Lady Pirates improve to 8-0
The Prairie Lady Pirates won a pair of league games this past week at Kamiah 61-16 and at home vs. Troy 50-22 to improve to 8-0 on the season headed into their showdown at Lapwai Tuesday, Dec. 12.
At Kamiah
It was another easy win for the Lady Pirates at Kamiah on Thursday, Dec. 7.
They rolled to a 21-3 lead by the end of the first quarter and extended that to 38-10 by halftime.
They led 53-14 after 3 quarters and played the fourth quarter with a running clock.
Angela Wemhoff led the way with 21 points, 9 steals, 5 assists and 5 rebounds. 
Jordyn Higgins and India Peery  also scored in double figures with 14 points each. Josie Peery and Theresa Wemhoff added 5 points each,  and Sydney Bruner 2.
Leah Higgins saw her first action since breaking a finger a couple weeks ago.
Josie Peery also had 5 steals.
The JV game was even more lopsided as the Lady Pirates remained unbeaten with a 43-5 win.
Prairie 21 17 15 8 -61
Kamiah 3   7   4 2 -16
Prairie-Hiler 0, 0-2, 0; A. Wemhoff 8, 5-9, 21; J. Peery 2, 1-2, 5; J. Higgins 7, 0-0, 14; Ross 0, 0-0, 0; L. Higgins 0, 0-2, 0; Tidwell 0, 0-0, 0; T. Wemhoff 2, 0-0, 5; Krogh 0, 0-0, 0; Bruner 0, 2-4, 2; I. Peery 5, 2-2, 14; Chaffee 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-I. Peery 2, T. Wemhoff.
Kamiah-S. Wilcox 0, 0-0, 0; Kludt 1, 0-0, 2; C. Wilcox 2, 0-0, 6; Engledow 0, 0-0, 0; Whitney 0, 0-0, 0; Carter 2, 0-3, 4; Knight 1, 0-0, 2; Popp 0, 0-1, 0; Z. Wilcox 0, 0-0, 0; Wilkins 0, 2-2, 2. 3-pointers-C. Wilcox 2.
Vs. Troy
On Saturday at Cottonwood Prairie’s pressure defense limited Troy from even getting into their offense as the Trojans attempted just 4 shots in the first quarter and 2 in the second.Kristyna Krogh and Leah Higgins doubleteam a Troy player. At right is Angela Wemhoff.
Prairie meanwhile built a 14-0 lead by the end of the first quarter with Angela Wemhoff, Josie Peery and Bruner scoring 4 points each and Alexis Hiler the other 2. Prairie forced 13 first quarter turnovers.
After a basket each by Bruner and Hiler in the second quarter, Troy finally got on the scoreboard with a free throw at the 5:04 mark.
Prairie spread their scoring out as they took a 28-6 lead at the half. Troy finally got their first basket of the half at the 3:00 mark. To that point they had 4 points, all at the free throw line, in 8 attempts.
In the third quarter Troy got 8 shots off in their offense and made 2. Both in the first 3 minutes of the quarter.
After Troy’s second basket made it 31-10, Prairie reeled off 16 straight points to put the game away. Out of those 16 points Josie Peery, Jordyn Higgins and Kristyna Krogh scored 4 each and Angela Wemhoff and India Peery 2 each.
Prairie led 47-11 after 3 quarters meaning the fourth was played with a running clock.
Troy outscored Prairie 3-11 in the final period thanks to 4 for 5 shooting with 2 of those baskets being 3-pinters. Prior to the fourth quarter Troy attempted just one 3-point shot.
Angela Wemhoff wound up leading a balanced scoring attack with 10 points with Josie Peery scoring 9. Bruner and Jordyn Higgins scored 7 each. Hiler had 6, Krogh had 5 and India Peery, Leah Higgins and Theresa Wemhoff had 2 points each.
Prairie had a 28-24 edge on the boards led by Josie Peery and Leah Higgins with 5 each. 
Angela Wemhoff had 10 steals and 6 assists while her sister Theresa had 6 steals and India Peery had 4 steals. Bruner added 3 assists.
Prairie was 20 for 50 from the field, 40%, and 8 for 19 at the line, 42%. Troy was 7 for 19 from the field, 37%, and 6 for 13 at the line, 46%.
Prairie is now 8-0 on the season and 5-0 in league play.
The JV team breezed to their seventh win of the season by a 38-7 score.
Prairie scored the first 11 points of the game with Kendra Duclos scoring 5.  Prairie led 15-2 at the end of the quarter.
Prairie held Troy to 0 points and just 2 shot attempts in the second quarter as they expanded the lead to 26-2 by halftime. Ellea Uhlenkott scored 4 in the quarter while Syndee Bruegeman scored 3.
Troy finally scored again in the third quarter but were still outscored 10-2 by Prairie. Kodie Tidwell scored 5 in the quarter and a highlight was NakoniaNuttman banking in a 3-pointer, the only made 3 of the game.
There was a running clock in the fourth quarter and Troy outscored Prairie 2-3 in the final frame.
Tidwell wound up as the leading scorer with 9 points with Duclos scoring 7. Bruegeman scored 5. Ciara Chaffee, Madison Shears and Uhlenkott scored 4 each. Nuttman scored 3 and Halle Klapprich scored 2.
Prairie outrebounded Troy 31-22 with Chaffee leading the team with 7 rebounds.
Shears and Tidwell ahd 6 steals each and Hope McIntire had 3 assists.
Prairie was 16 for 48 from the field, 33%, and 5 for 15 from the line, also 33%. Troy was 2 for 14 from the field, 14%, and 3 for 7 at the line, 43%.
Prairie 14 14 19   3 -50
Troy     0   6   5 11 -22
Prairie-A. Wemhoff 5-13, 0-0, 10; J. Peery 4-6, 1-4, 9; J. Higgins 3-4, 1-2, 7; Bruner 2-3, 3-7, 7; I. Peery 1-8, 0-0, 2; L. Higgins 1-5, 0-0, 2; T. Wemhoff 1-2, 0-2, 2; Hiler 2-5, 2-2, 6; Krogh 2-3, 1-2, 5; Ross 0-0, 0-0, 0; Tidwell 0-0, 0-0, 0; Chaffee 0-1, 0-0, 0; Duclos 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.
Troy-Doumit 2-6, 2-4, 6; Fry 2-2, 1-2, 6; Hoskins-Oakley 1-3, 1-2, 4; Gilder 0-0, 1-2, 1; Fredrickson 2-4, 1-2, 5; Webler 0-1, 0-0, 0; Johnson 0-4, 0-2, 0. 3-pointers-Fry, Hoskins-Oakley.

India Peery drives into the lane against Troy. Also shown are Angela Wemhoff and Leah Higgins.

Sydney Bruner puts up a shot inside against Troy.

Leah Higgins leaps to steal a pass against Troy.

Theresa Wemhoff steals the ball and heads for the basket.

PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2017-2018
JV games start at 6 p.m., varsity to follow unless indicated. 
*indicates league game
NOVEMBER
14-Lewiston J.V., here, won 53-22
16-Genesee, here*, won 72-48
21-Grangeville, there, won 57-17
28-C.V., there, won 80-9
30-Lewiston J.V., there, won 53-28
DECEMBER
  1-Potlatch, here*, won 70-10
  7-Kamiah, there, won 61-16
  9-Troy Quad, here, 1 & 2:30*, won 50-22
12-Lapwai, there*, won 58-42, details next week
15-Grangeville, here, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 6:00 p.m.
19-Asotin, Quad, there, 4:30
JANUARY
  2-Asotin, Quad, here, 3:15 & 6
  5-Genesee, there*
  9-Moscow, here (C,JV,V) 4 p.m.
11-C.V., here*
13-Potlatch, there*
16-Kamiah, here*
20-Troy Quad, there*, 1 & 2:30
25-Lapwai, here*
26-Moscow, there, (C,JV,V) 4 p.m.
Jan. 30-Feb. 7 -District at LCSC
10-State Play-In at Post Falls
15-17-State at Nampa
Cottonwood, Idaho 83522
 

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