n our first high school game of the season, my crew had a strange play. Team B was clearing the ball and was in possession about half-way between the crease and midline. The trail official, however, was back with the goal area.
He threw the flag.
Was he right?
The answer is yes and no.
A crease violation when someone other than the goalie has possession outside the crease, is a technical foul. So the official was correct.
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