Fran O'donnell is a well known official with the WHSAA. For forty years Fran has called balls and strikes, fouls in the paint, and handed out red cards on the pitch.
There is a short, 240-pound man who will show up at high school sporting events, do things on the sidelines to help the team, then talk someone into giving him a piggyback ride and leave. No, it’s not a joke.
He started this practice in 2008 on the West Coast, but continues it to this day and recently turned up in North Dakota.