Two John Jay High School (San Antonio, Texas) football players face discipline after they blindsided a referee near the end of their game Friday night against Marble Falls HS.
A minute or so before the incident, two John Jay players had been ejected on separate plays.
Watch as the first player barrels into the ref from behind as he watches the play unfold, and then the second player follows it up by spearing the official while he’s on the ground:
San Antonio Express-News reports:
Both players were ejected. Northside [Independent School District] athletic director Stan Laing said the video was “very disturbing.” Laing said the district is investigating the sequence of events leading up to the play, and the UIL is aware of what happened.
“The question of what instigated that is what we’re trying to figure out,” Laing said.
Laing said the officiating chapter that oversees the Austin-based crew that worked the game is in the process of getting statements regarding the incident.
The penalties stemming from the incident gave Marble Falls a first down. After the game, [Marble Falls coach Matt] Green said Jay coach Gary Gutierrez apologized for the late events.
Green said he had to believe there was no way Gutierrez condoned the behavior and was upset with the behavior of those players. Laing said the district is trying to get multiple accounts of what happened leading up to the play and determine what instigated those events.
Green added that in his 14 years of coaching he’s “never seen anything like” the play in which the ref was targeted.
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