Saturday’s meeting between the No. 1 Dakota Cougars and No. 10 Brother Rice Warriors at Grand Blanc was an elimination game with a spot in the Division 1 state quarterfinals on the line.

To Luke DeMasse, it was “just another game.”

Dakota’s ace fired off seven scoreless innings surrendering just two hits as he and the Cougars beat the Warriors, 2-0, to win a regional championship and give themselves a chance to earn one of four spots in the state quarterfinals.

“I have more confidence in myself than anyone else,” DeMasse said. “I didn’t go into that game nervous. Nothing really changes. Kind of another game.”

A Ball State commit, DeMasse toed the rubber opposite another Division I arm, Brother Rice’s Blake Ilitch – an Ole Miss commit.

It clearly didn’t phase him. DeMasse sat down the

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