ST. CLOUD — Grand Meadow senior running back Landon Jacosbson had one of the best first halves of his life and then the Superlarks rolled out their passing game to put the game away as they blasted Kittson County Central 49-0 in the 9-Man football state semifinals Friday in Husky Stadium.

Jacobson rushed for 199 yards and four touchdowns in the first half, and he finished the game with 234 yards in the blowout win for the Larks, who will play in their third straight Prep Bowl when they take on Edgerton-Ellsworth Friday at 10 a.m. in TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

After fighting for every yard he earned against Underwood last week, Jacobson had plenty of room to run against the Bearcats (10-3 overall).

“I think I have the greatest line in the state,” Jacobson said. “They open the holes for me, and I just run for them. I always tell them if they give me five yards, I’ll give them five more. It’s a mutual thing, and I have more respect for them than anyone.”

Grand Meadow (13-0 overall) was in command when it held a 27-0 lead at the break and it took complete control early in the second half when Michael Stejskal hit Blake Olson for a 42-yard touchdown pass with play-action on the first play of the second half to make it 34-0.

“We always try and run the ball, that’s kind of our game,” Olson said. “But we want to establish our run to set up the passing game.”

Although the game was being played in freezing temperatures of less than 15 degrees, Olson wasn’t wearing any gloves as he hauled four passes for 76 yards. In the past two years, the state playoffs meant the Larks would get play indoors in the Metrodome, but this year it just means they get to play in colder temperatures.

That’s not something that bothers them.

“We say good football weather is anything between zero and 100,” said Grand Meadow coach Gary Sloan. “You can’t control it, so why worry about it. It’s going to be as big a factor as you let it be, and you can’t let it be a factor.”

Grand Meadow has now picked up three straight shutouts and the Larks defense was truly dominant on Thursday as it held Kittson County Central to just 125 yards of total offense. Grand Meadow has now outscored its last three opponents by a combined score of 92-0.

“Our defense is playing real well, so I thought we’d be able to hold them to a low number,” Sloan said. “I didn’t think we’d shut them out, and I never thought we’d get 49 points.”