After being ejected from game, Texas high school football player retaliates with intentional blindside hit - The Dallas Morning News

Editor’s note: This story has been updated since it was first published.

A Texas high school football player tackled an official with a blindside hit after he was ejected from the game, according to videos shared widely on social media Thursday night.

Edinburg’s Emmanuel Duron, a junior at at the South Texas school, was ejected for a late hit and unsportsmanlike penalty against a Pharr-San Juan-Alamo player prior to tackling the official, who was reportedly being monitored for concussion-like symptoms but left the field under his own power. Edinburgh is a Class 6A school about 15 miles north of McAllen.

Andrew McCulloch — via The Monitor, a daily newspaper located in McCallen — reports “Duron and [official] Fred Garcia exchanged words after the play was over, and Garcia ejected Duron from the contest after back-to-back unsportsmanlike penalties on the same play.”

Duron was escorted from Richard R. Flores Stadium by police, according to The Monitor.

Duron is a junior and was named The Monitor’s All-Area Boys Wrestler of the Year award in early 2020. He finished with a 44-8 record, going 4-2 at the state tournament, according to the site.

When asked after the game about the incident, Edinburg head coach JJ Leija told The Monitor he “can’t release any information on that. And I apologize for that. I hope you understand.”

The Monitor also asked the four police officers about the incident, to which they offered no comment saying, “we are not at liberty to talk about that.”

This is not the first time an incident like this has happened.

In 2008, Euless Trinity’s Eric Fieilo blindsided and assaulted an official during a playoff game against Allen. It was his last game as a senior, and the one he’s most ashamed of, he told The Dallas Morning News’ Naheed Rajwani in 2016.

Fieilo was a part of Trinity’s 2007 championship team. His hit on the official came in the playoffs the next year. From Rajwani’s story:

As the last minute wound down on Allen’s victory, Fieilo took out his frustrations by running away from the flow of the play and blindsiding one of the officials.

“At the time, I would consider myself a big shot — overconfident. It was bad,” he said.

The consequences were swift. Fieilo was sent to alternative school for a month. He lost all of his scholarship offers. His only relief was that he wasn’t charged with a crime.

After graduating from Sam Houston State in 2014, Fieilo returned to Euless and applied to the Police Department, where he became a revered cop, according to Rajwani. In 2015, the football coaches at Trinity invited Fieilo to the school to talk about the lessons he learned after the playoff incident.

“It’s such a blessing for me to be an officer in Euless, dealing with people that are like me, like how I was raised and what I went through growing up,” he said to The News.

You can read Rajwani’s full story on Fieilo here.

Another incident occurred in 2015 with San Antonio Jay high school. Two football players and a coach were punished by the University Interscholastic Leaguue for orchestrating an intentional hit on a referee. Jay head coach Gary Guttierez was given two years’ probation.

Then-Jay assistant coach Mack Breed told the UIL that he said umpire Robert Watts “needs to pay” but was surprised when the players hit Watts. Video of the incident created a national stir. Breed was sentenced to 18 months probation, and eventually resigned.

The two football players who were punished for the act — Michael Moreno and Victor Rojas — said in an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning, America,” that the official had used racial slurs, though the official denied it. The two were suspended from the Jay High School football team in the aftermath of the game.

Rojas was a sophomore at the time of the incident. He was able to return to UIL athletic competition at the start of the 2017 school year. Moreno was a student and graduated.

Below you can find tweets from Andy McColloch, a reporter for The Monitor:

Really really ugly moment here in Edinburg

Idk what happened but Emmanuel Duron was ejected from the game

Moments later, he ran onto the field and body slammed the ref who ejected him

Ref is still down on the turf #RGVFootball #txhsfb

— Andrew McCulloch (@ByAndyMcCulloch) December 4, 2020

A cart is being brought out to help the ref off the field

This is awful

— Andrew McCulloch (@ByAndyMcCulloch) December 4, 2020

Referee has gotten up and is walking around under his own power

Hard to see Duron, a senior, playing another game for the Bobcats — win or lose — after that incident #RGVFootball #txhsfb

Almost set to resume play after a lengthy delay

— Andrew McCulloch (@ByAndyMcCulloch) December 4, 2020

Edinburg PD officers who escorted Duron from the stadium: “No comment, we’re not at liberty to talk about that.”

Duron was not handcuffed when he was led out #RGVFootball #txhsfb

— Andrew McCulloch (@ByAndyMcCulloch) December 4, 2020

On top having an all-area caliber season on the defensive line for Edinburg High, Duron was positioned to compete for a state wrestling title too

Hard to see that happening now #RGVFootball #txhsfb

— Andrew McCulloch (@ByAndyMcCulloch) December 4, 2020

A full video of what happened can be seen below. Be warned there is explicit language.

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