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A matchup between two teams with a combined 1 loss on the season turned out to be a total mismatch as the Prairie Pirates routed Wallace 72-6 in a state playoff game Friday, Oct. 30 at Cottonwood. 
With the win Prairie will play Oakley Friday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow. Prairie received the opening kickoff and needed just 6 plays to score the game’s first points. They started at their own 31 and picked up 13 yards on a pair of running plays. Terran Peery picked up the first down with a 9 yard run and Wallace was hit with a facemask penalty on the tackle which added 15 more yards and put Prairie on the Wallace 41. Two more runs by Prairie resulted in 12 yards and another first down at the 16. Quarterback Jake Bruner ran a keeper on the next play for the touchdown. Calvin Hinkelman ran in the 2-pointer to make it 8-0. Wallace’s ensuing possession resulted in 2 running plays getting stopped for loss and an incomplete pass. They punted from their own 10. Brandon Anderson fielded the 23 yard punt at the Wallace 33 and lateraled to Bruner who was heading in the opposite direction and wound up going the distance for his second touchdown of the game. Bruner passed to Isaiah Shears for the 2-pointer to make it 16-0 just 3:28 into the game. Wallace’s 3 plays on offense all went for loss and they were forced to punt again with Prairie taking over at the Wallace 41. Prairie went to the pass this time with Bruner completing pass of 14 yards to Peery and 17 yards to Shears. After an incomplete pass, he tossed one to Hinkelman who covered the final 10 yards to the end zone. Bruner then pass to Devin Bruegeman for the 2-pointer to make it 24-0. On Wallace’s next possession they finally got a positive yardage play on a 9 yard pass completion that set up fourth and 3. They decided to go for it on fourth down and the pass fell incomplete as Prairie took over at the Wallace 37. Peery gained 20 yards on the first play to move the ball to the 17. A couple of penalties set Prairie back to the 28 but Bruner then found Shears open for a 28-yard touchdown. Bruner then passed to Shears for the 2-pointer to make it 32-0 with 3 minutes still left in the first quarter. A holding penalty forced Wallace to punt again with Prairie taking over at their own 45 after a 5 yard return by Anderson. Prairie faced a third and 3 from the Wallace 48 when Luke Wemhoff was given a chance to run the ball. He made the most of it as he raced 48 yards to the end zone. The 2-point try came up short as Prairie led 38-0 with 22 seconds left in the first quarter.  A
3 yard loss on a run and a sack by Shears of the Wallace quarterback for
an 11 yard loss led to another punt. The punter had trouble with the snap
and wound up getting tackled in the end zone for a safety that made it
40-0 on the third play of the second quarter.
Wallace had a short free kick that Daniel Mager picked up to the Wallace 38 and returned 12 yards to the 26. Bruner ran for an apparent touchdown on the Pirates’ next play but a penalty brought it back. Bruner tried again on the next play and this time scored a touchdown that counted from 34 yards out. Wemhoff added the 2-pointer to make it 48-0. For Wallace it was 3 plays and punt again with Prairie taking over at the Wallace 47. A false start set the Pirates back to their own 48. 3 running plays netted 11 yards setting up fourth and 4 from the Wallace 41. Bruner then picked up 25 yards to set up a first down at the 16. Peery carried the ball twice for 8 yards each to add another Prairie touchdown. The two-point pass attempt fell incomplete with Prairie leading 54-0. Wallace was forced to punt again with Prairie taking over on their own 41. Peery gained 32 yards on first down and after an incomplete pass, Wemhoff scored his second touchdown on a 27 yard run. The 2-point pass again fell incomplete to make it 60-0 with 4 minutes still to go in the half. On Wallace’s first play after the kickoff Brandon Higgins intercepted a pass at the Wallace 42. On the next play Anderson went 42 yards for another Prairie touchdown. The 2-point pass again failed leaving Prairie with a 66-0 lead. Wallace finally got on the scoreboard on the kickoff return as they ran it back 87 yards for a touchdown to make it 66-6. Wallace’s kickoff went out of bounds giving Prairie the ball at their own 35. Bruner connected with Bruegeman for 63 yards with Bruegeman caught at the 2 yard line. Jayce Huling ran it in on the next play to make it 72-6 with 2:32 left in the first half. Wallace finally got a first down on their next possession thanks to a Prairie penalty. They got one finally on offense 2 plays later on an 11 yard pass completion to midfield. They didn’t get any farther as Justin Schumacher sacked the quarterback for a 10 yard loss on the next play and a fumble ended the half. Wallace got the ball to start the second half and ran 2 plays before Tyson Schlader intercepted a pass at the Wallace 30. 
The second unit offense took over for Prairie and turned the ball over on downs after 4 plays. Wallace took over at their own 29 and picked up a pair of first downs against the second team defense and finally crossed midfield before turning the ball over on a fumble on the first play of the fourth quarter. Thomas Schwartz recovered for the Pirates at the Prairie 34. The two teams traded possessions, each turning the ball over on downs. On Prairie’s final possession they were able to run out the clock. Prairie wound up with 327 yards rushing on 28 carries and it was the second straight time and second time all season that they gained more yardage rushing than passing. Terran Peery had 100 yards on 9 carries with a touchdown. Bruner had 79 yards on 5 carries with 2 touchdowns. Wemhoff carried the ball just twice for 75 yards and 2 touchdowns. Anderson added 48 yards on 2 carries with a touchdown. Bruner completed 6 of 9 pass attempts for 145 yards and 2 touchdowns. Spencer Schumacher was 4 for 8 for 22 yards. Shears caught 3 passes for 58 yards and a touchdown. Bruegeman caught 2 for 55. Raice Dalgliesh had 1 catch for 17 yards, Peery 1 for 14, Hinkelman 1 for 10 and a touchdown, Schlader 1 for 10 and Higgins 1 for 3 yards. Wallace had –10 yards of total offense, -41 yards rushing and 31 yards passing. They had –33 net yards at halftime. Wallace quarterbacks were 5 for 20 for those 31 yards with 2 interceptions. Peery led the defense with 5½ tackles. Hinkelman had 4, Huling 3½, Dalgliesh 3, Higgins 2½ plus an interception, Caleb McWilliams 2, Shears 2 with a sack, Schwartz 2 with a fumble recovery, Justin Schumacher 2 with 2 sacks, Daniel Mager 1½ with a sack, Philip Spencer and Bobby Hood 1½ each, Schlader 1 with an interception. Hunter Chaffee, Bruner, Jayce Perrin and Nick Mager had 1 each. Prairie is now 9-0 on the season and have racked up 21 straight wins. The déjà vu state tournament run continues as they face Oakley in the second round in the Kibbie Dome for the second straight year. If they win that one they will get a new third round opponent in either Raft River or Notus. They would have to travel south for that matchup. Thanks to Lauren Alfrey and Ryan Hasselstrom and the Prairie stat keeping system for the play-by-play information as your reporter was up at Spirit Lake at the State Volleyball Tournament. Prairie 38 34 0 0 -72 Wallace 0 6 0 0 - 6 P-Bruner 16 run (Hinkelman run) 10:07 1st P-Bruner 33 punt return on lateral from Anderson (Shears pass from Bruner) 8:32 1st P-Hinkelman 10 pass from Bruner (Bruegeman pass from Bruner) 5:51 1st P-Shears 28 pass from Bruner (Shears pass from Bruner) 3:00 1st P-Wemhoff 48 run (run failed) 0:22 1st P-Safety 11:20 2nd P-Bruner 34 run (Wemhoff run) 10:51 2nd P-Peery 8 run (pass failed) 6:31 2nd P-Wemhoff 27 run (pass failed) 4:04 2nd P-Anderson 42 run (pass failed) 3:35 2nd W-Gallagher 87 kickoff return (pass failed) 3:19 2nd P-Huling 2 run (run failed) 2:32 2nd  Pirates to play Oakley at 1 p.m. Friday The Prairie football team will play Oakley in the second round of the state football playoffs this Friday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m. at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow. Why so early? The game will be the first of a state playoff tripleheader with Grangeville to play Melba at 4 p.m. and Deary to play Council at 7 p.m. Concessions will be available, which hasn’t always been the case at state playoff games at the Dome. 
2015 PHS FOOTBALL September 11-Salmon River, here, 6 p.m., won 58-24 18-Council, here, 6 p.m., Homecoming, won 64-24 25-C.V., there, 7 p.m.*, won 68-0 9-Troy, there, 7 p.m.*, won 74-12 16-Potlatch, here, 7 p.m.*, won 86-6 23-Kamiah, there, 7 p.m.*, won 42-26 30-State Playoffs vs. Wallace, 6 p.m. at Cottonwood, won 72-6 Nov. 6-State Playoffs, vs Oakley, 1 p.m., Kibbie Dome Nov. 13-State Playoffs, higher on bracket host, TBA Nov. 20-State Championship, TBA *league game |
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