The 22-14 victory at Jay Friday night avenged an earlier loss to the Tigers and marks the second time in three years the Seahawks have gone to Jay and came home with a play-off victory.

After failing to pick up a first down with their first possession, the Seahawks forced a Jay fumble on the Tigers’ fourth play from scrimmage.

Starting at the Jay 25-yard line, the Seahawks were faced with a fourth down situation which they turned into a 23-yard touchdown pass from Roy Arsenault to Pat Norton. The same two players hooked up again for the two-point conversion that gave the visitors an 8-0 lead with 6:27 left in the first period.

The Tigers then responded with an eight-play drive of their own that produced a 17-yard touchdown pass from Mike Nemi to Nick Bourassa. On the two-point try, the Tigers were turned away on a great defensive stop by the Seahawks’ Eric Rego, who has been a defensive standout all season for the Seahawks.

The Seahawks failed to pick up a first down with their next two possessions but continued to get a solid job of punting the ball by Nick Christopher.

Jay appeared to be ready to take the lead as they put together a solid drive that moved them inside the Boothbay 15-yard line. But on third and fourth downs, the Seahawk defensive unit came up with a great effort to keep the Tigers off the scoreboard.

Late in the second period the Tigers gambled on a fourth and four situation from their own 44-yard line and failed to convert as a pass fell incomplete.

With good field position, the Seahawks put together a quick scoring drive as a 12-yard pass to Norton on second down set up a 32-yard screen pass from Arsenault to Weston Alley for a touchdown with just 21 seconds remaining in the first half. The two-point conversion attempt failed, leaving the Seahawks with a 14-6 lead at the break.

Receiving the ball to start the third period, the Tigers again moved inside the Boothbay 30-yard line but again the Seahawk defense stiffened, forcing an incomplete pass on fourth down.

With their first opportunity of the second half, the Seahawks started to find more success on the ground. The offensive line of Alex Clark, Ray Powers, Adam Climo, Eric Rego and Ian Ronan, along with ends Norton and Kris Noonan, were paving the way as the visitors put together a 13-play drive. Along the way, Arsenault and Norton hooked up through the air twice more as Norton caught five catches on the night for 69 yards, while Arsenault completed eight passes for 158 yards. The drive was capped with a one-yard touchdown run by Alley, his second score of the night. Arsenault kept the ball to pick up the two-point conversion at the right corner of the end zone to give Boothbay a 22-6 lead with 3:07 to play in the third period.

The Tigers needed points in a hurry as they came back with a nine-play drive that led to a four-yard touchdown run by Trevor McCourt, with Ryan Bourassa adding the two-point conversion, to cut the lead to 22-14.

Needing to take care of the ball and run time off the clock, the Seahawks did both as they kept the ball for eleven plays. The play of the game came early in the drive as the Seahawks were faced with a third down and long from their own 33-yard line. Failing here to pick up a first down could have led to a huge change in momentum, but a beautifully set up screen pass to Alley picked up 42 yards.

Eventually Boothbay turned the ball over on downs as a 15-yard pass to Noonan came up a yard short.

Starting at their own six-yard line, the Tigers picked up one first down but any real chances of tying the score evaporated when the Seahawks Keith Brewer intercepted a Nemi pass.

With 3:37 remaining in the game the Seahawks took over near midfield and sealed the victory when Arsenault scrambled for a first down with under a minute to go.

The 9-1 Lisbon Greyhounds will host the 7-3 Seahawks on Saturday, with the kick-off scheduled for 12:30 p.m.