[HS football fan]

I didn't have a dog in this but it seemed all the calls went Centrals way. Several no calls on holds and a few questionable calls on completed passes that look like they skipped off the ground.

This is 100% correct. I was there, neutral fan as my team is done. I was on the Central side, on the fence at this game. The final play literally happened RIGHT in front of me and my 2 other coach buddies who drove down to see the game. In my life I've saw Corbin get many a favorable call at their stadium (like most big name high profile teams). But tonight the flags really went Centrals way. If you watched the game, really, Corbin's run was rarely stopped itself. Although it may seem like it with that 26-0 lead in the 1st quarter that Corbin suddenly was just stopped dead. But they drove the ball the entire game. A couple of plays I thought they outthunk themselves. Some of those wide runs I didn't understand, not against that total team speed and great open field tackling of Central. But the false start penalties killed Corbin after that flawless 1st quarter. Central got smart and stopped trying to play power football and went to the short pass and they were near unstoppable. Corbin had one really big stop in the 2nd half that was nice. I didn't understand the 3 man front Corbin used, ZERO pressure on the QB...I mean this dude, the Central QB, he had time to pump fake, twice, look to his primary, secondary, and any other "ary" receivers, plus run fake, all while not a single Corbin player was able to even get close enough to shoot a spit wad at him. Why they didn't mix a few well timed blitzes at him, I have no idea. He just picked Corbin apart. #55 for Central looked like he could block an elephant it was trying to come through. Mostly with great feet, awesome hand fighting, but also he was strong as an ox and couldn't be moved. Still, Corbin by every measure should have won this game. 2 onside recoveries, GREAT running back play and run blocking. But all it takes is a couple of times running wide, to be dropped for a loss, and one false start penalty, and BOOM, it's 4th and 18. Oh, and as for the final flat, the "facemask". It wasn't a classic facemask. This happened 20 feet in front of me, on the fence. It was 3 Corbin kids on the Central kid's headgear. I hadn't saw a flag for anyone all night for being on the headgear. I know Corbin's running back was tackled up high, with Central kids up on his helmet, etc.., almost every time he was tackled in the middle of the line. That call at the end was absolutely crucial. Still, with that lead Corbin had it just should have never came to this. The flag was tough. Was it a penalty by the new rules, of staying off the headgear? Yes it was. Would I call it at that point, after not really calling that penalty all night?? I don't know. It was blatant. It was the strong #25 kid for Central who had been fairly hard to bring down. I think the Corbin kids were only thinking, "We can't let this guy go or he's going to the end zone for the TD". They just got so aggressive on the helmet...I don't know. There was no facemask, really, but maybe fingers under the helmet, from all sides. But what a call for a ref to make with the home team up, and this the only chance the away team has to win. But in the end, from a neutral fan point, WHAT A GAME! Best high-school game I've seen in my lifetime.