Official-Assigner Relationship
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CAFOA State Crew Officiates PIAA 6A State Final
The CAFOA State Crew officiated the PIAA 6a Final on December 6th, 2025 at Cumberland Valley High School. Congratulations to the 7 crew members that represented our chapter in the biggest game of the season.
Crew Members in picture on the left (from left to right): Eric Galeano(HJ), Greg Shambaugh(SJ), Charlie Appleberry(U), Matt Fries(R), Aaron Jayman(LJ), Joe Jablonski(FJ) and Brian McDonald(BJ)
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50 Years of Officiating comes to an end
Jeff White completed his 50 year of officiating with the CAFOA. Jeff's final game occured in the Cedar Cliff vs Cumberland Valley game on Oct 31, 2025. He put together an all-star crew to help with his final game.
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Crew Members from left to right: Phil Sallusti, Aaron Jayman, Jeff White, Dean Smith. Front Row: Steve Romberger and Jerry Hocker.
A Hall of Fame CAFOA Chain Crew was brought in for the game: Rich Zarnecki (HOF), Dave Hollern(HOF) and Joe Armstrong(HOF).
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Jeff's impact on the CAFOA cannot be measured.
Click HERE to read about Jeff;s impact on the CAFOA.
CAFOA Clothing Order
The NEW CAFOA Online Clothing website is now active. The Clothing shop now open 27/7/365. Delivery now comes straight to your home. Click on image above to proceed to the online store located in the "Official Only" section.
Brian Metzger works 2025 Big 33 game
Congratulations to Brian Metzger who was selected to work the 2025 Big 33 game.
Our History
The Central Pennsylvania Chapter of PIAA Football Officials was organized as the Football Officials Association of Central Pennsylvania on September 12, 1929. For many years, the Association officiated all of the Central Pennsylvania area high school football games.
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In 1945, the Association received it's charter and became a chapter of PIAA Football Officials. The chapter remained as one chapter until 1954. In 1954, the chapter divided into two chapters, the Central Penn Football Chapter and the Greater Harrisburg Chapter. Both of these chapters worked high school football in the Central Pennsylvania Area.
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In 1988, following numerous discussions between the two chapter's leadership and the recent formation of the Mid Penn Conference within the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), the Capital Area Chapter of PIAA Football Official and the Greater Harrisburg Chapter merged. Another factor in the merger was that many of the officials from the two chapters were officiating small college football games surrounding the Harrisburg area.
The Capital Area Football Officials Association(CAFOA) has a strong history of chapter members providing leadership throughout it's existence. Please click on the CACPFO logo above for a list of it's Executive Board members dating back to 1929.
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