GLASGOW — Fourteen down, one to go.

Danville scored the first three times it had the football and never looked back as the Admirals (14- 0) punched their second-straight trip to the Class 2A State Championship with a surprisingly easy 43-0 win over host Glasgow.

D’Mauriae VanCleave scored three times while senior running back Don Harris gained 105 yards on 12 attempts and scored twice. Junior quarterback Zach Thornton continued to improve with each game while connecting on 12 of 19 passes for 229 yards and two scores.

After forcing a Glasgow punt, Danville immediately went to work. Taking over on its own six-yard line, the Admirals went 94 yards in just four plays to reach the endzone.

Thornton connected with VanCleave on a short pass and the speedy senior did the rest. After side wiping one would be tackler, VanCleave outraced everyone for a 77 yard touchdown. Nathan Hazlett tacked on the first of six straight extra point attempts and the Ads led 7-0 less than five minutes into the contest.

“We executed as well as we have all year in the first half and our speed caught them off guard,” Danville coach Clay Clevenger said. “We felt like they were giving us the short pass al night, then Don and D’mauriae ran hard and hit the holes all night. We wanted to get Don on the edge whenever possible and our running game was successful all night.

Defensively, the Ads limited the Scotties (10-4) to just 65 total yards (one yard rushing) in the first half and161 yards throughout the game.

“Defensively they were much bigger than us on the front line but once aagain our quickness caused them havoc all night. We controlled the line of scrimmage and didn’t let their quarterback get comfortable all night.”

Danville got every break and to every loose ball, especially during the first half. Things were working so well that a pass from Thornton to Jaleel Warren went off his hands into the waiting arms of Tanner Ford for a 12 yards touchdown catch and a 21-0 lead just before the half.

With the win Danville will face an old nemesis, Mayfield, next Saturday at 1 p.m. for the state title at Kroger Field. Mayfield defeated defending State Champion Christian Academy of Louisville 21-14.

Class 2A Playoffs

At Glasgow

Danville    14    7    15    7 –     43

Glasgow    0    0    0    0 –    0

First Quarter

Danville – D’Mauriae VanCleave 77 pass from Zach Thornton (Nathan Hazlett kick), 7:01.

Danville – Tanner Ford 12 pass from Thornton (Hazlett kick), 3:27.

Second Quarter

Danville – Don Harris 16 run (Hazlett kick),11:30.

Third Quarter

Danville – VanCleave 5 run (Hazlett kick), 9:20.

Danville – VanCleave 74 run (David Walker pass from Thornton), 4:12.

Fourth Quarter

Danville – Harris 41 run (Hazlett kick), 9:56.

D    G

First downs    19    9

Rush-Yards    25-268    23-59

Passing Yds    229    102

Total Yards    497    161

Comp-Att-Int    12-19-0    10-18-1

Fumbles-Lost    0-0    2-1

Penalties-Yds    5-54    5-50

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING – Danville, Don Harris 12-105, D’Mauriae VanCleave 4-98, Zach Thornton 4-51, David Walker 1-1, Darian Logan 3-10, Warren Griffin 1-(minus 3). Glasgow,

Sielverrio Rescontellio 8-15, Dalvin Smith 1-7, Tanner Abernathy 5-(minus 18), Nick Mitchell 8-36, Griffin Murphy 1-19..

PASSING – Danville, Thornton 12-19-0-229. Glasgow, Smith 1-1-0-4, Abernathy 9-17-1-98.

RECEIVING – Danville, VanCleave 6-96, David Walker 3-97,Tanner Ford 2-25, Thornton 1-4. Glasgow, Griffin Murphy 1-16, Kris Horn 2-17, Smith 4-44, Rescontellio 2-21