The association began in 1923 as the St. Paul Officials Association. In 2010 the association merged with the Capital City Officials Association under the name of 'St. Paul/Capital City Officials Association'.
Our mission is to educate, develop and assign qualified football and basketball officials for the benefit of high schools and youth organizations.
St. Paul/Capital City referees have had great success over the years. Many of our members have advanced to the NFL, NBA, Divisions I, II and III football and basketball. We currently have two members in the NFL and two in the NBA. In addition there have been many, many high school state tournament and championship assignments.

Congratulations to the following SPCC basketball officials for their selection to the 2025 MSHSL State Basketball Tournament.
Girls Tourney
Christian Bronner - Consolation, 3rd Place
Robert Crowe -
Taylor Hagen - Quarter (TBD)
Tyler Livingston - Quarter (TBD), Final (AAAA)
Nathan McNaughton - Consolation (AAAA), 3rd Place (AA)
Badaso Osman - Quarter (TBD), Final (AAA)
James Patterson - Consolation (AAAA), Semi-Final (AAA)
Dayna Rethlake - Final (A)
Gina Zech - Semi-Final (AAAA), Final (Alternate)
Boys Tourney
Solly Broadway - Consolation (A), 3rd Place (A)
Cory Clark - Consolation (A, AAAA)
Travis Gardner - Quarter (TBD), Final (AAAA)
Tom Houle - Quarter (TBD), 3rd Place (A)
Dean Kockelman - Consolation (A), Semi-Final (AAA)
Damon Laliberte - Consolation (AAA), Semi-Final (AAAA), Final (Alternate)
Tony Rodriguez - Quarter (TBD), Final (AAAA)
Stone Schneider - Quarter (TBD)
Kolton Sundland - Quarter (TBD)
Jordan Voit - Quarter (TBD)
Congratulations to the following SPCC Football crews for their selection to the 2025 MSHSL State Tournament.
A Quarterfinal - Tyler Livingston, Micah Cale, Mike Lovas, Eric Anderson & James Patterson
AA Quarterfinal - Geoff Strack, Cliff Krotz, Jeremy Carlson, Brian LaShomb & Kaleb Mar
AAA Semifinal - Dave Keller, Brian Burns, Evan Peterson, Ryan Scott
AAAAAA Quarterfinal - Dan Pelletier, Quinn Huppert, Fred Harris, Nate McNaughton & Rick Schallhorn
AAAAAA Quarterfinal & AAAAA Prep Bowl - Chris Rick, Tom Hoye, Troy Halter, Brian Dow & Jeff Zenner
From the MSHSL award ceremony, "The Saint Paul Capital City Officials Association set the standard for leadership, excellence, and superior performance at the highest level making them the obvious selection for the 2024 Association of Excellence Award."
An association of Minnesota football and basketball officials serving the Twin Cities and greater metro area. Please contact us with questions.
St Paul, MN, USA
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