Pirates win 54-14 at C.V.
Brody Hasselstrom stepped in for injured Cole Martin and led the Prairie football team to a 54-14 league win over Clearwater Valley at Kooskia Friday, Sept. 11.
Prior to introductions before the game a moment of silence was held in remembrance of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001.
Hasselstrom gained 274 yards rushing in less than 3 quarters of action in the game and added another 33 on pass receptions while scoring 4 touchdowns.
It looks like Hasselstrom will be Prairie’s feature back the rest of the season as Martin’s knee injury, which came late in the game at Kendrick, looks to be a season ending injury.
For the second straight week, Prairie kicked off to start the game and wound up recovering an onside kick. This time it was Dalton Ross who came up with the ball.
Prairie needed 5 plays to score this time with Hasselstrom picking up hit first touchdown on a 1 yard run. He had runs of 19 yards and 11 yards in the drive with Tayden Hibbard adding 14 on another run.
Cole Schlader passed to John Gehring for the 2-pointer to make it 8-0 with 11:02 left in the first quarter.
C.V. was forced to punt as they gained 0 yards on 3 plays. Prairie took over at the 50. Hasselstrom gained 49 of the 50 yards on the drive with 5 on a pass play. He then converted a third and 5 with a 20 yard sweep to the right.
A short pass from Schlader to Hibbard gained just 1 yard then Hasselstrom took a pitch from Schlader around right end for 24 yards and his second touchdown. The 2 point try came up short as Prairie took a 14-0 lead.
Prairie forced another punt as Hibbard tackled a C.V. runner for a 4 yard loss and Gehring sacked the C.V. quarterback for an 8 yard loss.
C.V. wound up punting from their own 2 but Prairie muffed the punt and C.V. got the ball back at their 32,
After 3 incomplete passes C.V. punted again. This time Hibbard returned the punt 44 yards from the Prairie 33 to the C.V. 23.
On the next play though Schlader had his pass intercepted by the Rams at the 3 and it was returned to the 21.
Despite an offside penalty against the Pirates the defense held again and C.V. punted from the 14 with Prairie taking over at the C.V. 44.
Prairie needed 6 plays to cover 44 yards for another score. Hasselstrom had runs of 19, 18 and 7 yards with Hibbard covering the final 4 yards on a run up the middle for the touchdown. Schlader ran in the 2-pointer to make it 22-0with 1:08 left in the first quarter.
A sack of C.V. quarterback Anthony Fabbi by Gehring and Jesse Cronan for a 13 yard loss led to another C.V. punt with Prairie taking over at the C.V. 47 after an 8 yard return by Hibbard.
The Prairie defense held C.V. to -33 yards in the first quarter.
Prairie needed just 5 plays to add another touchdown with Hasselstrom running a sweep to the right for 32 yards for the score. Schlader passed to Gehring for the 2-pointer to make it 30-0.
It was 3 plays and punt again for C.V. who were now at -35 total yards with Prairie taking over at their own 25.
Hasselstrom picked up 24 yards on the first play but Prairie suffered a 10 yard loss on the next play. Hibbard then picked up a first down with a 24 yard run.
Prairie then gave lineman Dean Johnson a chance to carry the ball as he gained 4 yards.
On fourth and 8, Johnson lined up as a wingback to the right and Hasselstrom took a pitch and followed Johnson around right end. Once Hasselstrom broke past the first line of defense he wound up running through at least two tackle attempts on his way to the end zone on a 35 yard gain. Hibbard ran in the 2-pointer to make it 38-0 with 4:16 left in the half.
C.V. finally picked up their initial first down of the game and broke into positive yardage with a 50 yard pass play that put them on the Prairie 23. The Pirate defense reasserted themselves though and C.V. wound up turning the ball over on downs at the 22.
Prairie looked to add another score before halftime as they picked up first downs on 5 straight plays. Hasselstrom gained 19 yards on a run that got Prairie to the 6 yard line before time ran out.
Prairie received the second half kickoff with Wes Tucker-Hall recovering C.V.’s onside kick attempt at the Prairie 48.
Hibbard picked up 10 yards on a run that started to the right and cut back to the middle. Hasselstrom then gained 28 yards on a pass over the middle to put the ball at the 14. Hibbard scored on the next play and Schlader passed to Wyatt Ross for the 2-pointer to make it 46-0.
That invoked the running clock with 10:39 left in the third quarter.
Ross intercepted a C.V. pass at the CV 46 to end the Rams next possession.
Hibbard gained 7 yards and Hasselstrom 19 to move the ball to the 18. Travis Alfrey then went in at tailback and carried on 4 of the next 5 plays including the final play of the drive as he went 6 yards for a touchdown. Schlader passed to Gehring for the 2-pointer to give Prairie a 54-0 lead with 3:37 left in the third quarter.
C.V. got a huge kickoff return with Ross making the saving tackle on Aiden Martinez after he had taken the ball 49 yards to the Prairie 30.
On third and 3 at the 23, Dalton Ross tackled Martinez for an 8 yard loss and C.V. turned the ball over on downs the next play with an incomplete pass.
Prairie took over at their 31 and Hasselstrom carried for 2 yards on the first play and then was taken out of the game.
Prairie moved the ball to the C.V. 45 before running the ball over on downs.
With the first string defense out of the game for Prairie, the Rams were finally able to move the ball as they went 55 yards in 7 plays for their first touchdown of the game. That came with 1:10 left to play.
C.V. then recovered an onside kick at the Prairie 47. They moved down to the Prairie 19 and had time left for just 1 more play. A touchdown pass from Fabbi to Jesse Knox was called back on a C.V. penalty. Since Prairie accepted the penalty that gave C.V. 1 untimed down from the 26 and Fabbi again connected with Knox for a touchdown. Fabbi then passed to Connor Jackson for the 2-pointer to make the final score 54-14.
Prairie had 386 yards rushing for the game led by Hasselstrom who had 274 yards on 17 carries. Hibbard added 66 yards on 9 carries. Schlader had 23 yards on 8 carries. Alfrey had 23 yards on 7 carries and Johnson had 4 yards on 1 carry.
Schlader was 5 for 12 passing with 1 interception for 53 yards. Hasselstrom caught 2 for 33 yards. Hibbard caught 2 for 17 yards and Gehring caught 1 for 3 yards.
C.V. gained 47 yards rushing on 23 attempts. They had negative yards rushing until the final 2 possessions where they had 78 yards rushing.
Fabbi was 6 for 18 passing with 1 interception for 92 yards.
Hibbard led the Pirates in tackles with 5.5. Johnson had 4.5 tackles. Gehring had 4 tackles. Shane Hanson and Dalton Ross each had 3 tackles. Cole Schlader and Colton McElroy had 2 each. Wyatt Ross had 1 tackle plus an interception. Chase Kaschmitter had 1 tackle. Cronan had 0.5 tackles. Gehring had 1.5 sacks and Cronan had half a sack.
The Pirates are now 2-0 on the season and 1 -0 in league play. They play their final non-league game of the season this Friday at Timberline at 7 p.m., smoke permitting.
Prairie 22 16 16   0 -54
C.V.     0   0   0 14 -14
P-Hasselstrom 1 run (Gehring pass from Schlader) 11:02 1^st
P-Hasselstrom 24 run (run failed) 7:50 1^st
P-Hibbard 4 run (Schlader run) 1:08 1^st
P-Hasselstrom 32 run (Gehring pass from Schlader) 9:23 2^nd
P-Hasselstrom 35 run (Hibbard run) 4:16 2^nd
P-Hibbard 14 run (W. Ross pass from Schlader) 10:39 3^rd
P-Alfrey 6 run (Gehring pass from Schlader) 3:37 3^rd
C-Pickering 27 run (run failed) 1:10 4^th
C-Knox 26 pass from Fabbi (Jackson pass from Fabbi) 0:00 4^th