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split at Fruitland
The Prairie Boys Basketball team traveled to Fruitland Dec. 26-27 splitting their games there. On Friday a cold-shooting second half led to a 43-45 loss to Fruitland. On Saturday the Pirates came back and drubbed Parma 63-37. In the game Friday against Fruitland coach Jerry Uhling said the Grizzlies threw a triangle and two at Prairie to try and shut down Matt Baerlocher and Tyler Crane. It worked only because the Pirates couldn’t buy a shot from anyone else. He said they had plenty of good looks especially from around the elbows of the free throw lane but nothing would go in as they hit just 18% of their second half shots. On Saturday Matt Baerlocher scored 20 points with Crane adding 14 and Jacob Riener 12 as the Pirates took a 16-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and led 39-17 at the half. They extended the lead to 53-21 after 3 quarters and then coasted through the fourth quarter. Chad Arnzen was unavailable for the action. No stats were available for the Fruitland game. Against Parma Jacob Nuxoll came off the bench to score 8 points while Jake Chaffee scored 5 and Brent Frei and Mat Forsmann 2 each. Crane had four 3-pointers in the game while Baerlocher had a pair. The JV team also participated but no results were available. Parma 8 9 4 16 -37 Prairie 16 23 14 10 -63 Prairie-Crane 5, 1-1, 14; Chaffee 2, 1-1, 5; Frei 1, 0-2, 2; Nuxoll 2, 4-6, 8; Forsmann 1, 0-0, 2; Riener 4, 4-6, 12; Baerlocher 8, 2-4, 20; Doyle 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Crane 4, Baerlocher 2. Parma-Padilla 2, 0-0, 5; Race 0, 0-0, 0; Chaney 2, 0-0, 5; Smyser 2, 0-0, 5; Blalock 0, 0-0, 0; Cole 3, 0-0, 7; Merrick 0, 0-0, 0; Sells 1, 2-3, 5; Fisher 4, 1-2, 9; Nielsen 0, 1-2, 1. 3-pointers-Padilla, Chaney, Smyser, Cole. Uhlenkott takes first at Pomeroy He was 3 for 3 with one pin against Reynolds from Pullman, a major decision over Adamson from Clarkston and a decision over White of Joseph, Oregon. Shane Poxleitner placed 3rd in the tournament at 135 lbs. He was 3 for 4 with two pins, one against Evelth from Pullman, a pin against Kicker from Walla Walla and a major decision over Parrow from MacDonald. Cody Gehring was 1 for 4 winning by a 12-9 decision over Wade. Other participants were Logan Lustig, Anthony Duman, and Richard Sonnen. Our next dual is in CV on January 6th.
Changes made to wrestling schedule There have been some changes made to the Prairie Wrestling team’s schedule. On Jan. 16-17 instead of the Orofino Invitational Prairie will be at the St. Maries Invitational. On Feb. 6-7 Prairie will be at the Weiser Invitational as there is no Potlatch Tournament this year. Also on Jan. 24 when the varsity wrestlers will be at the Clearwater Classic at Lewiston, the freshmen wrestlers will be at Clarkston. These changes are reflected in the schedule below. Winter Sports Schedules January 13th Away Nezperce 6:00 January 15th Away Orofino 6:00 January 17th Away Lapwai 6:00 January 22nd Home Genesee 6:00 January 23rd Home Potlatch 6:00 January 29th Away C.V. 6:00 January 31st Home Kamiah 6:00 February 3rd Home Orofino 6:00 February 6th Home Lapwai 6:00 February 12th Away Grangeville 6:00 January 8th Away Colfax/Reardan 6:00 January 9th & 10th Away New Plymouth Tour. TBA January 15th Home Potlatch/CV 6:00 January 16th & 17th Away St. Maries Tour. TBA January 23rd & 24th Away Lewiston Tour. TBA January 24th Away Freshman at Clarkston JV Tour. TBA January 29th Away Orofino/CV 6:00 February 5th Home Kamiah/CV 6:00 February 6th & 7th Away Weiser Tour. TBA February 13th Away G-ville/Kamiah 6:00 February 21st Districts Kamiah TBA February 26th/28th State Pocatello TBA |
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