| Pirates
win big in state opener
In their first state tournament game in 27 years the Prairie Pirates didn’t show much in the way of jitters as they jumped out to a 12-1 lead in the first quarter and sailed to a 60-38 win over Cascade in the first round of the 1-A Division 1 State Tournament Thursday, March 5  at
Vallivue High School in Caldwell.
Tyler Forsmann hit 3 straight shots and Prairie went 4 for 6 from the free throw line in building their first quarter lead. Cascade turned the ball over 6 times in the quarter and hit just 2 of 9 shots with both of those makes coming in the final 1:05 of the period. Prairie led 12-6 at the quarter break as Cascade scored the final 5 points of the quarter. That rally was short-lived though as Prairie opened the second quarter with a 7-2 run with Branden Waller scoring 5 of those 7 points. David Sigler scored 6 points in the second quarter as Prairie took a 25-16 lead by halftime. Prairie kept it rolling in the third period as they outscored Cascade 18-8 to take a 19 point lead into the fourth quarter. Prairie hit 8 of 14 shots in the third period with Sigler and Devin Schmidt scoring 5 points each and Waller adding 4 more. After a basket by Conner Rieman put Prairie up by 21 to open the fourth quarter Cascade scored 7 straight points to cut the lead to 14 but a 3-point play by Waller ended that rally and Prairie was able to build the lead back to the final 22 point margin. Prairie hit 7 of 9 shots in the fourth quarter to ward off any chance of a rally by Cascade. Sigler and Waller scored 17 points each to lead Prairie in scoring with Forsmann also in double figures with 10. Eric Daly and Schmidt scored 5 each while Kyle Daly scored 4 and Rieman scored 2. Prairie had a 36-34 edge on the boards with Kyle Daly leading the team with 9. Forsmann added 8 rebounds and Waller had 7. Sigler and Kyle Daly had 2 steals each and Sigler had 7 assists. Prairie was 23 for 43 from the field in the game, 53%, and 14 for 24 at the line, 58%. Cascade was 12 for 48 from the field, 25%, and 10 for 18 at the line, 56%. Prairie 12 13 18 17 -60 Cascade 6 10 8 14 -38 Prairie-E. Daly 2-4, 1-2, 5; K. Daly 1-3, 2-4, 4; Sigler 6-12, 5-6, 17; Forsmann 5-8, 0-1, 10; Waller 6-11, 5-7, 12; Schmidt 2-2, 1-2, 5; Rieman 1-1, 0-0, 2; Holthaus 0-1, 0-2, 0; Gabica 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schaeffer 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schlader 0-0, 0-0, 0; Guyer 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Cascade-Lambirth 0-5, 1-4, 1; Weston 0-3, 0-0, 0; Guarino 3-15, 4-5, 12; Gonzalez 0-7, 0-2, 0; Goddard 6-10, 3-4, 17; Speer 0-1, 1-2, 1; Kennedy 0-1, 1-2, 1; Walter 2-4, 0-0, 4; Miyake 1-2, 0-0, 2; Gridley 0-2, 0-0, 0; Small 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schimpf 0-0, 0-0, 0; Stewart 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Guarino 2, Goddard 2. Pirates beat Hagerman in semifinals The Prairie Pirates played outstanding defense in the semifinals of the state 1-A Division 1 tournament as they defeated Hagerman 44-36 Friday, March 6 at Vallivue High School in Caldwell.  Hagerman
was one o the pre-tournament favorites after returning all but 1 player
from last year’s state runner-up.
Their big scorer was 6’6” wide-body Tanner Owen but he picked up 2 quick fouls and Tyler Forsmann did a great job of denying him touches throughout the game. Prairie took a 4-2 lead in the game but fell behind 4-8 in the first quarter. A free throw by David Sigler, a pair of free throws by Branden Waller and a 3-pointer by Waller that came after a steal by Kyle Daly, put Prairie back on top at 10-8. After Hagerman tied the score, Kyle Daly put the Pirates back on top with a shot from just inside the 3-point arc as the quarter expired. The lead changed hands 4 times in the second quarter as Hagerman opened with a 3-point play to take a 1-point lead. Kyle Holthaus answered with a shot from the side. Hagerman went back on top but Prairie took back the lead when Holthaus collected an offensive rebound and fed Devin Schmidt for a lay-up. Waller then added a pair of free throws to make it a 3-point lead with 4:09 left in the half. Each team added only 3 points in the final 4 minutes of the half as Prairie led 21-18 at the break. Prairie dominated the action in the third quarter as they held Hagerman scoreless for over 5 minutes as they went on a 7-0 run. Kyle Daly scored 3 and Sigler and Waller scored 2 each in that run. Hagerman hit just 2 of 8 shots in the quarter. Prairie wasn’t much better at 3 for 8 but outscored Hagerman 3-0 at the free throw line. Neither team scored in the first 2:24 of the fourth quarter with Waller scoring a reverse lay-up with 5:36 left to give Prairie a 32-22 lead. Hagerman was able to rally within 4 points thanks to a 3-point play, a 3-pointer and a basket that cut the lead to 34-30 with 2:09 left. Prairie then answered with an 8-0 run with 6 of those points coming at the free throw line. Kyle Daly’s steal and drive for a lay-up was the only field goal in that stretch. That gave Prairie a 42-30 lead with 27 seconds left. Hagerman cut the final lead to 8 with a couple of late 3-pointers while Sigler scored a basket. The win put Prairie into the state championship game against the same school they beat for their only state title 27 years ago. By the way it was Prairie’s 7th straight win in state tournament play dating back to 1977. Waller had 17 points to lead the Pirates in scoring while Sigler scored 11, Kyle Daly 7, Schmidt 5 and Holthaus 4. Prairie outrebounded Hagerman 24-20 with Kyle Daly grabbing 10 boards. He also had 4 steals and Sigler had 3 assists. Prairie was 11 for 31 from the field, 35%, and 21 for 27 at the line, 78%. Hagerman was 14 for 34 from the field, 41%, and 5 for 8 at the line, 63%. Owen led Hagerman with 14 points and 7 rebounds. Prairie 12 9 9 14 -44 Hagerman 10 8 4 14 -36 Prairie-E. Daly 0-2, 0-0, 0; K. Daly 3-5, 1-2, 7; Sigler 2-6, 7-8, 11; Forsmann 0-4, 0-0, 0; Waller 4-12, 8-10, 17; Schmidt 1-1, 3-4, 5; Holthaus 1-1, 2-3, 4; Rieman 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Waller. Hagerman-Brooks 2-4, 0-0, 6; Knight 2-4, 0-2, 4; Emerson 2-9, 2-3, 6; Owsley 0-1, 0-0, 0; Owen 6-9, 1-1, 14; Daily 0-1, 2-2, 2; Lagle 2-3, 0-0, 4; Luttmer 0-3, 0-0, 0; Douville 0-0, 0-0, 0; Reid 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Brooks 2, Owen. Pirates take second at State For the fourth time this year the Prairie Pirates couldn’t get past Genesee as they fell to the unbeaten Bulldogs 41-54 in the 1-A Division 1 state championship game Saturday, March 7 at the Idaho Center at Nampa. 
The Pirates had trouble adjusting to the open space behind the basket in the first half and only 2 of their 7 first half baskets came from the perimeter. They had better luck in the second half as there was a black curtain on that end behind the basket that made for a better shooting background. Genesee took advantage of the better backdrop to hit 7 of 12 first quarter shots while Prairie was hitting just 3 of 10. Genesee’s Beau Dahmen hit 4 of 4 shots in the opening quarter but struggled much of the rest of the game as he had one stretch where he hit just 1 of 10 shots before making his final 3 attempts. Kyle Daly scored 4 points in the opening quarter and Sigler the other 2 as Prairie trailed 6-17 after the opening period. They couldn’t make any headway in the second quarter as they trailed 14-26 at the half. Prairie came out strong in the third quarter with Kyle Daly scoring a basket, Sigler a 3-pointer and Daly 2 free throws as Prairie quickly cut the Genesee lead to just 5 point at 21-26. Unfortunately that was as close as they would get as Daniel Carlson, Jaymon Udy or Alan Berry would score for Genesee to keep Prairie from gaining ground even as Dahmen had cooled off. The deficit was back to 9 by the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Genesee took advantage of free throws to keep Prairie at bay as they connected on 10 of 15 attempts in the final frame. Forsmann found the range in the second half, scoring 10 of his 12 points as he and Sigler matched for team-high in scoring. Kyle Daly scored 8, Devin Schmidt 3 and Waller, Conner Rieman and Andrew Gabica scored 2 each. Dahmen had 19 for Genesee while Carlson had 16. Genesee held a 24-32 rebounding edge. Daly had 8 to lead Prairie. Sigler had 2 steals and Daly had 3 assists. Eric Daly missed the second half with back problems. Prairie was 17 for 49 from the field, 35%, and 5 for 12 at the line, 42%. Genesee was 19 for 39 from the field, 49%, and 14 for 19 from the line, 74%. With the loss Prairie finishes their season at 19-7. Prairie 6 8 13 14 -41 Genesee 17 9 10 18 -54 Prairie-E. Daly 0-0, 0-0, 0; K. Daly 3-7, 2-2, 8; Sigler 5-15, 1-3, 12; Forsmann 5-12, 1-2, 12; Waller 1-6, 0-2, 2; Schmidt 1-4, 1-3, 3; Holthaus 0-1, 0-0, 0; Rieman 1-2, 0-0, 2; Gabica 1-1, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 0-0, 0-0, 0; Guyer 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schaeffer 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schlader 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Sigler, Forsmann. Genesee-Udy 1-2, 4-5, 6; Dahmen 8-17, 1-2, 19; Carlson 4-8, 8-10, 16; Nelson 0-1, 0-0, 0; Berry 4-6, 2-3, 10; Borth 1-1, 0-0, 2; Hermann 1-3, 0-0, 2; Druffel 0-0, 0-0, 0; J. Hermann 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Dahmen 2.
The Prairie Pirates with their 2nd place state trophy (held by Kyle Daly) and their State Academic Champions Trophy (held by Kyle Holthaus). Back from left are head coach Teel Bruner, assistant coach Scot Schlader, Conner Rieman, Andrew Gabica, Devin Schmidt, Eric Daly, Tyler Forsmann, David Sigler, Seth Guyer and assistant coaches Kevin Chaffee and Pat Holthaus. In front are Branden Waller (standing), manager Seth Chaffee, Beau Schlader, Kyle Daly, Kyle Holthaus, Derek Schaeffer and manager Jake Bruner. Not shown is Joe Schumacher. PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2008-09 *indicates league game 8-Genesee, here, lost 35-53 11-Grangeville, here, lost 50-54 15-Kamiah, there, won 54-45 18-Troy, there, postponed, no makeup date yet set 29-Wilder Tournament, lost to Jordan Valley, no score available 30-Wilder Tournament, won 74-28 over Idaho City 31-Council, there, cancelled 10-C.V., there*, won 48-34 13-Troy, here*, won 55-34 15-Grangeville, there, won 57-44 16-Deary, there*, won 43-28 22-Timberline, there*, won 53-44 24-Lapwai, here*, won 62-32 27-Highland, here, won 67-25 29-Nezperce, here, won 53-40 5-Genesee, there*, lost 55-61 9-Culdesac, here, won 75-40 11-Salmon River, there, varsity only starting at 7 p.m. MST,won 53-19 13-Kamiah, here, lost 51-61 16,20,24,26-District at LCSC, beat C.V. 56-28, beat Kendrick 63-37, lost to Genesee 50-70-2nd at District. March 5-7-State Tournament-beat Cascade 60-38, beat Hagerman 44-36, lost to Genesee 41-54. Prairie Baseball 2009 March 19th Home Culdesac 4:00 March 20th Away Kamiah 4:30 March 21st Away Grangeville (2) 11:00 March 24th Away C.V. (2) 4:00 March 26th Away Kendrick 4:30 March 27th Away Troy-Lewiston 4:30 April 6th Home Troy 4:30 April 7th Home Genesee 4:30 April 9th Home Lewis Co. 4:30 April 14th Home Kamiah 4:30 April 16th Home Grangeville 4:30 April 17th Away Culdesac 4:30 April 20th Away Lewis Co. 4:00 April 21st Home Kendrick 4:30 April 25th Away Genesee. 11:00 April 27th Away St. Maries-LCSC 4:30 April 28th Home Timberline 4:30 May 1, 2, 8, & 9 Dist. Tour. Genesee & Kendrick TBA May 15th & 16th State Tour. Caldwell TBA |
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