BOZEMAN — No, one play does not decide a season, nor does it decide a game.

But still, Glacier coach Grady Bennett — and his quarterback — would love to have a do-over.

“I should have taken a timeout right there,” Bennett said of the game’s deciding play, an interception by Bennett Hostetler inside the Bozeman five-yard line that sealed a heart-stopping 22-16 win for the Hawks over the Wolfpack in the semifinals of the Class AA football playoffs Friday night at Van Winkle Stadium.

“We had our three (receivers) to the sideline, not really enough room for the route we were trying to run. We easily should have flopped the formation and we had a timeout to do it, and we’re down deep.

“But it’s one of those things where you kind of know you’re in the wrong formation and you want to take the timeout but then you say, ‘well no, we’re rolling, let’s just keep rolling’ and unfortunately it didn’t work out.”

The game between the last two state champions came down to a wild fourth quarter.

After Bozeman took the lead with just over a minute to go, Glacier quickly completed two long passes to set itself up at first-and-10 at the Hawks’ 15-yard line with just over 30 seconds to play.

That’s when Bennett did not take one of his two remaining timeouts and Hostetler made his second interception of the game.

“Bennett Hostetler’s a great player,” Bennett said.

“Oh my goodness, he’s a good football player. Both ways, he never comes off the field, and he made two great plays tonight where he jumped a route, made a great read of Leif (Ericksen, the Glacier quarterback) drop and on the route, and made a good pick.”

Hostetler’s first interception was returned for a touchdown in the first quarter, and the senior caught the winning touchdown just moments before his game-ending play. He added a diving two-point conversion catch on the final score for good measure.

After a slog of a third quarter that featured eight punts to four first downs, Bozeman took a 14-13 lead early in the fourth on a one-yard run by 280-pound fullback Peyton Guenther.

Glacier responded immediately, however, going on a 17-play drive that reached the Hawks four-yard line when Ericksen hit Scout Willcut, who broke a tackle and ran 25 yards on fourth-and-five.

The Wolfpack were unable to punch the ball in the end zone but did retake the lead when Cameron Anderson drilled a 21-yard field goal.

Glacier had the ball again, still leading 16-14 with less than five minutes to go, but went three-and-out and an errant punt set up Bozeman at midfield.

It took the Hawks just six plays to score the winning touchdown, a 21-yard pass from D.J. Perdaems to Hostetler. The two-point conversion made it 22-16.

Perdaems had a huge day through the air, scrambling away from Glacier tacklers and making things difficult on an otherwise very stingy Wolfpack defense.

Game statistics were not available at press time.

“For the most part our defense was brilliant tonight,” Bennett said.

“They couldn’t run the ball and that’s their strength and, really, our coverage for the most part was awesome. But you cover for three, four, five seconds and all of a sudden (Perdaems) is running around extending the play.

“We knew that, and we worked on it all week, but it’s virtually impossible when you have to cover for eight, 10 seconds. You just can’t do it.

“Huge credit to him for making plays and keeping them alive. Ultimately that’s got to be the difference in that game.”

Glacier’s touchdowns came in the first half, including one on a lightning strike of a drive. The Wolfpack covered five plays and 62 yards in 91 seconds, ending with a 10-yard Thomas Trefney scoring run.

After Hostetler’s pick-six, Glacier re-took the lead on the first play of the second quarter when a Trefney one-yard run followed a 63-yard bomb from Ericksen to Willcut.

The Hawks (11-1) handed Glacier it’s last two defeats of the season, and is responsible for five of the Wolfpack’s last six losses, dating back to 2012.

Glacier (9-3) recovered from an 0-2 start to reach the state semifinals for the fifth consecutive year despite graduating a majority of its undefeated 2014 state championship team.

“Caleb Jones (Glacier senior) stood up in front of the room and said some pretty cool things,” Bennett said of the post-game locker room.

“Last year’s group was so talented and I think everybody expected them to be good and to maybe be 13-0.

“Caleb knew, coming into this year, that this was not expected. For us to roll nine in a row and get back to the semis, I think there’s a lot of people that didn’t think that this team could do this and be this successful, and even come here and play like we did against a very good Bozeman team.”

“Caleb said ‘I’m proud of last year and I’m proud of my ring’ but I think I’m even more proud of what this team accomplished.”

Bozeman 22, Glacier 16

Glacier 6 7 0 3 — 16

Bozeman 7 0 0 15 — 22

First Quarter

Glacier — Thomas Trefney 10 run (kick failed), 8:16

Boz — Bennett Hostetler 26 interception return (Connor Coles kick), 1:51

Second Quarter

Glacier — Trefney 1 run (kick good), 11:57

Fourth Quarter

Boz — Peyton Guenther 1 run (Coles kick), 10:28

Glacier — 21 field goal, 6:18

Boz — Hostetler 21 pass from DJ Perdaems (2-point conversion good), 1:09

Senior 21, Capital 0

Capital 0 0 0 0 -- 0

Senior 0 6 0 15 -- 21

Second quarter

SEN – Nate Dick 15 run (Gabe Sulser run failed), :59

Fourth quarter

SEN – Sulser 18 pass from Dick (Jason Miller kick), 11:33

SEN – Dick 3 run (Dick run), 6:02

CAP SEN

First downs 9 22

Rushing 20-44 50-280

Comp-Att-Int 20-38-2 11-25-0

Passing yards 131 101

Total offense 151 381

Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0

Punts-avg 8-36.1 4-40.5

Penalties 9-84 9-85

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING – Capital: Daniel O’Malley 11-32, Carter Pappas 3-minus 2, Payton Pappas 2-0, Will Hunthausen 1-11, Wyatt Duthie 3-3. Senior: Sam Sparks 27-149, Gabe Sulser 5-28, Nate Dick 14-71, Tyger Frye 2-21, Mac Bartsch 1-minus 15, Ben Askelson 1-4.

PASSING – Capital: Pappas 14-27-1-91, Danny Burton 0-1-0-0, Duthie 6-9-1-40. Senior: Dick 11-25-0-101.

RECEIVING – Capital: Hunthausen 7-54, Burton 5-34, Payton Pappas 1-0, Robert McCarvel 2-5, O’Malley 1-10, Brad Haller 4-24. Senior: Frye 4-30, Sulser 6-63, Askelson 1-8.