What we learned in Week 12 of high school football: Some wild conclusions in round of 16

Just 11 of the 64 games contested in the Round of 16 were decided by eight points or less, but the ones that were largely proved to be absolutely doozies.Easily the strangest and most controversial contest happened in Antioch, where Sycamore ended up with a 32-28 victory in a 6A contest.Antioch very much appeared to have won the game in dramatic fashion on a Hail Mary pass attempt that was deflected by two Sycamore defenders, with the ball bouncing up in the air without hitting the ground as an Antioch receiver was able to snare the deflection and raced into the end zone with what appeared should have been a stunning game-ending touchdown.But an inadvertent whistle was blown at the point, that was mistakenly believed to have been the end of the play as such the touchdown wasn’t allowed to count.The resolution to the kerfuffle was Antioch was to be granted one untimed down from the 13-yard line (where the initial play was have ruled to concluded), the Sequoits were unable to convert int