EVERETT — Archbishop Murphy football held a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter against Lynden at Terry Ennis Stadium on Friday. Archbishop Murphy would claim the Northwest Conference 2A title with a win, but the team would have to get through an opponent who beat them 7-3 last year before getting revenge with a 10-9 win in the state quarterfinals.

So when Lynden faced third-and-9 from its own 32 on its first offensive drive, it already felt like a potential pivotal moment in the game. Archbishop Murphy applied the rush, and batted the ball up in the air as it left quarterback Lukas Lalji’s hand. It fell right to an Archbishop Murphy defensive lineman, but it hit his hands and fell to the ground. On top of that, a penalty on another part of the play gave Lynden a first down.

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