1998 WIAA 3A State Football State Championship: Capital High School Cougars (Olympia, WA) vs. Mariner High School Marauders (Everett, WA)
The Capital Cougars made it two championships in three seasons, but it was too close to be comfortable.
With Taber Lee throwing for three touchdowns, the Cougars edged the Mariner Marauders 29-27 to capture the Washington high school Class 3A crown Friday night.
The game ended with Capital (12-1) at the Mariner 31 after Amon Gordon scored on a 3-yard run to cut the Cougars’ lead to two points with 2:01 left.
“That was a little too close for comfort,” said Capital’s Skyler Fulton. “That was the best team we’ve played all year. I’m beat up.”
The Marauders (10-3) attempted an onside kick. Capital’s Casey O’Conner fumbled the ball, but teammate Scott Barber recovered on the Mariner 44 with 1:59 to go.
The Cougars needed a first down to run out the clock and they got it on a 13-yard run by Jared Trigg to the Marauders’ 30.
Capital won the 1996 state 3A title with a 17-7 victory over West Valley of Yakima.
Lee’s third TD pass – an 87-yard play to O’Conner – gave Capital a 29-20 lead with 7:05 left after Mariner lost a critical fumble when the Marauders appeared on the way to scoring a go-ahead touchdown.
Mariner’s Darius Washington fumbled a pitchout from Teyo Johnson on third-and-six at the Capital 7 and Trigg pounced on the ball at the Cougars’ 19 with 8:19 left.
Washington scored two touchdowns for Mariner in the third quarter. His second, a 43-yard burst, cut Capital’s lead to 22-20 with 1:20 left in the period.
Gordon, a 6-foot-4, 238-pound junior fullback, rushed for 136 yards and two TDs on 23 carries. Taber was 7-for-13 for 167 and three touchdowns with two interceptions.
Cap (1)-Skyler Fulton 12 pass from Taber Lee (Jared Trigg run), 5:35
Cap (1)-Dan Kane 17 pass from Lee (Brian Reed kick), 3:48
Mar (2)-Amon Gordon 4 run (Isaak Woldeit kick), 10:40
Mar (3)-Darius Washington 3 run (run failed), 3:30
Cap (3)-Fulton 96 kickoff return (Reed kick), 3:15
Mar (3)-Washington 43 run (Woldeit kick), 1:20
Cap (4)-Casey O’Conner 87 pass from Lee (Reed kick), 7:05
Mar (4)-Gordon 3 run (Woldeit kick), 2:01
A-6,113.
TEAM STATISTICS
CapMar
First Downs – 1119
Rushes Yards – 32-9457-267
Passing – 16775
Return Yards – 191129
Comp-Att-Int – 7-13-25-11-0
Punts – 4-315-41
Fumbles-Lost – 6-31-1
Penalties-Yards – 3-305-35
Time of Possession – 19:1728:43
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Capital, Jake Carlyle 9-50, Trigg 15-49, Jesse Aust 2-6, Skyler Fulton 3-(-5), Taber Lee 3-(-6). Mariner, Gordon 23-136, Washington 16-91, Martavius Burkhalter 14-55, Teyo Johnson 3-(-6), Deondrai Powell 1-(-9).
PASSING-Capital, Taber Lee 7-13-2-167. Mariner, Teyo Johnson 5-11-0-75.
RECEIVING-Capital, Kane 2-33, Kevin Mondau 2-13, Casey O’Conner 1-87, Carlyle 1-22, Skyler Fulton 1-12. Mariner, Robbie Salmond 2-15, Burkhalter 1-30, Anthony Portillo 1-16, Amon Gordon 1-14.
WIAA Longest Pass and TD Pass Play in a 3A Championship Game:
01:39:05 – Lee-O’Conner Record TD Pass
Longest Pass Play 87 Taber Lee to Casey O’Conner, Capital (vs. Mariner) 1998
Longest TD Pass Play 87 Taber Lee to Casey O’Conner, Capital (vs. Mariner) 1998
1998 Capital Cougars
2 Mark Bowen
3 Taylor Jones
4 Gerrid Peete
6 Casey “CRO” O’Connor
8 Jimmy Sanate
9 Adam Halpin
10 Taber “Bub” Lee
11 Brian “I’m not lonely” Reed
12 Bo Davidson
14 John Amey
15 Brian Porter
17 Aaron Zucati
20 Scott “Team Bitch” Barber
21 Skyler “I’m The Man” Fulton
23 Ben Davidson
25 Jaren “I’ll Kill Ya” Trigg
26 Jake “Jesse Sucks” Carlyle
30 Cole Macke
32 Jesse “Jake’s the Man” Aust
34 Tyler Walker
35 Kyle Wachter
40 Mark “Fruit Bat” Ingman
42 Leyen “4’2” Vu
43 Stephen Medina
44 Alex “The Arch” Mondau
52 Justin Kalla
53 Kevin “Abe” McCarthy
54 Andrew Popple
55 Matt “Litterbox” Tagman
56 Tommy “Domelight” Trause
57 Derik Rodgers
66 “Slick” Nick Beles
67 Josh Hennigan
68 Nick Palladino
70 Luke “I luv u” Vitalich
71 Kenny Lett
72 Eli Skillman
73 Dan “Rudy” Rudesill
74 Sam Bennet-Cummings
75 Curt Crager
76 Simon Calcavecchia
77 Brian Emmett
78 Curtis Backstrom
79 Jeff Washburn
80 Scott Anderson
83 Donald “Spider” Stansbury
84 Dan “Thug Life” Kane
85 Scott “Gel” Issacson
88 Kevin “Emily” Mondau
89 Carlton Dean
XX Jake Berschauer
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