State tournaments are this week All five local Cottonwood area fall sports teams have qualified for their respective state tournaments: Prairie football, volleyball and boys and girls cross country and St. John Bosco volleyball. Following is a breakdown for each. Prairie Football
The Prairie football team is the #4 ranked
non-conference champion and will host #5 ranked Grace this Friday, Nov.
1 at 6 p.m. at the Prairie Track/Football complex.
Grace has a record of 5-4 and was the runner-up to Butte County in the High Desert league. The teams have one common opponent, C.V. Grace defeated C.V. 36-12 while Prairie beat them 54-36. The 4 first round winners will be reseeded along with the 4 conference champions who received a first round bye for second round matchups using the MaxPreps rankings for the end of the regular season. Prairie would likely be traveling for a second round game if they win this Friday. Other first round matchups are: #8 Potlatch at #1 Kendrick; #7 Raft River at #2 Hagerman and #6 Glenns Ferry at #3 Kamiah. Receiving byes were Logos, Butte County, Valley and Rimrock. As you can see the White Pine League is well represented with 5 teams in the tournament. Prairie Volleyball
The Prairie Lady Pirates will open state play at 1
p.m. MST on Thursday, Oct. 31, against Hagerman at Jerome High School.
Prairie is the #6 seed into the tournament while Hagerman is the #3
seed. Hagerman finished third in the Snake River Conference and brings
a 20-5 record into the state tournament.
Other first round matchups are #2 seeded Butte County against #7 Liberty Charter; #1 Troy against #8 Genesis Prep and #4 Oakley against #5 Wilder. If Prairie wins they would play the Butte County-Liberty Charter winner at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. If they lose they would play that matchups loser at 9 a.m. on Friday. See bracket below. St. John Bosco Volleyball
The Lady Patriots will open state play at 5 p.m. MST
on Thursday, Oct. 31 against #1 seed Rockland at Canyon Ridge High
School in Twin Falls. Rockland is 23-5 and won the Rocky Mountain
Conference. This is the school’s first ever state appearance in
volleyball.
If Bosco wins they would play the Genesee-Grace Lutheran winner at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. If they lose they would play the loser of that match at 11 a.m. on Friday. Other first round matchups are #3 Mackay against #6 Carey, #2 Horsehoe Bend vs. #7 Council and #4 Genesee vs. #5 Grace Lutheran. See bracket below. Prairie Cross Country
Both the boys and girls cross country teams qualified
for state. The state meet will be held at Eagle Island State Park near
Eagle on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The 2A girls race will be at 1:30 p.m. MST and the 2A boys race will be at 2:30 p.m. MST. In between those two races the 4A boys race will be held at 2 p.m.  The Prairie football team is shown with the Academic State Champions trophy. Back from left are Max Rehder, Matt Wemhoff, Carter Shears, Peter Reamcle, Briggs Rambo, Trajan Elven, Levi McElroy, Philip Schwartz, Dylan Schumacher and Oliver Kaufman-VanHouten. Front from left are Levi Gehring, Ashton Martin, Kade Quintal, Jake Quintal, Chris Schuamcher, Zach Schumacher and Lane Mader. Not pictured is Malachi Graham-Pile.  The 2A football bracket. Logos, Butte County, Valley and Rimrock had first round byes as conference champions. They and the first round winners will be reseeded for the second round using the MaxPreps rankings below.   The Prairie volleyball team. Back from left are assistant coach Madison Shears, Ellie Nuxoll, Lexi Schumacher, Hailey Hanson, Kylie Schumacher, Beka Schumacher, Sydney Shears, Erika Schlader, Nadia Cash and head coach Julie Schumacher. Front from left are Kaylie Lockett, Mia Anderson, Tamden Pecarovich, Sierra Oliver, Lacey Schwartz, Aubree Rehder and Avery Riener.  The 2A volleyball bracket. All times are MDT.  The St. John Bosco volleyball team. Back from left are head coach Jamie Johnson, Catherine Bekcman, Presley Schoo, Savannah Perrin, Catherine Seubert, Rachel Sonnen, Sarah Waters and assistant coach Sarah Carothers. Front from left are Madeline Wassmuth, Julia Wassmuth, Miah Mager, Noelle Chmelik and CeCe Remacle.  The 1A volleyball bracket. All times are MDT.  For the second time in 3 seasons as well as the second time ever, both the Prairie girls and boys cross country teams qualified for State. Kneeling from left are Chase VonBargen, Phineas Fitch, Kade Hanson and Bella Musick. Standing from left are Joe Shaw, Matthew Jones, Kento Morita, Ella McLeod, Landon Riener, Evelyn Gehring, Callie Remacle, Lillianne Lustig, Reagan Brannan, Onyx Lish, Gabe Decaria and coach Glenn Poxleitner. |
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