UKCATSFAN

No such thing as uncatchable pass rule in high school football.

The 1st flag is thrown as a warning with no yardage maked off. The 2nd flag is thrown with 5 yards marked off. The 3rd is thrown with 15 yards marked off for unsprtsmanlike. Should be 4th and 15 from thw 25 ydl.

This is a common misunderstanding. There is no "chuck" rule in NFHS. The defense does not have 3 or 5 yards to chuck the receiver as he goes up field. As soon as he establishes a route, he can not be hit. It would be considered a defensive hold if restricted before the pass or pass interference if restricted after the pass is released. Most people also don't realized that a P.I. can be intentional and penalized an additional 15 yrds for an intentional pass interference.

Highlands is ranked in the top 25 in the nation by some polls.

Congrats to Ashland!! This was a long time coming. I'm sure all the Tomcats of young and old are enjoying this one. To answer your question though, I've had a chance to watch Highlands practice and watch one of there games and I've seen Ashland play as well on the tube. Highlands is an incredible football team. They looked even better than they were last year, IMO. Anything is possible in HS football, Ashland needs to keep getting better every week. Ashland is for real though!!

Fair enough!

Officiating is the only job in which you are EXPECTED to be PERFECT!! Everybody thinks they can do the job better than you. Everyone is an expert, everyone knows the rules, and everyone is a critic and it's not a "little complaining". I'm not exactly sure what region or association of umpires for which you speak of, nor do I know what level you speak whether it be varsity, JV, or middle school but I know for a fact that the assigner in our region is very very dedicated to the betterment of the umpires in both baseball and softball. He works hundreds of hours before the season even starts for their betterment. Of course you're going to have newer and lower rated umpires at lower levels but there are many very good umpires in our region. Many good upcoming umpires also. I'm sorry that you don't find the job they perform as satisfactory but again I say, come on out and make them better since you seem to know about the sport and umpiring. I'm sure the asigner can always use another good umpire. Good day!!

GREAT POST!!

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap: People love to complain but they don't get involved. Be proactive!! Go out and join your local association and join the state, you will have a new perspective on officiating.

I agree!! You stated a great point that would bring out more people to umpire and officiate, not only in baseball. More people= better officials! Oh, it is his call on the bases but he can ask for help on that. Usually the basecoach or playing will ask for an appeal and in that case he will asked the plate for help. The plate umpire has the first-base line and should be watching for a pulled foot.

Congrats on a great season Rams!! It won't be forgotten by the Raceland faithful, I'm sure of that. I was really pulling for ya but it's just so difficult to just get to the carpet. So many things have to go right and you have to have a bit of luck. I'm heartbroken for the kids, especially the seniors on this team. I've seen the look on a kid's face after they lose the biggest game of their life. After some time you will be able to look back with fondness on this season but I know it's difficult now. You have left this program in even better shape then before you got here and not many kids can say that, you should be proud. Good luck to you all!!

I'm not trying to stir the pot at all but the season before that was played at a levelthat they should have dominated, being twice the size of everyone else.

Yeah, Kasey Clark was the Roy Kidd 2A POTY in 2005.

Congrats to the Rams! This will be my last post for the season. Some people don't agree with me posting on here and perceive it as something that it is not. But like a wise man told me tonight, PERCEPTION is everything is our business. Good luck to all area teams come playoff time. I really like to see all the area schools do well in representing our "neck of the woods". Goodbye all!!

Yeah, you're right. The playoff success isn't there at Raceland, you definately have to say that. But not many schools would have much success either if they always had to play Beechwood in the very first round. That's a extremely tough start to the playoffs. A three hour trip and then playing the usual state title favorite. You tend to see that in all championship programs from Russell to UK. Once you win it all, you're expcted to win it all every year. People tend to forget how hard it was just to get there, let alone win it. As I watched Russell 2005 playoffs from the sidelines, I tried to just take it all in and realize that I may never see this again. That was good as it gets. So many things has to go your way just to get there and if even 1 of those things goes against you, you're ging home. It's over! So yeah, Raceland should relish and enjoy every second of this season because they may just get there and trst me when I say that you want to remember every single second of the journey.