MONTGOMERY – Three challenges were made in six AHSAA varsity high school football contests using DVSport Instant Replay last week, said AHSAA Director of Officials Mark Jones. One of the calls on the field were reversed, Jones reports
     For the 2019 season, a 59 challenges have been issued by coaches with 13 calls overturned upon review, a 22.0% reversal rate.
     The reversal of a call came in a Class 7A game between Auburn and Central-Tuscaloosa, Jones said. “Auburn challenged a Central touchdown on the  grounds that the runner may have stepped out of bounds before crossing  the goal line. The video review showed the runner stepped out of bounds at the one-yard line, and the ball was placed at the 1-yard line.”
      Jones said  the other two challenges involved a catch/no catch in the Fayette County at Good Hope and the Gulf Shores at Spanish Fort games.

    This week, four games will be utilizing the DVSport Instant Replay with three schools taking part for the first time this season.    DVSport Instant Replay is in its second year of implementation. The NFHS has granted the AHSAA a three-year period to experiment with instant replay in regular-season games.
     Instant Replay reviews this fall have consisted of the following:

59 reviews with 13 reversals.  22.0%

• 21 on catch/no catch
• 20 fumbles
• 5 breaking plane of goal line (note 2 were also fumble reviews)
• 5 Forward progress
• 2 Touching of punt
• 1  Backward pass
• 1 Free kick traveling 10 yards
• 1 Illegal participation
• 1 Illegal forward pass
• 1 Penalty enforcement spot
• 1 Kick out of bounds
• 1 Play clock expiring
• 1 Runner stepping out of bounds

     A total of 67 schools, 17.4% of all AHSAA football-playing schools, have participated in AHSAA contests utilizing Instant Replay this season with four games scheduled for this week. Over the 2018 and 2019 seasons almost 40 percent of the AHSAA schools have had the opportunity to participate in a contest using  the DVSport Instand Replay.
       New to the Instant Replay this week will be the following schools:  B.C. Rain, Sumter Central and Tanner.   
     The complete list of games utilizing Instant Replay this week are listed below.
   

Week 10 Games with Instant Replay

• Athens at Austin, Decatur (Thursday)
• East Limestone at Tanner
• Gulf Shores at B.C. Rain, Mobile
• Sumter Central at Oxford
   

SCHOOLS IN GAMES WITH INSTANT REPLAY THIS SEASON (67)
Class 7A (17)
Auburn
Austin
Baker
Bob Jones
Central-Phenix City
Davidson
Fairhope
Foley
Gadsden City
Hoover
Huntsville
Jeff Davis
Mountain Brook
Murphy
Smiths Station
Thompson
Tuscaloosa County
Class 6A (19)
Athens
Benjamin Russell
Calera
Carver-Montgomery
Clay-Chalkville
Daphne
Dothan
Gardendale
Gulf Shores
Hartselle
Huffman
Minor
Opelika
Oxford
Park Crossing
Saraland
Sidney Lanier
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Wetumpka
Class 5A (15)
Arab
Ardmore
Brewer
Charles Henderson
Dora
East Limestone
Guntersville
Hamilton
Lawrence County
Madison County
Russellville
Scottsboro
Tallassee
Vigor
Wilcox-Central
Class 4A (11)
Childersburg
Curry
Fayette County
Good Hope
Handley
Lincoln
Munford
Northside
Priceville
Talladega
West Limestone
Class 3A (1)
Carbon Hill
Class 2A (1)
LaFayette
Class 1A (1)
Lanett
Out-of-State (2)
Callaway (GA)
New Smyrna Beach (FL)

Saturday July 25, 2020