INDIANAPOLIS – Eric Coburn will get one more game, set as the No. 1 official for the Class 4-A boys basketball championship this weekend.

LEESBURG – He’s not hanging up his whistle for good, but Eric Coburn is stepping away as a full-time referee.

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Wawasee educator and area referee Jay Smith is the winner of the 2015 Mildred Ball Award for his work as a basketball referee. Smith became a licensed basketball official during the 1971-72 season while he was a college student at Goshen College, and he has been pounding the hardwood for 43 years …read more.