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Pirates split two games
The Prairie Lady Pirates faced the top and bottom of the White Pine League standings last week, knocking off cellar-dwelling Clearwater Valley 80-9 on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at Kooskia and then suffering their first loss of the season Friday, Dec. 16 at home against Lapwai, 69-84. Prairie played pressure defense in the first quarter, either full-court or half-court trap, and forced 16 turnovers and  allowed
just 3 shot attempts from the Rams.
Meanwhile Kylie Tidwell scored 9 first quarter points with Chaye Uptmor and Angela Wemhoff adding 6 each and Josie Peery 5 as Prairie took a 33-0 lead after one quarter. After the first quarter was over Prairie backed off on the pressure, keeping the defense mostly inside the 3-point arc and still outscored C.V. 15-4 in the second quarter. Uptmor scored 6 more in the quarter while Leah Higgins pumped in 5 points. Bench players got a lot of playing time in the quarter. Prairie opened the third quarter with a 17-2 run with Wemhoff scoring 10 of those 17 points on 5 for 6 shooting. Prairie led 69-8 after 3 quarters. The edge was 11-1 in the fourth quarter which was played with a running clock. Wemhoff wound up as the leading scorer with 18 points with Uptmor adding 14, Tidwell 12, Leah Higgins 11, India Peery 9, Josie Peery 5, Kristyna Krogh 4, Jordyn Higgins and Sydney Bruner 3 each and Theresa Wemhoff 1 as every player scored. All of C.V.’s points were scored by the Pfefferkorn twins with 7 by Torrie and 2 by Taylor. Prairie also dominated on the boards 48-22. Bruner led Prairie with 8 rebounds with Angela Wemhoff, Leah Higgins and Krogh each grabbing 6. India Peery had 6 steals and Jordyn Higgins had 5 assists while Angela Wemhoff had 4 steals and 4 assists. Prairie was 33 for 76 from the field, 43%, and 11 for 20 at the line, 55%. C.V. was 2 for 20 from the field, 10%, and 5 for 12 at the line, 42%. The JV game was just as lopsided as the varsity game as Prairie won 32-2 in just 2 quarters of play. Prairie led 20-0 after 1 quarter and led 23-0 when C.V. got their only 2 points. Prairie played the 5 starters the first quarter and went exclusively to subs in the second quarter. Kodie Tidwell led the scoring with 7 points with Alexis Hiler scoring 5. Kendra Duclos scored 4 and Sierah Poxleitner 3. Theresa Wemhoff, Kristyna Krogh, Sarah Ross, Brooklyn Riener, Hope McIntire and NakoniaNuttman scored 2 each and Alexis Shears scored 1. Prairie had a 27-12 advantage on the boards with Hiler and McIntire grabbing 5 each to lead the team. Tidwell had 4 steals and McIntire had 2 assists. Prairie was 13 for 33 from the field, 39% and 4 for 14 at the line, 29%. C.V. was 1 for 12 from the field, 8% and 0 for 2 at the line. Prairie 33 15 21 11 -80 C.V. 0 4 4 1 - 9 Prairie-Tidwell 5-11, 1-1, 12; A. Wemhoff 9-17, 0-0, 18; J. Peery 1-4, 3-6, 5; Uptmor 6-12, 2-3, 14; L. Higgins 5-10, 1-1, 11; J. Higgins 1-5, 1-4, 3; Bruner 1-4, 1-2, 3; I. Peery 4-6, 0-0, 9; Krogh 1-4, 2-2, 4; T. Wemhoff 0-3, 1-2, 1. 3-pointers-Tidwell, I. Peery. C.V.-To. Pfefferkorn 2-4, 3-4, 7; Proctor 0-3, 0-0, 0; Reuben 0-6, 0-4, 0; Ta. Pfefferkorn 0-2, 2-4, 2; Lenhart 0-2, 0-0, 0; Gianopulos 0-3, 0-0, 0; Edmundson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Roy 0-0, 0-0, 0; Georges 0-0, 0-0, 0; Tatu 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.  Lapwai
jumped out to a 0-7 lead in the first quarter but a basket each by Angela
Wemhoff and Leah Higgins cut the lead to 4-7. Unfortunately, Wemhoff, who
is the engine that drives this year’s Prairie team, picked up her third
foul soon after that and spent the final 12 minutes of the first half on
the bench.
After she left the game Lapwai outscored Prairie 6-11 to take a 10-20 lead by the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter without their main ballhandler Prairie turned the ball over 15 times and were able to attempt only 5 shots from the field, making 4. They could have gained some ground at the free throw line but hit just 2 of 12 attempts in the quarter as Lapwai stretched their lead to 20-40 by halftime. Wemhoff managed to play the entire second half without picking up another foul and scored 9 points in the third quarter and 16 in the fourth as Prairie was able to cut into Lapwai’s lead. Lapwai led by as many as 28 in the third quarter at 31-59. Prairie outscored the Wildcats 8-4 to close out the quarter trailing 39-63. In the fourth Prairie still trailed by 25 at 47-72 with 5:33 left then put together a 20-6 run to close within 11 points at 67-78 with 1:01 to play. Lapwai then put on a final push to close out the game and win by 15. Wemhoff wound up with 25 points to lead the Pirates in scoring. Uptmor and Leah Higgins were also in double figures with 10 points each. Bruner, who started in place of an injured Josie Peery, scored 8 while India Peery scored 6 and Tidwell and Jordyn Higgins added 4 each. Prairie held a 50-30 advantage on the boards with Leah Higgins pulling down 14 to lead the Pirates. Uptmor and Bruner added 8 rebounds each. Uptmor had 5 steals and 3 assists and Angela Wemhoff also had 3 assists. Prairie was 28 for 50 from the field, 56%, and 13 for 27 at the line, 48%. Lapwai was 31 for 69 from the field, 45%, and 19 for 29 at the line, 66%. Lapwai’s big advantage was in turnovers where Prairie had 40 and Lapwai had 21. Prairie is now 10-1 on the season and 5-1 in league play. In the JV game Prairie got off to a good start as they jumped out to a 10-2 lead but couldn’t hold off the Wildcats as they wound up losing 39-59. Prairie led 15-6 after one quarter and if they had shot better than 4 for 19, could have had a much bigger lead. Lapwai took over the lead in the second quarter with a 1-16 run that included four 3-pointers as they led 22-26 at the half. Hiler scored 10 of Prairie’s 22 first half points. Kendra Duclos kept Prairie in the game by dominated the boards with 14 first half rebounds. In the third quarter Prairie fell behind by as many as 14 at 28-42 but closed the quarter with an 8-0 run with Hiler and Duclos scoring 3 each to pull within 36-42 after 3 quarters. Hiler connected on a pair of free throws to open the fourth quarter and pull Prairie within 4 but the rest of the game was all Lapwai as they outscored Prairie 1-17 the rest of the way. Hiler wound up with 17 points to lead the JV’s in scoring. Duclos scored 8 while Theresa Wemhoff scored 7. Krogh scored 3, Ross 2 and Theresa Wemhoff and McIntire 1 each. Duclos wound up with 21 rebounds to lead Prairie to a 50-42 edge on the boards. Theresa Wemhoff had 4 steals and Tidwell had 3 assists. Prairie was 8 for 47 from the field, 17%, and 22 for 39 at the line, 56%. Lapwai was 21 for 63 from the field, 33%, and 10 for 16 at the line, 63%. Prairie 10 10 19 30 -69 Lapwai 20 20 23 21 -84 Prairie-Tidwell 2-10, 0-6, 4; A. Wemhoff 9-13, 7-13, 25; Uptmor 4-7, 2-2, 10; L. Higgins 5-9, 0-2, 10; Bruner 4-5, 0-0, 8; J. Higgins 1-1, 2-3, 4; T. Wemhoff 0-0, 0-1, 0; I. Peery 2-4, 2-2, 6. 3-pointers-none. Lapwai-Holt 1-4, 3-3, 5; I. Domebo7-18, 3-4, 19; Chimburas 3-11, 0-0, 6; Mitchell 6-11, 4-6, 16; Young 7-14, 9-14, 23; Wilson 3-4, 0-0, 7; Wisdom 2-4, 0-1, 4; R. Domebo 1-2, 1-2, 4. 3-pointers-I. Domebo 2, Mitchell, Wilson, R. Domebo.
*indicates league game 18-Potlatch, there, won 85-30 22-Grangeville, here (C,JV,V) 4:30, won 41-27 29-Lewiston J.V., here, won 61-30 3-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 6:00 p.m., won 56-41 6-Moscow, there (C,JV,V) 4 p.m., won 41-37 8-Kamiah, there* (C,JV,V) 4:30, won 59-27 10-Troy, here, 4 p.m.*, won 46-35 13-C.V., there*, ½ JV, won 80-9 16-Lapwai, here*, C,JV,V) 4:30, lost 69-84 20-Asotin, Quad, there, 4:30 & 7:30, cancelled due to snow day school closure 6-Potlatch, here* 10-Moscow, here (C,JV,V) 4 p.m. 14-Genesee, there* 17-Kamiah, here* (C,JV,V) 4:30 20-Troy, there* 26-C.V., here*, ½ JV 28-Lapwai, there*, (C,JV,V) 4:30 Jan. 31-Feb. 8 -District at LCSC 9-State Play-In #1 TBA 11-State Play-in #2 TBA 16-18-State at Nampa |
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