It wasn’t dirty bro. Unintentional. The KM kid didn’t field the ball well and when he went to scramble to get it his head was down . The Ashbrook player saw the ball on the ground and dove in to get it which put him in the path of the KM players head. It was an effort play that had a bad result but it was not intentional.
CONGRATS GREEN WAVE you now have WON 2 of the THIRTEEN games PLAYED against the MOUNTIES. Good LUCK the rest of the SEASON.
It was incidental contact. Targeting is when you lead with your crown to a player directly. The KM player didn’t have the ball. He was trying to get possession of the ball and the Ashbrook player dove in to try and recover which resulted in the collision. You really think the way the KM player was moving around that the Ashbrook player timed it perfectly to hit him in the head?? You can’t target movement like that… It was extremely unfortunate but in no way was it targeting nor dirty. I’ve watched the replay 20 times. Maybe you should.
Sounds like according to his family he had a serious concussion and will be out for the rest of the year.
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Playing the ball… that part.“Targeting is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders.”“Targeting” Defined In High School Football In Effort To Reduce Risk Of Injury - NCHSAA
Special From The National Federation INDIANAPOLIS— In an effort to reduce contact above the shoulders and lessen the risk of injury in high school football, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee developed...
“Taking aim with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders to initiate contact above the shoulders, which goes beyond making a legal tackle, a legal block or playing the ball, will be prohibited,”
I don’t think it was intentional. I think Devin looking around for the ball left him unprotected and the Ashbrook player’s momentum carried him directly into Devin’s head. I believe the Ashbrook player was just trying to make a play on the ball. Our kids did not want to play anymore after this. They checked out.
In the first half something looked off too. Ashbrook is good but it was odd. KM just didn’t look like they have. Maybe it was just one of those nights. It absolutely happens. High school kids. You just never know. Hope the player is ok.
We changed our play calling hand signals the week of this game which slowed us down offensively or confused our own kids on what play we were calling. I believe we did this because we have our former qb on the Ashbrook sideline who knows most of the signals. Our kids were definitely out of sorts at times on what we were running offensively. I also think that Ashbrook’s defensive line got in KJ’s head some. He never looked comfortable after the roughing the passer penalty. Funny thing is that they never sacked KJ but I thought he was hearing footsteps at times.
Yeah- holding them to 260 yards ain't bad at all. The 43 points is a little tough. You have been very vocal about SP defense being suspect. Maybe the sp defense isn't as suspect as KMs defense? Ya'll still have Crest to look forward to also. Good luck with that.
