Illinois Judge declines to Intervene in Outcome of High School Football Game

A Cook County (Ill.) has declined to issue a restraining order, which would have reversed the outcome of a high school football game, despite the admission that a mistake was made and that the wrong team advanced to the state’s Class 7A championship game.   In so ruling, the court recognized an Illinois High School Association’s bylaw, which states that “the decisions of game officials shall be final; protests against the decision of a game official shall not be reviewed by the Board