An Inadvertent Whistle Took Away Antioch's Hail Mary, and Dylan Curtis Picked Off the Replay: No. 9 Sycamore 32, Unbeaten No. 1 Antioch 28

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Antioch's season ended on a play it scored on and then had to run again. Down four in the final seconds of Saturday's IHSA Class 5A second-round game, Ethan Patel threw a Hail Mary that Chance Verden came down with in the end zone. Officials ruled an inadvertent whistle had blown, the touchdown came off the board, and Antioch got one untimed down from the Sycamore 13. Sycamore junior Dylan Curtis intercepted Patel's pass in the end zone, and the No. 9 seed won 32-28 at No. 1 Antioch.

The Shaw Local game story has Sycamore at 8-4 and Antioch, which had gone 10-0, finishing 10-1. Team pages and records are on MaxPreps, read through BallerTube's Parse feed: the Antioch Sequoits entered the night as the No. 1 seed.

Chaz Wright's 89-Yard Drive and Dylan Curtis' 172 Yards

Sycamore started its last drive at its own 11 with 3:18 left and one timeout. Sophomore quarterback Chaz Wright moved it with throws to Alexander Law, then scrambled in from the 3 with 20 seconds left for the go-ahead score. Curtis carried 28 times for 172 yards and scored twice, on a 1-yard run and a 7-yard catch from Wright. Ben Anderson caught five passes for 49 yards and also intercepted Patel early in the third quarter. For Antioch, Patel threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Logan Lennon caught nine passes for 158 yards and two scores and ran 74 yards for another.

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High School On SI reports that the official involved reached out to Antioch coach Brian Glashagel after the game and acknowledged the mistake affected the outcome. Glashagel said in a statement that the program holds no ill will toward the crew and credited Sycamore and first-year coach Rob Stover. It was Glashagel's sixth unbeaten regular season, per SI, and Antioch has never won a state title. A video of the finish passed 1.4 million views on X.

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