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Can a Penalty be called without a Flag?
Specifically, during an onside kick in a recent HS game the kicking team appeared to recover the onside kick just past the 10 yard mark. No flag was thrown at any time during or after the play was dead. The kicking team was subsequently called for illegally touching the ball before it went 10 yards.
The question is can a penalty be enforced after the fact without a flag ever being thrown? Is it possible the referee forgot to flag the penalty and its ok to award the ball to the recieving team afterward?
Thanks
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