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Bob Scofield sprints down court at the Southern Arizona Officials Camp Tuesday, May 29th, 2007. Photo Jim Davis / Arizona Daily Star

Scofield hits career goal with Final Four assignment 

Retired Tucson postal worker Bob Scofield officiated his first Division I basketball game in November 1995. “It was the Russian national team at NAU,” he remembers. “My first Pac-10 game was in 1999.” Last week, Scofield was one of 10 referees to work the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Indianapolis. “It took me 21 years to get that phone call from the NCAA,” Scofield said. “It was a good day.” 


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