BERKLEY – Warren De La Salle opened up a 29-point lead Friday night en route to a 36-14 triumph over Birmingham Brother Rice at Hurley Field in Berkley.
The Pilots improve to 3-1 with the victory, while the Warriors drop to 2-2.
De La Salle put its first points on the board with 5:20 left in the first quarter as Luke Pfromm scored on a 2-yard run to make it 7-0, which is how the stanza would eventually end.
But in the second quarter, the Pilots put the clamps down beginning with a Cordell Tannyhill 63-yard touchdown run to extend the advantage to 14-0 with 8:17 left in the half. Shortly thereafter, De La Salle blocked a punt through the end zone for a safety to increase the advantage to 16-0.
On their next drive, Jake Badalamenti would race in from 37 yards out to push the lead to 22-0. The first half scoring would be completed on perhaps the best highlight of the game, a Semaj Shelton 32-yard TD run in which he weaved in and out of traffic before punching it in.
Brother Rice would finally get on the board midway throught the third quarter on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Mariano Valenti to Reese Trahey, but De La Salle would respond via a 55-yard TD pass from Pfromm to Shelton.
Valenti led Brother Rice to another touchdown 15 seconds into the third quarter, but it was too late to make a difference.