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Skyline linebacker Anthony DeMatteo will participate

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stars from the Continental US. Bothell’s Colin Porter is

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Spartans nab � fth trophy this decade

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With so many amazing feats already under his belt, it was only appropriate Sky-line quarterback Jake Heaps leave one more mark in his � nal prep game.

� e BYU-bound senior did exactly that Saturday, passing for a 4A title game record four touchdowns as the Spartans cruised to their third straight state championship with a 45-21 victory over Ferris.

“� ey’re all amazing, but senior year it’s so special,” said Heaps, who � nished his career with a 40-2 record. “To come out and leave on a high note, there’s nothing better than that.”

Heaps relished in the moment by raising the trophy over his head and pumping it in the direction of the Spartan faithful one � nal time.

Asked just moments later about his accomplishments, he was quick to de� ect the credit.

“All the personal stu� is great, but it’s all about the team,” said Heaps, high-lighting the scout players, the defense, o� ense and special teams. “� ese guys are amazing. I love every single moment of it. To be with these special group of guys and win it three times, it’s unbelievable.”

On Saturday, Skyline showed the grit of a team that’s been there before.

A� er allowing Ferris to march 71 yards for a touchdown on the game’s opening drive, the Spartans clamped down. � e defense did its job on the next Saxon series, forcing a punt.

Heaps, who completed 15 of 25 passes for 256 yards for the game, knotted the score with 1:41 le� in the � rst quarter, � nding junior wide receiver Kasen Wil-liams on an 15-yard strike.

From there, it was all Spartans.

Skyline scored 21 unan-swered points, punching in a 5-yard TD run from Nick Washburn and another 15-yard touchdown pass from Heaps to Williams. Ferris managed a 60-yard scoring drive just before the half, when quarterback Con-nor Halliday found Jason Bates for an 11-yard TD

with 57 seconds remaining. � e Spartans were quick to counter, however, marching down the � eld for a 36-yard Sean Penberthy � eld goal and a 24-14 hal� ime advantage.

Skyline increased its lead to 31-14 in the third quarter when Heaps found Williams for their third TD connection of the game — also a 4A championship game record. Williams beat his man down � eld, and Heaps laid a ball directly into his arms on a 26-yard fade route to the back right corner of the end zone. Williams, who had eight

catches for 89 yards, said he’ll certainly miss his com-panion next year.

“Me and Jake have been riding it out since (my) freshman year, and I don’t want it to end, but we’re go-ing out big” he said.

Ferris closed the gap to 10 points, 31-21, with 11:50 remaining in the game. Halliday, who completed 26 of 44 passes for 254 yards, threw his third touchdown pass of the game, � nding Jordan Tonani on a fourth-and-goal pass from the 2-yard line.

Ferris had the ball again with 8:37 to go, but an

interception by Spartan lineman Jack Carlson gave Skyline the ball at the Saxon 11. A� er a penalty, Heaps found Connor Brandt for his record-breaking fourth TD pass on a 15-yard slant. Skyline tacked on its � nal score of the game on a 1-yard dive from Heaps. � e play was set up by a 66-yard double-reverse pass from Heaps to Cooper Pelluer.

Also key to the Spar-tans’ success Saturday was their ability to run the ball. Skyline tallied 181 total

Skyline claims third straight title

Skyline’s Peter Kim grabs the ankle of Ferris running back Gage Orosco. The Spartans held Orosco to 20 yards on 13 carries, and to 12 net rushing yards in Saturday’s championship. CHAD COLEMAN, Reporter

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yards on the ground. Nick Beauchamp carried the ball 18 times for 118 yards. The senior, who transferred from Florida, had a previous best of 52 yards this season.

“To have one of my biggest games in the state champion-ship ... It felt amazing,” said Beauchamp, giving credit to his offensive line.

Skyline’s defense held Fer-ris to just seven net rushing yards, and forced the Hal-

liday into two interceptions.“I’m just so proud of

our kids offensively and defensively,” Spartan head coach Mat Taylor said. “The media hype in the air, the expectations, losing a couple games ... I’ve never been so proud of the char-acter of a team.”

Saturday’s victory marked the fifth state championship for Skyline this decade. The team won the 3A title in 2000 and 2007, and the 4A title in 2005 and 2008.

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Left, wide receiver connor Brandt gets one foot down for a catch that set up a field goal right before halftime. Right, running back Nick Washburn stretches out across the goal line for a 5-yard touchdown. He took a direct snap on the play out of the Wildcat formation — a play the Spartans implemented in their final two games. CHad ColemaN, Reporter