Oswego was clinging to a 13-7 lead late in Thursday’s IHSA Kankakee Regional semifinal clash with Joliet West , but had to punt the ball away to the Tigers with just under a minute remaining.

The Panthers had held Joliet West off the scoreboard since midway through the first quarter and needed to come up with one more stop to keep their season alive and advance to Thursday’s regional title game against Yorkville.

They got that stop when, with 27 seconds to go, a Joliet West pass found itself in the hands of Oswego junior Jazmin Hurston for a game-sealing interception.

“I just wanted to make sure I got the ball,” Huston said on what was going through her mind once she saw the ball headed in her direction. “At the beginning of the season I was getting a lot of interceptions, and then I

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