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WTVA wrote:The Walnut Wildcats aren't done making history just yet.

Going into this year the school had never won a football playoff game.

Check that accomplishment off two weeks ago.

However, it appeared as if their season came to a end Friday against Leland with a heartbreaking 24 to 21 last second loss on a blown call by the officials.

The Cats appealed the call and Tuesday by a vote of ten to one, the High School Activites Association ruling in Walnut's favor.

That means Walnut is moving into the third round of the playoffs and will host Eupora friday night.

dolfan wrote:So games are getting decided on by votes, too, now? I don't like bad calls that decide games, but even more I don't like the games getting decided by a vote. If that's going to happen, don't keep score. Just run plays and let the judges determine who does the best job. Football won't last like that. That's a bad precedent.

Clarion Ledger wrote:The play came one play after Leland was penalized for an illegal forward pass with no time on the clock. Officials gave Leland another down and the Cubs passed for what at the time appeared to be the game-winner.

"The game should have been over, but they gave them an untimed down," said MHSAA executive director Ennis Proctor. "It was the first time we have ever had to (reverse the outcome of a game). But it was so flagrant. The executive committee had no choice. It was a violation of the national federation rules."

The executive committee's vote was 10-1, with one abstention.