The Lockport volleyball team entered Monday night’s 4A super sectional against Oak Park-River Forest with a simple mission: Get back to state.

After finishing third at state in 2024 and going 32-7 entering the Hinsdale Central Super Sectional, it seemed like a perfectly achievable task. In their way was a 26-7 Huskies team seeking a trip to the state semis as well.

The Porters’ experience from last year may have made all the difference.

After a thrilling match that will likely have the Porters’ hearts pounding the rest of the week, they managed to get the win 27-25, 25-22. The victory gave Lockport the Super Sectional championship and now sends them back to state for the second straight year.

Unless they’re still hospitalized with high blood pressure after Monday.

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