Darrian Creamer rushed for more than 250 yards and scored a career-high five touchdowns Saturday night, but it was Glacier Peak quarterback Zack Richter’s 450 passing yards and six TDs, plus a Peninsula failed two-point conversion in double overtime, that brought the Seahawks’ football season to an end at Roy Anderson Field. (Click here to view a photo gallery from the game.)

The Glacier Peak Grizzlies (8-2) outlasted Peninsula (8-2) 49-48 to advance to the Class 3A state tournament. The Grizzlies erased a 35-13 third-quarter deficit and forced overtime when Richter connected with Alex Stepanchenko on a 16-yard screen pass that went for a touchdown to make it 35-35 with 4:22 left in regulation.

Both teams scored in the first overtime, and Glacier Peak took its first lead of the game in the second OT when Stepanchenko plunged in from 1 yard out.

Down to its final two plays, Peninsula scored on third and goal from the 1 when Creamer got into the end zone for the fifth time. He finished with 30 carries for 257 yards.

But instead of kicking the extra point and going into a third overtime, Peninsula coach Ross Filkins decided to go for the win with a two-point conversion.

A toss play to Creamer was stretched to the sideline, but the 6-foot-1, 195-pound running back was pushed out of bounds at the 2 to end the game.

“We were 199 plays into the game, and our tank was on E,” Filkins said. “We talked coming into the game about how we had to play every play like it was our last. In that situation right there, we felt the best opportunity to get the win was to put the game on one play.”

Richter, a 6-2, 180-pound senior, was an astounding 36-for-59 passing with four of his six TD passes to junior Tanner Southard. Most of Richter’s damage was done in the middle of the field with Jack Bonner, a 6-3 junior who hauled in 13 balls for 201 yards.

Glacier Peak, in its second year of existence, will advance to play the unbeaten Timberline Blazers (10-0) next Saturday at South Sound Stadium in Lacey in the first round of the state tournament.

For a complete recap of Saturday’s game, including more reaction from Seahawks players, read the Nov. 11 issue of The Peninsula Gateway.

Class 3A

State preliminary round

Glacier Peak 49, Peninsula 48 (2 OT)

at Roy Anderson Field

Glacier Peak 7  6  8  14  7  7 — 49

Peninsula  14  14  7  0  7  6 — 48

First Quarter

P – Johnny Johnson 80 pass from JR Grosshans (Cole Madden kick), 11:46

P — Darrian Creamer 83 run (Madden kick), 10:31

GP — Tanner Southard 3 pass from Zack Richter (Jackson Miller kick), 4:21

Second Quarter

P — Geoff Grant 86 blocked FG return (Madden kick), 8:44

GP – Southard 34 pass from Richter (kick failed), 6:05

P — Creamer 47 run (Madden kick), 4:43

Third Quarter

P — Creamer 5 run (Madden kick), 3:30

GP – Tommy Rollins 11 pass from Richter (Jack Bonner pass from Richter), 0:26

Fourth Quarter

GP — Southard 3 pass from Richter (Miller kick), 7:33

GP – Alex Stepanchenko 16 pass from Richter (Miller kick), 4:22

OT

P — Creamer 5 run (Madden kick)

GP – Southard 12 pass from Richter (Miller kick)

GP – Stepanchenko 1 run (Miller kick)

P – Creamer 1 run (run failed)

GP  P

First downs  22 11

Rushes-yards 33-111  48-332

Passing yards  450  146

Return yards  74  163

Comp-Att-Int  36-59-0  6-16-1

Sacked-yards lost  1-11  1-5

Punts-average 2-32.0  3-44.0

Fumbles-lost  2-2  3-3

Penalties-yards  5-50  10-81

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Glacier Peak, Alex Stepanchenko 18-52, Zack Richter 11-46, Tommy Rollins 1-9, Jahu Coleman 2-2, Jackson Miller 1-2. Peninsula, Darrian Creamer 30-257, JR Grosshans 9-35, Al Rasmussen 5-12, Johnny Johnson 1-10, Cole Delaney 2-18.

PASSING — Glacier Peak, Richter 36-59-0 450. Peninsula, Grosshans 6-16-1 146.

RECEIVING — Glacier Peak, Jack Bonner 13-201, Dustin Verdin 1-10, Tommy Rollins 5-70, Stepanchenko 4-50, Luke Westburg 7-49, Tanner Southard 6-70. Peninsula, Johnson 2-133, Creamer 2-7, Geoff Grant 1-6, Trevor Collins 1-0.