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The Prairie Lady Pirates won all 4 matches at the State Tournament and repeated as 1A, Division 1 State Champions Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31 at Spirit Lake. They swept through their opening match beating Oakley 25-11, 25-17 and 25-12. They had a bit of a hiccup against Butte County, losing the first two games before winning the last 3, 24-26, 29-31, 25-19, 25-16 and 15-11. On Saturday they played Genesee in the semifinals winning in a sweep 25-17, 27-25 and 25-17. Finally they faced Genesee again in the championship match and won 25-28, 25-14 and 25-13. Prairie finishes the season at 29-3 and were unbeaten in best 3 out of 5 matches with their 3 losses all coming at the Lewiston Tournament August 29. Two of those were best 2 of 3 matches to Kellogg and Lake City and the third was a 1-game match against Genesee. 
Prairie never trailed in the opening game as Shayla VonBargen and Sarah Seubert scored kills for a 2-0 lead. Prairie had no long service runs in the game but limited Oakley to just 1 service point as they were able to sideout every other serve by the Hornets. VonBargen had Prairie’s longest service run with 3 straight on an ace and a kill each by Krystin Uhlenkott and Mykaela McWilliams that made it 9-3. Uhlenkott had back to back aces that made it 15-5 and Prairie cruised from there. Oakley managed to score first in the second game and also led at 3-4. VonBargen then got a kill to tie it and Uhlenkott scored a pair of kills to put Prairie ahead for good. A block by VonBargen made it 7-4. Chaye Uptmor later had a 4-point run that pushed the lead to 15-6 as McWilliams and Uhlenkott each had a pair of kills. Oakley finally put together a small run to close back within 4 at 15-11 but that was as close as they would get. In the third game Oakley score the first 2 points and still led at 3-4 when Uhlenkott scored a sideout kill. That sent Uptmor to the service line where she had 2 aces and Uhlenkott added 2 more kills as Prairie took and 8-4 lead. Oakley was able to pull back within 1 at 10-9 and again at 11-10. VonBargen then slammed one to the corner to put Seubert on the service line. Seubert served Prairie to a 17-10 lead with 1 ace, 2 kills by Uhlenkott and a pair of blocks by VonBargen. VonBargen added a 4-point run on the next service turn to push the lead to 11 at 22-11 and Uptmor closed it out with Uhlenkott and McWilliams scoring the final kills. VonBargen had 20 kills in the match including 4 blocks plus 3 aces. Uhlenkott had 19 kills, 1 assist and 4 aces. McWilliams was also in double figures with 12 kills including 2 blocks. Seubert had 5 kills, 2 assists and 2 aces and was on the service line for 14 Prairie points. Hailey Danly had 3 kills and 45 assists. Uptmor had 1 assist and 3 aces and was the server for 13 total points. Angela Wemhoff had 4 assists and 2 kills.  The
Friday afternoon match against Butte County turned out to be Prairie’s
toughest match of the tournament. At the same time on the other half of
the court, Genesee and Troy were waging a 5-game battle that ended with
Genesee winning.
Butte County jumped on Prairie right from the start taking a 0-4 lead. Prairie was able to fight their way back with Danly serving them into the lead with a 6-point service run. She took over at 8-12 after a VonBargen kill to the corner. After 4 more kills by VonBargen, a kill by Seubert and an ace Prairie had a 14-12 lead. Butte County came back to retake the lead and held it until consecutive kills by VonBargen put Prairie up 23-22. Butte County tied it then VonBargen scored a kill to give Prairie a game-point at 24-23. Prairie’s spike went long though and Butte County answered with 2 more points to win the game. Butte County again put Prairie in an early hole in the second game at 0-5. Prairie answered back though and took their first lead at 8-7 on a tip by VonBargen. VonBargen then went to the service line and after having served well in the first match, struggled against Butte County as the Arco school tied it and took back the lead. Butte County lead, other than a couple of ties until Prairie tied it at 23-23. A kill by Butte County’s only senior, 6 foot middle Maisy Smith, gave them a game-point opportunity. Prairie fought it off with VonBargen scoring a kill. 5 more times, Butte would take the lead and Prairie would answer back to tie it but couldn’t take the lead themselves. Butte County finally ended it when the got a game-point at 29-30 and came through with the winner on the following point. That put Prairie’s backs to the wall where 1 more loss would send them to the loser’s bracket where they would have to fight their way through the back door to win the title. They again fell behind early in the third game but came back strong to take a 17-11 lead on a 4-point run by Seubert which saw her score an ace and Uhlenkott add 3 kills. Butte County cut the lead to 17-14 and then the two teams traded sideouts until Seubert scored a kill to make it 21-16. After another pair of sideouts, VonBargen scored a kill to make it 23-17. After a sideout, Danly back tipped a dig from Uhlenkott for a game-point chance at 24-18. A spike went long but on the following point VonBargen scored a kill for a 25-19 win. The fourth was back and forth early on but Butte County lead only once at 2-3. Prairie built at 13-8 lead on consecutive kills by VonBargen only to see Butte County cut the lead to 1 at 16-15. Uhlenkott scored a sideout kill to send VonBargen to the service line. After a long volley, Uhlenkott scored another kill to make it 18-15. Prairie then rotated the serve to Uptmor and apparently none of the officials or scorekeepers noticed as Uptmor went on to serve 6 straight points and get Prairie to game point at 24-15 after two straight aces. Butte County then scored the sideout but Uhlenkott scored on a tip to end the game and tie the match at 2 games apiece. Prairie never trailed in the deciding fifth game as VonBargen scored a sideout kill to open the game and Danly served Prairie to a 4-0 lead with an ace and a kill each by VonBargen and Seubert. By this point Butte County’s players appeared to be tiring as they were making hitting errors that they weren’t earlier. Butte County got the lead down to 2 at 10-8 but a kill each by Uhlenkott from the back row and VonBargen from the front row pushed the lead back to 4 at 12-8. Butte County once more cut the lead to 2 at 13-11 but then bricked a serve and Uhlenkott scored a kill on the next point for the match winner. For the match Uhlenkott had 34 kills, 1 assist and 1 ace. VonBargen had 33 kills, including 3 blocks with 1 assist and 1 ace. Seubert had 8 kills, 1 assist and 1 ace and was server for 9 points.. McWilliams had 8 kills and 1 ace. Danly had 5 kills, 83 assists and 6 aces and was the server for 20 points. Wemhoff had 2 kills and 4 assists. Uptmor had 1 assist and 8 aces and served for 13 points. 
Genesee was able to get back within 3 at 13-10 but 2 kills and a block by VonBargen and an ace by Danly pushed the lead to 17-10. Genesee managed to get their deficit back down to 4 at 21-17 but a kill by Uhlenkott ended that rally and Uhlenkott then served out the game. Genesee got off to the early lead in the second game and led by as many as 6 at 2-8, 5-13 and 11-17. At 11-17 Uhlenkott scored a kill to put VonBargen on the service line. Shayla regained her serving form and served up 3 straight aces. A kill by Uhlenkott was followed by 2 more aces as Prairie took their first lead of the game at 18-17. Genesee scored the sideout to tie it but consecutive kills by McWilliams put Prairie back on top. Prairie held the lead until Genesee was able to tie it at 23 and again at 24. An apparent saving bump by Genesee from out of bounds was called a Prairie point because it was returned over the net outside the antenna. Genesee fought off that game point to tie it again at 25. Wemhoff then made a dig of a Genesee spike with Danly having to race to get a hand on the ball to keep it in play and VonBargen wound up getting the ball over the net where it dropped in for a point. Genesee was then called for a double hit on a set to end the game. Genesee again got off to a strong start in the third game as they took a 1-5 lead. Seubert turned things around for the Pirates at the service line with a 5-point run that put Prairie into the lead. She had 1 ace while VonBargen and Uhlenkott each had a pair of kills. Seubert has the fortunate serving spot in the rotation as she is the only one who serves with Prairie’s two biggest hitters both on the front row. Genesee scored the sideout but Uhlenkott scored a kill and VonBargen served 3 straight points for an 11-6 lead. Wemhoff, Uhlenkott and McWilliams each scored a kill for VonBargen. Genesee managed to get back within 2 at 14-12 but a kill by McWilliams sent Danly to the service line. She served Prairie to a 19-12 lead with an ace and a kill each by Seubert, Wemhoff and VonBargen. The serve changed hands a few more times with Uptmor serving up an ace to win the match. Uhlenkott had 18 kills in the match plus 3 aces. VonBargen had 17 kills including 2 blocks plus and assist and 5 aces. She served for 10 points. McWilliams had 10 kills including 4 blocks plus an assist. Seubert had 6 kills and 4 aces and was the server for 12 points. Wemhoff had 4 kills including a block plus 6 assists. Danly had 2 kills, 40 assists and 2 aces and was the server for 10 points. Uptmor had 1 ace and numerous digs.  fter
losing to Prairie earlier, Genesee had to beat Horseshoe Bend, who had
eliminated Troy in the first match of the day. Horseshoe Bend could be
a force next year with just 2 seniors on the roster although 1 was their
setter.
In the first game of the championship match it was Seubert’s turn on the service line where Priarie took the lead. She had 2 aces while Uhlenkott had a kill and a black for a 7-3 lead. After a sideout, Uhlenkott scored a kill to put VonBargen on the service line. McWilliams scored a block and VonBargen added an ace for a 10-4 lead. 11 of the next 12 points were sideouts with the only point scored on serve coming from Genesee. Genesee then put together a rally to cut the lead to 1 at 15-14. After 3 straight sideouts, Uptmor served an ace to make it 18-15. After 4 more sideouts McWilliams put together a service run. Seubert had 2 kills, McWilliams an ace and VonBargen a smashing spike to make it 24-17. Genesee got a kill from their middle, Kaleigh Ranisate, but Prairie then got the winning point as Danly got a second touch kill. Danly served up an ace to start the second game and a kill each by Seubert and VonBargen made it 3-0. Genesee scored the sideout but then missed a serve. That sent Seubert to the service line and she had 2 aces with Uhlenkott scoring 4 kills and VonBargen another as Prairie took an 11-1 lead. Genesee got no closer than 6 points the rest of the game with McWilliams scoring on a block to end it. In the third game Prairie didn’t get separation until Uptmor’s service turn as she took over after a bricked Genesee serve at 6-4. Uhlenkott scored a kill to make it 7-4. McWilliams followed with a great athletic play where she blocked a spike and then jumped right back up and slammed the ball for a kill as Genesee’s dig of her block came right back to her. She followed that by winning a joust at the net and then Uhlenkott score on a tip for a 10-4 lead. Genesee got back within 3 at 12-9 then missed another serve. Danly served an ace and after 2 sideouts, Seubert served 3 points for an 18-10 lead and most of the fight seemed to go out of Genesee. They did battle through 6 straight sideouts before a block by McWilliams and 3 straight aces by Uhlenkott that gave Prairie the championship. For the match Uhlenkott had 19 kills including a block plus 3 aces. VonBargen had 16 kills including a block plus an assist and an ace. McWilliams had 9 kills including 3 blocks. Seubert had 6 kills, 1 assist and 6 aces. She was the server on 18 points. Danly had 3 kills, 35 assists and 4 aces and was the server on 8 points. Wemhoff had 2 kills including a block plus 6 assists. Uptmor had 3 assists and 2 aces.
2015 PHS VOLLEYBALL August 29-at Lewiston Tournament, placed 3rd, beat Lewiston, Pendleton, Moscow and Sandpoint, lost to Kellogg, Lake City and Genesee. 8-C.V., home, (C,JV,V) 5 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 10-Genesee, here, (C,JV,V), 5 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 12-Border Battle at Pomeroy, won all 5 matches helping Idaho win. 15-Troy, there, (C,JV,V), 5 p.m.*, won 3 games to 2 17-Grangeville, there, (C,JV, V), 5 p.m.m won 3 games to 0 21-Lapwai, here, 6 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 26-Potlatch, there, 11 a.m.*, won 3 games to 0 29-Kamiah, here, 6 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 8-Genesee, there, (C,JV,V), 5 p.m.*, won 3 games to 1 10-Tri-Match @ C.V., varsity only, vs. Potlatch, 12 p.m,*, vs. C.V., 1 p.m.*, beat Potlatch 3 games to 0, beat Potlatch 3 games to 0 13-Lapwai, there, 6 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 15-Grangeville, here (C,JV,V), 5 p.m., won 3 games to 0 17, 19-21-Districts at LCSC, beat Lapwai 3 games to 0; won district championship vs. Troy 3 games to 2. 30-31-State at Timberlake High School, Spirit Lake, beat Oakley 3 games to 0; beat Butte County 3 games to 2; beat Genesee 3 games to 0; beat Genesee 3 games to 9 *league game |
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