OK, I'm in GA and not sure if there are different rules for HS football but this has happened twice in the past 2 years in our games. Scenario is.....3rd down and lets say 10 to go. Quarterback is rushed and throws it away and intentional grounding is called. On both occasions, the official states intentional grounding, xxx penalty and loss of down, ball goes over to the defense. In one situation there was about 30 seconds left and in the other situation, it was overtime and we were down 6 and ruled the last play of the game. Nonetheless it was 3rd down both times. Obviously they interpreted loss of down to be the next down, not the one just played.....