The Rock Valley Officials Association, established in 2006 for football and lacrosse officials in the Rock River area, has expanded once again to include baseball. Joshua Perry, certified umpire and IHSA state clinician in training, is leading the charge in this new front in our efforts to improve officiating in and around Rockford. Meetings will be on Mondays, February 9th and 23rd, and March 9th, and held at Harlem HS in Machesney Park at 7 p.m. in room W-145.

The following are Rock Valley Officials Association Meeting Dates, all meetings will be held on Mondays. Location: Harlem High School Room W-145 1 Huskie Circle Machesney Park, IL 61115 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Meeting dates for the 2009 season will be posted in June 2009.

The Rock River Raptors of the Continental Indoor Football League created a youth indoor league in January, 2007, asked R.V.O.A. President and local assignor Pete Ducato to locate officials. League games are played at the Victory Sports Arena in Loves Park using four officials and a lot of modifications. Currently, four teams make up the league comprised of 11, 12, and 13 year-olds. The Raptors and fellow CIFL teams the Chicago Slaughter and Milwaukee Bonecrushers donated uniforms.