SPASH loses thriller on the road

The SPASH Panthers took on Wausau West on the road Saturday, Sept. 27, as they lost their second straight game.

Quarterback Trent Breitbach gave SPASH an early 7-0 lead as he took a keeper 60 yards to the end zone.

Wausau West responded as quarterback Joe Graveen threw to an open Shea Jones for a seven-yard touchdown to make the score 7-7.

The play that made the difference in the game was an interception on a trick play that Wausau West’s Taeden Moua took 61 yards to the house and gave his team a 14-7 lead.

SPASH would even up the score as they drove down to the goal line and scored on a Breitbach run to make the score 14-14.

Wausau West took back the lead late in the third quarter as a direct snap to running back Miles Waldvogel gave his team a 21-14 lead.

Breitbach scored his third touchdown of the game as he ran into the end zone from nine yards out to tie the game 21-21 with 2:17.

It took 17 seconds for Wausau West to reply as Graveen found Jones running free down the sideline as they delivered an 80-yard throw-and-catch to put the score at 28-21 with two minutes left to play.

SPASH would drive down to their opponents 15 15-yard line, but could not tie the game as a last-ditch throw into the end zone on fourth down fell incomplete.