MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake senior quarterback Brady Jay didn’t get the single-season passing touchdown record Saturday afternoon.

But he did get another chance.

The Montana recruit threw a pair of short touchdown passes and the seventh-seeded Mavericks held off No. 10 Bothell 17-14 at Lions Field to advance to the Class 4A state quarterfinals.

Moses Lake will meet the winner of No. 2 Lake Stevens and No. 15 Kamiakin next week.

Jay entered the game needing three scoring touchdowns to match the record New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore set as a Prosser senior in 2006. Moore threw 67 passes as a 12th-grader to follow the 66 he tossed as a junior.

It looked early as if the record would.

The Mavericks took the opening kickoff and drove for touchdown. A 21-yard shovel pass to junior running back Elijah Burns on third and 17 helped set up an 8-yard scoring strike to Grant Smith 5 minutes into the game. It was Smith’s 20th receiving score of the season.

Moses Lake’s defense kept the run-heavy Cougars from doing much, and added a safety when a fourth-down snap sailed into the end zone over the head of the punter, who recovered the ball to give the Mavs a 9-0 victory.

Jay and company weren’t able to add on, as an interception in the end zone killed a drive early in the second, and another scoring chance was spoiled when the quarterback gained six yards on a fourth-and-seven scramble from the 11.

On the ensuing drive, Bothell went 95 yards, a 40-yard flea-flicker accounting for much of the yardage, to get on the board with a 12-yard pass from Matthew Small to Carlin Gochnour with less than a minute left in the first half.

The Cougars’ momentum continued after the break, and they drove to the Moses Lake 16-yard line benefitting from a 15-yard taunting penalty on the Mavs and converting a fourth and eight.

Myelz Welch took a carry 17 yards around end for a score and a Bothell lead with 5:04 left in the third.

An onside kick would fail and the Mavericks started at their own 49. But they were unable to take advantage, as Jay threw his fifth interception of the season on the second play.

Moses Lake then would force a punt and start its next possession at its 33.

The Mavs looked to be in business when Jay took a designed run 36 yards, before it was called back for an illegal formation.

On the same drive, another shovel pass, this time to sophomore Nolan Decubber, converted a fourth and 10.

The two would connect again a few plays later for a 12-yard score, and John Rainey ran in the two-point conversion for a 17-14 lead with 9:55 left in the game.

Bothell was not done, however, and leaned on its rushing attack to reach Moses Lake’s red zone.

On a fourth and two at the seven, the Cougars had the would-be go-ahead touchdown pass taken off the board for a holding penalty. An ensuing field goal attempt was no good with 3:54 left.

Junior running back Elijah Burns was able to run for a few first downs, the last of those allowing Jay to take a knee.

The Mavericks’ victory was the first playoff victory for the conference since Moses Lake won in 2015.