A salute and thanks to our umpires, referees
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Now that the local high school baseball and softball season is over the time seems perfect to thank and salute the umpires and referees who officiate our games. They are most certainly a very valuable and important part of the game. You can’t play a game without them at the high school, college or professional level. At a recent sectional softball game at Albion the contest was officiated by two veteran umpires Bernie Froman, left, and Billy Luff. Froman has been officiating softball for some 35 years while Luff, who is a Hall of Fame umpire, has been officiating softball and baseball games for 40 years. We post this to not only salute these two veteran umpires for their dedication to the sport, but also to take note of the shortage of umpires and referees that exists in all of our high school sports today.
