Top 10 plays in Washington high school football, Week 4: When in doubt, play a little defense

Bainbridge won its game on a heads-up scoring fumble return, while Eastlake held off Woodinville on a last-play goal-line stand

Top 10 high school football Week 4 highlights in Washington /

Early-game tone-setting offensive touchdowns or special-teams returns in big games, coupled with late-game defensive highlights were in full force around the state in Week 4 to close out September.

SBLive compiled 10 of the best moments from across the state in games that took place Sept. 26-28.

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SBLive’s Top 10 plays of Week 4

10. Bothell registered a hard-earned first 4A KingCo win against previously-unbeaten Skyline, first getting a defensive stop in overtime and wrapping it up on placekicker Diego Palomera's 20-yard field goal.

9. In a small-school powerhouse matchup against Napavine, Montesano took the lead for good with 23 seconds to go in the first half on Tyson Perry's 45-yard touchdown pass to Toren Crites on a leaping grab down the right sideline.

8. On the second play from scrimmage, Anacortes sucked in the Lynden defense, and that opened an alley along the right seam for Ryan Harrington's 33-yard touchdown connection with Brock Beaner in a 35-21 win as the top two Class 2A squads met in Northwest Conference play.

7. Speedster Sage Salopek gave the 3A Metro showdown a jolt for O'Dea with his cutback 41-yard punt return for a first touchdown in the opening quarter of the Fighting Irish's 20-0 win over Eastside Catholic.

6. Things are going very well for No. 1 Camas (4A), including on late-half scores. Against Oregon City, Jake Davidson found Chase McGee in the middle of the field, and he galloped the rest of the way on a 50-yard touchdown to end the first half.

5. With Woodinville near the goal-line for one final game-tying play, the Eastlake defense was ready for standout Casey Larson, who took a handoff and was met by four defenders and dropped at the 2-yard line to sew up the Wolves' 35-28 victory.

4. Lance McGee is a special talent as the Davis of Yakima running back, and he showed his pass-catching chops by outleaping two West Valley of Yakima defenders near the right corner of the end zone to haul in a 12-yard touchdown.

3. Bainbridge got the fourth-down stop it needed, but defensive back Paxton Malloy gave the Spartans something more - a decisive go-ahead touchdown on a 49-yard fumble return for a touchdown with less than five minutes to go in Bainbridge's comeback win over Olympic.

2. Hosting Idaho program Post Falls, Glacier Peak grabbed an early two-touchdown lead on Jaden Oliva's scrambling-away-from-pressure 82-yard score to Isaiah Olson along the right sideline in the team's wild 47-42 win.

1. Trailing 20-0 to Mount Tahoma, Central Kitsap completed its furious comeback on Noah Smith's pass to Timothy Sousou in the right flat, and he went in from 10 yards out in the final minute for a 21-20 victory.

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