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Pirates start 3-0
The Prairie Lady Pirates started the season with 3 wins, all by at least 20 points. They opened the season with a 71-4 rout of a very young Orofino team Tuesday, Nov. 19. On Friday and Saturday they traveled to the Lakeside Turkey Shootout where they knocked off the Kellogg JV squad 56-16 on Friday and then beat the host Lakeside Knights 65-45 on Saturday. 
Prairie forced 19 turnovers in that quarter alone as Orofino rarely even made it across halfcourt. It was 39-0 in the second quarter before Orofino broke through on the scoreboard with a pair of free throws. Prairie then finished the half with a 12-0 run for a 51-2 lead. In the second half Prairie dialed it back on offense by just cycling through their offense to run clock as they outscored Orofino 8-0 in the third quarter. Prairie made it 21 straight points at 60-2 before Orofino doubled their score with a basket in the fourth quarter. Prairie finished the game with a 12-0 run. Ulmer wound up with 21 points, missing her first shot attempt then making the next 9 as she finished 9 for 10 from the field. Schumacher added 13 points with Sky Wilson scoring 11, Danly 10, Shayla VonBargen 6, Nicole Wemhoff and Krystin Uhlenkott 3 each and Keely Schmidt and Leah Holthaus 2 each. Prairie had a 32-24 rebounding edge led by Schumacher who had 6 boards. Wilson had 8 steals with Schmidt adding 6 as Prairie forced 38 turnovers. Holthaus had 7 assists while Wemhoff and Schumacher had 3 each. Prairie was 29 for 58 from the field, 50%, and 11 for 18 at the line, 61%. Orofino was 1 for 22 from the field, 5%, and 2 for 4 at the line, 50%. The JV game followed a similar script as Prairie forced 19 first quarter turnovers and allowed no shot attempts as they rolled to a 30-0 lead after one period. It was 44-0 at the half and 60-0 late in the third quarter when Orofino finally scored. Prairie then outscored the Maniacs 8-0 in the final period. Chaye Uptmor led the JV;s in scoring with 12 points with Shayla VonBargen and Kylie Tidwell adding 10 points each. Natasha Gimmeson and Talyss Lustig scored 8 each while Sarah Seubert and Abbie Uhlenkott scored 6 each. Madison Ulmer, Sam Remacle, Tiffany Sonnen and Sierra Latimer each scored 2 as everyone on the squad scored at least 1 basket. Prairie held a 27-17 rebounding edge with Seubert pulling down 7 to lead the team. Tidwell had 10 steals and Gimmeson had 7 as Prairie forced 40 turnovers. Gimmeson had 4 assists and Uptmor had 3. The JV’s were 33 for 59 from the field, 56%, and 2 for 3 from the line, 67%. Orofino was 1 for 17 from the field, 6%, and 0 for 2 at the line. Prairie 33 18 8 12 -71 Orofino 0 2 0 2 - 4 Prairie-Schmidt 1-6, 0-0, 2; Holthaus 1-8, 0-0, 2; Schumacher 5-8, 3-4, 13; Ulmer 9-10, 3-4, 21; Wilson 5-8, 0-0, 11; Wemhoff 1-1, 1-2, 3; Uhlenkott 1-3, 1-2, 3; Danly 3-6, 3-4, 10; Gimmeson 0-1, 0-2, 0; VonBargen 3-6, 0-0, 6. 3-pointers-Danly, Wilson. Orofino-West 0-3, 0-2, 0; Schwartz 1-2, 0-0, 2; Howell 0-10, 2-2, 2; Reggear 0-1, 0-0, 0; Province 0-0, 0-0, 0; Godwin 0-2, 0-0, 0; Tighe 0-0, 0-0, 0; Pizzuto 0-0, 0-0, 0; Dugger 0-1, 0-0, 0; Walker 0-3, 0-0, 0; Kelso 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.  Showing
some big school bias the 3-A Wildcats decided to send their JV team rather
than their varsity to the tournament.
Prairie jumped out to a 7-0 lead with Schmidt scoring 5 of those points only to see Kellogg answer back with a 0-9 run to take the lead. That was it for the competitive portion of the game though as Prairie ended the first quarter with a 12-0 run and outscored Kellogg 17-0 in the second quarter on their way to a 32-0 run that ended in the third quarter. Wilson got the run started with a 3-pointer that gave Prairie the lead for good. She then added 8 of the next 13 points. Holthaus swished a 3 pointer in the second quarter and Shayla VonBargen came off the bench to drain 4 straight free throws as Prairie took a 36-9 halftime lead. A basket by Ulmer started the third quarter scoring and a free throw by Wilson made it 39-9 with 5:54 left. Kellogg then finally broke through for a basket to break the long scoring drought. Prairie went on to lead 50-16 at the end of the quarter and shutout out Kellogg in the fourth to win by 40. Wilson scored 12 to lead Prairie in scoring with Ulmer adding 10 points. Schmidt and Schumacher scored 9 each while Holthaus scored 7. Danly and VonBargen scored 4 each and Uhlenkott added 1. Prairie held a38-34 rebounding edge with Schumacher leading the team with 11. Wilson had 4 steals while Uhlenkott and Danly had 3 each and Wemhoff had 3 assists. Prairie was 19 for 44 from the field, 43%, and 15 for 26 at the line, 58%. Kellogg was 7 for 32 from the field, 22%, and 2 for 9 at the line, 22%. Prairie 19 17 14 6 -56 Kellogg 9 0 7 0 -16 Prairie-Schmidt 2-7, 4-6, 9; Holthaus 2-4, 2-2, 7; Schumacher 4-8, 1-2, 9; Ulmer 4-9, 2-3, 10; Wilson 5-14, 1-4, 12; Danly 2-5, 0-0, 4; Uhlenkott 0-3, 1-4, 1; Wemhoff 0-1, 0-0, 0; VonBargen 0-2, 4-4, 4; Gimmeson 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Schmidt, Holthaus, Wilson. Kellogg JV-Zisk 0-1, 0-1, 0; Chambers 4-8, 1-2, 9; Golob 1-3, 0-1, 2; Lo 1-9, 0-0, 2; Gibbs 0-1, 1-2, 1; Bircher 0-3, 0-0, 0; Arthur 0-3, 0-0, 0; Bumgardner 0-1, 0-0, 0; Twidt 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. A 31-5 run that started with the score tied at 6-6 in the first for all intents and purposes put the game away. 
Prairie never trailed in the game but it was tied at 2, 4 and 6 early on. A basket by Schmidt on a feed from Holthaus put Prairie ahead for good with 5:53 left in the first quarter. Ulmer then scored 9 straight points to create some separation. 6 of those 9 points came on putbacks. Prairie scored the final 17 points of the first quarter to take a 23-6 lead. Danly finished off the quarter with a putback with just 0.8 seconds left. She was fouled on the play and added the free throw to complete a 3-point play. Lakeside broke the run with a 3-pointer to open the second quarter but Prairie then put together scoring runs of 8 and 6 points to push the lead to 37-11. Danly had 5 of the 8 points in the first run and Schumacher had 5 of the 6 in the second run. Lakeside then put together a bit of a rally to end the half as they outscored Prairie 3-8 in the final 1:30. Those 3 points came on a trey by Holthaus. Scoring in the second half was almost even as Prairie maintained their lead at around 20 points throughout. They led by as many as 28 at 58-30 and Lakeside never got any closer than 16 at 61-45. After the game was over the all-tournament team and MVP were announced. One player from each team was named with Holthaus getting the nod from Prairie while Ulmer was named the MVP. Ulmer wound up with 19 points and 15 rebounds in the game to lead in both categories. Danly scored 12 while Schumacher scored 11. Schmidt and Wilson scored 6 each with Holthaus scoring 5. Uhlenkott and Gimmeson scored 2 each and Wemhoff and VonBargen scored 1 each. Prairie dominated on the boards 53-31. In addition to Ulmer’s total, Schumacher added 11 rebounds and VonBargen 9. Gimmeson, Holthaus, Wemhoff and Wilson each had 3 steals in the game and Gimmeson added 3 assists. Holthaus, Schmidt, Wemhoff and Danly each had 2 assists. Prairie was 24 for 65 from the field, 37%, and 15 for 25 at the line, 60%. Lakeside was 14 for 53 from the field, 26%, and 13 for 22 at the line, 59%. Prairie 23 17 8 17 -65 Lakeside 6 13 7 19 -45 Prairie-Schmidt 3-7, 0-0, 6; Holthaus 1-10, 2-4, 5; Schumacher 4-9, 3-6, 11; Ulmer 8-12, 2-3, 19; Wilson 3-8, 0-0, 6; Wemhoff 0-2, 1-2, 1; Danly 3-8, 6-8, 12; Uhlenkott 1-2, 0-0, 2; VonBargen 0-4, 1-2, 1; Gimmeson 1-3, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Holthaus, Ulmer. LakesideDuncan 3-6, 10-12, 16; Hendrickx 2-10, 0-2, 4; Crowe 0-4, 0-0, 0; Dohrman 3-10, 1-4, 7; Brown-Sonder 3-9, 1-2, 9; Shamburg 1-6, 1-2, 3; Haynes 1-5, 0-0, 2; Zachary 1-3, 0-0, 3. 3-pointers-Brown-Sonder 2, Zacharym Hendrickx.
 Girls to play Colton There has been a late change in the Prairie girls basketball schedule. Instead of a return game at Orofino on December 17, Prairie will play at Colton, Washington instead. According to Travis Mader, Kamiah was looking to trade out of having to play Colton, since it would be a very non-competitive game for them this year. For Prairie it is a definite upgrade in schedule over a team they just got done beating by over 60 points. With the game at Colton, Prairie will get introduced to the 30-second shot clock used by Washington teams. PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2013-14 *indicates league game 22-23-Lakeside Tournament, beat Kellogg JV 56-16; beat Lakeside 65-45 26-Kendrick, here, 1/2 JV game, won 63-23, details next week 5-C.V., there*, V only, 7 p.m. 7-Genesee, here*, 1 p.m. 10-Troy, there* 12-JV at Grangeville 7:30 p.m. 13-Grangeville, here, Idaho County Shootout, 7:30 p.m. 16-Kamiah, there* 17-Colton, there 10-Grangeville, there, JV at 3:30, V at 6:30 (quad with boys team) 11-Potlatch, there* 14-C.V., here*, JV vs. Grangeville 17-Lapwai, here* 25-Genesee, there* 28-Kamiah, here* 31-Potlatch, here* 6, 7, 8, 10, 13 -District at LCSC 15-State Play-In game at St. Maries, 6 p.m. 20-22-State at Nampa |
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