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Pirates lose league opener
The Prairie Lady Pirates lost their league opener Tuesday, Dec. 5 as Genesee pulled away in the second half to a 32-46 win at Cottonwood. Prairie got off to a strong start as they took a 7-2 lead with Becky Gehring scoring 3 points and Nicole Nida and Jennifer Enneking 2 each. Genesee answered though with a 0-7 run fueled by turnovers forced by their full-court defense. 
Sarah Arnzen connected from 16 feet out to break the run and tie the score at 9 but Genesee added a pair of free throws to take a 9-11 lead at the quarter break. Randi Schumacher tied the game with a steal and lay-up early in the second quarter and after a Genesee basket, Prairie took the lead on baskets by Kaylee Uhlenkott and Nida, both with assists from Meghan VanderPas, 15-13. Prairie was held scoreless though over the final 2:20 of the half as Genesee scored 6 straight points to take a 15-19 halftime lead. Prairie cut the lead to 2 in the third quarter after Enneking’s steal with 3:19 left to make it 19-21 but Prairie wasn’t able to score again until early in the fourth quarter and by then they were behind by 8 points. Genesee gradually pulled away in the fourth quarter to lead by as many as 15 on 3 different occasions. Nida led Prairie in scoring with 9 points including a 3-pointer. Enneking, Uhlenkott and Arnzen scored 4 each while Tabitha Sonnen, Gehring and VanderPas added 3 each and Schumacher added 2 points. Prairie had a slim 31-30 rebounding edge led by Uhlenkott with 9. Gehring added 5 rebounds and Nida and Arnzen had 4 each. Enneking had 3 steals while VanderPas, Nida, Gehring and Sonnen had 2 each. Uhlenkott and VanderPas had 2 assists each. Prairie was 13 for 43 from the field, 30%, and 5 for 11 at the line. Genesee was 15 for 34 from the field, 44%, and 14 for 27 at the line. Prairie won the JV game 40-27.  The
Pirates shut down the Bulldogs in the first quarter as they took an 8-2
lead. Kara Guyer had 5 of those 8 points on a 3-pointer and a lay-up.
Prairie took a 15-5 lead in the second quarter but Genesee scored the final 3 points to cut the lead to 15-8 at the half. Mandi Geis had 3 of Prairie’s 7 second quarter points. In the third quarter Prairie outscored Genesee 10-3 in the first 4 minutes of the quarter to push the lead to 25-11. Guyer had 6 of those 10 points. Genesee outscored Prairie 3-7 in the final 4 minutes of the quarter but Prairie still took a 28-18 lead into the final period. Prairie opened the fourth with a 6-0 run, 4 of which were free throws. Geis scored a pair of free throws then Amber Holthaus stole the ball and scored a lay-up and was fouled. Chantel Boniecki then added a free throw to give Prairie a 34-18. After a pair of free throws by Genesee, Holthaus connected on a 3-pointer to give Prairie their biggest lead of the game at 37-20. Samantha Frei scored Prairie’s final 3 points when she stole the ball and converted a 3-point play. Guyer wound up with 13 points to lead the team with Holthaus scoring 6, Geis 5, Mary Shears 4, Boniecki 3 and Kristi Poxleitner, Kim Schaeffer and Emily Lerandeau 2 each. Genesee had the rebounding edge 39-41. Poxleitner led Prairie with 9 rebounds while Boniecki had 6. Guyer had 7 steals while Schaeffer and Holthaus had 4 each as Prairie forced the Bulldogs into 39 turnovers while committing just 17. Prairie was 15 for 69 from the field, 22%, and 8 for 17 at the line. Genesee was 6 for 25 from the field, 24%, and 15 for 20 from the line. Genesee 11 8 6 21 -46 Prairie 9 6 4 13 -32 Prairie-Nida 4-13, 0-0, 9; Enneking 2-6, 0-0, 4; Sonnen 1-6, 1-2, 3; Gehring 1-2, 1-3, 3; Uhlenkott 1-6, 2-4, 4; Arnzen 2-5, 0-0, 4; VanderPas 1-3, 1-2, 3; Uhlorn 0-1, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 1-1, 0-0, 2; Guyer 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Nida. Genesee-Udy 4-6, 3-6, 13; Kinyon 4-8, 0-1, 8; Ghigleri 0-2, 0-0, 0; Long 3-7, 5-11, 11; Gartner 4-7, 6-6, 14; Sobczyk 0-2, 0-2, 0; Skow 0-2, 0-1, 0; Osterberg 0-0, 0-0, 0; Johnson 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Udy 2. Lady Pirates win at Culdesac The Prairie Lady Pirates evened their league record at 1-1 with a 55-22 win at Culdesac Friday, Dec. 8. Prairie shut down the Wolves in the first quarter as they took a 13-2 lead at the break. Culdesac got some offense going in the second period but the Pirates still added to their lead as they made it 31-15 at the halftime break. Prairie dominated in the second half as they outscored the Wolves 14-4 in the third and 10-3 in the fourth. Nicole Nida scored 15 points to lead the Prairie offense with one of her 7 baskets being a 3-pointer. Randi Schumacher and Sarah Arnzen scored 8 points each, Kylie Uhlorn 6, Becky Gehring and Kaylee Uhlenkott 5 each, Kara Guyer 3, Kim Schaeffer 2 and Jennifer Enneking, Tabitha Sonnen and Kristi Poxleitner 1 each. Enneking had 8 assists in the game. With the win Prairie improves to 1-1 in league play and 3-4 overall. The JV team also picked up an easy win as they scored a 54-10 victory to run their record to 4-3. Prairie 13 18 14 10 -55 Culdesac 2 13 4 3 -22 Prairie-Nida 7, 0-0, 15; Ennening 0, 1-2, 1; Uhlorn 3, 0-2, 6; Sonnen 0, 1-2, 1; Gehring 2, 1-5, 5; VanderPas 0, 0-0, 0; Schaeffer 1, 0-0, 2; Boniecki 0, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 4, 0-2, 8; Arnzen 4, 0-0, 8; Uhlenkott 1, 3-4, 5; Poxleitner 0, 1-2, 1; Guyer 1, 1-2, 3. 3-pointers-Nida. Culdesac-Patterson 0, 0-0, 0; Pulley 0, 2-2, 2; Marcell 4, 0-0, 8; Weber 0, 0-0, 0; Remsburg 0, 0-5, 0; Block 2, 0-1, 5; Davis 0, 0-0, 0; Zenner 2, 2-4, 6. 3-pointers-Block. PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2006-07 JV games start at 6 p.m., varsity to follow unless indicated. *indicates league game DECEMBER 16-Prairie Christmas Tourn. TBA 19-Kamiah, here 6-Deary, here* 9-C.V., here* 12-Kendrick, here* 13-Grangeville, there 23-Lapwai, there* 26-Timberline, here* 29-Lewis County, here* Feb. 1,3,6,9,10-District at LCSC DANCE TEAM SCHEDULE FOR 2006-07 JANUARY 20-at Kamiah, 10 a.m. 27-District at Potlatch, 10 a.m. |
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