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Pirates win 3 matches
The Prairie Lady Pirates won 3 matches this past week, two of them on the road. They won a tough 5-set match at Potlatch Tuesday, Sept. 25 then won straight set matches at Grangeville, Thursday, Sept. 27 and at home against Kamiah on Monday, Oct. 1. In the opening game Prairie fell behind 3-6 but rallied to take an 8-6 lead as Hope Schwartz served 3 aces and Theresa Wemhoff added a kill. Potlatch came right back and took back the lead, leading by as many as 3 at 11-14. 
Prairie again took the lead with Kristyna Krogh serving 2 aces and Schwartz adding a kill to make it 15-14. Potlatch again took a 3 point lead at 15-18 only to see Prairie come back with 2 kills by Alexis Hiler, an ace by Madison Shears and a tip by Wemhoff that made it 19-18. A hitting error cost Prairie the serve and Potlatch got 4 straight aces plus another Pirate hitting error to get to game-point at 19-24. Prairie fought off 2 game-points before losing. The second game Prairie controlled nearly the whole way. Potlatch scored first but a kill by Shears sent Krogh to the service line for 2 aces plus a back row kill by Sierra McWilliams for a 4-1 lead. After a trade of sideouts, Shears served 3 aces and Wemhoff added a kill for a 9-2 lead. Three times Potlatch got back within 4 points, the last time at 14-10. At that point Wemhoff scored a kill to give McWilliams the chance to serve. 5 straight aces plus a kill by Shears and Prairie had a 21-10 lead. That lead to an easy 25-13 win. In the third game Potlatch led early but a 7-point service run by Shears turned the game around. She took over with the score at 2-3. She had 2 aces with Wemhoff adding 4 kills and Hiler a kill for a 9-3 lead. Prairie added a couple of points to the lead to take a 20-10 lead but Potlatch answered with a couple before missing a serve to make it 21-12. Hiler than served out the game with 4 straight aces. The fourth game saw Potlatch turn things around and jump out to an early lead. Prairie managed to keep it close but could never quite take the lead. The closed within 1 late at 20-21 and again at 22-23 only to see Potlatch score a sideout each time. At 22-24 Prairie scored a sideout to get within 1 again at 23-24 but then a hitting error gave Potlatch game point and tied the match at 2 games each. Potlatch couldn’t keep their momentum going though as Krogh served Prairie to a quick 7-0 lead in the decisive fifth set. She had 4 aces while Shears had a pair of kills and Schwartz added 1. Potlatch was able to get as close as 5 points at 11-6 before missing a serve. Schwartz then served out the match with Wemhoff scoring the match winning kill. Wemhoff had 15 kills, 1 assist and 3 aces. Hiler had 11 kills and 8 aces. Shears had 10 kills and 9 aces. She served on 20 of Prairie’s points. Schwartz had 8 kills, 22 assists and 5 aces. Krogh had 5 kills, 28 assists and 10 aces. She served on 16 of Prairie’s points. McWilliams had 3 kills and 6 aces. Ellea Poxleitner had 1 kill and 1 assist. The JV team won their match 2 games to 1 by scores of 25-15, 26-24 and 10-15. Prairie broke open a close first game when Brooklyn Riener served 7 straight points to turn a 10-7 lead into a 17-7 lead. She had 2 aces with Halle Klapprich scoring 3 kills and Kelly Stubbers adding 1 as well. Potlatch was able to get back within 7 at 20-13 but Riener scored a sideout kill and Ellea Uhlenkott served Prairie to game-point at 24-13 before missing a serve. She had 2 aces and Sydnee Bruegeman added a kill. Potlatch scored another point before Riener scored the game-winning kill. Prairie trailed early on in the second game and took a lead at 11-9 and 13-11. At 14-12, Potlatch scored a sideout and then scored 9 more points to take a 14-22 lead and looked like they were going to tie the match. A missed serve finally ended their run and Josie Remacle served 4 straight aces to get Prairie back into it. Potlatch then took a 20-24 lead before missing a serve and putting Riener on the service line. Riener served 2 aces then Trinity Martinez scored a kill to tie the game at 24-24. Uhlenkott blocked a Potlatch spike to get Prairie to match point and Riener served an ace to win it. Anna Kaschmitter served an ace to start game 3 then things turned the Loggers’ way with 5 straight points. Potlatch never surrendered the lead to salvage the third game. It could have been more lopsided if not for Prairie’s struggles at the service line. 7 of Grangeville’s 21 points in the opening game came on missed serves by Prairie. They only had 1 missed serve in the second game and won big. In the third game 5 of Grangeville’s 19 points were on missed Prairie serves. T  wo
of Prairie’s first 3 serves missed helping Grangeville take a 3-6 lead.
Wemhoff scored a kill and Hiler followed with an ace. 2 more kills by Wemhoff and another ace by Hiler made it 8-6. Prairie led 11-9 when the first of 3 straight missed Prairie serves helped Grangeville take a 13-14 lead. Shears finally broke the bad serving run but Grangeville was able to score the sideout and took a 15-16 lead. Poxleitner scored a first touch kill on Hiler’s serve to tie the game at 16 but she then missed a serve and Grangeville took a 16-20 lead before Grangeville got bit by the missed serve. Landers then turned around the serving woes with 7 straight points, 3 of them aces, before finally missing a serve on game point. Poxleitner and Wemhoff each added a pair of kills in the run. Poxleitner then scored the game winning kill. Krogh served Prairie to a 4-0 lead in game 2 with 3 aces plus a kill by Hiler. Shears had 2 aces to make it 7-3. Grangeville got back within 1 at 8-7 before a kill by Wemhoff was followed up with a 4-point service run by Landers. Landers had 1 ace with Wemhoff scoring 2 kills and Poxleitner another. Grangeville struggled to score on their serve as Prairie did a good job siding out and steadily built their lead. The game-winning point came on a service dig by Shears that found an open spot on Grangeville’s side. Game 3 saw Grangeville take the early lead with Prairie coming back to take a 6-3 lead as Hiler served 2 aces and Krogh added a free ball kill. Grangeville answered with 4 straight points to retake the lead but a sideout kill by Wemhoff and 4 straight service points by Landers put Prairie back on top. Krogh and Shears each scored a kill and Landers then served 2 aces to make it 11-7. Grangeville never led again although they got within 1 at 15-14. A kill by Hiler ended that rally with Schwartz scoring a kill and Shears an ace for an 18-14 lead. Grangeville rallied within 2 at 20-18 before missing a serve. Wemhoff then served Prairie to match point with an ace and 2 kills by Poxleitner before serving one long. Krogh then scored the match winning kill. For the match Wemhoff had 18 kills and 1 ace. Poxleitner had 8 kills, a season high. Hiler had 7 kills and 4 aces. Krogh had 5 kills, 22 assists and 3 aces. Shears had 5 kills, 1 assist and 4 aces. Schwartz had 2 kills and 3 assists. McWilliams had 2 kills and 1 ace. Landers had 1 kill, 15 assists and 6 aces. She was the server for 15 points in the match. The JV team lost their match 22-25, 23-25, 15-8. As you would expect from the scores the first two games were close all the way. Despite winning the first game, Grangeville never led by more than 4 points at 5-9. Prairie fought back to take a 14-12 lead only to give it right back. Prairie took their biggest lead of the game of 3 points at 22-19 after a slam at the net by Uhlenkott and an ace by Delaney Lockett. A missed spike scored the sideout and Grangeville took a 22-24 lead. A foot fault gave Prairie another chance but a missed serve ended the game. Despite the second game only being a 2-point decision, Prairie led only once at 5-4. They fell behind 7-13 only to rally back to 11-13 as Stubbers served a couple of aces. After falling behind 11-15, Bruegeman served them within 1 at 14-15. Prairie again fell behind by 4 at 16-20 only to rally back within 1 at 19-20 and 20-21 and again at 23-24 after a kill by Riener. A missed served wound up as the match winning point. Prairie was able to salvage a win in the third game. Lockett opened the game with 2 aces and Uhlenkott served Prairie to a 6-3 lead. A kill by Remacle and an ace by Stubbers made it 10-6. After 4 straight sideouts, Lockett was able to serve out the game. Uhlenkott scored a kill and Lockett finished it off with 2 aces. The C team won all 3 of their games. The first game was competitive until Hiler went to the service line with the score at 4-5. By the time her turn was done Prairie had a commanding 20-5 lead. Hiler had 6 aces with Wemhoff adding 6 kills. Poxleitner added 2 kills and a block and Shears had a kill. 
In the second game Hiler again had a good service run although this time it was just 6 points as she had 3 aces with Poxleitner having a block and a kill and Wemhoff a tip as Prairie took a 12-3 lead. At 15-5 Wemhoff went to the service line and got some good practice with her jump serve as she served 7 straight points with 6 aces and Krogh adding a kill. That made it 22-5 and Prairie again cruised to an easy win. In the third game it was McWilliams turn to break open a relatively close game. She went to the service line with the score at 13-9 and served 6 straight point to make it 19-9. She had 4 aces with Hiler and Shears each adding a kill. For the match Wemhoff had 13 kills and 7 aces. Hiler had 7 kills, 1 assist and 10 aces and served on 24 points. Poxleitner had 5 kills which included 2 blocks plus an assist. Shears had 5 kills and 1 ace. Krogh had 3 kills, 15 assists and 3 aces. Schwartz had 2 kills and 7 assists. McWilliams had 1 kill and 5 aces. Landers had 6 assists and 3 aces. Prairie is now 10-5 overall and 7-2 in league play. Prairie won the JV match 25-19, 25-15, 15-5. In the opening game Prairie led 3-0 and 6-2 and then Kamiah scored 6 straight to take the lead at 6-8. Prairie took the lead for good on a missed serve that made it 12-11. Bruegeman then served 4 straight points, 3 of which were aces with Uhlenkott adding a kill, that made it 16-11. The teams pretty much traded points the rest of the game. Kamiah jumped out to a 0-4 lead in the second game and Prairie finally took the lead with Riener serving. She took over after a sideout kill by Klapprich made it 7-7 and served 3 straight points. She had an ace with Lockett and Klapprich each adding a kill. Kamiah tied it at 11 but a kill by Martinez gave Prairie the lead for good at 12-11. Kaschmitter then served 5 straight with 3 aces plus 2 kills by Remacle and a kill by Martinez for a 17-11 lead. After some back and forth a kill by Klapprich scored a sideout and sent Riener back to the service line. Riener then served out the game with an ace and 2 kills by Martinez. In the third game Kaschmitter served Prairie to a 5-0 lead with 2 aces followed by 3 kills by Uhlenkott. Kamiah got back within 2 before missing a serve. Stubbers served up 2 aces and after a trade of sideouts, Uhlenkott served 4 straight including 3 aces to put the game firmly under the Pirates control at 13-4. Prairie also won all 3 games in the C match.
Alexis Hiler has just spiked the ball at Grangeville. Also shown are Madison Shears and Hope Schwartz. 25-JV at Genesee JV Tourn. 28-Potlatch*, here, won 3 games to 0 6-C.V.*, there, won 3 games to 0
2-C.V.*, here, won 3 games to 0, details next week 4-Genesee*, here, 5:00, C/JV/V 8-Grangeville, here, 5:00, C/JV/V 9-Lapwai*, there 11-Highland, there, C/JV/V, 5 p.m. 13-17-District at LCSC 18-Regional Play-in at CdA 20-State Play-In at Grangeville 26-27-State at Skyview High, Nampa *League Game PIRATES JR. HIGH GIRLS BASKERBALL |
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