Mother-son duo make history officiating a state basketball game

>> THEY'RE GOING FOR THE GOLD TROPHY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFF TOURNAMENTS ARE UNDERWAY BUT A LOCAL MOTHER AND SON SAY THEY'VE ALREADY ONE. THE PAIR GOT A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT TODAY, OFFICIATING A GAME TOGETHER. >> NEWS FOUR'S HUNTER LEE SPOKE WITH THEM AS THEY SHARED THIS SWEET MOMENT. >> THERE'S NO I IN TEAM, BUT THERE IS AN FAMILY. AND THIS MOTHER, SON DUO ARE TEAMING UP TO OFFICIATE A STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME. A PARENT. >> FREE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SOMETHING HAS MOMENTOUS AS THIS MEAN. WE'RE THE FIRST MOTHER SON DUO, TOO, IN THE HISTORY TO BE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT TOGETHER. I MEAN, IT IS SURREAL. >> ON VERY SPECIAL >> VICKI AND ROBERT GROUP, OUR MOTHER AND SON OFFICIATING A GAME HEADLINING ON A COURT. ROBERT ONCE PLAYED AT. >> SO JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DIFFERENT.

MAYBE A LITTLE LESS STRESSFUL THAN PLAYING IN >> BUT THIS FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR THE PAIR GOES BACK EVEN FURTHER. >> BACK IN 1988. ONE MORNING. >> THEY WERE SHORT OFFICIALS, A LITTLE LEAGUE GAME. MY HUSBAND GOT ME OUT OF BED. WE GRABBED ROBERT, HIS BABY SISTER. PUT THEM NEXT TO THE SCORES TABLE A PIE PAN. AND THAT'S WHERE THE JOURNEY BEGAN. VICKI AND HER HUSBAND, RICK, USED TO OFFICIATE TOGETHER. >> RIC TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY IN 2013 BACK. >> BEFORE MY HAS PASSED AWAY, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOPEFULLY SOME DAY. ALL 3 OF THOSE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT. >> AND EVEN THOUGH RICK WASN'T PHYSICALLY WITH THEM ON THE COURT RIGHT? >> SO TODAY, ROBERT, TO WEARING HIS OFFICIATING PANTS AND I'M WEARING HIS T-SHIRT AND STANDING HE WAS THERE IN SPIRIT.

IT'S EXTREMELY SPECIAL. YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE IN THIS ARENA. >> BUT TO BE ABLE TO CALL WITH MY I MEAN, .

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