Pirates win 1 of 3
The Prairie Pirates lost two of three league games this past week. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, they traveled to C.V. to makeup a game postponed by bad road conditions and won 56-53. On Thursday, Jan. 25, they hosted Kamiah and lost 40-50. On Friday, Jan. 26, they traveled to Potlatch and lost 32-48.
The game at C.V. was close all the way despite the Pirates missing two starters.
C.V. scored first on a 3 pointer. Noah Behler answered with a lay-up. After a C.V. basket, Prairie took their first lead as Lee Forsmann scored 5 straight points. He made a free throw then hit a pair of lay-ups for a 7-5 lead.
C.V. scored 4 to retake the lead but a 3 by Matt Wemhoff put Prairie back on top. Behler added a lay-up to make it 12-9. After a C.V. free throw, Behler sank a 3 to make it 15-10. Forsmann answered a C.V. free throw with a la-up to make it 17-12 with 3:01 left in the quarter.
C.V. scored the final 5 points of the quarter to tie the game up at 17.
Logan Weber opened the second quarter scoring with a short jumper but C.V. tied it. Nate Forsmann scored a putback but C.V. tied it again with 2 free throws. A lay-up by Behler gave Prairie a 23-21 lead but C.V. answered with 6 straight to take a 23-27 lead.
Briggs Rambo scored a midrange jumper but C.V. then scored 4 straight to take a 25-31 lead with 45 seconds left in the half. Lee Forsmann and Phil Schwartz then each hit a 3 to tie the score at 31 at the half.
C.V. scored the first 4 points of the second half before Lee Forsmann converted a 3-point play. C.V. then converted their own 3-point play but Schwartz then answered with a 3-pointer. A C.V. basket was answered by Schwartz. Another basket by C.V. was answered by a 3-point play by Lee Forsmann that tied the scored at 42. Levi Gehring then scored a free throw to give Prairie a 43-42 lead after 3 quarters.
C.V. tied it with a free throw to open the fourth but Lee Forsmann then converted his third 3-point play of the half. A C.V. basket was answered by a 3 by Lee Forsmann for a 49-45 lead. C.V. then scored 6 straight points to take their final lead of the game at 49-51 with 4:26 to play.
A 3-point play by Rambo with 4:13 put Prairie back on top. Rambo added a turn-around jump shot to make it 54-51 with 2:51 left.
C.V. got back within 1 with a basket but Behler made 2 free throws with 31 seconds left to give Prairie their final 3-point margin of victory.
Lee Forsmann led all scorers with 22 points. Behler added 11 while Schwartz scored 8, Rambo 7, Wemhoff 3, Weber and Nate Forsmann 2 each and Gehring 1.
C.V. had a 34-38 edge on the boards. Wemhoff led the Pirates with 9 rebounds.
Wemhoff had 3 steals and 4 assists.
Prairie was 21 for 52 from the field, 40%, and 8 for 14 at the line, 57%. C.V. was 20 for 52 from the field, 38%, and 10 for 19 at the line, 53%.
Prairie also won the 2-quarter JV game 30-21.
A basket by Chase VonBargen and a 3 by Collin Ray gave Prairie a 5-0 lead. C.V. then scored 6 straight to take the lead. A basket by Caden Armbrust put Prairie back on top. He added another basket and Jackson Enneking closed out the first quarter with a basket on an inbounds feed from Ray for an 11-6 lead at the end of the first quarter.
C.V. scored to open the second quarter then Nate Forsmann sank back to back 3’s and added a putback for a 19-8 lead. Levi Gehring stole the ball and scored to make it 21-8 with 4:43 left.
C.V. answered with 8 straight points to get back within 5 at 21-16 before VonBargen sank a 3 to put Prairie up by 8.
After a C.V. free throw Forsmann and Enneking each scored to give Prairie a 28-17 lead. A C.V. basket was answered by a lay-up from Forsmann with 15 seconds left to make it 30-19.
C.V. scored at the buzzer to cut the final margin to 9.
Forsmann scored 12 to lead the JVs in scoring. VonBargen scored 5. Enneking and Armbrust scored 4 each while Ray scored 3 and Gehring scored 2.
C.V. had an 11-16 edge on the boards. Enneking, Max Rehder and Forsmann each had 2 to lead Prairie.
Gehring had 5 steals and 3 assists.
Prairie was 13 for 29 from the field, 45%, and 0 for 2 at the line. C.V. was 9 for 18 from the field, 50%, and 1 for 3 at the line, 33%.
Prairie 17 14 12 13 -56
C.V.   17 14 11 11 -53
Prairie-Wemhoff 1-7, 0-0, 3; Schwartz 3-7, 0-4, 8; Rambo 3-8, 1-1, 7; Behler 4-8, 2-2, 11; L. Forsmann 8-16, 4-5, 22; Weber 1-4, 0-0, 2; N. Forsmann 1-1, 0-0, 2; Gehring 0-1, 1-2, 1. 3-pointers-L. Forsmann 2, Schwartz 2, Wemhoff, Behler.
C.V.-Osborn 0-2, 0-0, 0; Louwein 2 7, 0-0, 6; Raff 5-14, 6-7, 16; Gardner 6-9, 1-3, 13; Schlieper 7-13, 2-5, 17; Moses 0-3, 0-2, 0; Altman 0-2, 1-2, 1. 3-pointers-Louwein 2, Schlieper.
Prairie played Kamiah tough for 3 quarters as the were tied at 13 after 1 quarter, trailed 21-27 at the half and led 38-36 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Pirates could muster just 2 points in the fourth quarter though as Kamiah outscored them by 12 to pull out a 10-point win.
Behler led the Pirates in scoring with 12 points with Wemhoff scoring 11. Schwartz scored 6, Rambo 5, Lee Forsmann 4 and Riley Shears 2. Shears was in his first action since suffering a head injury against Genesee.
Prairie won the JV game 56-51.
Prairie   13   8 17   2 -40
Kamiah 13 14   9 14 -50
Prairie-Wemhoff 5, 0-1, 11; Gehring 0, 0-0, 0; Shears 1, 0-0, 2; Schwartz 2, 0-0, 6; Rambo 2 1-2 5; Weber 0, 0-0, 0; Behler 5, 1-1, 12; N. Forsmann 0, 0-0, 0; L. Forsmann 2, 0-1, 4. 3-pointers-Schwartz 2, Wemhoff, Behler.
Kamiah-Engledow 0, 0-0, 0;Crowe 6, 4-4, 19; Loughran 1, 0-0, 3; Millage 1, 0-0, 2; Kludt 7, 0-2, 15; Cereghino 0, 0-0, 0;Skinner 0, 0-0, 0; Landmark 0, 0-2, 0; Kou 4, 0-2, 8; Oatman 1, 0-0, 3. 3-pointers-Crowe 3, Oatman, Loughran, Kludt
In the game at Potlatch Prairie fell behind by as many as 13 in the first half and rallied back within 5 in the third quarter only to struggle to score in the fourth quarter.
Prairie held an early lead as Lee Forsmann scored the game’s first points. After Potlatch tied it, Behler sank a 3-pointer for a 5-2 lead. Potlatch then scored 8 straight points and never trailed again.
Lee Forsmann broke the run with a 3 but Potlatch then scored 9 straight to take an 8-19 lead into the second quarter.
Lee Forsmann opened the second quarter with 2 free throws. After a Potlatch basket, Weber scored a putback. After another Potlatch basket, Rambo hit a midrange jumper. Potlatch then scored 4 straight to take a 14-27 lead with 4:44 left in the half.
Rambo and Behler hit back to back 3’s to cut the lead to 7 at 20-27. Potlatch then scored 2 baskets to push their lead back to 11. Behler scored inside in the final seconds to make it 22-31 at the half.
Rambo opened the third quarter scoring with a basket but Potlatch answered. Neither team scored for the next 3 minutes until Schwartz made a pair of free throws. Lee Forsmann followed with a basket to pull the Pirates within 5 at 28-33.
After a Potlatch basket, Rambo scored to again cut the deficit to 5 points with 1:18 left in the third quarter.
Prairie then went ice-cold and Potlatch scored 13 straight points to take a 30-48 lead with 2:12 to play.
Behler broke the 8 minute scoring drought with 1:20 left but those were the final 2 points of the game.
Behler led the team in scoring with 10 points. Rambo and Lee Forsmann scored 9 each while Schwartz and Weber scored 2 each.
Rebounding was even at 32 each. Weber led the Pirates with 11 rebounds while Lee Forsmann had 7.
Lee Forsmann had 2 steals and Schwartz had 4 assists.
Prairie was 12 for 41 from the field, 29%, and 4 for 4 at the line. Potlatch was 21 for 54 from the field, 39%, and 5 for 10 at the line, 50%.
Prairie is now 5-9 overall and 2-9 in league play.
Prairie won the JV game 58-29.
Prairie jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never looked back. Ray started things off with a 3-pointer. Secrest followed with a basket and then VonBargen sank a 3 to make it 8-0.
Potlatch cut the lead to 8-4 then Prairie got a basket each by Enneking, VonBargen and Gehring to make it 14-4.
Potlatch cut the lead to 14-9 with a basket and a 3 but Gehring drove for a lay-up to make it 16-9 at the end of the first quarter.
VonBargen opened the second quarter scoring with a free throw and Gehring followed with a lay-up.
After Potlatch cut the lead to 19-13, Forsmann scored a midrange shot and then converted a 3-point play for a 24-13 lead.
Potlatch answered with 4 straight then Prairie put together a 12-0 run to lead by 19. Quintal opened it with a basket then Gehring scored 3 straight baskets. Forsmann hit a 3 and then added a free throw to make it 36-17.
Forsmann later added a putback against 3 Potlatch points as Prairie led 38-20 at the half.
Forsmann scored a pair of baskets to open the second half and then Quintal hit a 3 to make it 45-20.
After a pair of Potlatch baskets, Cole Duclos hit a free throw and Gehring added a basket to make it 48-24. After a Potlatch free throw, Ray sank a 3 and followed with a free throw for a 52-25 lead.
After a Potlatch basket, Prairie closed out the third quarter with 6 straight points to take a 58-27 lead into the fourth quarter. Forsmann, Armbrust and Secrest each scored.
With the running clock in the fourth quarter, neither side was able to score until Potlatch scored a putback with 2 seconds left.
Forsmann wound up with 17 points to lead the JVs in scoring while Gehring scored 14. Ray scored 7 with VonBargen scoring 6. Quintal scored 5, Secrest 4, Enneking and Armbrust 2 each and Duclos 1.
Prairie had a 32-26 edge on the boards led by VonBargen who had 9 rebounds.
Gehring had 6 steals and 3 assists while VonBargen had 5 steals and Forsmann had 3 assists.
Prairie was 24 for 51 from the field, 47%, and 5 for 11 at the line, 45%. Potlatch was 12 for 37 from the field, 43%, and 4 for 14 at the line, 28%.
Prairie      8 14 8   2 -32
Potlatch 19 12 6 11 -48
Prairie-Wemhoff 0-1, 0-0, 0; Schwartz 0-6, 2-2, 2; Rambo 4-7, 0-0, 9; Behler 3-9, 0-0, 10; L. Forsmann 3-10, 2-2, 9; Weber 1-2, 0-0, 2; Shears 0-5, 0-0, 0; Gehring 0-1, 0-0, 0; N. Forsmann 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Behler 2, Rambo, L. Forsmann.
Potlatch-C. Lovell 3-7, 3-4, 10; Clark 4-15, 0-0, 8; E. Lovell 5-10, 0-2, 10; Vowels 4-12, 2-4, 10; Keck 3-6, 0-0, 6; Chambers 2-3, 0-0, 4; Morris 0-1, 0-0, 0; Marshall 0-0, 0-0, 0; Emerson 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-C. Lovell.