Pirates win twice
The Prairie Pirates won a pair of league road games this past week. On Wednesday, Jan. 28, they traveled to Kamiah and won 47-38 over the Kubs. On Thursday, Jan. 29, they traveled to Moscow and beat Logos 67-44.
The game at Kamiah was much closer than the one at Prairie where the Pirates won by 33.
Riley Shears got the scoring start with a 3-pointer just 14 seconds into the game. After a Kamiah free throw, Prairie scored 6 straight. Nate Forsmann scored a pair of baskets and Shears hit a turn-around shot to make it 9-1. After a 3 by Kamiah’s Lawson Landmark, Shears cored a putback. After another basket by Kamiah, Shears made a free throw that made it 12-6 at the end of the first quarter.
Kamiah scored to open the second and Shears answered with a basket. After a Kamiah free throw, Patrick scored a lay-up on a lob pass from Chase VonBargen. Max Rehder then banked in a 3 and Schlader made 2 free throws for a 21-9 lead with 3:07 left in the half.
Kamiah fought their way back into the game by closing the half with a 2-9 run. Phil Schwartz scored for Prairie after a steal. It was 23-16 at the half.
Kamiah then opened the second half with 2 free throws to cut their deficit to 5 at 23-18. Prairie answered with 9 straight points. Schlader scored a pair of baskets. Shears scored a lay-up and Rehder hit for 3 on an inbounds play to make it 32-18. Kamiah scored a pir of baskets but a 3 by Shears pushed the lead back to 13. A basket by Kamiah made it 35-24 at the end of the third quarter.
Kamiah tried to rally in the fourth but Prairie was able to score enough to hold them off. Kamiah opened the fourth quarter with a basket but Prairie answered with a basket by Kade Quintal and a 3 by Schwartz. Landmark scored 2 free throws and a 3 to cut the lead to 9 at 40-31. Forsmann answered with a 3-point play. Kamiah made 3 of 4 at the line to again cut the deficit to 9. Prairie answered with a basket each by Shears and Forsmann to make it 47-34 with 1:52 left. Kamiah then scored the final 4 points to make the final margin 9 points.
Shears led all scorers with 17 points while Forsmann scored 9. Schlader scored 8, Redher 6, Schwartz 5 and Quintal 2.
Prairie had a 33-29 edge on the boards led by Schlader who had 12 rebounds.
Schwartz had 3 steals and 6 assists.
Prairie was 19 for 47 from the field, 40%, and 4 for 7 at the line, 57%. Kamiah was 11 for 40 from the field, 28%, and 13 for 16 at the line, 81%.
Kamiah won the JV game 46-47.
Prairie 12 11 12 12 -47
Kamiah 6 10   8 14 -38
Prairie-Shears 7-14, 1-2, 17; VonBargen 0-2, 0-0, 0; Schwartz 2-3, 0-0, 5; Schlader 3-10, 2-2, 8; Forsmann 4-8, 1-3, 9; Quintal 1-3, 0-0, 2; Rehder 2-7, 0-0, 6. 3-pointers-Shears 2, Rehder 2, Schwartz.
Kamiah-Roberts 2-10, 0-0, 5; Oatman 3-7, 3-4, 9; Skinner 0-0, 2-2, 2; Landmark 3-14, 7-8, 15; Keen 0-4, 1-2, 1; Wimer 3-5, 0-0, 6; Cox 0-1, 0-0, 0; Allen 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Landmark 2, Roberts.
In the game at Logos, Prairie led 10-4 after 1 period and 25-11 at the half. They led 44-24 after 3 quarters.
Shears led the Pirates inscoring with 15 points while Forsmann scored 12 and Rehder and Schwartz added 10 points each. Quintal and VonBargen scored 7 each while Schlader scored 6.
Prairie is now 11-4 on the season and 8-1 in league play.
Prairie also won the JV game 68-60.
We tried to watch the game on NFHS but it wouldn’t show up at all when it was live and after it was over a thumbnail showed up but it didn’t connect to anything.
Prairie 10 15 19 23 -67
Logos   4   7 13 24 -48
Prairie-Schwartz 3, 2-2, 10; Quintal 2, 3-4, 7; Shears 4, 5-6, 15; VonBargen 3, 1-1, 7; Rehder 4, 0-0, 10; Schlader 3, 0-2, 6; Forsmann 4, 4-6, 12. 3-pointers-Shears2, Schwartz 2, Rehder 2.
Logos-Monjure 8, 6-6, 22; Rench 2, 2-2, 7; Driskill 0, 0-0, 0; Grieser 0, 0-0, 0; R. Grauke 1, 2-2, 4; Shaw 0, 0-2, 0; Unger 2, 0-0, 4; M. Grauke 0, 0-0, 0; Haney 0, 6-6, 6; Jankovic 1, 0-2, 2; Holloway 1, 1-4, 3. 3-pointers-Rench.

Chase VonBargen drives past a Kamiah defender. Also shown is Nate Forsmann.

Kade Quintal handles the ball at Kamiah.

Max Rehder goes up for a shot at Kamiah.

Patrick Schlader with the ball at Kamiah.
 

JV games start at 6 p.m., varsity to follow unless indicated
*indicates league game
  1-Orofino, here, lost 43-46
  5-Grangeville, there, 7:30, Idaho County Shootout , won 67-38
  8-Deary, there, won 56-23
10-JV at Clarkston JV, 6:30 p.m.
12-Troy*, here, won 75-18
18-Kamiah*, here, won 65-32
  6-Orofino, there, lost 45-54
  8-Deary, here, won 55-31
10-Potlatch*, there, C-JV-V, 1 p.m., won 67-51
13-Lapwai*, here, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m., won 63-36
15-C vs. Clarkston, 4:30 p.m.
15-Logos*, here, won 48-29
16-Kendrick*, Quad, here, 5 p.m., lost 47-60
23-Lakeside, there, V only, 6 p.m., lost 53-68
24-Troy*, there, 1 & 2:30 p.m.  won 62-24
28-Kamiah*, there, won 47-38
29-Logos*, there, won 67-48
  3-Lapwai*, there, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m., won 60-41, details next week
  5-Lakeside, here, V only, 6 p.m. , JV vs. Kendrick, 4:30 p.m.
  6-Kendrick*, there, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m.
12-Grangeville, here, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m.-date changed
13-Potlatch*, here, Senior Night, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m.
18-District Tournament, high seed host 6 p.m.
21, 23, 25, 26-District at Lewiston High
28-State Play-In at Grangeville
March 5-7-State at Vallivue High, Caldwell
Updated 12-2-25 - updates in underlined italics