Ref Dodges Game-Winning FG

((HT: Brooks/Stockton Record))

So, you're 1-5 and about to have one big-as-hell upset in California HS football.
Or not... Why...???

The line judge under the upright decides not to look at the game-winning field goal cross over the crossbar as it does its job and you don't do yours...

We take you to Stockton, California... and Justin Lafferty's story from the Tracy Press...

Edison’s varsity football team came back to beat West, 22-21, in the last game before Charles Magnasco Stadium will be largely renovated. The outcome hinged on a last-second field goal by Wolf Pack senior kicker Adam Crandall.

That much is fact, but things got blurry after Crandall booted the ball.

The officials, who were not available for comment after the game, called the kick no good. Vikings players happily ran onto the field, but then there was hesitation and confusion. West players started to celebrate. After that, a referee waved his arms again to signal a miss.

“We know we won,” Wolf Pack (1-6 overall, 0-2 Tri-City Athletic League) senior running back Dexter Alcala said. “Hopefully, we protest it, but there’s nothing you can do about it. You just have to move on.

Here's the video in question, thanks to the Stockton Record...
The make-miss happens at, about, the 3:00 minute mark...


But the bigger question comes when this goes for appeal...
The game, obviously, won't get overturned.
It would take some serious stones to do that, and the only thing you can do is "discipline the officials." You wag your finger and tell them not to do that again... for $50 a game.

For the nth time, it's the kids that get shown the bad example...
And that's the part that sucks...