Lockport's defense isn't just out to stop opponents, its trying to suffocate them. The Porters stopped Homewood-Flossmoor at every turn Friday night, tossing their third shutout of the season in a 22-0 victory.

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The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings football team hosted the Lockport Porters.

Friday Night Drive editor Steve Soucie has live coverage from Friday night’s Lockport vs. Homewood Flossmoor football game here.

Get ready for Week 4 with our game previews from around Will County and the Joliet area.

Week 4 brings the first round of CCL/ESCC Blue Division games between Loyola and Brother Rice along with Mount Carmel and Marist.

Friday Night Drive's Team of the Week is here. The 11 best on offense and defense for Week 1 of the fall football season in northern Illinois, as voted on by you.

After a few years of significant struggles, Lockport appears ready to the turn the page and could emerge as a postseason contender this fall.

Lincoln-Way East owns a 20-game winning streak, but there will be multiple contenders in the SouthWest Suburban Conference looking to knock the Griffins off their perch.

Although most of the foundations of area high school football schedules remained pretty much the same, some interesting wrinkles were revealed in some of the nonconference portions of team's schedules.