{"id":714461,"date":"2026-06-04T12:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714461\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:06:19","slug":"47-officials-to-take-the-field-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714461\/","title":{"rendered":"47 officials to take the field in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 The upcoming season will see 47 members of the Canadian Professional Football Officials Association take the field to oversee action in the Canadian Football League (CFL).<\/p>\n<p>Following a lengthy career, Murray Clarke officiated his final game on May 23, presiding over the preseason contest in Langford, B.C. The Victoria native served as an official for 605 CFL games.<\/p>\n<p>Six officials are looking to reach the century mark, while the trio of Blair Brown (199), Chris Shapka (191) and Pierre Laporte (192) are expected to reach 200 and Jason Maggio (391) and Rob Skaggs (384) are headed towards their 400th contests.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED<br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/everything-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-2026-cfl-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/everything-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-2026-cfl-season\/\" aria-label=\"Everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 CFL season - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 CFL season<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/02\/amsoil-power-rankings-who-leads-the-pack-ahead-of-week-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AMSOIL Power Rankings: Who leads the pack ahead of Week 1?<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/03\/3-storylines-to-watch-in-week-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">3 storylines to watch in Week 1<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/05\/27\/7-milestones-to-watch-during-the-2026-cfl-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/05\/27\/7-milestones-to-watch-during-the-2026-cfl-season\/\" aria-label=\"7 milestones to watch during the 2026 CFL season - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->7 milestones to watch during the 2026 CFL season<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/tickets\" aria-label=\"Buy tickets for the 2026 CFL season - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Buy tickets for the 2026 CFL season<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" data-uw-original->Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 CFL OFFICIATING ROSTER<\/p>\n<p>(Name | No. | Hometown | CFL games officiated)<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Airey | 95 | Edmonton | 5<br \/>\nTayler Anderson | 82 | Langley, B.C. | 3<br \/>\nRon Barss | 25 | Regina | 334<br \/>\nBlair Brown | 44 | Calgary | 199<br \/>\nJim Carlisle | 23 | Winnipeg | 125<br \/>\nThomas Cesari | 36 | Kirkland, Que. | 222<br \/>\nBen Chapdelaine | 70 | Hamilton, Ont. | 37<br \/>\nP. Chorney | 90 | Winnipeg | 13<br \/>\nBrian Chrupalo | 73 | Winnipeg | 336<br \/>\nMike Ciona | 92 | Saskatoon | 83<br \/>\nEmily Clarke | 39 | Canmore, Alta. | 68<br \/>\nMarc Cobb | 89 | Brantford, Ont. | 92<br \/>\nKevin Collins | 85 | Etobicoke, Ont. | 1<br \/>\nIain Cropper | 65 | Saskatoon | 107<br \/>\nDan Doerksen | 97 | Winnipeg | 9<br \/>\nChris Donaldson | 93 | Winnipeg | 77<br \/>\nLaurent Dubreuil | 35 | Greenfield Park, Que. | 46<br \/>\nDan Fleischhaker | 94 | Regina | 17<br \/>\nDave Gatza | 75 | Burlington, Ont. | 278<br \/>\nRob Hand | 68 | Angus, Ont. | 235<br \/>\nWalt Hawrysh | 81 | Saskatoon | 143<br \/>\nRob Hill | 63 | Edmonton | 317<br \/>\nRomeo Kabongo | 87 | Lloydminster, Alta. | 5<br \/>\nTim Kroeker | 74 | Saskatoon | 309<br \/>\nRyan Lange | 29 | Edmonton | 44<br \/>\nPierre Laporte | 18 | Ottawa | 192<br \/>\nEric LeBlanc | 98 | Dieppe, N.B. | 15<br \/>\nAndre Leduc | 84 | Toronto | 1<br \/>\nTim Louman-Gardiner | 99 | Vancouver | 15<br \/>\nJason Maggio | 37 | Burlington, Ont. | 391<br \/>\nBen Major | 31 | St-Colomban, Que. | 355<br \/>\nJustin McInnes | 67 | Edmonton | 257<br \/>\nKyle Mikulik | 58 | Winnipeg | 65<br \/>\nRitchie Miller | 34 | Winnipeg | 247<br \/>\nDan Mulvihill | 83 | Regina | 85<br \/>\nAdam Paradowski | 45 | Winnipeg | 180<br \/>\nGeorgina Paull | 33 | Kirkland, Que. | 66<br \/>\nAndre Proulx | 28 | Drummondville, Que. | 464<br \/>\nKevin Riopel | 40 | Repentigny, Que. | 96<br \/>\nTroy Semenchuk | 24 | Prince Albert, Sask. | 158<br \/>\nChris Shapka | 19 | Comox, B.C. | 191<br \/>\nRob Skaggs | 46 | Edmonton | 384<br \/>\nRyan Stark | 52 | Regina | 89<br \/>\nJordan Titosky | 49 | Edmonton | 97<br \/>\nTom Vallesi | 60 | Hamilton, Ont. | 358<br \/>\nAndrew Wakefield | 27 | Toronto | 172<br \/>\nAnthony Williams | 96 | Dartmouth, N.S. | 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 The upcoming season will see 47 members of the Canadian Professional Football Officials Association take the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-714461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}