| Pirates
win big at Homecoming
What a difference a year can make in small school football as a rematch of last year’s state championship game turned out to be a lopsided 78-0 win for the Prairie Pirates over Genesee at Prairie’s Homecoming Friday, Sept. 21. 
It could have been even more lopsided as subs and JV players started entering the game in the second quarter and played the entire second half, which was under a running clock. It also didn’t help the Bulldogs as their one returning star player, quarterback Kolby Moser, sat out the game with an injury. The game didn’t start that great for Prairie as they turned the ball over on downs at their own 46 on their opening possession. The defense, with the help of a holding penalty, forced Genesee to punt and Prairie took over at their own 43 after a short 20 yard punt. After an incomplete pass, Prairie kept to the running game and Spencer Schumacher scored 5 plays later on an option keeper around right end that covered 36 yards. The 2-point try failed and Prairie led 6-0. Genesee was forced to punt again after gaining just 3 yards on 3 plays and the punt return was fumble but Owen Anderson recovered for the Pirates at the Genesee 39. After an incomplete pass, Cole Martin picked up 8 yards to the left and on the next play ran a sweep to the right and raced 31 yards to the end zone for another Prairie touchdown. Again the 2-point try failed and Prairie led 12-0. Genesee was again forced to punt thanks to Spencer Schumacher reading a reverse and tackling Jon Kopf for a 7 yard loss. Mike Schwartz received the punt then handed off to Anderson who gained 22 yards to the Genesee 43. Caleb McWilliams picked up 6 yards on first down and then Martin ran another sweep to the right for a 37 yard touchdown. Again the 2-point try failed as Prairie upped their lead to 18-0. Genesee received the kickoff and after gaining their initial first down of the game on a Prairie penalty, threw an interception on the next play as Anderson picked off the ball and returned it to the Prairie 43. Schumacher completed his first pass after 4 straight incompletions with Derik Shears coming back for an underthrown ball for a 36 yard gain. Schwartz picked up 2 yards then Schumacher found Damian Forsmann wide open for a 14 yard touchdown. Schumacher ran in the 2-pointer to make it 26-0 with 2:21 left in the first quarter. Genesee nearly got a score when they gained 41 yards on a screen pass to the Prairie 21 on their next possession but 2 plays later Schwartz intercepted a pass at the Prairie 19 and returned to the 22. Schumacher connected with Shears over the middle for 52 yards to the Genesee 29. After 2 running plays were stopped for a net -1 yard, Schumacher found Dylan Schumacher wide open on the left side for a 30 yard scoring play on the first play of the second quarter. Spencer then passed to Dylan for the 2-pointer to make it 34-0. Genesee wound up going backwards on their next possession and punted on a 4th and 29 play with Forsmann catching the punt and throwing a lateral across the field to Schwartz who took the ball and went 41 yards for a touchdown. Spencer Schumacher rain in the 2-pointer to make it 42-0. Genesee was again forced to punt, this time from their own 11 after Spencer Schumacher dropped a runner for a 6 yard loss and Dean Johnson sacked the quarterback for a 12 yard loss on the next play. Dylan Schumacher broke through and blocked the punt and then recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. Spencer Schumacher pass to Shears for the 2-point to make it 50-0 with 8:17 left in the first half. Genesee tried a fake punt on their next possession on 4th and 18 but came up 6 yards short as Prairie took over at their own 44. Brody Hasselstrom and McWilliams alternated carrying the ball over 6 straight plays with McWilliams covering the final 12 yards for the touchdown. The 2-point try failed as Prairie led 56-0 with 2:35 left in the half. Genesee again had to punt with Spencer Schumacher blocking the punt this time and recovering at the Genesee 9. A holding penalty set the Pirates back and the clock ran out with them at the 18.  Genesee
got a 39 yard kickoff return from freshman Kole Riebold to start the second
half. Hasselstrom made the touchdown saving tackle at the Prairie 35. Genesee
then came up 5 yards short on fourth down and turned the ball over to Prairie
at the 30.
It took the Pirates just 1 play to score again as Hasselstrom took a pitch to the left from backup quarterback Forsmann and raced 70 yards to the end zone. With the 2-point try failing, Prairie now led 62-0. Riebold had another long kickoff return of 45 yards to the Prairie 30. A couple of penalties set back the Bulldogs and the Pirates took over on downs at their own 43. A bad pitch set the Pirates back 11 yards but they picked up 22 for a first down as Forsmann completed a pass to John Gehring . On the next play Forsmann kept the ball and took off around the left side for 46 yards and another Prairie touchdown. Tayden Hibbard ran in the 2-pointer to make it 70-0. Prairie squibbed their kickoff to keep it away from Riebold and Genesee recovered at their own 37. Genesee picked up a first down but then stalled and Prairie took over on downs at their 37. Hibbard picked up 21 yards on the first play then Hasselstrom netted 22 more on a pair of runs to set Prairie up at the Genesee 25. Hibbard then burst through the middle and went 25 yards for Prairie’s final touchdown. Hibbard added the 2-pointer to make it 78-0 with 5:02 left. Prairie kicked deep to Riebold again who this time fumbled the ball with Gehring recovering at the Genesee 12. Prairie then took a knee 4 straight plays, turning the ball back to Genesee at the 16. Genesee then took a knee as well on 4 straight plays to run out the clock and end the game. Prairie had 518 yards of offense in the game, 364 rushing on 33 attempts and 154 passing. Hasselstrom was the leading rusher with 120 yards on 9 carries. Martin had 75 yards on 5 carries. Spencer Schumacher had 47 yards on 2 carries. Hibbard had 46 on 2 carries. Forsmann had 46 on 1 carry and McWilliams had 25 on 6 carries. Schumacher started the game 0 for 4 passing but then completed his next 4 to go 4 for 8 for 132 yards. Forsmann was 1 for 1 for 22 yards. Shears caught 2 passes for 88 yards. Dylan Schumacher caught 1 for 30. Gehring caught 1 for 22 and Forsmann caught 1 for 14 yards. The defense held Genesee to just 65 total yards, 12 rushing and 53 passing. McWilliams and Spencer Schumacher led the defense with 5 tackles each. Schumacher also had a blocked punt. Dalton Ross had 4. Schwartz had 3 with an interception. Martin had 3 tackles. Dylan Schumacher had 2 tackles plus a blocked punt. Shears, Hasselstrom, Sam Mager and Hibbard each had 2 tackles. Anderson had 1 tackle and an interception. Johnson had a sack. Hayden Uhlenkott, Jessie Cronan, Gehring, Carson Schmidt and Cole Schlader each had 1 tackle. Prairie is now 3-1 on the season and 2-0 in league play. Genesee 0 0 0 0 - 0 Prairie 26 30 14 8 -78 P-S. Schumacher 36 run (pass failed) 8:36 1st P-Martin 31 run (pass failed) 6:16 1st P-Martin 37 run (run failed) 3:31 1st P-Forsmann 14 pass from S. Schumacher (S. Schumacher run) 2:21 1st P-D. Schumacher 30 pass from S. Schumacher (D. Schumacher pass from S. Schumacher) 11:52 2nd P-Schwartz 41 punt return after lateral from Forsmann (S. Schumacher run) 10:00 2nd P-D. Schumacher blocked punt recovery in end zone (Shears pass from S. Schumacher) 8:17 2nd P-McWilliams 12 run (pass failed) 2:35 2nd P-Hasselstrom 70 run (pass failed) 7:46 3rd P-Forsmann 46 run (Hibbard run) 0:31.4 3rd P-Hibbard 25 run (Hibbard run) 5:02 4th
PIRATES BOYS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2018 7-Troy*, here, 7:30 p.m., won 88-6 14-Salmon River, there, 6 p.m., won 54-6 21-Genesee*, here, Homecoming, won 78-0 29-Potlatch*, there, 12 noon 12-Kamiah*, here 19-C.V.*, there 27-Wallace* there, 2 p.m. 8 or 9-State Semifinals 16 or 17-State Championship *League Game PIRATES JV FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2018 8-C.V., there PIRATES JR. HIGH FOOTBALL 11-Lapwai, here 16-Timberline, there, 5 p.m. (date change) |
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