Pirates clobber Kubs
The Prairie football team opened their league schedule with a 52-6 win over Kamiah Thursday, Sept. 24 at Cottonwood.
Both teams were banged up entering the contest as Prairie was missing Cooper Riener while Kamiah was missing two starters and their regular quarterback was moved to running back/receiver due to an injury to his right wrist.
Prairie received the opening kickoff and started at their own 18. Marshall Weber picked up 14 yards for a first down and moved the ball to the 35. On third and 6, Kade Quintal passed to Isaiah Warren for 20 yards and another first down to move the ball to the Kamiah 41.
Prairie faced a fourth and 12 with Quintal picking up 13 yards. A 5-yard facemask penalty against Kamiah was added on to the end, moving the ball to the 25. A 7 yard pass to Sam Rehder and a 6 yard run by Weber put the ball at the 12. Quintal gained 7 on a keeper and Weber then scored the game’s first touchdown on a 5 yard run. Quintal passed to Rehder for the 2-pointer and an 8-0 lead.
Kamiah started their first possession on their 32. Rehder tackled Lawson Landmark for a 7 yard loss on a screen pass on the first play. After a 2 yard run. Quarterback Todd Roberts was sacked by Ashton Martin on the next play and fumbled. Trajan Elven recovered at the Kamiah 19.
Weber picked up 12 yards to set up first and goal at the 7. After a 3 yard loss, Quintal ran a keeper for 9 yards to the 1. Weber scored his second touchdown on the next play. The 2-point pass came up short as Prairie now led 14-0.
Kamiah started their next possession at their 35 and wound up punting on fourth and 9. Prairie took over at their own 33. Quintal converted a third and 3 with a 5 yard run to the 45. After an incompletion, Quintal passed to Warren for 16 yards but Warren fumbled at the end of the play and Kamiah recovered at their own 39. After 2 incomplete passes, Roberts fumbled the snap and Martin recovered for the Pirates at the Kamiah 26.
Two runs by Payton Stamper netted 12 yards and a first down at the 14. A fumbled handoff was recovered by Quintal, who gained 11 on the next play setting up third and inches at the 4. Quintal ran a quarterback sneak and wound up in the end zone. Warren ran in the 2-pointer to give Prairie a 22-0 lead.
Kamiah put their only points on the board in their next possession. They took over after the kickoff return at their 31. After a 2 yard run, Landmark got behind the Prairie defense and caught a pass from Roberts for a 67 yard scoring play. The 2-point try failed, leaving Prairie with a 22-6 lead.
Kamiah’s kickoff went out of bounds, giving Prairie the ball at their own 35. After a 3 yard loss on a run, Quintal passed to Rehder for 1- yards. On third and 3, Quintal picked up 18 on a keeper out of shotgun formation. On third and 7 from the Kamiah 37, Quintal passed to Rehder again for 22 yards this time and a first down at the 15. Prairie faced a fourth and 8 at the 15 when Quintal found Warren open down the right side for a touchdown. Quintal then passed to Warren again for the 2-pointer to put Prairie up 30-6 with 5:22 left in the half.
Kamiah took over at their own 49 after a 21 yard kickoff return by Landmark. The Kubs converted on fourth down with a 31 yard pass play to Logan Keen to the 20. A pass to Landmark went for 13 yards to set up first and goal at the 5. A fumbled snap set them back to the 9. Two runs netted just 1 yard. On fourth and goal from the 8, Roberts passed to Landmark and Stamper, Quintal and Rehder converged and made the tackle short of the end zone.
That gave Prairie the ball inside their own 1. Quintal picked up 5 yards to move the ball out to the 6. On the next play Quintal ran a keeper to the left and wound up breaking into the secondary thanks to a key block by Rehder for a 94 yard touchdown run. Quintal pass to Rehder for the 2-pointer to give Prairie a 38-6 lead with 23 seconds left in the half.
Lane Mader squibbed the kickoff and Kamiah fumble with Weber recovering the ball at the Kamiah 48. Prairie tried a couple of pass plays, gaining 8 yards on each before the halftime buzzer sounded.
Kamiah received the second half kickoff and it was a disaster for them. The ball was snapped over Roberts head twice in a row for losses of 10 and 12 yards. Roberts fumbled the third snap for another 2 yard loss leading to a punt on fourth and 34 from their own 14. The punt didn’t even make it to the first down line as Prairie took over on the Kamiah 47.
The Pirates were unable to move the ball and turned it over on downs at the 45.
The Kubs picked up a first down on fourth and 9 on a fake punt as punter Gatlin Griffith passed to Landmark for 11 yards. Roberts was sacked by Martin and Mader on the next play for a 7 yard loss. On fourth and 10 Landmark wound up with the ball on a reverse to the right side. Mader cut off the play and then Rehder and Warren wound up making the tackle for a 7 yard loss as Prairie took over at the 50.
Quintal ran right for 9 yards then pass to Rehder for 9 yards and a first down. Quintal picked up another first down with a 13 yard run to the Kamiah 19. On the next play Quintal passed to Warren for 19 yards and the touchdown. Quintal then passed to Warren for the 2-pointer that gave Prairie a 46-6 lead and invoked the running clock mercy rule with 2:52 left in the third quarter.
On Kamiah’s next possession they faced fourth and 7 from their 49. The pass rush forced a hurried pass that fell incomplete as Prairie took over on downs.
The second team went in for a couple of plays but Quintal went back in at quarterback on third and 5 and passed to Rehder for 11 yards and a first down at the 33. On third and 9 at the 32, the first unit went back in and Quintal passed to Warren for a 32 yard scoring play. It was Warren’s third touchdown of the game. The 2-point try came up short as Prairie led 52-6 with 6:42 to play.
A 15 yard penalty short-circuited Kamiah’s final possession and they punted on fourth and 16. Prairie took over on their 30 and Quintal took the ball and dropped to a knee on consecutive plays to run out the clock.
Quintal and Warren were the offensive stars of the game. Prairie had 256 yards rushing on 14 attempts. Quintal led the team with 191 yards on 14 attempts and 2 touchdowns. Weber added 40 yards on 10 carries with 2 touchdowns and Stamper had 19 on 11 carries.
Quintal completed 12 of 18 passes for 175 yards and 3 touchdowns. Warren caught 5 passes for 100 yards and 3 touchdowns. Rehder caught 6 for 67 yards and Weber caught 1 for 8 yards.
Kamiah was limited to just 104 total yards. They had -27 yards rushing on 28 attempts. Roberts completed  7 of 12 passes for 120 yards. Griffith was 1 for 1 for 11 yards. Daylen Snyder was 0 for 1 and Landmark tried a left-handed pass and was 0 for 1. Landmark caught 6 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown. Keen caught 2 for 35.
Mader led the defense with 12 tackles with 2 sacks. Martin had 8 tackles. Warren had 7 tackles. Rehder had 6 tackles. Trajan and Rowan Elven each had 2 tackles. Stamper, Quintal and Hank Harman each had 1 tackle.
Prairie is now 5-1 on the season and 1-0 in league play. This week they play at Lapwai Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m.
Prairie 14 24 8 6 -52
Kamiah 0   6 0 0 -  6
P-Weber 5 run (Rehder pass from Quintal) 6:30 1st
P-Weber 1 run (pass failed) 3:41 1st
P-Quintal 4 run (Warren run) 9:53 2nd
K-Landmark 67 pass from Roberts (pass failed) 9:09 2nd
P-Warren 13 pass from Quintal (Warren pass from Quintal) 5:22 2nd
P-Quintal 94 run (Rehder pass from Quintal) 0:23.0 2nd
P-Warren 19 pass from Quintal (Warren pass from Quintal) 2:52 3rd
P-Warren 32 pass from Quintal (run failed) 6:42 4th