CHELAN -- Royal erased a 20-0 deficit with four unanswered touchdowns to take a 25-20 third-quarter lead, but Chelan rallied for the final three touchdowns to capture the first-round 1A state game.
It was the first time the Knights have taken a first-round loss since a 21-19 loss to Lake Roosevelt in 2001.
"We had some good stops to force third-and-long, but they'd come up with an alley-oop type pass to keep the drive going," said Royal coach Wiley Allred.
Royal 0 18 7 0 -- 25
Chelan 7 13 13 7 -- 40
SCORING PLAYS
C--Aaron McQuaid 18 pass from Michael Amsel (Jose Ramirez good)
C--Robin Weathersby 22 pass from Amsel (Ramirez kick)
C--Cole Schwartz 2 run (kick failed)
R--Kyle Spartveit 10 pass from Marc Albertson (kick failed)
R--Albertson 7 run (run failed)
R--Albertson 1 run (pass failed)
R--Will Christensen 4 pass from Albertson (Shaq Ledezma kick)
C--McQuaid 27 pass from Amsel (pass faield)
C--Weathersby 6 run (Ramirez kick)
C--Weathersby 2 run (Ramirez kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING--R, Albertson 8-80, Christensen 8-59, Jeremy Edwards 9-46, TomDeLay 1-7. C, Schwartz 21-88, Amsel 16-24.
PASSING--R, Albertson 18-25-3-162, Spartveit 0-1-1-0. C, Amsel 14-25-0-270.
RECEIVING--R, Ben Singer 6-72, Spartveit 4-36, Ledezma 3-32, Christensen 3-15, Dylan DeLay 1-15. C, McQuaid 6-108, Weathersby 4-87, Matt Peterson 3-66, Adam Hendricks 1-9.
FIRST DOWNS--R 18, C 21. FUMBLES-LOST--R, 2-2. C, 4-4. PENALTIES-YARDS--R, 3-35. C, 4-35.
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