Comment on Prep Highlights: Skyview football holds off Rogers

Yaroslav Duvalko threw three touchdown passes as Skyview beat Rogers-Puyallup 19-17 on the road Saturday. Skyview (2-2) jumped to a 7-0 lead when Duvalko found Mason Wheeler for a touchdown pass. On the next drive, Skyview recovered a fumble at Rogers’ 22-yard line. A few plays later, Duvalko connected with Gavin Baskette for a touchdown on the first play of the second quarter, giving the Storm a 13-0 lead. After Rogers pulled within 13-7, Gabe Martin hauled in a 60-yard touchdown catch to give Skyview a 19-7 lead just before halftime. Rogers (2-2) scored 10 unanswered points in the second half. But Skyview’s defense stuffed Rogers’ final two drives, including a fumble recovery by Tyler Dejong. Stars of the day • Gabriel Dinnel, Washougal boys cross country, ran a 5,000 meter personal best of 15 minutes, 55 seconds to finish 26th in the elite race at the Bob Firman Invitational, which brought prep runners from across the West to Boise, Idaho. • Amelia Pullen, Washougal girls cross country, won the Varsity Division II race at the Bob Firman Invitational by 30 seconds, finishing in 18:39 in a meet-record time. • Maddy Blake, Cedar Tree Classical Christian girls cross country, the freshman won the Hard Course race at the Three Course Challenge in Seaside, Ore., covering 5,000 meters in 23:56. • Bailey Segall, Camas girls swimming, won the 50 freestyle, 500 free and anchored the winning 400 free relay team as the Papermakers went 5-0 in a six-way dual meet with Skyview, Columbia River, Hudson’s Bay, Fort Vancouver and Washougal.