Lady Pirates beat Lapwai The Prairie Lady Pirates moved into a first place tie in the White Pine League with a pair of wins last week. On Thursday, Jan.15, they made it a split of the season series with a 62-39 win at Lapwai. On Friday, Jan. 16, they beat Kendrick 57-29 at Cottonwood. at Lapwai Prairie never trailed in their rematch with former Prairie coach Lori Mader’s Wildcats at Lapwai.Prairie jumped out to a 6-0 lead as Sage Elven made a pair of baskets and Kylie Schumacher added another. Lapwai got on the scoreboard with a 3 which was answered by Hailey Hanson, who also made a 3-pointer. After another Lapwai 3, It was Erica Schlader’s turn to sink a 3. After a pair of Lapwai free throws, Kylie Schumacher scored a putback and a lay-up and Beka Schumacher added a lay-up for an 18-8 lead. Lapwai closed the quarter with a basket to make it 18-10. Elven opened the second quarter with a pair of free throws. After a Lapwai basket, Hailey Hanson scored her second 3 of the game. Lapwai made a free throw then Kylie Schumacher made a lay-up. She missed the ensuing free throw but Elven rebounded and scored. A free throw by Elven made it 28-13. Lapwai put together a 4-10 run to get back within 9. Hanson and Kylie Schumacher scored for Prairie in the run. Beka Schumacher made a free throw to make it 33-23 at the half. In the third quarter Kylie Schumacher scored for a 12 point lead. A 2-7 run by Lapwai cut the deficit to 7 with 4:02 left in the third quarter. Prairie then put together a 10-0 run to end the quarter and take a 17 point lead into the fourth. Hanson started the run with a 3. Elven made 2 free throws. Shears made a free throw. Beka Schumacher and Kylie Schumacher each scored to close the quarter. Elven and Kylie Schumacher each scored to open the fourth quarter for a 51-30 lead. Lapwai got back within 19 then Prairie scored 9 straight points to push the lead to 62-34. Kylie Schumacher made a pair of baskets and a free throw while Shears scored a free throw and a 3 in that run. Lapwai scored the final 5 points of the game. Kylie Schumacher and Elven each had a double-double. Kylie scored 25 points and added 11 rebounds while Elven scored 11 and had 19 rebounds. Hanson was also in double figures with 11 points while Beka Schumacher scored 7, Shears 5 and Schlader 3. Prairie dominated the boards 46-24. Hanson had 7 steals and 4 assists while Shears led the team with 5 assists. Prairie was 24 for 48 from the field, 50% and 9 for 15 at the line, 60%. Lapwai was 14 for 57 from the field, 25%, and 7 for 14, 50%. Prairie also won the JV game 42-30. Prairie 18 15 14 15 -62 Lapwai 10 13 7 9 -39 Prairie-Shears 1-4, 2-4, 5; Hanson 4-8, 0-0, 11; Schlader 1-2, 0-0, 3; Elven 4-8, 3-4, 11; K. Schumacher 12-17, 1-3, 25; Brannan 0-0, 0-0, 0; B. Schumacher 2-9, 3-4, 7. 3-pointers-Hanson 3, Shears, Schlader. Lapwai-C. Samuels 1-1, 0-0, 2; Picard 5-22, 4-4, 18; Oatman 3-9, 0-4, 6; T. Yearout 3-10, 0-1, 7; Bisbee 2-15, 3-5, 7; A. Yearout 0-1, 0-0, 0; Payne 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Picard 2, T. Yearout. Vs. Kendrick In the game against Kendrick, Prairie broke open a close game with a dominant third quarter.Sydney Shears and Sage Elven each scored to give Prairie a 4-0 lead. Kendrick then responded with 5 straight for what turne  d
out to be their only lead of the game. Elven passed to a cutting Kylie
Schumacher for a lay-up to give Prairie back the lead. Kylie scored
again then Beka Schumacher scored a free throw. A putback by Kylie
Schumacher made it 11-5. Kendrick scored then Elven sank a 3 and Kylie
Schumacher added a turn-around shot to make it 16-7 at the end of the
first quarter.Kendrick scored to open the second then Prairie scored 6 straight for a 22-9 lead. Kendrick then closed the first half with 7 straight points to make it 22-16 at the break. Prairie came out in the second half with 9 straight points to take a 15 point lead. Kylie Schumacher scored a lay-up then converted a 3-point play. Elven scored a lay-up then Kylie added a lay-up to finish the run. Kendrick’s first points of the second half came at the 3:46 mark. Shears banked a short shot in to answer. Another Kendrick score was answered by Kylie Schumacher. Kendrick scored again at the 1:57 mark then went scoreless for over 7 minutes. In that span Prairie scored 18 straight points to blow the game open and invoke the running clock. Prairie ended the third quarter with 6 straight as Kylie Schumacher, Beka Schumacher and Elven each scored a basket for a 41-21 lead. Shears scored to open the fourth quarter. Beka Schumacher converted a 3-point play. Shears hit a 3-pointer and then added a lay-up that gave Prairie a 30-point lead and turned on the running clock with 3:36 to play. Kylie Schumacher capped the run with a lay-up. Kendrick scored their only points of the fourth quarter on a 3 with 2:25 left. Prairie then got a basket each from Halee Rowland and Reagan Brannan. Kylie Schumacher had another double-double with 25 points and 13 rebounds. Shears was also in double figures with 11 points. Elven scored 9 while Beka Schumacher scored 6. Hanson, Rowland and Brannan scored 2 each. Prairie dominated the boards 55-19. Elven tied for the team lead with 13 rebounds while Beka Schumacher was also in double figures with 10. Kylie Schumacher had 4 steals and 4 assists. Hanson, Elven and Schlader each had 3 assists. Prairie was 26 for 66 from the field, 39%, and 3 for 12 at the line, 25%. Kendrick was 9 for 40 from the field, 23%, and 3 for 4 at the line, 75%. Prairie is now 11-4 on the season and 8-1 in league play. If they wind up tied for first with Lapwai, Prairie has the tiebreaker and will be the #1 seed into District. Prairie also won the JV game, which went just 2 quarters, 41-5. Prairie scored the first 17 points of the game. 10 of those were by Kennedy Riener. Faith Cash scored 4, Lillian Rehder 2 and Reagan Brannan 1. Kendrick scored their first points at the 1:19 mark. Alli Rambo then scored a pair of baskets to make it 21-2 at the end of the first quarter. Prairie then scored the first 8 points of the second quarter. Capri Hagen started the scoring. Kenly Forsmann followed with a midrange shot. Blake Uhlenkott scored a free throw. Hagen scored a free throw then Bekah Shears made a basket on an inbounds play. Hagen scored again to make it 31-2. Kendrick scored the Prairie ran off another 6 straight. Rambo, Hagen and Tori Shears each scored to make it 37-4. After a Kendrick free throw, Zoey Behler scored a pair of baskets to finish off the game. Riener led the scoring with 10 points. Hagen scored 7, Rambo 6, Behler and Cash 4 each, Rehder, Forsmann, Bekah Shears and Tori Shears 2 each and Brannan and Uhlenkott 1 each. Prairie had a 12-5 edge on the boards. Brannan led Prairie with 4 rebounds. Kennedy Riener had 4 steals while Tori Shears and Brannan had 3 each. Uhlenkott had 5 assists. Prairie was 18 for 29 from the field, 62%, and 5 for 10 at the line, 50%. Kendrick was 2 for 5 from the field, 40%, and 1 for 2 at the line, 50%. They only put up 5 shots because they committed 29 turnovers in 16 minutes of play. Prairie 16 6 19 16 -57 Kendrick 7 9 5 3 -24 Prairie-Shears 5-14, 0-0, 11; Hanson 1-5, 0-0, 2; Schlader 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elven 4-14, 0-0, 9; K. Schumacher 12-17, 1-7, 25; B. Schumacher 2-8, 2-4, 6; Rowland 1-3, 0-0, 2; Brannan 1-2, 0-0, 2; Rehder 0-0, 0-0, 0; Cash 0-1, 0-0, 0; K. Riener 0-0, 0-0, 0; Behler 0-0, 0-0, 0; A. Riener 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Elven, Shears. Kendrick-Heimgartner 1-9, 0-0, 3; Cowley 0-4, 0-0, 0; Anderson 4-9, 1-2, 10; Clemenhagen 0-0, 0-0, 0; Boyer 3-10, 0-0, 6; Hoffman 0-6, 2-2, 2; Johnstun 1-2, 0-0, 3; Manfull 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Anderson, Johnstun.  Kylie Schumacher scores a lay-up against Kendrick.  Reagan Brannan plays defense against Kendrick's Hali Anderson.  Sage Elven shoots from the corner against Kendrick. Also shown is Sydney Shears.  Sydney Shears goes for a lay-up against Kendrick. PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2025-26
JV games start at 6 p.m., varsity to follow unless indicated.
*indicates league game NOVEMBER
13-Jamboree at Grangeville
18-Nezperce, here , 1/2 JV & V, won 53-35 19-Moscow, here, 5:30 p.m., won 48-44 DECEMBER
1-Orofino, here, JV only 4:30 p.m., won 48-132-Lapwai*, here, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m., lost 49-56 3-JV vs Grangeville, here, 7:30 p.m., won 56-11 4-Kendrick, there, 6 p.m., won 52-33 5-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, 6 p.m., lost 20-37 12-JV/V vs. Oakley at New Plymouth, lost 31-37 13-JV/V vs. Grace at New Plymouth, 9 & 10:30 a.m. MST, won 38-37 15-Orofino, there, JV only, 6 p.m. 16-Kamiah*, here, V only, 6:30 p.m., JV vs. Grangeville, 5 p.m., won 42-29 22-Potlatch*, there, V only, 6 p.m, rescheduled after school closure, won 67-23, JANUARY
6-Troy*, here, V only, won 71-198-C.V.*, there, V only at Grangeville due to water issues at C.V. gym, won 72-9 9-Potlatch*, here, V only, 7 p.m.; JV vs. Nezperce, 5:30 p.m., won 57-23 12-C team vs. Clarkston, here, 4:30 p.m. 12-Grangeville, here, JV-V, 6 p.m., lost 48-54 in overtime 15-Lapwai*, there, C-JV-V, 4:30 p.m. won 62-39 16-Kendrick* Quad, here, 3 & 6 p.m., won 57-24 20-C.V.*, here, V only, 6 p.m.; JV vs. Lewiston C, 4:30 p.m., won 64-25, details next week 21-Logos, there, 1/2 JV & V, won 53-20, details next week 24-Troy*, there, 4 p.m. V only 26-Nezperce, there, JV only, 6 p.m. 27-Logos*, here, Senior Night, 1/2 JV & V 29-Kamiah*, there, V only FEBRUARY
4-District Tourn., Higher seed host, 6 p.m.
7,9,11,12-District at Lewiston High 14-State Play-In at Cascade 19-21-State at Columbia High, Nampa Prairie Junior High Girls Basketball Schedule, 2026 All games start at 4:30 p.m.January 28-Lapwai, thereFebruary 3-Nezperce, here9-Lapwai, here 10-Culdesac (B team), here 12-Timberline, there 17-Clearwater Valley, here, 1 team 18-Kamiah, there 24-Orofino, there 25-Sts. Peter & Paul, ½ B team, Full A team, there March 4-St. John Bosco, ½ B team, Full A team, there5-Grangeville, here 10-Highland, here |
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