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WEBVTT 00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:08.920 What we learned in week twelve of high school football, some wild 00:00:08.920 --> 00:00:15.120 conclusions in round of sixteen. This article 00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:18.480 is being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlet. 00:00:19.740 --> 00:00:24.060 Just 11 of the 64 games contested in the Round of 16 00:00:24.060 --> 00:00:27.020 were decided by eight points or less, but the ones that were 00:00:27.020 --> 00:00:29.340 largely proved to be absolutely doozies. 00:00:30.200 --> 00:00:35.640 Easily the strangest and most controversial contest happened in Antioch, where Sycamore 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.240 ended up with a 32-28 victory in a 6A contest. 00:00:39.750 --> 00:00:43.350 Antioch very much appeared to have won the game in dramatic fashion 00:00:43.350 --> 00:00:47.590 on a Hail Mary pass attempt that was deflected by two Sycamore 00:00:47.590 --> 00:00:50.710 defenders, with the ball bouncing up in the air without hitting the 00:00:50.710 --> 00:00:55.030 ground as an Antioch receiver was able to snare the deflection and 00:00:55.030 --> 00:00:57.830 raced into the end zone with what appeared should have been a 00:00:57.830 --> 00:00:59.590 stunning game-ending touchdown. 00:01:00.550 --> 00:01:05.030 But an inadvertent whistle was blown at the point, that was mistakenly 00:01:05.030 --> 00:01:07.590 believed to have been the end of the play as such the 00:01:07.590 --> 00:01:09.750 touchdown wasn’t allowed to count. 00:01:09.870 --> 00:01:13.550 The resolution to the kerfuffle was Antioch was to be granted one 00:01:13.710 --> 00:01:18.110 untimed down from the 13-yard line where the initial play was have 00:01:18.110 --> 00:01:22.190 ruled to concluded, the Sequoits were unable to convert into a touchdown 00:01:22.190 --> 00:01:24.430 and Sycamore secured the victory. 00:01:25.090 --> 00:01:29.090 It’s the second consecutive year that there has been a largely disputed 00:01:29.090 --> 00:01:32.930 final few seconds of a game. In a playoff game Fairfield led 00:01:32.930 --> 00:01:37.410 Petersburg PORTA 8-6 in the waning seconds of their contest. Then a 00:01:37.410 --> 00:01:41.490 series of clock management and down-counting issues led to PORTA getting a 00:01:41.490 --> 00:01:44.370 fifth down which they used to kick a game-winning field goal in 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:45.570 a 9-8 win. 00:01:46.660 --> 00:01:50.660 Any attempt to try to reverse this decision with an appeal will 00:01:50.660 --> 00:01:54.740 likely meet the same fate as last year’s conflict where IHSA Executive 00:01:54.740 --> 00:01:59.140 Director Craig Anderson acknowledged the error of the officials, the IHSA didn’t 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:04.340 consider overturning the result citing strong by-laws that final on-field decisions cannot 00:02:04.340 --> 00:02:06.020 be altered after the fact. 00:02:06.520 --> 00:02:11.160 Those stronger by-laws were cemented after a 2016 contest in the Class 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:17.560 8A semifinals between Fenwick and Plainfield North. Fenwick led Plainfield North 10-7 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:21.320 with a few seconds remaining and the Plainfield North quarterback threw the 00:02:21.320 --> 00:02:25.960 ball away as time expired and an intentional grounding penalty was called. 00:02:26.350 --> 00:02:31.470 The officials mistakenly awarded Plainfield North an untimed down which they used 00:02:31.470 --> 00:02:34.510 to kick a field goal and force overtime where they later won 00:02:34.510 --> 00:02:36.670 in overtime 17-16. 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:41.200 That result was questioned in the court system which ultimately upheld the 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:42.640 Plainfield North victory. 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:47.240 The Antioch/Sycamore game was far from the only wild game in this 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:47.880 round: 00:02:48.350 --> 00:02:52.030 Normal Community and Kenwood had a crazy battle in Class 7A. 00:02:52.190 --> 00:02:56.590 Kenwood held a 36-35 lead with 5:06 left to play in the 00:02:56.590 --> 00:03:00.830 game before Normal Community broke off a 73-yard run to get the 00:03:00.830 --> 00:03:03.870 ball to the 1-yard line and scored one play later to take 00:03:03.870 --> 00:03:05.630 a 42-36 lead. 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:11.220 Kenwood countered by draining almost all of the remaining clock and scoring 00:03:11.220 --> 00:03:15.460 with 12 seconds left to tie the game at 42. The Broncos 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:17.700 don’t have a kicker and had to go for two and the 00:03:17.700 --> 00:03:21.300 potential win but didn’t convert and the game went into overtime. 00:03:21.810 --> 00:03:25.730 Kenwood got the ball first and scored a touchdown but once again 00:03:25.730 --> 00:03:29.650 failed to convert the 2-point conversion, which opened the door for Normal 00:03:29.650 --> 00:03:33.570 Community to score a touchdown of its own, then kicked an extra 00:03:33.570 --> 00:03:36.290 point to walk off with the quarterfinal berth. 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:40.960 Kenwood’s loss officially eliminated all of the Chicago Public League’s entrants from 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:45.920 the IHSA postseason. 39 CPL teams qualified for the playoffs. 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:50.120 Peotone’s first-ever berth in the quarterfinal round did not come without some 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:50.840 drama. 00:03:51.190 --> 00:03:56.150 With the Blue Devils holding a late 21-14 lead, a botched punt 00:03:56.150 --> 00:03:59.030 snap led to the punter recovering the ball and running out of 00:03:59.030 --> 00:04:02.630 the back of the end zone for an Eastland-Pearl City safety to 00:04:02.630 --> 00:04:04.950 cut its lead to 21-16. 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:08.960 Just under 40 seconds remained for EPC to try to make something 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:13.600 happen after the free kick, but four incomplete passes sent Peotone to 00:04:13.600 --> 00:04:14.720 the quarterfinals. 00:04:14.990 --> 00:04:17.390 One of the first games of the weekend was one of the 00:04:17.390 --> 00:04:22.190 most surprising results. Wheaton North, who had lost to Geneva 42-14 in 00:04:22.190 --> 00:04:25.950 Week 7, found a way to turn the tables and defeated Geneva 00:04:26.030 --> 00:04:27.630 36-35. 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:31.900 Geneva took its first lead of the game with 1:23 to play, 00:04:32.140 --> 00:04:36.460 forcing Wheaton North to drive 80 yards in about 80 seconds to 00:04:36.460 --> 00:04:41.100 secure the victory. They only needed 73 as Wheaton North’s sophomore quarterback 00:04:41.100 --> 00:04:46.780 Grant Neibch found Johnny Clayton for a 17-yard touchdown with 7.8 seconds 00:04:46.780 --> 00:04:47.340 to play. 00:04:47.740 --> 00:04:49.260 Strength in numbers 00:04:49.520 --> 00:04:55.520 There’s still heavy representation from several conferences within the 64 teams remaining 00:04:55.520 --> 00:04:56.880 in the postseason. 00:04:57.090 --> 00:05:00.930 Of course, the largest stronghold is in the Chicago Catholic League where 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:06.130 10 teams Mount Carmel, Brother Rice, Loyola, St. Ignatius, Nazareth, Notre Dame, 00:05:06.210 --> 00:05:10.610 Fenwick, Providence, St. Francis and IC Catholic are still alive in the 00:05:10.610 --> 00:05:15.010 chase for state titles including many prohibitive favorites in Class 8A, 7A, 00:05:15.010 --> 00:05:17.890 6A, 5A and 3A still lurk. 00:05:18.320 --> 00:05:22.240 Four teams from the CCL were ousted as well. St. Rita, St. 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:27.520 Patrick, St. Laurence and Montini. Montini was the defending Class 4A State 00:05:27.520 --> 00:05:31.680 Champion and also won the 3A title in 2024 and reached the 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:36.560 semifinal round in 2023. Along with Lena-Winslow, Montini is now one of 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:39.680 two teams no longer capable of defending a state title from a 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:40.080 year ago. 00:05:41.010 --> 00:05:45.170 Although no other conference has as much remaining representation amongst the remaining 00:05:45.170 --> 00:05:50.770 64 teams, there are three-team contingents from the Western Illinois Valley Calhoun, 00:05:50.850 --> 00:05:56.610 Brown County, Camp Point Central, Illinois Central Eight Coal City, Peotone, Wilmington 00:05:56.690 --> 00:05:59.570 and Interstate Eight Morris, Rochelle, Sycamore.