Colorado Springs Basketball Officials Association

Welcome back for SEASON 2 on the CSBOA Podcast!  Episode one brings us Kent Montel and Shanese Goss, two relatively new officials in our local association who have a few words to say about their new experiences and why they decided to officiate!  Listen in for some perspectives from some of our junior officials.

In a twist, Rich Gray comes onto the show to interview Andy to discuss his history and philosophy as a basketball official.  

Area Director Dave Futey and President Rich Gray join us in our ninth episode podcast to discuss our season progress on officials, observations, and getting ready for conference season and playoffs.  

Alexis Vogelin joins us from the American Cancer Society as we talk about Officials vs. Cancer and the state of Colorado's efforts to raise funds for this incredibly important undertaking.  

Our In Season discussion for Week 1 - We talk about a few administrative things to take care of during games.  Take care of the administrative stuff too!  

Gary Montel, the CSBOA Rules Interpreter, and local IAABO legend joins the podcast today!  Gary is a recently name IAABO Lifetime Achievement winner, and has spent 41 years playing, coaching, and officiating the game.  He talks about his perspective on high school basketball and how the game has changed, and most importantly, talks about how rules affect how the game is played.  

Dan Mohrmann, a digital content producer and senior writer with CHSAANow.com joins us on today's episode.   He discusses his perspective of the high school basketball scene in Colorado, and what interactions he has seen from officials.  

Part three of our assigner series brings John Carricato to the CSBOA Podcast.  John, a three time state championship official, talks about his views on being an assigner and what it takes to be a great high school basketball official.  Watch his amazing 5A state championship ending at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPiRig6sYJo.  

Katie Parker joins our show today, discussing her time as a professional player in Europe (Spain and Ireland), and how it has helped her become a better official.  In addition, she talks from her perspective as a coach, and how relationships matter on the floor.  

Bob Lantzy has been the CSBOA assigner for the past 14 years.  In his capacity, he currently manages the 4A and 5A Colorado Springs Metro League and the Black Forest League.  Bob is also responsible for the sub-varsity games for all leagues and managing the development of officials.  Click here to listen to his thoughts on the upcoming season, and what it takes to get the big 5A Doherty-Palmer game!

Bob Marken joins us on the podcast today.  Bob is the Tri-Peaks assigner with 30+ years of basketball officiating experience.  A previous CSBOA President, Bob speaks about his experiences in the area and his time as an official, and what he looks for in varsity officials.  

Veteran of 32 years, Mark VanGampleare joins us on our initial podcast.  He talks about being a new official, what it takes to progress in your career, and his perspectives on high school basketball officiating in the area.