Football Preview: Lockport Porters vs. Naperville North Huskies
Lockport has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Naperville North Huskies at 6:00 p.m. Lockport's defense has only allowed 16 points per game this season, so Naperville North's offense will have their work cut out for them.
If Naperville North heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Lockport took over last week. Lockport strolled past Waubonsie Valley with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 21-7.
Meanwhile, Naperville North had to suffer through a 49-17 loss at the hands of Lincoln-Way East. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Griffins are ranked third).
Jacob Bell put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 261 yards and two touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (83 yards to be exact) went to Chico Thomas.
Naperville North's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Quincy Blaise and Zach Mally. Blaise also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Lockport's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Naperville North, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
