TrueFan,
I reached my conclusion after reading the Charleston article as well as State Paper. Here is quote attributed to Lex player
"A couple of Lexington players contended that Wando played almost the entire second half with 12 players on the field.

"The whole second half they had 12 players on the field, but we didn't give up," Allie Johns said. "It was 0-0 in the second half, so I'm proud of my team. It's tough to lose when you lose like that."
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It may be that both papers did not do a good job of reporting whole story. I know another poster knew code of ethics for reporters better than I .