LOCKPORT, Ill. – The 2021 fall season hasn’t been one that’s been familiar to many followers of the Lincoln-Way East football program.

For the first time since the 2016 season, the Griffins had suffered two losses in the regular season and had a tough matchup going into their week eight game against Lockport, which was undefeated on the season and had already clinched at least a share of the Southwest Suburban Blue Conference title for the first time since 2004, which also happened to be the last time the Porters defeated the Griffins as well.

Lincoln-Way East on the other hand was looking to win or share its fifth consecutive conference title and seventh in the past eight years.