Antioch had established early control of their season opener at Schaumburg, but it would still need to hold off a pugnacious home team to earn a 34-29 win Friday night at Gary Scholz Stadium.

The Sequoits got a late defensive stand plus a game-clinching first down on their final possession to avenge a season-opening home loss to Schaumburg last year.

"We put our defense in some really bad situations and they responded and worked their tails off to preserve the win," Antioch coach Brian Glashagel said.

"(Offensively) the game came down to crunch time and we put the ball in our (starters) hands and they got it done."

After the visitors (1-0) got in the board thanks to the first of 3 touchdowns from QB Collin Arquilla, a 3-yard keeper, that put them up 7-0 at the 9:43 mark of the first, p

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