4A football: Skyview misfires in 41-27 loss to Wenatchee

Chase Resch rushed for 231 yards and two touchdowns as Wenatchee took advantage of Skyview miscues in the red zone to win 41-27 in a Class 4A state first-round game in Wenatchee.

Skyview threw two red zone interceptions and twice was stopped on four-and-goal at the Wenatchee 1-yard line as the Panthers built a 27-0 lead in the third quarter.

The Storm started to get back into the game after being stopped on the second fourth-and-goal situation when Wenatchee fumbled on its first play of the following possession and Skyview recovered for a touchdown.

After Olive Emmy’s second interception of the night, Skyview cut the deficit to 27-14 on Nate Rider’s 14-yard touchdown pass from Zac Shomler.

But the Skyvew defense could not stop Wenatchee when it needed to.

Wenatchee pushed their lead to 34-14 before Skyview cut it to 34-21. Then the Panthers sealed it away by making 41-21 on a 52-yard touchdown run by Resch.

Shomler finished with 299 yards on 26-of-47 passing. Bryson Enge had seven catches for 112 yards for the Storm, who finished the season 7-4.

WENATCHEE 41, SKYVIEW 27

Sky 0 0 7 20–27

Wen 7 14 6 14–41

First quarter

W — Christian Brandt-Sims 18 pass from Brandon Graves (King kick)

Second quarter

W — Chase Resch 49 pass from Graves (King kick)

W — Markus Stoll 15 pass from Graves (King kick)

Third quarter

W — Stoll 9 pass from Graves (kick failed)

S — Skyview recovered fumble in end zone (B. Hadfield kick)

Fourth quarter

S — Nate Rider 14 pass from Zach Shomler (Hadfield kick)

W — Resch 5 run (Hurt kick)

S — Marcus Lord 19 pass from Shomler (Hadfield kick)

W — Resch 52 run (King kick)

S — Bryson Enge 12 pass from Shomler (kick blocked)

Individual statistics

RUSHING — Skyview: Josh Emmy 11-46, Blake Ingram 16-40, Shomler 7-11. Wenatchee: Resch 15-231, Joe Sells 11-67, Cory Leenders 5-27, Tony Esquivel 1-0, Willy Taulango 1-(-1), Team 2-(-21).

PASSING — Skyview: Shomler 26-47-2-299; Wenatchee: Graves 12-20-1-208, Resch 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING — Skyview: Enge 7-112, Jeremiah Wright 6-57, Lord 2-30, Emmy 3-18, Rider 4-54, Skyler Martin 1-6, Taylor Johnson 3-22. Wenatchee: Resch 2-63, T.J. Harris 1-50, Adam Chvilicek 2-9, Killion McGinnis 4-44, Brandt-Sims 1-18, Stoll 2-24.