Last weekend in the Bay Area, two Christian schools played a football game down the wire. The deciding factor was a missed field goal that was not missed. Seems that the official was flirting with some girls in the stands or something.

The shot from behind the opposite end zone seems to show the ball passing behind the left upright on its way down from a kick angled from the right hash mark. The ball would have passed in front if the kick had missed.

A shot from midfield reveals that the official who made the call was near The King’s Academy bench when the teams lined up and was running toward the goal post when the ball was kicked. Still 5 to 10 yards from the goal post when making the call, the official signaled without hesitation, while an observer can be seen falling backward in disbelief behind the end zone.

So from what I can tell, everyone in the stadium knew the kick went through except for the one that counted.

[Sacred Heart coach Pete] Lavorato hoped to meet with [Kings Academy] Knights Coach Ron Kellner and show him the video. He hoped Kellner would see the error and change the result, perhaps declaring a forfeit or a tie.

“It’s up to them,” Lavorato said. “It comes down to, Why are we playing the game of football? The game of football is about teaching kids and making the right decisions.”

So of course, considering this is a Christian school, they will of course do the right thing…

“We refuse to take anything away from our kids,” [Kings Academy Principal Bob] Kellogg said. “They deserved to win this game.”

Unfortunately, the scriptures do not address this specifically. The closest we have is in Timothy 1, Chapter 4, Verse 13, which reads: Till I come, all field goals attempted and missed from beyond the 20-yard line will result in the defensive team taking possession of the ball at the spot of the kick..[Deadspin]

• Two Christian schools in a schism over kick (San Jose Mercury News)