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The Prairie Lady Pirates started their season with 3 straight wins as they opened with a league win over Kamiah, 84-9 at Cottonwood on Tuesday, Nov. 19. They then won at Orofino 64-25 on Thursday, Nov. 21 and finally beat the Lewiston JV, 93-64 on Monday, Nov. 25 at the Sacajawea Jr. High gym in Lewiston. 
It was all Prairie from that point on as the Pirates’ full-court pressure wound up forcing 17 first quarter turnovers, most of which it seemed turned into points for Prairie. India Peery scored Prairie’s next 5 points on 2 baskets and a free throw. Shears added another 3 and then a 2 for a 13-2 lead. Ciara Chaffee scored a free throw. Freshman Kristin Wemhoff scored her first varsity points on a pair of put backs. Shears scored the next 7 points on 2 baskets plus a 3-pointer. Two more putbacks by Wemhoff bracketed another basket by Shears to close out the first quarter with Prairie on top 31-2. Kamiah finally scored again as they opened the second quarter with a free throw. Prairie took off the press after the first quarter but still racked up 26 points in the second quarter. Shears add a basket and 2 more 3’s which gave her 25 points with five 3-pointers by halftime. Chaffee added 6 points on 3 baskets while Ellea Uhlenkott and Delanie Lockett each sank a 3-pointer. Freshman Tara Schlader scored her first varsity points on a 2-point basket while Wemhoff added 4 more points as Prairie took a 57-7 lead at the half. Prairie outscored Kamiah 18-0 in the third quarter with the bench players getting the bulk of the playing time. Shears connected on her 6th 3-pointer of the game, which could be a record for the Prairie girls team. We can’t think of anyone having scored more of them in a game. Chaffee scored 5 and Lockett and Josie Reamcle each scored 4 in the quarter and Wemhoff added 2. The fourth quarter was played with a running clock with Shears adding a pair of free throws to give her 30 points for the game. Peery added 5 points on a 2-point and a 3-point basket. Wemhoff added a basket as Prairie made it a 27-0 run to open the second half. Kamiah closed out the scoring with only their second basket of the game. Shears scored 30 points on 11 for 16 shooting from the field and 2 for 2 at the line. She was 6 for 10 from 3-point range. Wemhoff added 16 points in her varsity debut on 8 for 10 shooting. Chaffee scored 12 and Peery 10 with Lockett adding 7, Remacle 4, Uhlenkott 3 and Schlader 2. Prairie out rebounded the Kubs 48-23. Chaffee led the Pirates with 7 rebounds while Uhlenkott and Schlader had 6 each. Shears and Peery each had 5 steals while Lockett had 4. Lockett had 8 assists and Peery added 5. Prairie was 35 for 66 from the field, 53%, and 5 for 12 at the line, 42%. Kamiah was 2 for 27 from the field, 7%, and 5 for 20 at the line, 25%. Prairie won the 16 minute JV game 23-11. Josie Remacle scored to open the game with Molly Johnson adding a basket. Remacle scored again as Prairie took a 6-0 lead. Kamiah cut the lead to 8-4 but Prairie closed out the first period with a 3-point play by Hope Schwartz and a basket by Riley Enneking for a 13-4 lead at the break. Prairie then scored the first 6 points of the second quarter as Ali Rehder, Schwartz and Remacle each scored a basket. Kamiah broke their 6 minute scoring drought with 3:45 left to play but Schwartz answered with a pair of baskets to make it 23-6. Kamiah scored the game’s final 5 points including a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Schwartz led the JV’s in scoring with 9 points while Remacle scored 8. Rehder, Johnson and Enneking each scored 2. Prairie had a 10-9 edge on the boards with Johnson leading the Pirates with 3 rebounds. Johnson had 4 steals and Laney Forsmann had 6 assists to lead the Pirates. Forsmann had the assist on each of Prairie’s first 4 baskets of the game. Prairie was 11 for 20 from the field, 55%, and 1 for 3 at the line, 33%. Kamiah was 5 for 12 from the field, 42%, and 0 for 4 at the line. Prairie 31 26 18 9 -84 Kamiah 2 5 0 2 - 9 Prairie-Shears 11-16, 2-2, 30; Uhlenkott 1-3, 0-2, 3; Schlader 1-2, 0-2, 2; Peery 4-12, 1-2, 10; Chaffee 5-6, 2-4, 12; Lockett 3-9, 0-0, 7; Wemhoff 8-10, 0-0, 16; Bruegeman 0-1, 0-0, 0; Schwartz 0-2, 0-0, 0; Remacle 2-5, 0-0, 4. 3-pointers-Shears 6, Uhlenkott, Peery, Lockett. Kamiah-Loewen 0-1, 0-2, 0; Oatman 0-5, 2-2, 2; Barger 0-1, 0-0, 0; Knight 0-6, 2-4, 2; Popp 1-1, 1-8, 3; Hix 0-1, 0-0, 0; Engledow 1-10, 0-4, 2; Vasquez 0-2, 0-0, 0; McNall 0-0, 0-0, 0; Landmark 0-1, 0-0, 0; McLay 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Prairie broke things open in the second quarter as they outscored the Maniacs 28-4 to take a 34-10 halftime lead. Prairie continued to pull away in the second half, outscoring Orofino 16-8 in the third quarter and 14-7 in the fourth. Peery led the Pirates with 21 points in the game and added 6 steals and 5 assists. Also in double figures for Prairie were Shears and Uhlenkott with 11 points each. Wemhoff and Lockett added 6 points each with Schlader scoring 4, Chaffee 3 and Schwartz 1. Uhlenkott and Wemhoff each had 8 rebounds. There was no JV game. Prairie 6 28 16 14 -64 Orofino 6 4 8 7 -25 Prairie-Lockett 2, 1-3, 6; Wemhoff 3, 0-0, 6; Shears 4, 1-2, 11; Uhlenkott 5, 1-2, 11; Remacle 0, 0-0, 0; Schlader 2, 0-0, 4; Peery 8, 1-2, 21; Schwartz 1, 0-0, 2; Chaffee 1, 1-4, 3; Bruegeman 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Peery 4, Shears 2, Lockett. Orofino-Zywinga 0, 0-0, 0; Merry 1, 0-0, 2; Beardin 5, 1-1, 11; Schwartz 2, 0-1, 4; Shuman 4, 0-0, 8; Johnson 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.  Peery
and Shears combined for 49 points in the effort as Peery scored 27 and
Shears 22. Those two got Prairie going in the first quarter as Prairie
scored 16 straight points after it was tied at 2-2. Shears had 7 and Peery
4 in that run. For the quarter Peery scored 10 and Shears 9 as Prairie
took a 27-12 lead.
In the second quarter Lewiston got the lead down to 11 but a 10-0 fueled by full-court pressure built the lead back to 21. Prairie led 45-27 at the half as Shears scored 15 and Peery 12 in the first half. Chaffee got things started in the third quarter for Prairie with a 3-pointer. Lewiston tried to cut into the deficit but each time Prairie would have an answer and the Lady Pirates wound up adding to their lead as they outscored the Bengals 24-16 in the period. In the fourth quarter Peery scored 2 free throws and a basket for a 73-43 lead with 7:15 left but the running clock was not invoked. Possibly the scorekeeper didn’t realize it was 30 points? Lewiston then scored the next 5 points and the game went on as usual. Prairie wound up outscoring the Bengals 24-21 in the final period for their 29 point victory. Prairie had 4 players score in double figures led by Peery with 27. She was 10 for 15 from the field with one 3-pointer. Shears scored 22 on 8 for 15 shooting with a 3-pointer. Chaffee scored 17 with a 3 pointer. Lockett added 11 points which included a perfect 5 for 5 at the free throw line. Uhlenkott scored 7, Wemhoff 5 and Schlader 4. The taller Bengals, featuring 4 players 5’10” or taller, outrebounded Prairie 29-33. Peery and Chaffee each had 7 to lead Prairie. Uhlenkott had 9 steals while Shears had 6 and Schlader 5 as Prairie forced Lewiston into 46 turnovers. Shears had 7 assists and Peery had 6. Prairie was 34 for 67 from the field, 51%, and 22 for 38 at the line, 58%. Lewiston was 27 for 43 from the field, 63%, and 7 for 21 at the line, 33%. Prairie is now 3-0 on the season and 1-0 in league play. In the JV game Remacle scored 23 points to lead Prairie to a 56-39 win over the Sacajawea 9th grade team. Prairie trailed at the end of the first quarter 12-14. Rehder had 5 points, including a 3-pointer for Prairie in the quarter. The Pirates came on strong in the second quarter through, outscoring the Braves 13-2 to take a 25-16 lead at the half. After scoring just 2 in the first quarter, Remacle came up with 7 in the second. Remacle had 6 more in the third and Rehder added 4 as Prairie outscored Sacajawea 14-12 in the quarter to take a 39-28 lead into the fourth. Sacajawea got within 8 in the fourth quarter then Prairie reeled off 8 straight points to double the lead. Remacle added 8 more points in the final quarter with Hope Schwartz adding 4. Remacle had a double-double in the game with 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead the team in both categories. Rehder was also in double figures in scoring with 10. Schwartz also had a 3-pointer and scored 7 with 11 rebounds. Klapprich and Forsmann scored 6 each and Johnson scored 5. Prairie outrebounded the Braves 46-32 as Forsmann also had double figures on the boards with 10. Forsmann had 6 steals and 4 assists while Remacle had 4 steals. Prairie was 21 for 43 from the field, 49%, and 11 for 27 at the line, 41%. Sacajawea was 12 for 56 from the field, 21%, and 12 for 23 at the line, 52%. Prairie 27 18 24 24 -93 Lew. JV 12 15 16 21 -64 Prairie-Shears 8-15, 5-6, 22; Uhlenkott 3-5, 1-3, 7; Schlader 2-5, 0-2, 4; Peery 10-15, 6-8, 27; Chaffee 6-13, 4-8, 17; Lockett 3-7, 5-5, 11; Wemhoff 2-6, 1-4, 5; Bruegeman 0-0, 0-2, 0. 3-pointers-Shears, Peery, Chaffee. Lewiston JV-Albright 5-9, 3-6, 14; Bursch 0-2, 0-0, 0; Wessels 2-2, 1-2, 5; Burke 5-6, 0-0, 12; Riddle 3-4, 1-2, 7; Barney 8-13, 2-11, 18; Gibbins 1-1, 0-0, 2; Bursch 0-0, 0-0, 0; Shriver 1-4, 0-0, 2; Jackson 2-2, 0-0, 4; Loomis 0-0, 0-0, 0; Weeks 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Burke 2, Albright.
Madison Shears looks for an open teamamate at Lewiston. PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2019-2020 *indicates league game 21-Orofino, there, won 64-25 25-Lewiston JV, there, won 93-64 26-Grangeville, there, lost 45-47, details next week 4-JV vs. Grangeville, there, 6 p.m. 6-Grangeville, here, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 6:00 p.m. 9-C.V., there 12-Salmon River, there, V only, 6 pm MST 14-Troy Quad, here*, JV-1, V-2:30 19-Lapwai, here* 9-Kamiah, there* 10-Salmon River, here, 5 p.m. 11-Troy Quad, there*, JV-4, V-5:30 13-Genesee, there* 16-Lapwai, there* 17-Potlatch, there*, 1 p.m. 21-Orofino, here 30-C.V., there* Feb. 1-Potlatch, here*, 1 p.m. Feb. 4-12 -District at LCSC 13-State Play-In at Post Falls 15-State Play-In at Fruitland 20-22-State at Nampa (Columbia High School) |
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