Few would have thought that this year’s “Stadium Jam” rivalry game between the Meadowdale Mavericks and the Edmonds-Woodway Warriors could ever match the excitement and suspense of last year’s 34-27 come-from-behind thriller when the Mavericks scored the game-winning touchdown with 1:03 to go.
Think again.
With just 10 seconds on the clock, Meadowdale’s Kealoha Kepo’o-Sabate hauled in a 17-yard touchdown pass from Ki Gamble to give the Mavs a heart-stopping 34-31 victory over the Warriors in a game played Friday at Edmonds Stadium — and certainly to be remembered in this rivalry for some time.
Down 31-27 with 3:54 to go, the Mavericks drove 72 yards in 12 plays, capped off when Kepo’o-Sabate found some space in the end zone and pulled down the game-winning catch as a Warrior defender wa