Matt Kies flew in and batted down a 2-point conversion pass in the final seconds as the Lockport Porters held on for a 21-20 victory over Homewood-Flossmoor in a classic Class 8A second-round matchup on a rainy Saturday night at Lockport.

Lockport (8-3) won its seventh straight game and will host Barrington in a quarterfinal matchup at 6 p.m. next Saturday.

It’s the fifth time in school history that the Porters have advanced to the quarterfinals. The previous three all resulted in Class 8A state championships.

“These are my brothers, and I love them,” Kies said. “I just knew I had to do my job, my 1/11th.”

H-F (6-5) did a great job in scoring a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally from a 14-point deficit. Junior quarterback Rahsaan Coleman threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to sen

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