[Central Kid]

A huge play that no one has mentioned............

First quarter, Ashland's first possession they are punting. JC appears to block it (ball flight changed direction and went perpendicular to the punter) but gets called for roughing the kicker. Ball goes out of bounds at the Ashland 41-yard line, and it should be JC football. Ashland is awarded the first down by rule of roughing the kicker and goes on to score on the possession.

If I'm not mistaken, the rule stats that contact with the punter is acceptable if it's incidental and the defender has touched the ball.

It was a horrible call and a game changer. Ashland continued their drive and scored a touchdown, instead of JC beginning a drive from deep in Ashland's territory. Johnson Central certainly has plenty of time to recover from that bag call and win the game, but it probably resulted in a 14 points swing in the Tomcat's favor. It also could have been the reason that JC did not attempt to block a second point.

I mentioned that a bit earlier but no one seem to pick up on it.  Another penalty was the false start on the receiver. That created Centrals first punt. You could hear the white hat tell the receiver he was lined up in the neutral zone.  The film clearly shows he asked the side judge if he was good and was told yes.  He threw the flag.