HASLETT, MI –– Once the safeties started to drop down and the box filled up, Jabin Gonzales knew it was only a matter of time before his team would air it out deep.

And let Chad Willis do the rest.

With the run game clicking, Willis broke free and took over with a pair of electrifying and game-sealing TD grabs that sent defending champion Orchard Lake St. Mary’s romping back to the state finals in a dominant 42-7 victory over top-ranked Portage Central in Saturday’s Division 2 state semifinal.

St. Mary’s (10-2) will play Dexter on Friday at Ford Field in a Division 2 state championship game slated for 7 p.m. Central (12-1) ends its season with its second semifinal appearance this century.

“They know where the ball is going,” said Gonzales, St. Mary’s junior quarterback. “He makes my jo

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