While rivalry games have been known to end in a draw, Longview has never seen a game end like this.
Mark Morris and RA Long (2A high school football rivals) met for their annual game. When the final seconds ticked off the clock, the Mark Morris Monarchs had the W with a score of 53-20.
That lasted about an hour.
Apparently, the Monarchs had competed with a player who was ineligible. That meant, forfeit.
So even though they lost by nearly 5 touchdowns, RA Long celebrated a win.
For one night.
The next morning, RA Long realized that they too had used a player who was ineligible.
Double Forfeit.
The first in the history of the Longview Civil War.
There’s no word on what this means for the HS playoffs.
Editor’s note: Not to be outdone, there are murmurs that two schools in Lane County plan to use ineligible referees, necessitating a triple forfeit, while schools in Pendleton want both bands to use ineligible trombone players which would call for a quadruple forfeit.
Further Editor’s note: Meanwhile, the staff at RA Long are trying to figure out who squealed and cost them the chance to claim victory over their dreaded rivals by NEGATIVE points.
