re: Missouri State Championship games

My cousin coaches on a 4A team. They made it to semifinals in Hannibal. The refs there were awful. The head coach said “don’t let them dictate your calls” and they threw him out. That’s after he said the Dline was mimicking the snap count. The refs said “Yeah. We heard it. We’re not calling that.” Earlier in the game they threatened to throw the whole Hannibal coaching staff out. North Co had a scoop and score. After the player crossed the goal line, the ref threw a flag.

Local Hannibal reporter said he had never seen a game like it in all the years he covered football.

Quick fact: MSHSAA refs don’t advance based on performance in the playoffs. If you work semifinals, you cannot work finals.