Auburn Riverside’s dream season came to an end Friday with a 31-28 first-round playoff loss to Cascade of Everett at Auburn Memorial Stadium.

Throughout the game the Ravens (8-3) and Bruins (10-1) traded blows, but in the end Cascade won out, courtesy of Spencer Bowlden’s last-second 33-yard field goal.

“We made too many mistakes,” Ravens coach Bryant Thomas said. “When you’re at this level you can’t do that.”

The Bruins drew first blood with a six-play 60-yard drive capped by quarterback Josh Smith’s 1-yard touchdown run.

Auburn Riverside responded in the waning moments of the period, capitalizing on a Cascade fumble and scoring on a Kevin Thomson 10-yard TD run.

The Bruins put together two scoring drives in the second quarter, with junior running back Malik Rackliff pulling in a Smith pass for a 33-yard TD and running in another from 9 yards out.

Senior Joey Lucchesi scored the Ravens’ lone second quarter touchdown with a 39-yard run.

Cascade led at halftime 21-14.

Auburn Riverside opened with an eight-play, 64-yard drive topped off by Cole Huckaby’s 2-yard TD run to tie it up 21-21.

Cascade responded on its next possession with Smith finding a seam through the middle of the Raven defense for a 30-yard touchdown.

In the fourth quarter, Auburn Riverside knotted the game at 28-28 with a Joey Galeno 2-yard TD run, but the Ravens were unable to hold off the Bruins in the final two minutes of the game.

Cascade then pulled in front putting on Bowlden’s field goal.

Auburn Riverside finished the game with 379 yards of total offense, 308 rushing and 71 in the air.

Thomson wrapped up his prep career with a 3-for-13 passing performance for 45 yards with an interception. The Ravens managed to wrap up senior Drew Wallen, Thomson’s favorite target throughout the season, holding him to just one catch for 8 yards.

On the ground, Thomson had 6 carries for 44 yards.

Huckaby had a game high 149 yards on 29 carries, with Lucchesi chipping in with 102 yards on 10 carries.

Smith was 12-of-20 for 223 yards passing for the Bruins and added 124 yards rushing.

Rackliff had 72 yards on 17 carries.

“We are similar teams, we play a similar game,” Thomas said. “We just made a few mistakes tonight. I feel bad for my seniors. I really felt that we could have gone further.”

Despite the loss, Thomas said he was brought of his team’s achievements, which included bouncing back from a 1-9 season last year.

“It’s very hard to say goodbye to these kids,” Thomas said. “They did something no other Auburn Riverside team has done, won a share of the SPSL North 4A title.”

The win earns Cascade a first-round state game next week against top-ranked Camas.

ALSO: Auburn closed out its campaign on Thursday with a 49-25 win in a crossover contest against South Puget Sound League South 4A Rogers at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup. The Trojans finished the season with a 5-3 SPSL North 4A record, 6-4 overall. … Auburn Mountainview (1-4 SPSL 3A, 3-7 overall) senior Ray Hardaway made the most of his last high school football game by driving the Lions to a 54-12 nonleague win over 2A opponent Clover Park (3-7) on Thursday. Hardaway finished the game with 149 rushing yards on 12 carries with two touchdowns. Hardaway also added four receptions for 50 yards and a TD. Senior Joey Cassano added three receptions for 63 yards with two TDs. Senior Malachi Fowler had 82 yards on three carries with two touchdowns.