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Pirates lose to Grangeville
The Prairie Lady Pirates had a lot of trouble getting any offense going as they lost to Grangeville 14-50 as part of the Idaho County Shootout Friday, Dec. 4 at Cottonwood. 
It took half the first quarter for Prairie even to get any offense set up as Grangeville came out in their usual full-court pressure and forced 12 first quarter turnovers as they built a 2-15 lead by the end of the period. Megan Sigler kept Prairie from being shut out in the quarter with a lay-up at the 3:30 mark of the period. Prairie scored first in the second quarter thanks to a steal by Mary Shears that led to a basket by Kayla Johnson but Grangeville then outscored Prairie 3-13 the rest of the quarter to take a 7-28 halftime lead. Francesca Johnson scored a basket and a free throw for Prairie’s other 3 points in the quarter. It was more of the same in the third quarter as Prairie only points came on an inbounds play from Amber Holthaus to Shears. Grangeville took a 9-42 lead into the fourth quarter which led to a running clock in the final period. Holthaus and Meaghan Bruner scored a basket each in the final period and Shears added a free throw. Francesca Johnson and Shears were Prairie’s leading scorers with just 3 points each while Sigler, Holthaus, Bruner and Kayla Johnson had 2 points each. Grangeville also led on the boards 29-36. Shears had 12 rebounds to lead Prairie. Shears had 4 steals while Sigler had 3 steals and 2 assists. Prairie was just 6 for 32 from the field, 19% and 2 for 9 at the line, 22%. Grangeville was 20 for 50 from the field, 40%, and 7 for 16 at the line, 44%. Prairie had 35 turnovers in the game against Grangeville’s full court pressure. The loss drops Prairie to 0-4 on the season. The JV team meanwhile picked up their second win in as many tries against Grangeville 42-28. Kendal Schumacher and Taylor Heitman scored 4 points each as Prairie jumped out to an 8-0 lead on Grangeville. Prairie led 10-4 at the end of the first quarter. A putback by Betty Clark opened the second quarter then Grangeville scored 4 straight to cut the lead to 12-8. Prairie was able to stretch the lead out to 21-13 by the end of the half though with Tanna Schlader scoring 4 second quarter points and Callie Mader adding 3. Prairie held Grangeville to just 2 points in the third quarter and held them scoreless for the final 7:04 of the period as Prairie scored 15 straight points to blow the game open and take a 37-15 lead into the final period. Heitman scored 8 of her game-high 14 points in the period and Demetria Riener added 5 points. Prairie led 42-19 with 3:31 left when they put the C players in to finish the game. Grangeville rallied to scored the final 9 points of the game but still lost by 14. Heitman scored 14 to lead Prairie with Schlader scoring 7. Schumacher and Riener scored 5 each with Mader scoring 4, Jenny Gimmeson 3 and Leslie Nida and Clark 2 each. Prairie held a 46-40 rebounding edge led by Schumacher with 8. Schlader added 6 rebounds and Heitman and Clark had 5 each. Mader had 6 steals and 5 assists while Samantha Keating had 5 steals. Prairie was 17 for 46 from the field, 37%, and 8 for 30 at the line, 27%. Grangeville was 10 for 47 from the field, 21%, and 8 for 25 at the line, 32%. Grangeville 15 13 14 8 -50 Prairie 2 5 2 5 -14 Prairie-F. Johnson 1-4, 1-2, 3; Sigler 1-8, 0-2, 2; M. Schaeffer 0-0, 0-0, 0; Holthaus 1-5, 0-0, 2; Shears 1-7, 1-2, 3; N. Schaeffer 0-1, 0-0, 0; K. Johnson 1-6, 0-0, 2; Bruner 1-1, 0-3, 2; Schmidt 0-0, 0-0, 0; Keating 0-0, 0-0, 0; Riener 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Grangeville-L. Sullivan 0-3, 0-0, 0; Holman 3-3, 0-0, 6; Adams 3-5, 0-0, 6; Brown 7-12, 2-2, 18; Solberg 1-6, 3-7, 7; Stewart 1-3, 0-0, 3; Rad 1-3, 0-0, 2; M. Sullivan 2-5, 1-2, 5; Canaday 2-4, 1-2, 5; Kaschmitter 0-4, 0-0, 0; Reuter 0-2, 0-3, 0. 3-pointers-Brown 2, Stewart. 
PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2009-10 *indicates league game 19-at Grangeville, lost 27-63 30-Kamiah, here, lost 30-51 10-Lewis County, here* 12-Timberline, there, 1 p.m.* 15-Lapwai, here* 19-Genesee, here, 1 p.m.* 22-Potlatch, there, 1 p.m.* 29 & 30-Kamiah Tournament 8-Deary, there* 9-Culdesac (V only), here, 6 p.m. 12-Troy, here* 14-Orofino, here 16-C.V., there, 1 p.m.* 19-Kendrick, there* 22-Kamiah, here, 4 p.m. 28-Genesee, there Feb. 1, 3, 6, 8 & 10-District at LCSC Feb. 18-20-State at Boise |
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