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Pirates swept twice at tri-match
The Prairie Lady Pirates faced two tough opponents in a home tri-match last Thursday, Sept. 24 and were swept by both of them. They lost a league match to Troy by scores of 20-25, 25-27, 18-25 then lost a non-league match to Grangeville 22-25, 20-25, 8-25. The losses drop the Pirates to 2-10 overall, 2-6 against all White Pine League foes and 1-5 against the Division 1 White Pine League teams (the record that determines district seeding).
Lady Pirates at Genesee Tournament The Prairie volleyball team will be competing at the Pea & Lentil Spike-Off at Genesee this Saturday, Oct. 3. Their first match will start at 8 a.m. against Grangeville. Kamiah and Nezperce are also in their pool which will be Pool B. They’ll play all pool play matches in the auxiliary gym. After a 2-match lay-off they’ll face Nezperce and then get another match off before facing Kamiah. Pool play matches are best 2 of 3 to 25 with the third game to 15 if necessary. Once pool play is done the first place team in Pool A will play the second in Pool B and vice-versa with the winners of those two matches to play for the championship. There will also be a consolation bracket where the 3rd place team from Pool A will play the 4th place team from Pool B and vice-versa. The winners of those two matches will play for the consolation title. The champion, runner-up and consolation winning teams will receive plaques. There will also be an all-tournament team named and they will each receive medals. Genesee, Orofino, Wallace and Timberlake are the teams in Pool A. Rodeo team competes at Kamiah The District III High School Rodeo season started off well for the Prairie High School Rodeo Team. The two freshman, Kelsie Tidwell and Callie Mader,and first year sophomore MaKayla Schaeffer got themselves noticed at the first rodeo of the season. The team overall ended the weekend with points in multiple events. Hillaree Vanderpas leads the team in points with a catch in breakaway both Saturday and Sunday. Behind her is MaKayla and Callie both collecting points in barrels and poles. NaTosha Schaeffer and Kelsie also put themselves on the chart. Taylor Ratcliff and Brandee Seubert came up short this weekend, but both gave a solid performance. The team will have one more rodeo in Cambridge on October 10th and 11th. Team members names and events are: Freshmen: Callie Mader - Barrels, Poles, Goat Tying; Kelsey Tidwell - Barrels, Poles, Goat Tying Sophomores: MaKayla Schaeffer - Barrels, Poles, Goat Tying, Breakaway, Team Roping (header); Brandee Seubert - Barrels, Poles, Goat Tying Seniors: Taylor Ratcliff – Breakaway; NaTosha Schaeffer - Goat Tying, Breakaway, Team Roping (heeling); Hillaree Vanderpas - Breakaway, Team Roping
Rodeo photos provided by Michelle Schaeffer Open gym for girls basketball There are open gym sessions on Mondays and Wednesday at the Middle School gym for those high school girls interested in playing basketball this season. Open gym sessions will be 7 to 9 p.m. PIRATES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2009 3-Kamiah, there, lost 0-3 4-Nezperce, there, lost 1-3 8-Timberline, here, won 3-1, details next week 10-Genesee vs. Prairie, 5 p.m.; Kamiah vs. Prairie, lost to Genesee 1-3, lost to Kamiah 0-3 11-CV, there, lost 2-3 12-Kendrick Tournament, beat Asotin 2-1, lost to Orofino 0-2, lost to C.V. 0-2, third place 17-Culdesac/Lapwai, there, beat Culdesac 3-2, lost to Lapwai 2-3 19-at Gar./Pal. Tournament, won 5 games, lost 5 games on the day 24-Troy/Grangeville, here, lost to Troy in 3 games; lost to Grangeville in 3 games 3-Genesee Tournament, see story above. 6-JV vs. Jenifer, here 8-Nezperce/Highland, there, 5 p.m. 10-Deary/Summit, here, 11 a.m. 17, 23, 24-District at LCSC 30-31-State Tournament |
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