Sahari Carlos saw the play go right past her.

After West Aurora gave up a touchdown to Wheaton North with 11.1 seconds left to make it 20-19, the Falcons – who initially went for a two-point conversion before a false-start penalty – found themselves needing 8 yards to tie and force overtime.

But as soon as Carlos saw the pass intended for freshman Emily Bruzdzinski hit the ground, she was the first player to realize what had just happened.

“It was definitely a lot of pressure,” the junior said, “but we were confident in ourselves to make that stop. It definitely was close, but we were all just hungry to get the win.”

The stop on the one-point conversion proved to be the difference-maker, as the third-seeded Blackhawks knelt out the rest of the clock to take the 20-19 victory over t

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