Lady Pirates win twice, compete at Spokane tournament The Prairie Lady Pirates won a pair of matches during the week then competed in a 55-team tournament on Saturday at Spokane. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, they hosted Grangeville and won in a 25-15, 25-23, 25-22 sweep in a non-league match. On Thursday, Sept. 24, they traveled to Lapwai and for the second time in 4 days, won 3 sets to 2 in a league match against the Wildcats. This time it was 25-23, 20-25, 25-21, 11-25 and 15-9. On Saturday, Sept. 26 at Shadle Park High School in Spokane they got swept in 2 sets each in pool play by Lakeside of 9 Mile Falls, Orting and Sunnyside, all from Washington. They then moved to Rogers High School for the Copper Bracket where they played Nooksack Valley and were again swept in 2 sets. Finally in the consolation bracket they picked up a couple of wins, each in 1 set to 25 points. They beat the Shadle Park JV and then beat Genesee. Vs. Grangeville Kennedy Riener tallied
eight kills and seven blocks, Zoey Behler recorded 18 digs and Beka
Schumacher was 14-for-15 from the service line with six aces for the
victorious against Grangeville.When things got close, Prairie coach Julie Schumacher said that her players relied on their training to learn from their mistakes. “My team has worked a lot this year on staying positive,” Julie Schumacher said. Prairie won the JV match 25-19, 25-19, 18-16. The C team lost their match 23-25, 21-25, 15-5. At Lapwai Prairie and Lapwai had
played to a 5-set win by the Pirates 4 days earlier at Cottonwood. This
time around the two teams alternated wins with Prairie winning the
first, third and fifth sets.“I told them, if you guys are going to win this game, it’s all going to be in your head; you have to be mentally tough,” Prairie coach Julie Schumacher said. “And they did. They really did battle back pretty well mentally.” Prairie is now 4-4 overall and 3-4 in league play. Prairie also won the JV match 25-21 and 25-20. They didn’t play a third set. At Sheridan-Welch Crossover Tournament in Spokane Prairie’s first match at
the Sheridan-Welch Crossover Tournament was Friday evening, Sept. 25,
against Lakeside of 9 Mile Falls at the Shadle Park gym. Prairie was swept in 2 sets, 11-25, 14-25. In the opening set they fell behind 0-3 but came back to tie it at 4 on a kill by Schumacher and 2 aces by Behler. Lakeside then took back the lead and never gave it back. In the second set Prairie fell behind 0-6 but managed to get back within 1 at 5-6 after back-to-back blocks by Schumacher. They eventually tied it at 10 after a back row kill by Behler and an ace by Faith Cash. Lakeside then scored 14 of the next 16 points to get to match point at 12-24 before missing a serve. Kennedy Riener served an ace then Lakeside was able to score the winning point. The Pirates returned to play on Saturday morning and faced Orting and was swept in 2 sets, 16-25, 13-25.Orting is located about 30 miles from Mount Rainier in Pierce County. Prairie tied it early at 3 on a kill by Schumacher but Orting then scored 5 straight to take the lead. Prairie got back within 2 at 9-11 after a sideout kill and ensuing ace by Kennedy Riener. Orting then pushed the lead to 10-18 and 11-21 before winning by 9. In the second set Prairie scored first on a kill by Halee Rowland but then gave up 9 of the next 10 points. Riener had a run of 3 straight aces later on to help cut an 8-point deficit down to 4 but Orting responded by scored 9 of the final 10 points to win the match. Their final pool play match came against Sunnyside, who swept them 19-25, 17-25. Sunnyside is in the Yakima Valley between the Tri-Cities and Yakima and is the alma mater of Chronicle editor Greg Wherry. The Pirates fell behind 0-6 in the opening set. They were able to fight back within 1 at 18-19 after being behind 9-18. A kill by Halee Rowland sent Riener to the service line. She had 2 aces while Schumacher had a block and 2 kills to get withing 15-18. After a sideout, Mia Anderson scored a kill and then served 2 aces to make it 18-19. Prairie also got within 1 at 19-20 before giving up the final 5 points. Prairie fell behind 1-4 in the second set but rallied to take an 8-7 led after 3 straight aces by Faith Cash. That was their only lead of the match. Sunnyside built a 13-18 lead but Prairie got back within 3 at 17-20 before giving up the final 5 points. With pool play done the teams were split into 4 brackets with all the first place pool winners in 1, the second place winners in another and so on. Prairie wound up in the Copper Bracket with other 4th place pool winners and moved to Rogers High School. They faced Nooksack Valley in the opening round of bracket play and were swept 10-25, 18-25. Nooksack Valley is northeast of Bellingham, WA., not far from the Canadian border. In the opening set Prairie fell behind 0-2 then tied it on 2 kills by Schumacher. Nooksack then scored the next 9 points before Kylee Riggers scored a sideout on a tip. Schumacher scored a block and Behler served 3 straight aces to cut the deficit to 4 at 7-11. Nooksack then scored 14 of the final 17 points of the set. Prairie took the lead on a block by Riener to open the second set. After a trade of sideouts, a kill by Halee Rowland made it 3-1. A block by Schumacher made it 5-3. A kill by Schumacher made it 9-6 and an ace by Anderson made it 11-7 for Prairie’s biggest lead of the set. Nooksack came back to tie it at 11 but Prairie took back the lead by as many as 3 at 16-13 after a kill by Riener. Prairie’s final lead came at 17-16. Nooksack then scored 8 straight to get to match point before missing a serve. They then scored the next point to win the match. The first round losers in the bracket were then dropped into a consolation bracket. Prairie faced the Shadle Park JV and got their first set win of the day at 25-14. These matches were 1 set to 25. Prairie jumped out to a 10-3 lead as Riener served an ace, Anderson had 2 aces, Schumacher and Halee Rowland each had 2 kills and Behler added a kill and then served the ace to make it 10-3. Prairie led 15-6 after a kill each by Riener and Behler. Shadle Park then scored 6 straight to pull within 3 before missing a serve. Erica Schlader then served 2 aces with Cash and Riener each adding a kill. Another ace by Schlader made it 21-12 before Shadle scored a sideout. At 21-14 Shadle missed a serve and Riener then served 3 straight aces to win the match. That put Prairie up against familiar foe Genesee in the consolation final. Riener served an ace and Schumacher added a kill for a 2-0 lead. Genesee then came back to take a 3-8 lead before Schumacher scored a sideout tip. Behler then served 2 aces to cut the deficit to 6-8. Genesee still led at 10-14 when Riener scored a sideout block. Riener then served 6 straight aces and Schumacher added a kill for an 18-14 lead. Genesee came back to tie it at 21 before Schumacher scored a sideout tip. A first touch kill by Riener made it 23-21. Genesee scored a sideout then missed a serve to get to set point at 24-22. Schlader then scored the match winning kill. At the tournament Schumacher had 43 kills, which included 9 blocks. She also had 3 assists and 3 aces. Riener had 13 kills, including 2 blocks plus 2 assists and 18 aces. Halee Rowland had 10 kills and 2 assists. Anderson had 5 kills, 24 assists and 5 aces. Behler had 5 kills, 5 assists and 10 aces. Schlader had 5 kills, 1 assist and 6 aces. Cash had 2 kills, 21 assists and 5 aces. Avery Kehler had 2 kills and 2 assists. Kylee Riggers had 1 kill and 1 assist. Mikayla Rowland, Tori Shears and Bekah Shears each had 1 assist  Erica Schlader goes for a spike at Spokane.  Kennedy Riener makes a block as she and Mia Anderson put up a wall in the Spokane tournament.  Zoey Behler and Mikayla Rowland both go after a serve at the tournament in Spokane.  Mia Anderson serves at the tournament in Spokane.  Kennedy Riener serves.  Zoey Behler makes a pass in the tournament at Spokane. UPDATED PIRATES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL JV games start at 6, followed by Varsity unless indicated
AUGUST
18-Jamboree at Prairie, 5 p.m.
29-Genesee JV Tournament SEPTEMBER
3-Logos*, there, C-JV-V, 5 p.m., lost 1 game to 38-C.V*, here, JV-V, won 3 games to 0 10-Troy*, there, JV-V, lost 0 games to 3 14-Potlatch*, there, C-JV-V, 5 p.m., lost 0 games to 3 15-Kamiah*, there, JV-V, lost 1 game to 3 21-Lapwai*, here., C-JV-V, 5 p.m., won 3 games to 2 22-Grangeville, here, C-JV-V, 5 p.m., won 3 games to 0 24-C at Orofino, 4:30 p.m., cancelled 24-Lapwai*, there, JV-V, 5 p.m., won 3 games to 2 26-Linda Sheridan Invitational at Shadle Park, H.S., Spokane, TBA 29-Troy*, V only, here, 4:30 p.m., lost 0 games to 3, details next week 29-Logos*, here, JV-V, 6 p.m. won 3 games to 2, details next week OCTOBER
1-Grangeville, there, C-JV-V, 5 p.m.
3-Pea & Lentil Spike-Off at Genesee, TBA 6-Potlatch*, here, C-JV-V, 5 p.m. 8-C.V.*, there, JV-V, 4 p.m. 8-vs. Salmon River at CV, V only, 6:30 p.m. 12-C vs. Orofino, here, 4:30 p.m. 12-Kamiah*, here, JV-V 14-20-Districts at LCSC 24-State Play In Game Oct. 29-31-State at Madison High School in Rexburg *League Game
Prairie Jr. High Volleyball Schedule for 2026
Games start at 4:30 p.m.
September
15-Nezperce, there
17-ClearwaterValley, here 24-Orofino, there 28-Kamiah, there 30-Highland, here October
6-St. John Bosco, there
8-Culdesac, here 10-Prairie Tournament, TBA 13-Grangeville Blue, here 15-Timberline, there 20-Grangeville White, there 22-Sts. Peter & Paul, there 27-Lapwai, here |
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