ysleta vs. Burges at the Don Haskins Center, 6 p.m. Officials are Joe Moreno, Chuck Veliz and Antuan Washington.
Class 4A Bidistrict: San Eli at Austin, 6:30 p.m. Officials are Mario Macias, Charlie Miller and Jorge Bustamante.
Class 5A Bidistrict: Canutillo at Hanks, 7 p.m. Officials are Armando Romero, Ruben Lopez and Andrew McCullen.
Tuesday
Class 4A Bidistrict: Irvin at Riverside, 6 p.m. Officials are Antuan Washington, Armando Romero and Arturo Hernandez.
Class 5A Bidistrict: Del Valle vs. El Paso High at the Don Haskins Center, 6 p.m. Officials are Victor R. Martinez, Christian Aguirre and RJ McCullen.
Class 4A Bidistrict: Clint at Bowie, 7:30 p.m. Officials are Charlie Andrade, Juan Reyna and Chuck Veliz.
The focus of this season’s chapter training will focus on two topics – Definitions: The Key to Understanding the Rules and Game Changes: Plays You Gotta Get Right.
The schedule is as follows:
Oct. 30: Definitions: The Key to Understanding the Rules I
Introduction
The Playing Court
Nov. 6: Definitions: The Key to Understanding the Rules II
Control
Ball Handling
Nov. 13: Definitions: The Key to Understanding the Rules III
Shooting and Scoring
Nov. 27: Definitions: The Key to Understanding the Rules IV
Contact
Dec. 4: Definitions: The Key to Understanding the Rules V
Conduct
Dec. 18: Game Changers: Plays You Gotta Get Right I
Handchecking
Pass-Crash
Eurostep
Jan. 8: Game Changers: Plays You Gotta Get Right I
Offense-initiated contact
Defensive Post Play – Displacement
Jan. 22: Game Changers: Plays You Gotta Get Right I
Goaltending / Basket inerference
Backcourt
Our chapter’s rules interpreter is Zeke Sanchez. He can be reached at zeke718@yahoo.com.
The El Paso Basketball Officials Association (EPBOA) is accepting new officials for the 2023-2024 season.
The Association officiates UIL middle school and high school basketball games in El Paso, Clint, Mt. View, Anthony, Dell City and Van Horn.
Our first New and Second-Year Officials Meeting is Monday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. in the Small Chapel at First Presbyterian Church, 1340 Murchison.
Meetings will continue every Monday until Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.
During these meetings, you will receive pertinent information on how to register (you must submit a state and local application), go over the rules and learn how to use proper signals.
You will also have five opportunities for on-the-court, hands-on instruction with varsity officials who will help guide you through the process.
On court training will be on:
Thursday, Sept. 28
Thursday, Oct. 5
Thursday, Oct. 12
Thursday, Oct. 19
Thursday, Oct. 26
Locations and times are TBA.
If interested, please contact Jaime Marquez at 915-603-7427 (text only) or tap on the “leave a comment” and ask your question.
Officials, now is the time to get register for the 2023-2024 season.
Here is the process to register on Reftown:
If you do not have a Reftown account, under organizations click Register and follow the steps.
When selecting organization, it is EPBOA under Basketball.
First you will need to login to REFTOWN ( www.reftown.com) and on the blue ribbon select “Main” then “Registration”.
You will be asked “What type of registration do you wish to submit?”
Click on Official
Click Continue Registration with EPBOA
Click Close
Page 1: Registration Type (Select: New Member, Returning Member, Returning Member (from inactive /leave), Transfer or Not Returning).
Page 2: Personal Information – PLEASE verify or enter your correct information.
Page 3: Contact Information- We will need a current cell phone and email DO NOT CLICK UNLISTED – If you do this ASSIGNORS OR PARTNERS CAN’T CONTACT YOU. Anyone who does this will be moved to INACTIVE.
Page 4: Address(es) – Enter your current home address and DO NOT CLICK UNLISTED as payor(s) will not be able to get your payments processed.
Page 5: Basic/Default Availability – Here is where you can select which days your available or not available or even get specific with times. (This does not guarantee you will work what you select, it only helps the assigning process)
Page 6: Assignment Limits – Allows you to pick number of days you can work, days between games and number of games per day. (This does not guarantee you will work what you select, it only helps the assigning process). GREEN lettering explains each category.
The following are new rules and points of emphasis for the 2023-2024 season:
2-1-3 NOTE (NEW) — As a result of the increased use of large video boards that allow timers to utilize tablets to control the clock from anywhere in the facility and the increase in schools utilizing the shot clock, it became necessary to include language requiring the shot clock operator, if used, to sit at the scorer’s and timer’s table. Officials need to have easy access to the scorer, timer and the shot clock operator during contests.
3-4-5 — Clarifying the requirements for uniform bottoms makes it easier for coaches and athletic directors to address the individual needs of their student-athletes when ordering uniforms. Teammates must all wear like-colored uniform bottoms but may wear multiple styles. This clarification allows for an athlete to wear a skirt or pants of the same color as the athlete’s teammates without contacting the state association for a uniform accommodation.
3-5-6 — Allowing undershirts worn under visiting team jerseys to be black or the single solid color similar to the torso of the jersey will assist schools with hard to match colors easily comply with the rules. Schools can now allow teammates to wear black undershirts and avoid searching for solid shirts that match the visiting team jersey. It is important to note that all teammates wearing undershirts must wear the same solid color.
4-8-1 — Eliminating the one-and-one, shooting two free throws after a team’s fifth foul in a quarter and resetting the fouls after each quarter has the potential to provide a better flow by allowing teams that run into early foul trouble the opportunity to self-correct their style of play at the outset of both the second and fourth quarters. Second, by eliminating the one-and-one, the number of opportunities for correctable errors that result from awarding an unmerited free throw or failing to award a merited free throw are significantly reduced. Finally, the guarantee of two free throws eliminates the physical play that has often been associated with rebounding action on the first free throw.
4-36, 6-4-3, 7-5-2 thru 4, 9-1 PENALTY 3, 9-4 PENALTY, 9-5 PENALTY, 9-6 PENALTY, 9-8 PENALTY, 9-9 PENALTY, 9-12 PENALTIES 3 & 4, 9-13 PENALTY — Establishing four throw-in spots (the nearest 28-foot mark along each sideline or the nearest spot 3-feet outside the lane line on the end line) when a team gains or retains possession in its frontcourt due to a violation, a common foul prior to the bonus or any stoppage other than an out-of-bounds eliminates much of the judgment for an official about where exactly the throw-in spot should be located and allows teams to develop throw-in plays both offensively and defensively from four pre-determined locations.
7-6-6 — Allowing the official administering a throw-in to the wrong team to correct the mistake before the first dead ball after the ball becomes live unless there is a change of possession provides an appropriate amount of time to correct a mistake. Previously, the mistake had to be corrected before the ball was put into play.
9-3-3 — Establishing that a player may step out of bounds without penalty unless they are the first player to touch the ball after returning to the court or if they left the court to avoid a violation allows the game to continue without stoppage when the player’s actions did not create an advantage. When an advantage is gained by a player purposely leaving the court and being the first one to touch the ball or leaving the court to avoid a violation, an advantage is gained, and a violation has occurred.
Charlie Miller was inducted in to the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame on June 28.
Charlie’s officiating career begin in August 1974 at the University of Texas at El Paso, when he was 17. What started as a work study job with the Intramural Department and ended up become a 49-year career that has taken him to the middle school to collegiate ranks.
He has been a member of the El Paso Basketball Association of Officials since 1974. He also joined the El Paso Volleyball Officials Association the same year.
His many accomplishments in officiating volleyball include four UIL Texas State Volleyball Championship appearances.
He has also officiated many regional basketball tournament games and bi-district championships.
El Paso Basketball Officials Association members Cecy Hernanadez, Christine Ibanez, and Ally Torres officiated the Greater El Paso Girls Coaches Association Basketball All Star Game at Austin High School.
What a great way to finish the season. Congratulations ladies!
Three of our officials have been selected by the participating coaches to officiate the 5A regional quarterfinal. The match up is Parkland vs. Chapin, 6 p.m., Tuesday at the Don Haskins Center.
The crew selected is Freddie Gilpin, Armando Romero and Christine Ibañez. David Carrasco will serve as the alternate.
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