Vote now: Who had the top Washington high school football play of Week 12?

SBLive chose 10 standout plays from the third week of 2024 Washington high school football playoffs. Which one deserves top billing?

Chiawana linebacker Cooper MacPherson was the Mid Columbia Conference's defensive player of the year in 2023 and 2024. / Photo by Tommy Wolf/Lit Media

Which play from Week 12 of the 2024 Washington high school football season was the best? There were plenty of exciting moments on offense, defense and special teams that helped schools advance to the semifinal round of the WIAA playoffs.

Cast your vote below. Voting ends on Friday at 10 a.m. and the winner will be announced shortly thereafter.

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10. Like many folks, Archbishop Murphy's Jordan Rife knew Lynden had a knack of winning games late. But Rife made sure that didn't happen, intercepting Brant Heppner's two-point conversion pass with five minutes remaining in the Wildcats' 10-9 state quarterfinal win.

9. Backup Sumner wide receiver Nathan Carnicle stayed alert as Skyview lined up in punt formation on its first series. And when punter Toren Baker took off on a fake, Carnicle tackled him short of the first down deep in Storm territory - leading to tone-setting first score of Sumner's 41-0 win.

8. Jacobe McClelland is a block-kicks ace for Gonzaga Prep, and his play late in the first half - a punt block of Kennedy Catholic's Dante Saladino and 22-yard scoop-and-score touchdown with 13 seconds remaining gave the Bullpups a two-touchdown lead in a 34-28 state quarterfinal win.

7. Cash Short had himself quite a first quarter for Tumwater in a state quarterfinal win over Sehome, First, he picked off quarterback Nolan Wright in the middle flat and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown. He also had a 48-yard rushing score in a lopsided win.

6. Asotin quarterback Cody Ellis was on point in a Class 2B quarterfinal win over La Salle. His biggest play came in the first half when he called his own number - and dashed 62 yards off right tackles, busting through a couple of defenders for a touchdown.

5. Senior Ryken Moon, especially as of late, has become Bellevue's big-play runner. After Kennewick took the opening kickoff to the house, Moon responded on the first play from scrimmage with his 73-yard score up the middle - one of three touchdowns in the team's 42-6 victory.

4. With its blazing speed, the Camas pass game is a big play waiting to happen. And in the state quarterfinals against Arlington, quarterback Jake Davidson hit on one late in the first half by connecting with Anthony Former on a 70-yard touchdown in a win.

3. Cooper MacPherson set it up with the pressure - and Braxton Feldmann did the rest for the Chiawana defense, intercepting a Kolton Matson pass and returning it 96 yards for a touchdown on the first series of the second half in eliminating the two-time defending Class 4A champions.

2. You are not going to see a better touchdown catch in football than what Nash McLean did for Freeman against Onalaska, hauling in a 30-yard pass from Logan Schultz - one-handed against tight coverages as the Scotties went on to blank the Loggers.

1. On the final play of the first half, Chiawana took a shot from near midfield - and it paid off. Julian Martinez led Cooper MacPherson perfectly along the right sideline, and the senior made a sensational catch on a 45-yard 'Hail Mary' touchdown.

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