A sideline scuffle at the end of the Mountain Vista-Valor Christian game took the football rivalry to a controversial level on Friday night.

With 24 seconds left in the game, Mountain Vista assistant coach Dylan James was ejected for his role in separating Valor Christian running back Chase Hanosh from a confrontation with Mountain Vista players on the Golden Eagles’ sideline.

The head official at the game, held at Valor Stadium in Highlands Ranch, announced James was ejected for “hitting a player.”

The Denver Post reviewed two angles of video from the sideline scuffle. One of the angles shows a hand pushing the back of Hanosh’s helmet as the scuffle is being broken up, causing Hanosh’s helmet to come forward. Hanosh then immediately turns and confronts someone behind him. A referee was

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