Lincoln Way West will face the Lockport Porters in a match up on Friday, October 18.
Lockport
Aug 30 vs. Plainfield North
Sept. 6 vs. Wheaton North
Sept 13 @ Neuqua Valley
Sept. 21 @ Waubonsie Valley
Sept. 27 vs. Naperville North
Oct. 4 vs. Naperville Central
Oct. 11 @ Lincoln-Way East
Oct. 18 vs. Lincoln-Way West
Oct. 25 @ Homewood-Flossmoor
Enrollment: 3,821
Communities Served: Lockport, Homer Glen, Crest Hill
Head Coach: George Czart
Assistant Coaches: Mark Carmen, Kyle Cook, Jimmy Fox, Derek Freiberg, Pete Kishline, Dave Pammer, Rob Schultz, Mike Schroeder, Josh Vargas, Zach Vargas.
Conference: Southwest Valley Blue
2023 Record: 5-5; Lost to Maine South in Round 1 of IHSA 8A Playoffs
Players to watch:
RB/LB Payton Roberson Sr. 5’11 215
LB John Sherrod Sr. 6’0 205
DE Kevin Hippner Sr. 6’5 215
C Connor Cronin, Sr. 6’2 290
DL Michael Pratt Jr. 6’4 250
OT Ethan Posey Soph. 6’5 290
Game Notes
The Warriors are 0-3 versus Lockport all-time. The Porters have outscored them 69-48 in three meetings.
Lockport linebacker John Sherrod has a division I scholarship offer from Drake.
Lockport defensive end Kevin Hippner announced in August he will play football at Division III UW-Eau Claire.
Lockport had just one returning offensive starter (Cronin)
The Porters won a state title in 2021.
Czart took over as the head coach at Lockport in 2019, after serving as an assistant football coach at Lincoln-Way West between 2016-18. Before that, he was the head coach at Lincoln-Way North between 2008 and when the school closed following the 2015-16 school year. Going 54-29 in that time. He was the defensive coordinator for Lockport from 1994-2006, during which time the Porters won two Class 8A state championships in 2002 and 2003.
Before Czart took over the Porter program they finished 0-9 in 2018.
