Pirates win big at Lapwai
The Prairie football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 72-14 win at Lapwai Friday, Sept. 12.
Prairie received the opening kickoff, taking over at the 50 after an onside kick by Lapwai.
After 2 running plays netted 0 yards, quarterback Kade Quintal passed to Chris Schumacher for a 30 yard gain to the 20. A 3 yard run by Schumacher and a 9 yard keeper by Quintal set up first and goal at the 8. After a loss of 1, Levi Gehring took a pitch to the left and scored the game’s first touchdown. The 2-point try failed leaving Prairie with a 6-0 lead.
Lapwai started their drive at their own 36. They were facing a third and 1 when an illegal motion penalty set them back 5 yards. On fourth and 3 at the 43, Lapwai quarterback Jereese McCormack fumbled behind the line of scrimmage and Schumacher recovered at the Lapwai 34.
On the next play Quintal passed to Schumacher out to the left and Schumacher went 34 yards for a touchdown. Marshall Weber ran in the 2-pointer to make it 14-0.
Lapwai’s next possession started at their own 20. They picked up a couple of first downs as they moved to their own 46. At that point the drive stalled. Trajan Elven and Lane Mader combined to sack McCormack for a 2 yard loss and on the next play Schumacher sacked McCormack for a 4 yard loss setting up fourth and 17 at their 39.
Lapwai punted, which is rare in itself as coach Josh Leighton doesn’t like to punt, and Gehring caught the ball at the Prairie 30 and returned it 70 yards for another Prairie touchdown. The 2-point try failed leaving Prairie with a 20-0 lead with just 4 seconds left in the first quarter.
Lapwai started their next possession at their own 35. The Wildcats picked up a couple of first downs and moved into Prairie territory for the first time to the 41. Mader sacked McCormack for a 6 yard loss. On the next play Chase Brown fumbled and Schumacher recovered at the Prairie 47.
On the next play Gehring went around left end and raced 53 yards to the end zone. Quintal passed to Levi McElroy for the 2-pointer to make it 28-0.
Lapwai started their next possession at their own 28. After 2 running plays each lost 2 yards, Lapwai faced a third and 14 at their own 24. McCormack’s pass was picked off by McElroy at the Lapwai 27 and he took the ball into the end zone for another touchdown. Quintal passed to Cooper Riener for the 2-pointer to make it 36-0.
Mader’s ensuing kickoff was muffed by the Wildcats and McElroy recovered the ball at the Lapwai 29.
Schumacher carried the ball 24 yards around left end to set up first and goal at the 5. Weber ran twice for 2 yards each to move the ball to the 1. Quintal then scored on a quarterback sneak. Quintal passed to McElroy for the 2-pointer to make it 44-0.
Lapwai fumbled the ball away on the ensuing kickoff and McElroy recovered again, this time at the Lapwai 32.
Prairie stuck to the running game and had to overcome an illegal blocking penalty of 10 yards that nullified a 15 yard touchdown by Gehring. The block was made at the 3 and moved Prairie back to the 13. After a 3 yard loss, Weber picked up 11 on a run to the left. Schumacher then scored from the 5 on the next play. Quintal passed to Gehring for the 2-pointer to make it 52-0 with 48 seconds left in the half.
Lapwai had another fumble on their first play after the kickoff with Benny Secrest recovering at the Lapwai 35. Prairie then just ran out the clock to end the half.
The entire second half was played with a running clock.
Lapwai received the second half kickoff and started at their own 32. 4 straight running plays netted just 5 yards as Lapwai turned the ball over on downs at the 37.
On second and 9, Isaiah ran around left end for 31 yards to the 5. Gehring scored on a run to the left on the next play. Warren then ran in the 2-pointer to make it 60-0.
With the backups in on defense, Lapwai was finally able to mount a scoring drive. They covered 82 yards in just 5 plays with McCormack scoring from the 10. Their 2-point run was stopped short with Oliver Van Houten making the tackle.
Lapwai tried an onside kick but Carson Lockart picked up the ball at the 47 and returned it to the 50.
Warren picked up 2 on first down then Weber took a pitch to the right and raced 48 yards to the end zone. The 2-point pass fell incomplete as Prairie now led 66-6.
Lapwai was able to score again on their next possession and added the 2-pointer to make it 66-14.
Prairie took over after the kickoff at their own 47. On the first play from scrimmage, freshman quarterback Sam Rehder passed to Warren for a 53 yard touchdown. The 2-point pass fell incomplete as Prairie now led 72-14 with 1:34 left in the game.
Lapwai started after the kickoff at their own 28. McCormack picked up 20 yards on the first play but Same Rehder tackled him for a sack as time ran out.
Prairie had 231 yards rushing on 24 attempts. Gehring picked up 84 yards on 8 carries with 3 rushing touchdowns plus a punt return touchdown. Weber added 67 yards on 5 carries with a touchdown. Schumacher had 38 yards on 6 carries with a touchdown and Warren had 33 yards on 2 carries.
Quintal completed 2 of 2 passes for 64 yards and a touchdown. Schumacher caught both of those passes.
Rehder completed his only pass attempt for 53 yards and a touchdown to Warren.
Lapwai had 112 yards rushing on 34 attempts and McCormack completed 5 of 8 passes with 1 interception for 95 yards.
Schumacher was the leading tackler with 3 solos, 12 assists, 1 sack and 2 fumble recoveries. Mader had 7 solos, 3 assists and 1 sack. McElroy had 2 solos, 2 assists, 1 interception for a touchdown and 2 fumble recoveries. Ashton Martin had 2 solos and 5 assists. Warren had 2 solos and 2 assists. Secrest had 1 solo, 1 assist and 1 fumble recovery. Gehring had 2 solos and 1 assist. Weber had 3 assists. Riener and Van Houten each had 2 assists. Sam Rehder had 1 sack. Quintal, Zachary Schumacher and John Seubert each had 1 assist.
Prairie is now 3-0 on the season and 1-0 in league. Prairie’s next game is at Kamiah on Friday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. in a battle of unbeaten teams. Kamiah is coming off a 22-20 upset of Logos.
Prairie 20 32 8 12 -72
Lapwai 0   0 6   8 -14
P-Gehring 9 run (pass failed) 8:13 1st
P-C. Schumacher 34 pass from Quintal (Weber run) 6:29 1st
P-Gehring 70 punt return (run failed) 0:04 1st
P-Gehring 53 run (McElroy pass from Quintal) 7:12 2nd
P-McElroy 27 interception return (Riener pass from Quintal) 5:36 2nd
P-Quintal 1 run (McElroy pass from Quintal) 4:11 2nd
P-C. Schumacher 5 run (Gehring pass from Quintal) 0:48 2nd
P-Gehring 5 run (Warren run) 6:14 3rd
L-McCormack 10 run (run failed) 0:52 3rd
P-Weber 48 run (pass failed) 10:45 4th
L-R. Henry 11 run (K. Henry pass from McCormack) 3:58 4th
P-Warren 53 pass from S. Rehder (pass failed) 1:34 4th