Gateway Shootout TournamentCompetition Staff Application
About The Shootout
The Annie Malone High School Basketball Shootout features four separate Boys and Girls televised high school basketball tournaments hosted over New Year’s 2025/2026 at the Dome at America’s Center in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
Gateway Shootout appreciates your interest in working our tournament as a referee, judge, scoreboard operator, athletic facilities laborer, athletic sanitation worker or athletic trainer. Please review Gateway Shootout contracted staff qualifications before submitting your application to work at our high school basketball, boxing, wrestling, band, cheer, and dance tournaments.
PLEASE REVIEW THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR GATEWAY SHOOTOUT COMPETITION STAFF POSITIONS PRIOR TO APPLYING
National Basketball Tournament Referees
Gateway Shootout National Basketball Tournament Summary
Gateway Shootout hosts two basketball tournaments, Gateway Shootout Metro Basketball Tournament and Gateway Shootout National Basketball Tournament.
Gateway Shootout National Basketball Tournament is a Boys and Girls 32-team bracket tournament featuring the best high school basketball teams in the United States, hosted on Tuesday, December 30, through Saturday, January 3, 2026.
On Sunday, December 29, 2025, 64 Boys and Girls basketball teams from Missouri and Illinois face off against each other in a “play-in” basketball game to earn seeding to compete against the top 16 High School basketball teams in the United States in the Gateway Shootout National Basketball Tournament.
The 16 losers of the Gateway Shootout National Basketball Tournament play-in game will play in the 16-team Gateway Shootout Metro Basketball Tournament hosted on Tuesday, December 30, through Friday, January 2, 2026.
Gateway Shootout currently seeks 48 basketball referees who are (a) actively certified as a Referee by the NCAA or (b) actively certified as a basketball referee by a state high school association and have worked as a referee in at least three high school basketball state championship games.
All Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referees work as part of a six-official crew rotating as referee, umpire A, umpire B, game official scorer, game clock operator, and shot clock operator throughout basketball tournament play, regardless of experience level.
Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referees rotate between games, working as a referee/umpire and the officials’ table as a scorer, game clock operator, or shot clock operator. Gateway Shootout basketball referees will NOT be requested to work as an electronic score board operator or perform any other basketball tournament duty.
Each Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referee is paid a flat rate of $1,750.00 to referee five tournament games and work the official’s table for five tournament games on Sunday, December 29, 2025, and Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referees selected to work on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, Thursday, January 1, 2026, and Friday, January 2, 2026, are paid an additional $250.00 for each game as a referee and an additional $100.00 for each game performing official’s table duties.
Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referees selected to officiate Gateway Shootout basketball tournament’s eight premier games on Friday, January 2nd, 2026, and Saturday, January 3rd, 2026, are paid an additional $600.00 for each game as a referee and an additional $150.00 for each game performing official table duties.
Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referees who are assigned to work all available basketball tournament shifts earn $4,300.00 in basketball referee fees from refereeing 11 basketball games and working officials table duties during 11 basketball games.
As teams are eliminated from Gateway Shootout basketball tournament, losing basketball teams are offered the opportunity to play scrimmage, half-court, and exhibition basketball games. Basketball referees who are not scheduled to work later tournament games are provided the opportunity to request additional referee work shifts for unofficial basketball activities at a flat rate of $100.00 per hour.
All Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referees are provided all scheduled meals, dedicated shuttle service, and one hotel room at no expense to them.
On Monday, December 29, 2025, Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referees may participate in NCAA, USA Basketball, WNBA, and NBA referee clinics hosted at the Gateway Shootout basketball tournament for no fee (excludes any certification fee that such athletic associations may charge for referee clinic certifications).
Gateway Shootout basketball tournament referees are each provided one admission to Gateway Shootout National H.S. Basketball VIP Dinner held on Monday, December 29, 2025.
National Wrestling Tournament Referees
Gateway Shootout National Wrestling Tournament Summary
Gateway Shootout currently seeks 84 wrestling referees who are (a) actively certified as a Referee by the NCAA or (b) actively certified by a state high school association and have worked as a referee in at least three high school state championship tournaments.
All Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referees work as part of a four-official crew rotating as referee, assistant referee, official scorer, and match clock operator, without exception or regardless of referee experience level.
During the first two tournament sessions on the first day of our Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament, we assign four wrestling referees to each of our eighteen wrestling mats, and an additional rovering wrestling referee is assigned to three wrestling mats to provide referee breaks.
Each Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referee is paid a flat-rate fee of $1,000.00 to referee two five-hour wrestling tournament sessions between 10:00 am-2:00 pm and 5:00 pm-10:00 pm on Monda,y December 29, 2025.
During the quarterfinals tournament session on the second day of our Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament, we assign four wrestling referees to each of our eight wrestling mats, and an additional rovering wrestling referee is assigned to two wrestling mats to provide referee breaks.
Gateway Shootout will select 36 wrestling referees to work our wrestling tournament quarterfinals session between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
Each Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referee selected to referee our wrestling tournament quarterfinals session is paid a flat-rate fee of $500.00 to referee one three-hour wrestling tournament quarterfinals session.
During the semifinals tournament session on the second day of our Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament, we assign four wrestling referees to each of our four wrestling mats, and an additional rovering wrestling referee is assigned to each wrestling mat to provide referee breaks.
Gateway Shootout will select 20 wrestling referees to work our wrestling tournament semifinals session between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
Each Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referee selected to referee our wrestling tournament semifinals session is paid a flat-rate fee of $500.00 to referee one three-hour wrestling tournament semifinals session.
During the finals tournament session on the third day of our Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament, we assign four wrestling referees to each of our four wrestling mats, and an additional rovering wrestling referee is assigned to each wrestling mat to provide referee breaks.
Gateway Shootout will select 20 wrestling referees to work our wrestling tournament finals session between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
Each Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referee selected to referee our wrestling tournament finals session is paid a flat-rate fee of $600.00 to referee one three-hour wrestling tournament finals session.
Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referees who are not assigned to work all winner’s bracket wrestling tournament shifts are assigned to referee tournament wrestleback session A, matches between 2:00 pm-6:00 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at a flat rate of $300.00 per four-hour tournament session.
Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referees who are not assigned to work all winner’s bracket wrestling tournament shifts are assigned to referee tournament wrestleback session B matches between 10:00 am-6:00 pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at a flat rate of $450.00 per six-hour tournament session.
Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referees who are assigned to work all winner’s bracket wrestling tournament shifts earn $2,600.00 in wrestling referee fees from refereeing five wrestling tournament sessions, nineteen hours over three calendar days.
Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referees who are assigned to work winner’s and wrestleback bracket wrestling tournament shifts earn $2,750.00 in wrestling referee fees from refereeing four wrestling tournament sessions, twenty hours over three calendar days.
All Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referees are provided all scheduled meals, dedicated shuttle service, and one hotel room at no expense to our wrestling tournament referees.
Gateway Shootout wrestling tournament referees are each provided one admission to Gateway Shootout H.S. Gladiator VIP Dinner held on Sunday December 28, 2025.
National Boxing Tournament Referees
Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament Summary
- Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament is a Boys and Girls 16-boxer tournament featuring Junior and Youth boxers sanctioned by USA Boxing.
- Each Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament boxer competes in two qualifying fight sessions between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm on December 29, 2025.
- Any Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament boxer who loses both qualifying fight matches is automatically eliminated from the boxing tournament.
- Any Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament boxer who wins both qualifying fight matches is automatically seeded in the boxing tournament.
- If any Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament bracket has fewer than four undefeated boxers, bracket seeding shall be determined by total points accumulated during the qualifying round.
- Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament semifinals are between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, and the finals are between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm.
Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament Referees
Gateway Shootout currently seeks 20 boxing referees who are actively certified as a Level III Referee by USA Boxing for our National Boxing Tournament.
During the first day of our Gateway Shootout boxing tournament, we assign two boxing referees to each of our 16 boxing rings and an additional roaming boxing referee to each of the 4 rings to provide referee breaks.
Each Gateway Shootout boxing tournament referee is paid a flat-rate fee of $1,000.00 to referee two five-hour boxing tournament sessions on Monday, December 29, 2025.
During the semifinals tournament session on the second day of our Gateway Shootout boxing tournament, we assigned two boxing referees to each of our six boxing rings and an additional rovering boxing referee assigned to three boxing rings to provide referee breaks.
Gateway Shootout will select fourteen boxing referees to work our boxing tournament semifinals session between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
Each Gateway Shootout boxing tournament referee selected to work our boxing tournament semifinals session is paid a flat-rate fee of $600.00 to referee one four-hour boxing tournament semifinals session.
During the finals tournament session on the third day of our Gateway Shootout boxing tournament, we assigned five boxing referees to our main boxing ring.
Gateway Shootout will select five boxing referees to work our boxing tournament semifinals session between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
Each Gateway Shootout boxing tournament referee selected to work our boxing tournament semifinals session is paid a flat-rate fee of $800.00 to referee one three-hour boxing tournament finals session.
Gateway Shootout boxing tournament referees who are assigned to work all available boxing tournament shifts earn $2,400.00 in boxing referees fees from refereeing 4 boxing tournament sessions over three calendar days.
As boxers are eliminated from Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament, boxers are offered the opportunity to participate in exhibition boxing matches. Boxing referees who are not scheduled to work further boxing matches are provided the opportunity to request additional referee work shifts for boxing exhibitions at a flat rate of $75.00 per hour.
All Gateway Shootout boxing tournament referees are provided all scheduled meals, dedicated shuttle service, and one hotel room at no expense to our boxing tournament referees.
Gateway Shootout boxing tournament referees are each provided one admission to Gateway Shootout H.S. Gladiator VIP Dinner held on Sunday December 28, 2025.
National Boxing Tournament Judges
Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament Summary
- Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament is a Boys and Girls 16-boxer tournament featuring Junior and Youth boxers sanctioned by USA Boxing.
- Each Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament boxer competes in two qualifying fight sessions between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm on December 29, 2025.
- Any Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament boxer who loses both qualifying fight matches is automatically eliminated from the boxing tournament.
- Any Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament boxer who wins both qualifying fight matches is automatically seeded in the boxing tournament.
- If any Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament bracket has fewer than four undefeated boxers, bracket seeding shall be determined by total points accumulated during the qualifying round.
- Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament semifinals are between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, and the finals are between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm.
Gateway Shootout National Boxing Tournament Judges
Gateway Shootout currently seeks 64 boxing judges who are actively certified by USA Boxing for our National Boxing Tournament.
During the first day of our Gateway Shootout boxing tournament, we assign four boxing judges to each of our 16 boxing rings who rotated as a three-judge boxing crew.
Each Gateway Shootout boxing tournament judge is paid a flat-rate fee of $600.00 to judge two five-hour boxing tournament sessions on Monday, December 29, 2025.
During the semifinals tournament session on the second day of our Gateway Shootout boxing tournament, we assigned six boxing judges to each of our six boxing rings.
Gateway Shootout will select thirty-six boxing judges to work our boxing tournament semifinals session between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
Each Gateway Shootout boxing tournament judge selected to work our boxing tournament semifinals session is paid a flat-rate fee of $400.00 to judge one four-hour boxing tournament semifinals session.
During the finals tournament session on the third day of our Gateway Shootout boxing tournament, we assigned nine boxing judges to our main boxing ring.
Gateway Shootout will select nine boxing judges to work our boxing tournament semifinals session between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
Each Gateway Shootout boxing tournament judge selected to work our boxing tournament semifinals session is paid a flat-rate fee of $500.00 to judge one three-hour boxing tournament finals session.
Gateway Shootout boxing tournament judges who are assigned to work all available boxing tournament shifts earn $1,500.00 in boxing judges’ fees from judging four boxing tournament sessions over three calendar days.
All Gateway Shootout boxing tournament judges are provided all scheduled meals, dedicated shuttle service, and one hotel room at no expense to them.
Gateway Shootout boxing tournament judges are each provided one admission to the Gateway Shootout H.S. Gladiator VIP Dinner held on Sunday, December 28, 2025.
Cheerleading Tournament Judge
Gateway Shootout Cheerleading Tournament Judges
Details regarding the requirements and selection process for judging the Gateway Shootout Cheerleading Tournament are currently being finalized. Complete information will be available after Labor Day 2025. Please check back at that time for complete details on qualifications, application procedures, and expectations for cheerleading judges.
Dance Tournament Judge
Gateway Shootout Dance Tournament Judges
Details regarding the requirements and selection process for judging the Gateway Shootout Dance Tournament are currently being finalized. Complete information will be available after Labor Day 2025. Please check back at that time for complete details on qualifications, application procedures, and expectations for dance judges.
Marching Band Competition Judges
Gateway Shootout Metro Marching Band Competition Judges
The Central States Judges Association anonymously provides all judges for Gateway Shootout Metro Marching Band Competition, and all Gateway Shootout Metro Marching Band Competition judges are required to certify that they have not lived, attended school, or worked in Missouri or Illinois as a band instructor or music judge.
All Gateway Shootout Metro Marching Band Competition judges are provided coach class round-trip airfare, airport and venue shuttle, hotel lodging the day before and day after the one-day band competition held on January 3rd, 2026, and meal vouchers during the band competition.
If you are interested in serving as a Gateway Shootout Metro Marching Band Competition judge, please reach out to your contact at the Central States Judges Association for more information.
Tournament Athletic Trainers
Gateway Shootout Tournament Athletic Trainers
Shootout Tournament seeks paid athletic trainers to provide medical services to our High School basketball, boxing, wrestling, band, cheerleading, and dance tournament competitors.
Shootout Tournament requires all of our athletic trainers to maintain current Athletic Trainer Certified (ATC) credentials verified by the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC) and pass a sex offender background check.
Gateway Shootout Tournament provides athletic trainer coverage one hour before and after the scheduled competition at the following times:
12/28/2025 10:00am-8:00pm
12/29/2025 9:00am-11:00pm
12/30/2025 9:00am-11:00pm
12/31/2025 9:00am-1:30am
1/1/2026 11:00am-11:00pm
1/2/2026 8:00am-12:00am
1/3/2026 8:00am-12:00am
If you are an Athletic Trainer Certified and are seeking to work Gateway Shootout Tournament as a contracted staff member, please fill out our application below.
Athletic Facilities Setup Laborer
Gateway Shootout Tournament Athletic Facility Laborers
Gateway Shootout Tournament seeks athletic facility laborers who are responsible for setting up, moving, and breaking down officials’ tables, basketball courts, boxing rings, wrestling mats, or any other equipment needed to make our competition successful.
Gateway Shootout Tournament athletic facility laborers must be able to lift 35 pounds and agree to a background check.
All Gateway Shootout Tournament athletic facility laborers receive free admission to all Gateway Shootout Tournament general admission spectator events.
You must be 18 years old to apply, and we pay $25.00 per hour to 1099 contractors.
Athletic Sanitation Worker
Gateway Shootout Tournament Athletic Sanitation Workers
Gateway Shootout Tournament seeks athletic sanitation workers who provide the most important duty to our athletes, keep our courts, boxing mats, wrestling mats and locker rooms clean and sanitized of infectious substances.
All athletic competition areas during Gateway Shootout Tournament are constantly swept, mopped and wiped down to give our high school athletes and coaches a sterile environment to compete.
If you are looking to earn extra cash while also attending Gateway Shootout Tournament, working as one of our athletic sanitation workers gives you free admission to all Gateway Shootout Tournament general admission spectator events.
You must be 16 years old to apply and we pay $20.00 per hour to 1099 contractors.
