#30 La Salle wins third straight Ohio state championship

La Salle celebrates after winning third straight Division II title. Photo from @LS_LancersFB Twitter.
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History was made Thursday night at Ohio Stadium as La Salle, ranked #30 in the High School Football America National Top 50, beat Massillon Perry 14-7 for the school’s third straight Division II state championship.  It’s the first time ever, that a Division II team has three-peated.

La Salle (13-2), which beat Perry 42-0 in last year’s championship game, trailed 7-0 at half. Louisville-commit TreSean Smith tied the game at 7-7 in the third quarter on a three yard TD run. Then with 3:46 to go in the game, Smith scored on a 12-yard TD run that turned-out to be the game-winner.

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The La Salle defense held Perry (12-3) to 168 yards in total offense.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.