Blooper of the year in high school football?

A wounded-duck throw becomes a long completion becomes a lateral becomes a fumble, and the result is like a long punt

This full moon rose over a Perry-Lecompton High School football game on Sept. 29, 2023, but it would have been perfect for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. / Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK

Cue the cartoon music for this one.

One-handed catches and Beast Mode runs worthy of SportsCenter happened all over the country Friday night in high school football, but one play in Kansas offered entertainment of another sort.

Jefferson West vs. Perry-Lecompton in Kansas produced a play just before halftime that included a wounded-duck completion, an excellent post-catch run, an ill-advised lateral and finally a fumble.

The net yardage-wise for Jefferson West was a really good punt.

Here's the play, with Tigers quarterback Brody Thelen floating a pass that found its way into the hands of Corbin Mayer, who jukes a DB but maybe was thinking SportsCenter on the ensuing lateral:

This is peak high school football. In the final minute of the first half, Jeff West's QB launches it to Corbin Mayer, who runs for an extra 30 yards, does a BACKWARD PASS to a fellow wide receiver, who then FUMBLES IT to be recovered by Perry-Lecompton. Absolute cinema. pic.twitter.com/VXLaQGChNN

— Carter Schaffer (@carterrschaffer) October 12, 2024

A touchdown would have cut the Jefferson West deficit to single digits before halftime, and Perry-Lecompton would go on to win 43-14.

It's fitting that the team on the better end of the play would involve one of the most cartoony high school mascots in the country — the Kaws.

Perry-Lecompton improved to 2-4 with the win, while Jefferson West fell to 0-6.

But everybody wins by getting to experience "absolute cinema."

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