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FINAL: De La Salle 44, Mona Shores 8

Garbarino scored an 8-yard touchdown to finish De La Salle’s drive. The Pilots forced yet another 3-and-out, and Cooper Gammon blocked Tyree Jackson’s punt attempt. Austin Ballard picked up the loose ball on the 5-yard line and carried it in for the score. The game ended with a running clock.

END 3 Q: De La Salle 30, Mona Shores 8

De La Salle started with a long drive to open the half, which resulted in a 5-yard score as Garbarino passed to Spicuzzi for the touchdown with 7:36 left on the clock for the quarter.

Mona Shores got on the board for the first time on the next drive after Tyree Jackson led them down the field with four completions along the way, the last of which found Kobe Burse for a 5-yard score.

HALF: De La Salle 23, Mona Shores 0

Mona Shores currently has no answers to De La Sall's offense. Any time they have forced De La Salle into a 4th down situation, its been well into MS territory. Townsley has three field goals for De La Salle already while running back Allen Stritzinger has 154 yards and a touchdown on just 13 carries (11.8 avg).

Stritzinger highlighted the quarter with a 56-yard run to open a drive, giving De La Salle a 20-0 lead.

Mona Shores had three-straight 3-and-outs in the first half, picking up only 5 first downs along the way. De La Salle out-gaining Mona Shores, 229-86, so far. Tyree Jackson is 10-for-18 but only has 33 yards to show for it. He's rushed twice for 4 yards.

END 1 Q: Warren De La Salle 10, Muskegon Mona Shores 0

De La Salle's strengths are showing early. Stritzinger has broken off two big runs of 25 and 55 yards in the first quarter. The 25-yd run set up an eventual QB sneak score by Garbarino. The 55 yarder was at the end of the 1st quarter, setting up a first and goal at the 3. De La Salle also got a 41-yd FG from Townsley.

Mona Shores has two three-and-outs on three possessions. Tyree Jackson not running a lot so far.

DETROIT, MI — Both Warren De La Salle (10-3) and Muskegon Mona Shores (12-1) will enter Ford Field for the 1 p.m. Division 2 state title after both made their own postseason statements to get there.

De La Salle was 3-3 to start the season, dropping three-straight last minute losses. With people questioning the Pilots' ability to finish games, De La Salle went on a 7-game win streak, beating Division 2 favorite Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice in the region semifinals.

Mona Shores, even though they were expected to have a good team, was coming off of its first-ever playoff appearance in 2013 - where it lost in the opening round. However, led by the play-making ability of quarterback Tyree Jackson, Mona Shores rolled after a 10-7 loss to Rockford in Week 3. Their closest game since was its 25-24 win over Farmington Hills Harrison in the state semifinals. In that game, Jackson injured his knee and may be a game time decision.

De La Salle is in its third state title game ever, the last two coming in 2006 and 2008. Still, De La Salle is still looking to win the program's first state title. Just three years ago, Mona Shores was 1-8.

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GAME INFORMATION

• Who: Muskegon Mona Shores (12-1) vs. Warren De La Salle (10-3)

• When: 1 p.m. Friday

• Where: Ford Field • Twitter: Follow Jared Purcell, Scott Brandenburg and Mark Opfermann • Facebook: Like our Michigan High School Sports Facebook page • Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.