ALPENA — The Harbor Beach Pirates made short work of the Black River-Harris Broncos in an impressive 40-0 win in their Division No. 8 state semi-final match at Park Family Field at the Alpena High School on Saturday,

The Broncos are from Delta and Menimonee counties, and the Harbor Beach is located in Huron County and used Alpena as a neutral location.

The Pirates arrived from the thumb in the lower peninsula and the Broncos arrived from the western, upper peninsula.

The Pirates came out strong in the first quarter, scoring two touchdowns and never looked back as they dominated the same on both sides of the ball.

The first touchdown was scored by Benson Harper, a senior running back. Skiler Kruse, a senior tight end, also found the endzone shortly afterward.

By the end of the first qu

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