Birmingham Brother Rice ended the Al Fracassa era with a perfect 14-0 record and the Division 2 state title with a 38-21 victory over Muskegon Friday at Ford Field.
Fracassa ended his 45 years of coaching the Warriors with a 386-98-2 record and three straight state crowns.
Brother Rice led at halftime 21-14 with Alex Malzone throwing passes of 16 and 34 yards to Damarius Woods and Grant Perry in the first quarter and a 16-yard strike to Thrower in the second. Malzone had a 17-yard run in the fourth on a fake field goal for a TD and also passed 21 yards to Corey Lacandaria for a score. Jason Alessi added a 36-yard field goal.
Malzone was 20-of-24 for 263 yards and four touchdowns.