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Touchdown ‘celebration’ costs his team a state title in Mass.

December 6th, 2011 at Tue, 6th, 2011 at 11:39 am by caseyolson

Here is a heart-breaking story out of Massachusetts that was found on Yahoo.com:

When he raised his fist on his way to the end zone, Boston (Mass.) Cathedral High quarterback Matt Owens that he was celebrating the score that would hand his school a surprising Super Bowl title. Instead, he was doing the one thing that could keep them from it: Earning a penalty on a play where there was nothing but green turf between himself and the end zone.

As reported by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald among other sources, Owens was handed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for raising his fist during his run to the end zone in the fourth quarter, a call which negated the touchdown and moved the ball back out to the spot of the foul at the Blue Hills (Mass.) High 24-yard-line.

For the complete story including a photo of the hand-raising, click here.

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