About ESO Sports

Elite Sports Officials was established in the fall of 2006 and started with just one school and a couple guys. We just wanted to see if this was something worth pursuing. And after the first completed Volleyball season, Craig Kidwell knew this was exactly what he needed and wanted to do. Then we expanded into winter Basketball with three schools and a dozen officials. After that, the word spread fast and in 8 years, ESO has grown to become the largest independent group in the State of Texas. We now cover over thirty private schools in the Fort Worth Area and employee close to 300 officials during the year. We cover close to 8,000 plus games in all sports in a calendar year.  Never wanting to stray far from our roots in the private school sector, the focus of Elite Sports Officials is to provide private schools with good, quality trained officials. But through the growth we have branched off into recreation leagues in Keller, White Settlement and Haltom City, covering Basketball and Baseball, bringing the same professionalism to the recreation leagues as the private schools. To the young men and women who are learning the game, it has enabled ESO to touch more lives and make a bigger difference in the Fort Worth Area.

Elite Sports Officials have covered many TAPPS play-off games as well as TCAF state championship weekends in Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball and Baseball.

If you are a school looking for a change or someone looking to get into sports officiating, please do not hesitate to contact Craig Kidwell for more information. Our motto from day one has always been ”Expect the Best”. And we will never stop striving for that goal of being the best.