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to play C.V. on Friday
The Prairie Pirates will open District play as the #2 seed Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the LCSC Activity Center in Lewiston. They will play Clearwater Valley, which knocked off Troy Wednesday, Feb. 17. If Prairie wins they would clinch a trip to State and advance to the District Championship game set for Friday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. With a loss they would have to win Monday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m., win at Wallace on Thursday, Feb. 25 and win a play-in game on Saturday, Feb. 27 to advance to State. State will be held at Vallivue High School in Caldwell March 3-5. Pirates win twice The Prairie Pirates finished their regular season with a pair of non-league road wins. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, they won 59-46 at Moscow and on Friday, Feb. 12, they won 74-59 at Grangeville. 
That last led to one of the more bizarre things we’ve ever seen at a basketball game. When Moscow broke through the 10-point barrier with 1:36 left in the first quarter as they tied the score at 11-11, their student section all let out a huge cheer and then rushed the court, while Prairie was advancing the ball to their offensive end. After some discussion the referees called a technical foul on Moscow with Jake Bruner making the second of the two free throws to put Prairie ahead. The ensuing possession led to a lay-up by Bruner that put Prairie up 14-11. Moscow answered to cut the lead to 14-13 at the end of the quarter. Tyson Schlader scored 6 for Prairie in the opening quarter, all on putbacks. In the second quarter Moscow put together a 0-7 run that gave them a 19-22 lead. Schlader’s fourth putback of the game broke the run and kicked off a half-ending 8-0 run for the Pirates. A steal by Burner led to a pair of free throws by him. Calvin Hinkelman scored inside and Bruner connected on a hook shot with 35 seconds left that made it 27-22. Prairie opened the second half with a 5-2 run that put them up by 8 at 32-24. Moscow then answered with a run as they outscored Prairie2-11 over the next 3 minutes to retake the lead at 34-35 with 2:31 left in the third. That was to be Moscow’s last lead of the game and it didn’t last long as Bruner scored on a feed from Terran Peery to kick off what turned out to be a 15-0 run. A technical foul on a Moscow player led to 2 free throws by Bruner. Bruner then scored on a putback and Peery scored to put Prairie up 43-35 at the end of the quarter. Bruner opened the fourth quarter with a basket and 2 free throws and a blocked shot by Schlader led to a basket by Isaiah Shears that capped off the run and gave Prairie a 49-35 lead. Moscow had one last run as they outscored Prairie2-6 over the next 3 minutes but were only able to cut the deficit to 10 points. Prairie then scored the next 6 points and went on to win by 13. Bruner scored 24 to lead the scoring with Schlader adding 12. Peery and Shears scored 7 each while Hinkelman scored 6, Luke Wemhoff scored 2 and Brandon Higgins scored 1. Prairie controlled the boards 40-29 with Schlader pulling down 15 to lead the team. Bruner added 10 as each had a double-double. Higgins had 8 assists and Bruner had 5 steals. Prairie was 22 for 50 from the field, 44%, and 13 for 24 at the line, 54%. Moscow was 18 for 49 from the field, 37%, and 6 for 15 at the line, 40%. Prairie won the JV game 59-50 and lost the C game, no score available. Prairie 14 13 16 16 -59 Moscow 13 9 13 11 -46 Prairie-Schlader 5-7, 2-2, 12; Peery 3-8, 0-0, 7; Higgins 0-5, 1-4, 1; Bruner 7-15, 10-17, 24; Hinkelman 3-8, 0-0, 6; Chaffee 0-3, 0-0, 0; Shears 3-4, 0-1, 7; Schumacher 0-0, 0-0, 0; Anderson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schwartz 0-0, 0-0, 0; Glimp 0-0, 0-0, 0; Wemhoff 1-1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Peery, Shears. Moscow-Bobier 0-1, 0-0, 0; Akey 3-3, 0-1, 7; Dowdell 2-4, 0-0, 5; Myler 1-6, 2-4, 4; Carscallen 2-4, 1-2, 5; Davis 2-8, 0-0, 4; Pickard 1-6, 0-0, 2; Robertson 1-4, 3-6, 6; Klocke 2-3, 0-2, 4; Gosse 1-2, 0-0, 2; Stephens 2-4, 0-0, 5; Broenneke 0-2, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Akey, Dowdell, Robertson, Stephens. Prairie led 20-15 after one quarter and opened it up in the second quarter, outscoring Grangeville 19-8 to take a 39-23 halftime lead. They led 58-36 after 3 quarters. Grangeville started hitting some 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and were able to trim the lead some. Bruner scored 25 to lead the scoring with Peery adding 17, Hinkelman 10, Hunter Chaffee 8, Higgins, Schlader and Brandon Anderson 4 each and Shears 2. Prairie 20 19 19 16 -74 Grangeville 15 8 13 23 -59 Prairie-Schlader 2, 0-0, 4; Peery 6, 3-4, 17; Shears 1, 0-0, 2; Chaffee 3, 0-0, 8; Higgins 2, 0-0, 4; Bruner 11, 3-6, 25; Schumacher 0, 0-0, 0; Anderson 2, 0-1, 4; Hinkelman 5, 0-0, 10; Schwartz 0, 0-0, 0; Glimp 0, 0-0, 0; Wemhoff 0, 0-1, 0. 3-pointers-Peery 2, Chaffee 2. Grangeville-Harris 2, 2-6, 7; Stokes 1, 5-6, 8; Cawley 0, 0-0, 0; Parks 5, 2-2, 14; Gortsema 0, 0-0, 0; Key 1, 0-0, 2; Alder 8, 2-2, 18; Schumacher 2, 0-2, 4; Woods 0, 0-0, 0; Canaday 3, 0-2, 6. 3-pointers-Parks 2, Stokes, Harris.
PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2015-16 *indicates league game 8-Asotin, here, lost 66-74 10-Kendrick, there, won 65-48 15-Kamiah, there*, won 49-42 18-Lapwai, here*, lost 43-58 7-Moscow, here, 4 p.m., won 66-43 8-C.V., there*, won 55-39 9-Troy, here*, 4 p.m. (Quad), won 72-49 12-Genesee, there*, 4:30 & 7:30, won 57-56 14-Asotin, there, C & JV, 6 p.m, V 7:30, won 57-44 16-Potlatch, here*, 4 p.m., won 70-40 22-Kamiah, here*, won51-38 28-Troy, here*, won 69-41 30-Potlatch, there*, 1 p.m., won 66-35 4-Lapwai, there*, lost 36-57 6-C.V., here*, 6 p.m. (game time changed), won 63-43 9-Moscow, there, 4 p.m., won 59-46 12-Grangeville, there, won 74-59 19-26-District at LCSC, Open Friday, Feb. 19 against C.V. at 7:30 p.m. at the LCSC Activity Center 25-State Play-In #1 TBA 27-State Play-In #2 TBA March 3-5-State at Caldwell |
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