WILSONVILLE — Century coach Bill Smith said he wanted his team to force Wilsonville to pass the ball.

The Jaguars did that Friday, and Brennen Wolvert made them pay.

Wolvert threw four touchdown passes — all for 30 yards or more — in Wilsonville’s 35-34 victory against Century.

The win gives the Wildcats the advantage in the four-team pack of Century, Wilsonville, St. Helens and Liberty that are competing for the No. 4 spot in the NWOC and the conference’s final playoff berth.

“They dared us to throw, and we did,” said Wilsonville coach Doug Sommer.

The Wildcats (2-1, 3-3) finished with 339 passing yards, 180 of those on touchdown passes.

The average Wilsonville completion went for 28.5 yards.

“Our game plan was to force them to pass, and they did pass, and they passed better than I ever expected,” Smith said.

Wilsonville had 71 yards on 21 carries.

It wasn’t the porous pass defense that doomed Century (1-3, 3-4).

The Jaguars gave up seven penalties for 55 yards.

“The penalties came at a real inopportune time,” Smith said. On offense, the Jaguars amassed 497 yards, almost all of those on the ground — 312 of those coming from the speedy wheels of RJ Blosl.

“Our coaches came up with the best game plan I’ve ever seen,” Blosl said. “Our linemen, they stepped up big. Our fullbacks did too. They had a very important blocking job, and they did a good job with that.” It was almost enough for a victory. Tied at 27, Century marched 73 yards in the fourth quarter, going up 34-27 with 3:27 to play. The Jaguars forced a three-and-out for Wilsonville on the next drive and drove the ball to the Wilsonville 1 on second down with 1:58 to go.

A holding penalty brought Century back to the 15. A delay of game made a field-goal attempt with a minute to play even tougher.

The kick was off, and Wilsonville went to work, starting at its own 20 yard line. Wolvert needed only two passes — a 50-yard catch by Michael Mackelvie and a 30-yard pass to Aaron Koford — to pull within a point.

That’s when fate intervened on behalf of the Wildcats and against overtime.

“Our first kicker won a free trip to Orlando,” Sommer said.

Koford had missed two extra points already in the game. “With a big game on the line, I didn’t want to do that to those kids,” Sommer said. “We just wanted to play and end that.”

Wilsonville lined up for two. Mackelvie dashed into the end zone, and Wilsonville led 35-34 with 33 seconds to play.

Century tried to come up with its own half-minute magic. But with eight seconds to play and a first down at the Century 45, Jaguars quarterback Dereck Miller was unable to get control of the football and successfully spike it.

Century and Wilsonville traded scores all game, but the Wildcats found the end zone last. With the win, Wilsonville is likely headed to the playoffs as a No. 4 seed. Century will need some miracles — the Jaguars will have to beat Hillsboro and Liberty, and Wilsonville will have to lose to St. Helens — to catch back up to that fourth spot in the league.

Outside of a tear-filled locker room, Blosl said the game hurt both because of the way it ended and because it essentially ended his team’s playoff hopes.

“All the seniors on our team wanted to go to the playoffs really badly,” he said. “That was one of the most intense games I’ve ever played.”