To support lacrosse in Southern Pennsylvania by providing an association of NFHS and PIAA certified officials for Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) and youth lacrosse games in the region.

SPLOA works with the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) in PIAA District III to provide officials for PIAA boy's lacrosse games in the York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA), Lancaster Lebanon League (LLL), Berks County Interscholastic Athletic Association (BCIAA) leagues.

SPLOA's members comprise the South Penn Chapter of PIAA Boys Lacrosse Officials, which has jurisdiction over all PIAA lacrosse games played in the YAIAA, LLL and BCIAA leagues.

SPLOA works with the York County Lacrosse Association (YCLA) to provide officials for youth lacrosse games in York and Adams counties in Pennsylvania for YCLA member clubs.

Youth games covered by SPLOA include U9, U11, U13 and U15 contests.

07/02/2008: PIAA Chapter Granted

The PIAA has recognized officals from SPLOA as a PIAA lacrosse officials chapter. The chapter has been named 'South Penn Chapter of PIAA Boys Lacrosse Officials' and services the York-Adams, Lancaster-Lebanon and Berks leagues. With this move, the PIAA and SPLOA have guaranteed lacrosse will be played as a PIAA sport in the areas these leagues cover in 2009.

07/02/2008: YALOA becomes SPLOA

The York Adams Lacrosse Officials Association (YALOA) was renamed the South Penn Lacrosse Officials Association (SPLOA) on 07/02/2008. When the PIAA granted a lacrosse official's chapter to our association, it was done so under the name 'South Penn Chapter of PIAA Boys Lacrosse Officials', so the association assumed the name South Penn Lacrosse Officials Association to better reflect it's identity.

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