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Pirates win big twice
The Prairie Lady Pirates improved to 4-0 with a pair of easy league wins this past week. On Tuesday, Nov. 27 they won 68-30 at Genesee and on Friday, Nov. 30 they won their home opener against Potlatch 72-8. 
Prairie jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a basket each by Madison Shears and Jordyn Higgins. Alexis Hiler then banked in a 3-pointer from the top of the key to make it 7-0. Genesee answered with 4 straight points but a basket each by Higgins and Hiler made it 11-4. After a Genesee free throw, Kristyna Krogh scored on a feed by Theresa Wemhoff and then Higgins scored following a steal by Wemhoff to make it 15-5. A Wemhoff free throw and a putback by Ciara Chaffee made it 18-10 at the end of the first quarter as Genesee committed 13 first quarter turnovers. A basket by Hiler and 2 free throws by Chaffee made it 22-10 early in the second quarter. After 2 Genesee free throws Shears hit a 3-pointer with lots of forward spin as it hit the front of the rim and rolled up an in. Genesee scored 3 straight to cut the lead back to 10 but Prairie ended the first half with a 14-4 run to take a 39-19 lead at the half. Higgins hit a pair of baskets, Hiler had a free throw and a basket, India Peery had a 3 and Wemhoff and Ellea Uhlenkott each had a basket in that run. The two teams traded baskets early in the third quarter then Prairie put together a 15-0 to take a 35 points lead at 58-23. Chaffee had 7 points and Peery 6 in that run with Hiler scoring the other 2 on an inbounds play. Genesee broke the run with a basket but Prairie answered with a shot by Krogh from the baseline and 3 by Higgins from 30 plus feet at the buzzer for a 63-25 lead after 3 quarters. Each team scored 5 points in the running clock fourth quarter. Peery added a 3 and Delaney Lockett scored in her first varsity action. When Lockett came into the game, Prairie was assessed a technical which we assume was because Lockett wasn’t in the home scorebook. Genesee ended the game with a 35 foot 3-pointer at the buzzer. Prairie had 4 players in double figures led by Higgins who had 15. Peery scored 14, Hiler 12 and Chaffee 11. Shears added 5 points with Krogh scoring 4, Wemhoff 3 and Uhlenkott and Lockett 2 each as every player suited up for the game scored. Prairie had a 40-29 edge on the boards led by Shears with 11. Hiler added 8 rebounds and Peery had 6. Higgins had 7 assists and 3 steals while Peery had 5 assists and 4 steals. Shears had 5 steals to lead the team and added 3 assists. Prairie was 29 for 58 from the field, 50%, and 5 for 13 at the line, 38%. Genesee was 11 for 41 from the field, 27%, and 7 for 18 at the line, 39%. In the JV game Prairie led just 18-17 at halftime but held Genesee scoreless for over 11 minutes in the second half during a 28-0 run on their way to a 53-23 win. The lead changed hands 3 times over the first 12 minutes of the game. Prairie took a 4-0 lead on a basket each by Hope Schwartz and Delaney Lockett only to have Genesee answer with 6 straight points. Prairie scored 5 straight, 3 by Josie Remacle on a free and a basket and 2 by Sydnee Bruegeman to retake the lead at 9-6. Genesee scored to make it 9-8 after 1 quarter. Genesee opened the second quarter with a basket to retake the lead but a free throw by Lockett tied the game at 10 and a putback by Remacle gave Prairie the lead for good with 4:28 left in the half. Prairie had an 18-12 lead with 2:04 left in the half but Genesee got a basket and a 3-pointer to close within 1 by halftime. After half it was a totally different game. Genesee went 0 for 15 in the third quarter while Prairie was 10 for 17 in a 21-0 period. Lockett had 6 points in the quarter while Schwartz and Remacle scored 4 each. Prairie then started the fourth quarter with a 7-0 run to push the lead to 46-17 with Schwartz scoring 4, Remacle 2 and Ali Rehder 1. Genesee finally broke through with former Summit player Claira Osborne banking in a 3-point at the 4:48 mark. Prairie came right back with a basket by Schwartz and then a basket and a 3-pointer by Rehder for a 53-20 lead. Genesee finished off the scoring in the game the same way they did the varsity game as Osborne hit a 30 foot plus 3 pointer, banking it in again, at the buzzer. The JV team had 3 players in double figures led by Schwartz with 14 points. Lockett and Remacle each scored 11. Rehder had 8 with Bruegeman scoring 4. Laney Forsmann and Trinity Martinez each scored 2 and Molly Johnson scored 1. Osborne led Genesee with 13 points, 9 of them on 3-pointers. Prairie held a slim 37-36 rebounding edge with Remacle and Rehder each grabbing 6 while Lockett, Johnson and Bruegeman each had 5. Remacle and Forsmann each had 5 steals while Lockett and Schwartz had 4 each. Schwartz had 4 assists while Lockett and Martinez had 3 each. Prairie’s JVs hit 19 of 52 shots, 37%, and 4 of 16 free throws, 25%. Genesee was 10 for 48 from the field, 21%, and did not even attempt a free throw. Prairie 18 21 24 5 -68 Genesee 10 9 6 5 -30 Prairie-Hiler 5-9, 1-2, 12; Shears 2-3, 0-0, 5; Higgins 7-14, 0-2, 15; Wemhoff 1-6, 1-3, 3; Peery 6-12, 0-1, 14; Krogh 2-4, 0-0, 4; Chaffee 4-6, 3-5, 11; Uhlenkott 1-4, 0-0, 2; Lockett 1-1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Peery 2, Higgins, Shears, Hiler. Genesee-Parkins 2-6, 0-1, 5; Zenner 2-4, 0-1, 4; Leseman 2-13, 2-2, 6; B. Mayer 2-6, 0-0, 4; Jensen 3-6, 0-2, 6; Flodin 0-2, 1-2, 1; Bartosz 0-2, 1-2, 1; Hanson 0-2, 3-7, 3; Murray 0-0, 0-0, 0; T. Mayer 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Parkins.  After
Potlatch broke through with a basket, Shears answered with a 3-pointer
and Higgins scored after a steal by Shears for a 21-2 lead.
Prairie led 23-6 at the end of the quarter. The Lady Pirates shut out Potlatch in the second quarter 21-0 as the Loggers put up just 4 shots and 2 missed free throws. Meanwhile for the Pirates Higgins scored 8 points with Wemhoff and Peery adding 4 each. The third quarter also saw Prairie shut out the Loggers 17-0 as Shears, Higgins and Krogh scored 4 points each. Prairie then scored the first 4 points of the fourth quarter, which was played under a running clock, to complete a 42-0 run. Potlatch finally broke through with a free throw at the 4:06 mark meaning they went just shy of 20 minutes of playing time without scoring. Potlatch scored the final point of the game at the line as they went 3 full quarters without scoring a basket. Higgins led the scoring with 16 points on 8 for 11 shooting, mostly transition lay-ups. Shears added 13 with Krogh scoring 12, Peery 10, Hiler 7, Chaffee 6, Wemhoff 5, Lockett 2 and Uhlenkott 1. Prairie held a 35-22 rebounding advantage led by Uhlenkott with 6. Wemhoff and Chaffee each added 5 rebounds. Shears, Higgins and Wemhoff each had 7 steals as Prairie totaled 35 thefts. Shears had 4 assists while Peery, Uhlenkott and Higgins had 3 each. Prairie was 31 for 59 from the field, 53%, and 8 for 17 at the line, 47%. Potlatch was 3 for 28 from the field, 11%, and 2 for 6 at the line, 33%. Prairie is now 4-0 on the season and 3-0 in league play. The JV game was almost as lopsided as Prairie won 65-9. Johnson scored the first 2 points of the game and Potlatch answered with a pair of free throws. Prairie then scored the next 24 points. They led 17-2 at the end of the quarter and held Potlatch scoreless until they made 2 free throws at the 3:28 mark of the second quarter. Bruegeman and Rehder each had 4 points for Prairie in the first quarter while Forsmann had 6 and Schwartz 5 in the second quarter. Martinez had the only 3-pointer of first half in the second quarter. Prairie led 35-5 at the half with all of Potlatch’s points coming on free throws. Potlatch opened the second half scoring with their first basket of the game and scored another with 3:24 left in the third. Those were Potlatch’s only second half points as Prairie finished the game with a 23-0 run. Lockett had a huge third quarter as she was 6 for 6 from the field for 12 of Prairie’s 21 third quarter points. Schwartz scored 5 including a 3-pointer while Forsmann, Johnson and Remacle added 2 each. Remacle had 5 of Prairie’s 9 fourth quarter points with Lockett and Martinez each adding 2. The fourth quarter was played with a running clock. Lockett scored 16 to lead the JV’s in coring with Schwartz also hitting double figures with 11. Forsmann and Remacle each scored 9 with Johnson adding 7, Rehder 6, Martinez 5 and Bruegeman 4. Prairiie had a 35-25 rebounding edge led by Remacle with 8 and Forsmann with 7. Lockett had 8 steals and 3 assists while Martinez had 4 assists and Bruegeman had 3. The JV’s were 29 for 57 from the field, 51%, and 7 for 19 at the line, 37%. Potlatch was 2 for 26 from the field, 8%, and 5 for 7 at the line, 71%. Prairie 23 21 17 11 -72 Potlatch 6 0 0 2 - 8 Prairie-Hiler 3-6, 0-0, 7; Shears 6-15, 0-3, 13; Higgins 8-11, 0-0, 16; Wemhoff 2-4, 1-4, 5; Peery 4-8, 2-2, 10; Krogh 4-5, 4-4, 12; Chaffee 3-5, 0-2, 6; Uhlenkott 0-2, 1-2, 1; Lockett 1-3, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Hiler, Shears. Potlatch-Lynas 0-7, 1-3, 1; Hamburg 0-1, 0-0, 0; D. Carpenter 0-2, 0-1, 0; T. Carpenter 0-0, 0-0, 0; Thompson 1-1, 0-0, 2; M. Cessnun 0-2, 0-0, 0; Prather 2-9, 0-0, 4; K. Cessnun 0-1, 1-2, 1; Whitney 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.
Theresa Wemhoff goes for a lay-up against Genesee. PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2018-19 *indicates league game 19-Lewiston JV & Sophs, there, won 64-24 27-Genesee, there*, won 68-30 30-Potlatch, here*, won 72-8 7-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 6:00 p.m. 8-Troy Quad, here, 1 & 2:30* 11-Lapwai, here* 18-Genesee, here* 21-Grangeville, here 7-Clarkston JV & Sophs, here 10-C.V., here* 12-Potlatch, there*, 1 p.m. 15-Kamiah, here* 19-Troy Quad, there, 4 & 5:30* 24-Lapwai, there* 26-Salmon River, V only, there, 6 MST 28-Moscow, here, (C,JV,V) 4 p.m. Jan. 30-Feb. 6 -District at LCSC 7-State Play-In at Post Falls 9-State Play-In at McCall 14-16-State at Nampa |
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