Sure, there are still seven-on-seven events, but these were full team practices with the two teams working out against We just tried to simulate plays and it showed what we have to do."īeing able to scrimmage against another team is something new this summer. We scrimmaged Richards (on Wednesday, July 12) and it was fun and good competition. "I've had that (winning) feeling so it's nice to be that old guy and the one that the other guys look up to. "It's a pretty cool feeling, I'm not going to lie," Alexandros said of being the only returning starter from the title team. He knows what it takes to win and plans to be that leader this year. We wanted to get out and get better."Ĭhristos Alexandros, who started as the right guard on the state title team, returns for his third season as a varsity starting offensive lineman. So we started working on everything early this year. "We are getting the best of the best right out of the gate. "With the schedule, we have this year, we know there's no easy teams," Lockport senior defensive lineman Ryan Kutz said. But also lost the final regular season game (28-27 in double overtime at Andrew), putting the Porters in a tougher first-round playoff matchup. Lockport won three of those (23-22 at Bradley-Bourbonnais, 34-28 at Lincoln-Way West, and 34-33 at home over Bolingbrook). But four games went down to the final play. Coming off a 13-1 record and a Class 8A state championship in 2021, last season's 5-5 record was disappointing. That exposes them to those situations."Ĭoming off of a season where the Porters used numerous players because of injuries, the more they practice these situations, the more prepared they can be. "You have got to explain those situations in practice and do as many of those as possible. "Those game-like situations, you can't practice those in the weight room," Lockport football coach George Czart said. While football training starts directly after the season is over, with weight room training and such, the real preparation is now. "If it's third-and-five, what would we do here," one of them said. During a Lockport football practice on Tuesday, July 18, the coaches could be heard giving instructions for a scenario that will come up often this season.
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