Official sanctioned after Rockbridge loss

The commissioner of the Piedmont-Valley Officials Association said Wednesday that an official who made a call that went against Rockbridge County will not be assigned any further playoff games this year involving Southern Valley District schools.

Commissioner Ralph Law said he made the decision after determining that official Roger Norrell made an incorrect judgment call late in Rockbridge's 33-32 three-overtime loss to Stuarts Draft .

Norrell ruled that Rockbridge quarterback Blake Coffey did not break the plane of the end zone on a two-point conversion run to begin the second overtime, Law said.

"I've looked at the film a couple of times," Law said. "I would have called it [a score]."

The loss left Rockbridge with the No. 6 seeding and a trip to Jefferson Forest this Friday in the first round of the Region III Division 4 playoffs. Had Rockbridge beaten Stuarts Draft, the Wildcats would have been seeded No. 4 and would be hosting William Byrd this week.

Stuarts Draft plays at Northside in a Region III Division 3 first-round game.