Senior Johnny Hekker (18) and junior Trey Burwick are overcome لقصر الكبير after Bothell's loss Saturday to Lewis and Clark.

Those are what Johnny Hekker لقصر الكبير wants to remember.

More than any لقصر الكبير other Bothell High School football team has compiled in a season.

But it لقصر الكبير is that one loss that will haunt Hekker and his teammates.

For the second consecutive year, the Cougars' dream season ended in a 21-14 loss in the لقصر الكبير Class 4A state championship game Saturday at the Tacoma Dome, this time to surprising Lewis and Clark of Spokane. Last year, Bothell lost by the same score to Oak Harbor.

"It's a tough way to go out," said Hekker, who threw a pair of key fourth-quarter interceptions, "but we made it this far. No. 2 لقصر الكبير isn't bad. It's not what we wanted, but it was a fun ride while it lasted."

What a ride it was.

"We're the first Bothell team to get 13 wins in a season, and that's a great accomplishment," Hekker said. "We really came in as a team, and that's why it's so disappointing."

This game was supposed to be the salve for last year's wound. But the top-ranked Cougars (13-1) couldn't close against Lewis and Clark. The Tigers (11-2) won the school's first football title to cap an improbable playoff run that featured three consecutive road trips to Western Washington.