The Oak Forest student section provided tremendous support as the Bengals played Lemont Friday, November 10, 2012. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Oak Forest's Jimmy Rizzuti stops Lemont's Drew Slee with a diving tackle. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Lemont's Christos Giatras comes up a couple of yards short of the end zone after a long reception against Oak Forest. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Oak Forest's Tyler Usterbowski comes around right end against Lemont. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
The "A" in Bengals shows his GameFace as powder rains down. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Lemont's Ethan Pocic.
The turf was flying as Oak Forest's Kyle Hullinger carries the ball against Lemont. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Lemont's Christo Giatras drew a lot of attention from the Oak Forest defense. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Lemont's Christos Giatras sweeps around right end and heads for the end zone against Oak Forest.| Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Lemont's offensive line provides protection for quarterback Zack Brosseau as he looks down field for a receiver. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Oak Forest's Corey Brent makes a leaping catch for a big gain against Lemont.| Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Lemont's Frank Pignone (55) reacts after tackling an Oak Forest runner for a loss.| Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Lemont's Connor O'Brien makes a big tackle on a fourth down play against Oak Forest. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Oak Forest's Alec Brown (54) fights through a block to bring down Lemont's Christos Giatras (25). | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Oak Forest's Tom Zale lowers his shoulders as he sees a Lemont defender. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
Heading into Saturday’s Class 6A quarterfinal, Lemont had defeated Oak Forest seven consecutive meetings, including by a 17-14 count in Week 5. Make that eight straight. Lemont, behind a gritty performance by running back Chris Giatras and a bend-but-don’t-break effort by its defense, overcame Oak …