The Prairie baseball team struggled in their super regional against North Star Charter and lost both games by scores of 4-18 and 1-9 at Meridian Friday and Saturday, May 8-9.
Prairie was the home team for the first game and Kade Quintal started on the mound. He got off to a rocky start as he hit the first batter and walked the second. After an out, a sacrifice fly scored the first run of the game. Another walk, hit by pitch and 2 errors added 3 more runs. As North Star took a 0-4 lead. In the bottom of the first Levi McElroy walked with 1 out and went to second on a wild pitch. He advanced to third on a balk. Chris Schumacher walked and stole second. Another balk scored McElroy to make it 1-4.
In the second Quintal got 2 quick outs then gave up 2 walks and a single as another run scored. In the bottom of the inning John Seubert walked with 1 out but was stranded.
In the third Quintal got the side out in order. Prairie got back into the game in the bottom of the inning. Quintal led off with a single. McElroy reached on a dropped line drive in left. Quintal scored and McElroy wound up at second. After an out, Devon Poxleitner was hit by a pitch. Phil Schwartz went in to courtesy run for Poxleitner. Isaiah Warren singled to left, scoring McElroy with Schwartz moving to third. After a second out, Seubert singled to score Schwartz and make it 4-5.
In the fourth Quintal gave up a single and an error added a second base runner but Quintal got out of the inning with a ground ball to third. Austin Labrum singled with 1 out in the bottom of the inning but was forced out at second. The runner got picked off first to end the inning.
Quintal set the side down in order in the fifth. Schumacher and Warren were both hit by pitches in the bottom of the fifth but Prairie was unable to score.
Quintal gave up a walk and a single to start the 6th and then was lifted in favor of McElroy. McElroy hit the first batter he faced to load the bases then got a strikeout. A walk scored a run and a sacrifice fly added another to make it 4-7. A fly out to Schumacher at short ended the inning. Seubert walked with 1 out in the bottom of the inning but was forced out and then the inning ended with a strikeout.
North Star put the game away in the top of the seventh as they exploded for 11 runs. On 5 hits, 3 of them doubles, 5 walks, a hit batsman and an error against 3 different pitchers. McElroy started the inning and last 2 hitters, Schumacher went in to pitch and got just 1 out against 9 batters. Warren went in and gave up a walk and 2 doubles that led to 3 more runs. Prairie then went down in order in the bottom of the inning.
Prairie had just 4 hits, all singles. Seubert and Warren each had a single and an RBI while Quintal and Labrum each had a single.
Quintal gave up 7 runs, 4 earned, in 5 innings on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts, 5 walks and 2 hit batsmen. McElroy gave up 2 run in 1 inning on 1 hit with 1 strikeout, 2 walks and a hit batsman. Schumacher gave up 8 runs, 4 earned, in just 1/3 of an inning on 2 hits with 1 strikeout, 4 walks and a hit batsman. Warren gave up 1 run in 2/3 of an inning on 2 hits with 1 walk.
North Star 4 1 0 0 0 2 11—18 9 2
Prairie       1 0 3 0 0 0   0—  4 4 6
In the Pirates final game of the season they were limited to just 1 run and 2 hits.
The Pirates went down in order in the first inning. Labrum started on the mound for the Pirates and gave up 3 walks to the first 4 batters to load the bases with 1 out. North Start then scored all 3 runners on an error, sacrifice fly and a passed ball for a 0-3 lead.
Warren got a 1-out single in the second but was left stranded at first. An error and a single put runners on for North Star in the bottom of the inning but Labrum got our of the inning with a fly out to right and a pop-up to third.
The Pirates went down in order in the third. Labrum set the side down in order in the bottom of the inning.
McElroy led off the fourth with a single. Schumacher tried to bunt him over but popped it up to the pitcher. A balk moved McElroy to second. After a second out, Warren hit a line drive to center that was dropped for an error. McElroy scored on the play to make it 1-3. An error started the bottom of the fourth but Labrum got the next 3 hitters out.
In the fifth a dropped third strike allowed Levi Gehring to reach. Max Rehder then reached on an error. Prairie was unable to score. Labrum got the side out in order in the bottom of the fifth.
Prairie went down in order in the sixth. Labrum got a strikeout to start the bottom of the sixth. However an error, double and single followed with 2 runs scoring. Another single followed then a ground out. A double and a single followed to make it 1-8. Poxleitner then went in to pitch and walked 3 straight batters to score another run and make it 1-9 before getting a strikeout to end the inning.
In the seventh Seubert was hit by a pitch with 1 out but 2 strikeouts followed to end the Pirates’ season.
McElroy and Warren had Prairie’s only hits of the game.
Labrum gave up 9 runs, only 1 earned, in 5 2/3 innings on 6 hits with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks. Poxleitner pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up no runs on no hits with 3 walks and a strikeout.
Prairie ends their season with a record of 14-10.
Prairie        0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0—1 2 4
North Star 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 x—9 6 2

16-C.V., there, 4:30 p.m. postponed
17-Pomeroy, there, 4 p.m., won 6-3 in 8 innings,
19-C.V., there, 4:30 p.m., rescheduled from 3/16, lost 3-5
20-Kendrick, here, 4:30 p.m., lost 5-17
24-Genesee, there, 4:30 p.m., won 13-7
26-Lapwai at Clearwater Park, 4:30 p.m, won 11-0.

  7-Lewis County, there, 4:30 p.m., won 20-2
  8-Kendrick, there, 4:30 p.m., lost 7-21
10-11-Glenns Ferry Tournament-vs. North Fremont 10:45 a.m. Friday, won 6-2; vs. Lighthouse Christian at Wendell, 3:15 p.m, Friday, won 9-4; vs. Notus at Wendell, 12:30 p.m., Saturday, won 13-0; vs. West Jefferson, 5 p.m., Saturday, won 24-2
13-Lewis County, here, 430 p.m., postponed
16-Potlatch, there, V & JV, 4 p.m., postponed
17-vs. Lewis County at Clearwater Park, Lewiston, 5 p.m., won 11-0
18-Troy (2) at Lewiston, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., won 6-1 and 12-4
24-Genesee, at Airport Park in Lewiston at 3 p.m., won 10-9
25-Potlatch, at Airport Park in Lewiston, V at 11 a.m.; V at 1 p.m.; JV at 3 p.m., lost 2-11 and 5-11
27-Lapwai, here, 4:30 p.m., won 17-2
28-C.V., here, 4:30 p.m., lost 0-15
30-District play-in, host Genesee at 4:30 p.m., won 14-13

1-2-District at Orofino, lost to Potlatch 2-6, lost to Kendrick 10-14
8-9-State Play-Ins (best 2 of 3) at higher seed, vs. North Star Charter at Meridian High School, 5 p.m., MDT on Friday, game 2 at 10 a.m. MDT on Saturday. Game 3 if necessary 30 minutes after end of game 2 . lost 4-18 and 1-9