The Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks are a professional indoor football team based in

Wenatchee, Washington Wenatchee ( ) is the county seat and largest city of Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population within the city limits in 2010 was 31,925, and was estimated to have increased to 34,360 as of 2019. Located in the north-central part ...

, that began playing football in 2019 with home games at the

Town Toyota Center Town Toyota Center is a 4,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Wenatchee, Washington. The arena was built and is owned and managed by the Wenatchee Public Facilities District (PFD). It is the home venue of the Wenatchee Wild, an ice hockey team in the ...

. It is the first team to play in the Wenatchee Valley since the

Wenatchee Valley Venom The Wenatchee Valley Venom were a professional indoor football team based in Wenatchee, Washington. The team was most recently a member of the Pacific Division of the Intense Conference of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Venom were founded ...

of the

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in 2011. They are owned by Hook Sports Media, LLC.

History

On October 15, 2018, the

American West Football Conference The American West Football Conference (AWFC) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2018 by Platinum Events & Security, LLC, the owners of the Idaho Horsemen. The league's inaugural season was in 2019. Players are ...

(AWFC) was founded by the

Idaho Horsemen The Idaho Horsemen are a professional indoor football team based out of Nampa, Idaho, with home games at the Ford Idaho Center. They are owned by Chris Reynolds from Platinum Events & Security LLC. In 2019, the team owners founded the American We ...

and added the Skyhawks,

Reno Express The Reno Express were a professional indoor football team in Reno, Nevada. They play their home games at the Reno Events Center during the 2019 American West Football Conference (AFC) season. They were the first professional football team to play ...

, and

Tri-Cities Fire The Tri-Cities Fire were a professional indoor football team based out of Kennewick, Washington, with home games at the Toyota Center during the 2019 season. They were owned by Kinshasa Martin of Rampage Sports Entertainment, LLC. They folded in ...

to create the league. Prior to the planned start of the 2020 AWFC season, the

folded leading to the Skyhawks deciding to play an independent schedule. The league then tried to move forward with three teams — Idaho, Wenatchee, and the expansion Yakima Canines — following the withdrawal of the Reno Express from the league with non-league teams filling for the newly vacant dates. The AWFC then postponed the 2020 season due to the ongoing

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and then cancelled the season entirely due to the unavailability of arenas during the pandemic. The AWFC played the 2021 season, adding two teams in the Oregon High Desert Storm and Tri-City Rush, but the Skyhawks were unable to play any home games due to their home arena, the

, being used for as a pandemic relief center and vaccination site. In 2022 The Skyhawks were able to play home games. They posted a 6-4 record and Went to the American West Bowl III where they lost 32-57 to the Tri City Rush.

Season-by-season records

References

External links

Official website

American West Football Conference website
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