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Pirates take third at District
The Prairie Lady Pirates swept Potlatch on Tuesday, Oct. 17 and then lost a five-set match to Genesee on Thursday, Oct. 19 to wind up in third place at District. Prairie started slowly as Potlatch jumped out to a 1-4 lead in the opening game. Prairie fought back to tie at 5-5 on a tip by Theresa Wemhoff and then took the lead on 4 straight aces by Leah Higgins. 
Potlatch wasn’t done though as they rallied to take a 13-14 lead before bricking a serve. Angela Wemhoff then served 4 straight aces and Mattie Pecarovich added a kill for a 19-14 lead. Potlatch got back within 3 at 19-16 but a point by Angela Wemhoff on a free ball after Jordyn Higgins made a save on an errant pass scored the sideout. Jordyn then served out the game. She started with an ace, Sydney Bruner scored on a free ball from the back row and Leah Higgins then scored 3 straight kills to end the game. The second game saw another slow start as Potlatch led 4-5 but a block by Josie Peery tied it and Kristyna Krogh served Prairie into the lead with a 4-point run. Krogh scored on a tip and Peery scored 2 kills and a block for a 10-5 lead. Potlatch was able to close within 2 at 13-11 but 3 kills by Leah Higgins and an ace by Jordyn Higgins pushed the lead to 6 at 17-11. Leah Higgins served a couple of aces to get to 20-12 and Krogh served the final 4 points. She had one ace while Angela Wemhoff had 2 kills and Peery scored the game-winning kill. In the deciding third game Prairie never trailed and the score was tied only twice, at 0-0 and 3-3. A bricked served by Potlatch broke the second tie and Leah Higgins served 2 aces and Peery added a kil for a 7-3 lead. Bruner had a 4-point service run to push the lead to 15-7 as she had an ace while Leah Higgins had 2 kills and Angela Wemhoff 1. From there the game saw a lot of sideouts until Prairie got to match point at 24-17 on a back row kill by Alexis Shears. Potlatch then scored a sideout and was able to scored 4 more points before Leah Higgins won a joust at the net for match point. For the match Leah Higgins had 16 kills and 8 aces. Angela Wemhoff had 9 kills, 20 assists and 6 aces. Peery had 8 kills, including 2 blocks and 1 assist. Pecarovich had 4 kills and 2 assists. Theresa Wemhoff had 3 kills, 2 assists and an ace. Krogh had 1 kill, 14 assists and 1 ace. Jordyn Higgins had 1 kill, 2 assists and 3 aces. Bruner and Alexis Hiler each had 1 kill and 1 ace. Shears had 1 kill. Saturday they came up 1 point short against Troy and on Thursday they again came up just short, this time against Genesee, losing 21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 22-25, 13-15. The whole match was a back and forth affair with neither team able to build much of a lead. Genesee led most of the first game although Prairie led briefly several times at 3-2, 10-9 and 14-13. At 14-13, Genesee scored a sideout on a missed served and then Courtney Burt served 3 straight aces. Genesee led by as many as 4 at 15-19 but Prairie closed within 1 on a tip by Angela Wemhoff, an ace by Sydney Bruner and a kill by Jordyn Higgins that made it 18-19. Genesee was able to hold them off for the win. In the second game Prairie took a 10-7 lead after an ace by Theresa Wemhoff and 2 kills by Josie Peery but Genesee tallied back with 4 straight points to retake the lead.  Genesee
again led by as many as 4 at 11-15, 12-16 and 15-19. This time Prairie
was able to come back. 2 kills by Angela Wemhoff and a dig that wound up
as a kill by Peery tied the game at 20-20.
A 2-hit violation against Prairie gave Genesee back the lead but Peery tied it on a kill. Bruner was then able to serve out the game. She had 2 aces, Angela Wemhoff scored a kill and Bruner ended it with another ace. In the third game Angela Wemhoff served Prairie to a 3-0 lead with 2 aces plus a kill by Leah Higgins. Genesee came right back though to tie it and later led by as many as 4 at 12-16. A kill by Leah Higgins and 4 service points by Jordyn Higgins gave Prairie a 17-16 lead. Genesee came back and took a 21-23 lead late in the game. 2 kills by Angela Wemhoff tied the game at 23-23 but a missed spike gave Genesee a game-point chance. Angela Wemhoff scored a sideout kill and then with Bruner serving, scored another kill on a tip. Leah Higgins then won a joust at the net to give Prairie the game. In the fourth game, Prairie fell behind early and Genesee led by as many as 8 points at 8-16. Prairie still trailed 15-21 when Jordyn Higgins scored a sideout kill. That sent Bruner to the service line, who had served out the two wins. She was able to get Prairie within 1 at 20-21 on an ace, 2 kills by Leah Higgins and a kill by Angela Wemhoff. A 2-hit violation ended that run and Genesee held on to tie up the match at 2 games apiece. In the fifth game Jordyn Higgins served 2 aces and Madison Pecarovich added a kill for an early 5-2 lead. Prairie held the lead until Genesee took it at 10-11. A kill by Angela Wemhoff tied it and she served an ace to put Prairie back on top. A missed served tied it at 12-12 and Genesee took a 12-13 lead on a missed spike. A sideout kill by Leah Higgins tied it at 13 setting up a pivotal point. Unfortunately Prairie missed the serve to give Genesee a match point chance and then hit a spike just long to end it. For the match Leah Higgins had 24 kills, including 2 blocks, with 2 assists and 2 aces. Angela Wemhoff had 19 kills, 25 assists and 6 aces. Peery had 12 kills, including 2 blocks. Theresa Wemhoff had 7 kills, 3 assists and 3 aces. Pecarovich had 7 kills and 4 assists. Jordyn Higgins had 5 kill, 1 assist and 4 aces. Krogh had 1 kill, 27 assists and 1 ace. Bruner had 1 assist and 6 aces. Prairie ends their season at third in District for the second straight season but this year without a chance to advance to State. Their final record is 21-11.
PIRATES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2017 JV time is 6 p.m. with varsity to follow, except where indicated. AUGUST 26-JV and C at Genesee JV Tournament 29-Genesee*, here, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 0 games to 3. 31-Troy*, here, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 0 games to 3. 12-CV*, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, won 3 games to 0 14-Orofino, there, 4:30 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 2 games to 3 16-Grangeville, Varsity Tourn., beat Nezperce 2-0, beat Kamiah 2-0, beat Summit 2-0, beat Summit again 2-0, lost to Salmon River 0-2, 2nd at Tournament 21-Genesee*, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 2 games to 3 23-Border Battle at Pomeroy, won 3 of 5 matches as Idaho won 13-12. 26-Lapwai*, here, won 3 games to 0 28-Troy*, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 1 game to 3 3-C.V.*, here, 4:30, JV & V, won 3 games to 0 3-Orofino, here, V only, 7 p.m., lost 1 game to 3 5-Grangeville, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, won 3 games to 1 10-Potlatch*, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, won 3 games to 0, details next week 12-Kamiah*, here, 4:30, JV/V, won 3 games to 0 12-Grangeville, here V only, 7 p.m., won 3 games to 0 14-15-18-19-District at LCSC - beat Lapwai 3 games to 0, lost to Troy 2 games to 3, beat Kamiah 3 games to 0, beat Potlatch 3 games to 0; lost to Genesee 2 games to 3. *League Game |
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