Forest Hills Central fell behinid De La Salle 35-0 in the second quarter of the division two football state championship and could not recover in a 52-13 loss to the Pilots.
The Rangers would get on the board in the second quarter, after recovering a fumble, Roman Brummel snagged a 22-yard pass from Justin Osterhouse.
The 2-point conversion wass no good and FHC trailed 35-6.
After recovering another DLS fumble, Osterhouse found Ty Hudkins on a 25-yard strike to make it 35-13.
Pilots quarterback Brady Drogosh, who is committed to Cincinati, ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more to his team to a second straight state title.
"This was a blue collar unselfish team," FHC head coach Tim Rogers said about his Rangers. "It wasn't a team loaded with scholarship athletes. It proved that we can do it and get here and like any time, a program you are trying to build and grow, once you get there, maybe you get a chance to get back there. There is eight guys on both sides of the ball that want to do this all over again next year."
De La Salle finished the game with 476 yards to 151 for FHC.
Osterhouse was 4-14 passing for 84 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
"I hope this shows that we are capable of getting here every year.," Osterhouse said. "We have some really talented guys, especially as a team of eleven, we are one of the most talented teams in the state."
Mason McDonals was Forest Hills Central's leading rusher with 25 yards on nine carries.
De La Salle head coach Dan Rohn wins his sixth state championship, second with DLS after winning four at West Catholic.
"Every game that we have won we have gone down and scored and forced things to do things that they don't like to do," Rohn said about his team's fast start. "We said to our kids, they are going to come out and be physical so we better punch them in the mouth and make sure we get some points on the board and force them to do some things that they don't like to do."
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