EVERETT — The Snohomish Panthers gave the Mariner Marauders a taste of their own medicine.
A year after the Marauders defeated Snohomish in overtime, the Panthers got revenge on a Dayton Wiseman 24-yard field goal as time expired, defeating Mariner 22-20 in a non-conference win Friday night at Goddard Stadium.
Wiseman and the Panthers set up for the attempt with two seconds left on the clock.
Mariner (3-2 overall) tried to ice the senior by calling back-to-back timeouts, but the kicker split the uprights and gave Snohomish its fourth victory in five tries.
“We made a couple of mistakes, they made some big runs and passes, but we didn’t panic,” Snohomish head coach Mark Perry said.
The game-winner wouldn’t have been set up if it wasn’t for a tough defensive play by Panther cornerback Terrence Marshall.
Marshall stripped Mariner running back Jaren Saga with 2:14 remaining in the game, just one play after the Panthers had turned the ball over on downs.
“Marshall came through. He took the ball and I knew we were going to be okay,” Perry said.
Marshall turned around on offense and come up with the biggest play of the final drive, catching a third-and-10 pass from quarterback Brad Perry for 16 yards and a Panthers first down with just over a minute to play in the game.
The Panthers then went to their bruiser, running back Derek Jones, for 16 more yards setting up Wiseman’s 24-yard attempt.
Jones added to his Wesco North leading total by rushing 26 times for 208 yards and a touchdown.
Snohomish (4-1) led 19-14 going into the final quarter but the Marauders bounced back, stopping the Panthers on their first drive of the fourth quarter, three-and-out.
The Marauders then marched 80 yards for a touchdown, which was set up by a 37-yard reception from Tyler Tuiasosopo to Shaundell Burns.
Tuiasosopo then connected with Michael Johnson on an 11-yard touchdown reception giving the Marauders a 20-19 lead.
It was flashback from last season when Tuiasosopo hit Johnson from 37 yards out, knotting the score at 21-21.
“There were a lot of similarities,” Perry said, referring to last year’s game.
Mariner would win the game in overtime handing Snohomish the second of its five straight losses.
The Marauders’ two-point attempt came up short when Burns was stopped on a pass attempt.
Tuiasosopo finished 6-for-13 with 122 yards passing and two touchdowns.
He hit Adrien Black for an 11-yard TD pass on Mariner’s opening drive of the game.
Black finished with two catches for 28 yards and added five carries for 84 yards and a 62-yard touchdown run.
The Marauders struggled through parts of the first half, committing a red zone turnover in each of the first two quarters.
The Panthers recovered a Burns fumble on their own 5-yard line then marched 95 yards on 10 plays for a 13-7 lead.
Panther running back Cameron Woolsey led the Snohomish charge with a 35-yard run and added a TD run of 6 yards.
Perry added 90 yards on five carries for the Panthers.
Burns led the Marauders with 85 rushes on 10 carries.
At Goddard Stadium
Snohomish6673—22
Mariner7076—20
Mariner—Black 11 pass from Tuiasosopo (Rynkiewicz kick)
Snohomish—Perry 23 run (kick failed)
Snohomish—Woolsey 6 run (run failed)
Snohomish—Jones 7 run (Wiseman kick)
Mariner—Black 62 run (Rynkiewicz kick)
Mariner—Johnson 10 pass from Tuiasosopo (pass failed)
Snohomish—FG Wiseman 24
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