Khairi Sias was waiting for the moment.

When it came, the Lockport junior wide receiver made the most of it.

Sias hauled in a 49-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the fourth quarter to give the Porters a two-touchdown cushion. They held on for a 21-14 victory over Sandburg in a hard-fought Class 8A first-round playoff game on Saturday night in Orland Park.

It was the sixth straight win for the Porters (7-3), who will host another Southwest Valley Blue team, Homewood-Flossmoor, at 6 p.m. next Saturday in a second-round game.

“Our coaches are amazing,” Sias said. “This feels great.”

With Lockport clinging to a 7-point lead at midfield to open the fourth quarter, the coaches called Sias’ number.

“That was all, Kristopher Norton,” Lockport coach George Czart said of the play cal

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