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Whatever the Magoffin fans feel about last night's game, it still doesn't compare with the last time I remember an Owsley team playing the Hornets at Magoffin. Theyve probably played there since then but his is the one i remember. Its been a long time, probably back in the '80's, but it still sticks in my memory. The refs were a father and son pair by the name of Butcher. I think one of them was later a superintendent somewhere. Well, from the beginning they started calling walks and fouls, etc on Owsley until our entire team was in foul trouble. They called a T on the head coach. Warned an assisstant coach that he would leave the gym if he opened his mouth again. Even with all that going on the Owls was ahead at the half by 2 points. But.....when the teams came back out to start the second half the Magoffin official scorekeeper said he had Magoffin ahead 2 points in his book. Seems he had forgot to write a couple of Owsley baskets down. It didn't matter that our scorebook matched the scoreboard, or that the stat sheets from not only Owsley but also Magoffin matched the scoreboard. The refs took 4 points off from Owsley and changed the score to a Magoffin being in front by 2. Needless to say we could have used our points becausel we lost by either 1 or 2 points.
But......we understood we were out of region, in the course of a season sometimes things like that happen, took our loss and went on back to Booneville.
I'm sure the a Magoffin fans felt in their heart that that game was an excellent officiated game. I and other Owsley fans had a different opinion about how it was called, and the negligence with the pencil on the the scorekeepers part.
I suppose we all sometimes look through are own goggles shaded in the colors of our home schools. When the Owls come to Salyersville later this season I'm sure we will have a few fans that don't agree with the officiating. It happens.