Inadvertent whistle wipes out game-winning touchdown, ends undefeated Antioch’s season in playoff loss to Sycamore

Antioch High School’s undefeated football season ended Saturday after an inadvertent whistle wiped out what would have been a game-winning Hail Mary touchdown and the coach says the referee has since apologized. Top-seeded Antioch hosted No. 9 seed Sycamore in a Class 5A second-round playoff game that kicked off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Antioch Community High School. Antioch entered the game undefeated at 10-0 after going 9-0 in the regular season and winning its first-round playoff game. Antioch led 28-17 late in the third quarter before Sycamore came back and took a 32-28 lead on a touchdown with 20 seconds left, said Joshua Shuman, who covers high school sports in the Chicago area and recorded the game. Antioch had time for one more play and the Sequoits’ quarterback threw a long Hail Mary pass that an Antioch receiver caught as a “live bobble” and carried into the end zone for “what everyone believed to be the game-winning score,” Shuman said.

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