Does this look familiar? Referees disagree on a potential game-ending play in overtime during Bishop Gorman's 34-31 win over Santa Margarita.
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One of the most thrilling high school football games across the country this weekend ended in great controversy on Friday night.
Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas left Southern California a winner after beating
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) 34-31 in double overtime.
The controversy came in the first overtime when Santa Margarita quarterback
KJ Costello hit
Grant Clancy for what looked to be a game-ending 32-yard touchdown. One referee called it a touchdown and Santa Margarita players stormed the field to celebrate, but another referee said Clancy never had possession of the ball and waved it off.
After conferring, the referees ruled it was an incompletion.
Santa Margarita then missed a potential game-winning field goal and in the next round,
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) kicker
Ahmed Ramiz nailed a 28-yard field goal to win it.
Lost in the controversy was a remarkable effort by Santa Margarita sophomore Costello, who passed for 449 yards, 300 to Kyle Sweet, according to Martin Henderson of Rancho Santa Margarita Patch.
MaxPreps reporter Loghan Call was there to take in all the action. Check out the highlights below. You can fast forward to 7:00 minutes to see the controversial call. Was it the right decision to overturn?
