High school football: This week's top plays features amazing lateral-filled game-winner

By Staff Report Sep 14, 2020, 4:00pm

Amazing Alabama ending might not be topped as possible play of the year.

While some high school football teams are playing Week 5 games and some have yet to take the field, there might already be a winner for play of the year. The wild ending that saw Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) beat Wetumpka 35-30 likely will remain unchallenged in the annals of crazy football finishes.

Unofficially, the play included a completed forward pass, 10 laterals and pair of fumbles that led to an eventual touchdown by Hillcrest quarterback Ethan Crawford — who began the entire sequence with a short completion.

How insane was that play? It was so captivating that it easily outpaced a Licking Valley (Newark, Ohio) Hail Mary completion with time expiring to escape with a 24-22 win over Granville. With one second left, Cameron Parmer heaved a 40-yard bomb to the end zone and found Denali Harris for the win.

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