Notes from Town Square: Officiating youth sports can build character

Youth sports offer many different benefits to not only the young people participating, but to the young adults that mentor and officiate.

Building character in young adults is a culmination of important life lessons and officiating can be a great way to help develop character. 

Young adults, as officials, learn to be confident in tense situations, think and react quickly on their feet, and they begin to assume more responsibility in their life as they schedule to work and earn an income. 

Being an official is also a mentor role to the participants playing sports and those in the audien...