Pirates win twice
The Prairie Pirates finished their regular season with a pair of home wins. On Thursday, Feb. 12, they defeated Grangeville 69-30. On Friday, Feb. 16, on Senior Night, they defeated Potlatch 50-37.
The Pirates started out hot against Grangeville as they made their first 4 shots and 5 of their first 6, all from 3-point range from each of the 5 starters. Phil Schwartz started it with a 3. After a Grangeville basket, Levi Gehring and Riley Shears each connected for 3. After a Grangeville free throws, Patrick Schlader made a 3. After a Grangeville 3, Nate Forsmann hit a 3 for a 15-6 lead. Shears, Schwartz and Schlader then each scored a 2-point basket for a 21-6 lead. Grangeville scored to close the first quarter with prairie up 21-8.
Schlader scored the first 10 points of the second quarter on a 3, a lay-up, 2 free throws and another 3 to make it 31-8. Shears then hit a 3 to make it 34-8. After a Grangeville basket, Schlader hit another 3. After a Grangeville free throw, Forsmann hit a 3 and Shears scored a lay-up to make it 42-11. Grangeville scored a basket then Forsmann scored a lay-up and Schlader hit another 3, his fourth of the quarter and fifth of the half, to make it 47-13. Grangeville scored again to make it 47-15 at the half.
The Pirates cooled off in the third quarter as they hit just 3 of 14 shots and were outscored 8-11 by Grangeville. Forsmann had a putback and a 3-point play in the quarter while Gehring added a 3. Prairie led 55-26 after 3 quarters.
Grangeville opened the fourth with a pair of free throws then prairie scored 9 straight points to invoke the running clock mercy rule. Forsmann scored a pair of lay-ups. Schlader added a lay-up and Gehring converted a 3-point play for a 64-28 lead. After Grangeville scored their final basket, Caden Armbrust added a 3 and a lay-up to end the game.
Schlader scored 23 to lead the Pirates and added 12 rebounds for a double-double. Forsmann scored 17 while Shears scored 10, Gehring 9 and Schwartz and Armbrust 5 each.
Prairie had a 36-22 advantage on the boards.
Schlader had 2 steals and Shears had 6 assists while Schwartz added 5 assists.
Prairie was 26 for 53 from the field, 49%, and 4 for 4 at the line, 100%. Grangeville was 11 for 41 from the field, 27%, and 6 for 12 at the line, 50%.
Prairie also won the JV game by a nearly identical score, 67-30.
The Pirates jumped out to a 17-5 lead. Austin Labrum started the scoring then Sam Rehder hit a 2 and a 3 for a 7-0 lead. A Grangeville basket was answered by Isaiah Warren, After a free throw and a basket by Grangeville cut the lead to 9-5, Prairie scored 8 straight. Anthony Forsmann scored 2 lay-ups. Labrum stole the ball and scored and Kade Quintal drove the length of the floor for a lay-up. Grangeville closed the quarter by outscoring Prairie 2-5 with Labrum scoring for the Pirates.
Forsmann and Labrum each scored to open the second quarter. After a Grangeville basket, Warren scored a lay-up and a 3 for a 28-12 lead. After a Grangeville basket, Forsmann scored a lay-up and Warren added a free throw. After another Grangeville basket Labrum and Rehder each scored a putback to make it 35-16. Rehder added a free throw but Grangeville scored 2 baskets to make it 36-20 at the half.
Prairie dominated the third quarter hitting 10 of 15 shots as they outscored Grangeville 24-8. Quintal had two 3s and 2 lay-ups. Warren and Forsmann each had 3 baskets and Rehder and Labrum each scored a free throw as Prairie took a 60-28 lead into the fourth quarter. The entire quarter was played with a running clock. Prairie outscored Grangeville 7-2 in the fourth. Gabe Severns had a lay-up and a 3 while Warren added a baseline shot.
Warren scored 16 to lead the Pirates while Forsmann had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Quintal scored 12, Labrum 11, Rehder 9 and Severns 5.
Grangeville had a 36-39 edge on the boards.
Forsmann had 5 steals while Rehder had 10 assists.
Prairie was 29 for 63 from the field, 46%, and 4 for 8 at the line, 50%. Grangeville was 14 for 51 from the field, 27%, and 2 for 6 at the line, 33%.
Prairie lost the C game 35-41.
Prairie      21 26   8 14 -69
Grangeville 8   7 11   4 -30
Prairie-Gehring 3-5, 1-1, 9; Shears 4-11, 0-0, 10; Schwartz 2-8, 0-0, 5; Schlader 8-14, 2-2, 23; Forsmann 7-8, 1-1, 17; Rehder 0-0, 0-0, 0; VonBargen 0-3, 0-0, 0; Quintal 0-0, 0-0, 0; Enneking 0-1, 0-0, 0; Armbrust 2-3, 0-0 5. 3-pointers-Schlader 5, Gehring 2, Shears 2, Forsmann 2, Schwartz, Armbrust.
Grangeville-McGregor 1-5, 2-2, 4; Schumacher 2-6, 1-2, 5; Astle 1-1, 0-0, 2; Blewett 0-0, 0-0, 0; Stamper 2-10, 2-4, 6; Long 1-3, 0-0, 2; Told 0-2, 1-4, 1; Wilcoxon 2-7, 0-0, 5; Smith 2-7, 0-0, 5; Wren 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Wilcoxon, Smith.
Nine senior basketball players and 3 senior cheerleaders were honored prior to the varsity game against Potlatch. They were: Gehring, Shears, Schwartz, Schlader, Forsmann, Chase VonBargen, Max Rehder, Jackson Enneking and Armbrust for the basketball team and Bailey Key, Brehanna Fowler and Alaina Lustig for the cheerleaders.
Schlader scored the game’s first 2 points but Potlatch tied it. Schlader then drove for a lay-up that put Prairie in the lead. Forsmann followed with a lay-up. After a free throw by Potlatch, VonBargen scored. Potlatch scored again then VonBargen made the second of 2 free throws. Potlatch scored a free throw to make it 9-6 at the end of the first quarter.
Rehder and Shears each hit a 3 to open the second quarter and put Prairie up by 9 at 15-6. A Potlatch basket was answered with 2 free throws by Schlader. Potlatch scored 5 straight but Prairie answered with a 3 and a lay-up by Schlader. After a Potlatch basket, Schlader hit another 3 to make it 25-15. Potlatch scored at the buzzer to make it 25-17 at the half.
The Loggers opened the third quarter with a basket but Forsmann answered with a lay-up. Potlatch then went on an 11-point run to take their first lead of the game at 27-30 with 3:10 left in the third quarter. Prairie finally broke the run at the 2:40 mark on a drive for a lay-up by Schlader. Shears followed with a 3 from the top of the key that put Prairie back on top for good at 32-30. A Potlatch free throw made it 32-31 after 3 quarters.
Prairie opened the fourth quarter with a 7-0 run. Forsmann and Gehring each scored a lay-up and Schlader hit a 3 for a 39-31 lead. After a 3 by Potlatch, Prairie then scored 8 straight points. Gehring and Shears each scored a lay-up. Gehring then stole the ball and passed to Shears for another lay-up. Forsmann then scored a lay-up to make it 47-34 with 2:28 to play. Potlatch scored a 3 with 1:46 left but that would be their final points. Shears closed out the scoring a minute later with a 3.
Schlader again was the leading scorer with 19 points and added 11 rebounds for a double-double. Shears scored 13 while Forsmann scored 8, Gehring 4 and VonBargen and Rehder 3 each.
Prairie had a 30-23 advantage on the boards.
Schwartz had 2 steals and Shears and Schwartz had 3 assists each.
Prairie was 20 for 43 from the field, 47%, and 3 for 5 at the line, 60%. Potlatch was 13 for 42 from the field, 31%, and 7 for 12 at the line, 58%.
Prairie ends their regular season with a record of 15-5 overall and 11-1 in league play.
Prairie lost the JV game 45-65.
Potlatch started the game with a 3-pointer. Warren and Forsmann each scored to give Prairie what turned out to be their only lead of the game at 4-3. Potlatch then scored 7 straight points to take the lead for good. The Loggers led 11-18 after one quarter. Labrum made 2 free throws, Quintal hit a 3 and Rehder drove for a lay-up for Prairie’s points in the quarter.
A basket by Forsmann and a steal and ensuing lay-up by Warren cut the deficit to 5 at 15-20 in the second quarter. Potlatch then scored 16 straight points to blow the game open. Prairie closed the half with 7 straight points on a lay-up by Forsmann, a 3-point play by Labrum and a lay-up by Forsmann to make it 22-36 at the half.
Rehder hit 4 straight free throws to open the second half and cut the lead to 10. Phineas Fitch then scored Prairie’s next 4 points with a lay-up and 2 free throws as Prairie trailed 30-41. Potlatch then scored 4 straight for a 15-point lead but Quintal made 2 free throws and Forsmann scored a putback to make it 34-35 after 3 quarters.
Potlatch scored the first 7 points of the fourth quarter before Labrum made the second of 2 free throws. After another 5 straight by Potlatch, Fitch hit a 3 and Warren added a free throw. Fitch had a free throw and Stetson Hankins made 2 at the line before Warren closed out the scoring with a 3.
Forsmann had a double-double to lead the JVs with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Warren and Fitch scored 8 each while Rehder and Labrum scored 6 each. Quintal scored 5 and Hankins 2.
Prairie had a 41-35 advantage on the boards with Labrum tying Forsmann for team high with 12.
Warren and Forsmann each had 2 steals and Rehder had 4 assists.
Prairie was 13 for 47 from the field, 28%, and 16 for 23 at the line, 70%. Potlatch was 24 for 61 from the field, 39%, and 9 for 12 at the line, 75%.
Prairie won the C game 56-29.
Prairie led 8-2 after 1 quarter with Warren scored 3 baskets and Hankins 2 free throws.
Both teams stepped it up in the second quarter but Prairie outscored the Loggers 21-13 to lead 29-15 at the half. Hankins added 4 more baskets while Warren made 2 baskets and 3 free throws. Ray Terhaar made 2 baskets and Fitch added a basket.
The third quarter saw neither team shoot well as Prairie was 3 for 17 and potlatch was 2 for 12. Labrum scored all 3 Prairie baskets while Matt Frei added a free throw as Prairie took a 36-19 lead into the fourth quarter.
Prairie outscored Potlatch 20-8 in the fourth quarter as Fitch scored 2 baskets and a free throw. Severns and Terhaar had 2 baskets each. Hankins had a basket and a free throw, Matthew Jones had a basket and Frei had 2 free throws.
Hankins was the leading scorer and had a double-double with 13 points and 10 steals. Severns had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Terhaar scored 8, Warren and Fitch 7 each, Labrum 6, Frei 3 and Jones 2.
Prairie had a 59-40 advantage on the boards. Frei led the team with 13 rebounds while Fitch was also in double figures with 11.
Hankins also led the team with 4 assists while Frei had 3.
Prairie was 23 for 56 from the field, 41%, and 10 for 22 at the line, 45%. Potlatch was 12 for 58 from the field, 21%, and 4 for 11 at the line, 36%.
Prairie    9 16  7 18 -50
Potlatch 6 11 14   6 -37
Prairie-Gehring 2-4, 0-0, 4; Shears 5-11, 0-0, 13; Schwartz 0-3, 0-0, 0; Schlader 7-12, 2-2, 19; Forsmann 4-7, 0-1, 8; VonBargen 1-2, 1-2, 3; Rehder 1-4, 0-0, 3; Enneking 0-0, 0-0, 0; Armbrust 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Shears 3, Schlader 3, Rehder.
Potlatch-Magallon 1-5, 0-0, 3; Lovell 4-15, 3-4, 12; Morris 3-10, 0-2, 7; Brown 0-1, 0-0, 0; Mitchell 4-8, 4-6, 12; Marshall 0-2, 0-0, 0; Chittick 0-0, 0-0, 0; Redmon 0-0, 0-0, 0; Pollock 1-1, 0-0, 3. 3-pointers-Magallon, Lovell, Morris, Pollock.

Riley Shears passes the ball against Potlatch.

Levi Gehring puts up a shot against Potlatch.

Chase VonBargen passes the ball.

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
  5-Lakeside, here, V only, 6 p.m. , JV vs. Kendrick, 4:30 p.m., lost 36-62
  6-Kendrick*, there, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m., won 53-49
12-Grangeville, here, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m.-date changed, won 69-30
13-Potlatch*, here, Senior Night, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m., won 50-37
21-District at Lewiston High 4:30 p.m. against Potlatch.
23, 25 26-District Continues at Lewiston High School
28-State Play-In at McCall-Donnelly, 3 p.m. MST
March 5-7-State at Vallivue High, Caldwell