The Prairie Lady Pirates ran into an inspired Lapwai team and fell 51-67 in the District Championship game Thursday, Feb. 10 at the new Lewiston High School gym.
Lapwai came out firing from 3-point range, hitting 5 of them in the first quarter, 3 of them by senior Grace Sobotta who had scored just 8 points combined in the two regular season games.
A couple of turnovers led to Prairie being down 0-6 before Josie Remacle scored to put them on the board. Laney Forsmann added a putback to make it 4-6.
Lapwai answered with another 3 which was followed by a lay-up by Delanie Lockett. Another Lapwai 3 was followed by a lay-up by Kristin Wemhoff. Prairie was scoring but losing ground trading 2’s for 3’s.
Prairie turned the ball over 9 times in the opening quarter after which they trailed 14-21.
They had another 8 turnovers in the second quarter and Lapwai added three more 3-pointers as they built their lead to 23-37 at the half.
Prairie got a basket by Wemhoff to open the second half but that 12 point deficit was as close as they got. They matched that later in the quarter after Tara Schlader and Forsmann each scored a basket to make it 35-47.  Lapwai then scored 4 straight points to take a 35-51 lead into the fourth quarter.
Lapwai had a 5-10 start to the fourth quarter to take their biggest lead at 40-61 with 3:48 left. Prairie was able to cut that down some but got no closer than the final margin of 16 points.
Schlader turned in a huge game with 22 points and 14 rebounds and Wemhoff had 12 points. No one else scored more than Forsmann’s 7. Remacle and Ali Rehder scored 4 points each and Lockett scored 2.
Prairie had a 48-32 rebounding edge with Lockett adding 11 and Forsmann 10 to Schlader’s team leading total.
Remacle and Wemhoff had 3 steals each while Schlader had 3 assists.
Prairie was 16 for 51 from the field, 31%, and 18 for 23 at the line, 78%. Lapwai was 24 for 63 from the field, 38%, and 9 for 18 at the line, 50%. They were 10 for 24 from 3-point range while Prairie made just one 3-pointer, by Forsmann.
Prairie takes an 18-4 record into the state tournament.
Prairie  14   9 12 16 -51
Lapwai 21 16 14 16 -67
Prairie-Wemhoff 4-8, 4-6, 12; Lockett 1-7, 0-0, 2; Remacle 1-4, 2-2, 4; Schlader 7-16, 8-11, 22; Forsmann 3-9, 0-0, 7; Rehder 0-1, 4-4, 4; Klapprich 0-1, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 0-3, 0-0, 0; Farr 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Forsmann.
Lapwai-Sobotta 5-11, 0-0, 15; McCormack-Marks 7-13, 0-1, 15; Smith 2-8, 2-4, 7; Gould 2-4, 1-2, 6; Greene 4-19, 3-6, 13; Q. Mitchell 3-5, 0-0, 6; Moliga 1-1, 1-1, 3; Young 0-1, 2-4, 2; A. Mitchell 0-1, 0-0, 0; George 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Sobotta 5, Greene 2, McCormack-Marks, Smith, Gould.

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30-Kamiah*, there, 1/2 JV, won 57-29
  1-JV vs. Grangeville here
  2-Logos*, here, 1/2 JV, won 68-8
  3-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, lost 48-52
  7-Lapwai*, there , lost 45-47
  8-JV at Clarkston, 5 p.m., won, no score available
10-Genesee*, here, won 72-30
16-C.V.*, there, V only, 7:30 p.m. won 61-20
17-Potlatch, there*, V only, 7:30 p.m., won 55-27
  4-Kendrick, here , won 52-46
  6-Orofino, here , cancelled due to school closure
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  8-Troy* Quad, there, 1/2 JV, 1 p.m, V-2:30, won 42-36
10-JV at Lewiston
11-Grangeville, here, lost 37-49
13-Kamiah*, here, 1/2 JV, won 52-19
15-Logos*, there, 1 p.m., 1/2 JV, won 81-22
18-Lapwai*, here, postponed due to COVID protocols at Lapwai
19-Orofino, here, V only, 6 p.m., postponed due to COVID protocols at Orofino
21-Genesee*, there, won 66-37
22-Lapwai*, here, 4 p.m., rescheduled from Jan. 18, won 55-47
25-Orofino, there, V only, 7 p.m., won 67-28
27-C.V.*, here, V only, 7:30 p.m. won 51-15
28-Potlatch*, here, V only, 7:30 p.m., Senior Night, won 71-47
31-Kendrick, there, won 46-44
3-11 -District at Lewiston H.S., beat Genesee 81-20, beat Troy 49-33, lost to Lapwai 51-67
17-19-State at Nampa, Columbia  H.S., beat Notus 65-28; beat Butte County 56-37, lost to Lapwai 37-63, details in Feb. 24 update.