"The Game:" Woodberry Forest 14, Episcopal HS 14 (FINAL)

[MetroVCC6]

The oldest rivalry in Virginia high school football played to a draw this afternoon.

According to the EHS Twitter feed, this is the ninth tie in the more-than-century-long rivalry.

 

[pizzzzza]

Someone asked me on the SCOREBOARD Forum why this game was a tie?

Do you know why they don't play overtime?

Thank you.

 

[msbishop1]

I don't know if this is true so someone might have to confirm... But at the OT coin toss the teams got into a fight and the refs called the game over.

 

[BroddyD]

There was some chippy play that included a player from one team getting ejected for hitting a defenseless receiver but there was no fight. The game was called because in the schools' 115 year rivalry, there has never been an overtime. In fact, there have only been 9 ties with the last one occurring in the early 80's. It is my understanding that the schools are looking into playing overtime in the future. It is a shame that the game ended that way because, unlike the D1 championship, it was actually competitive.