[PHSForever]

Turning point I game. BELFRY up 14-9. A play that should of been blown dead wasn't and PIKEVILLE player scooped up the ball and went in for a touchdown. Play was dead

Nope. He was bent back and knee was not down when ball came out. Someone had a good angle film from Belfry sideline and you can clearly see the ball pop loose before he was down. Can also watch side ref, his loose ball marker flew out before most people realized the ball was even loose. And he was looking directly at the play. Time to move on. And it was 14-6 at that point, not 14-9.

Ball was out from the highlights.

The only argument that could be made is blowing the play dead because his froward momentum was stopped, but you aren’t going to get that call 95 percent of the time at high school and with an athlete like Dixon who can break tackles, I am not sure you even want a quick whistle.

The only critique I will make of the officials is the three or four preamps penalties that were then waived off. Not sure what was going on with that and that was both ways.

End of the day if you are a Belfry fan the question of why you lost lies specifically with things Belfry did not do that Pikeville did. Third and 4th down conversions and effectiveness of the interior run game being chief of them all.

Correct. Was just pointing out a better angle shows it even more clearly. Will see if I can find and put on here. 

Also correct on the pre-snap penalties and what Belfry didn’t do and Pikeville did. End of the day, on this night, Panthers were the better team in the trenches and in execution. Scary thing is, still timing issues so they’re only going to get better. I can promise, no 1A coaches who watched that game genuinely enjoy that prospect.