Madison and Sparta combined to score 90 points in a high-octane affair, with 22 of those points coming on a fourth-quarter surge from Madison as it scored the go-ahead touchdown with 13 seconds remaining and rallied for a 48-42 victory in Madison.
Quarterback Luke McGuire ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more, with his 15-yard pass to Maxwell Curry putting Madison ahead in the final seconds.
The fourth quarter saw three lead changes in total as Madison initially trailed 35-26 before a pair of McGuire touchdown runs, the second featuring on octopus by McGuire with two-point conversion on the ground, put it ahead 41-35.
Christian Brevig caught the third of his three touchdown passes from Shane Hoover, who threw for five touchdowns in total, with 1:14 remaining and the extra poin