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win big at Salmon River
The Prairie Pirates held Salmon River scoreless in the first half as they rolled to an easy 53-19 win at Riggins Wednesday, Feb. 11. Prairie led 13-0 at the end of the first quarter and 25-0 at the half. Salmon River was 0 for 14 from the field in the first half. David Sigler led the Pirates in scoring with 12 points while Tyler Forsmann scored 9, Devin Schmidt 8, Conner Rieman 5, Kyle Daly and Derek Schaeffer 4 each, Joe Schumacher 3, and Eric Daly, Kyle Holthaus, Andrew Gabica and Brock Heath 2 each. Schmidt had 4 assists and 4 steals in the game. Prairie 13 12 16 12 -53 Salmon River 0 0 13 6 -19 Prairie-E. Daly 1, 0-0, 2; K. Daly 1, 2-4, 4; Holthaus 1, 0-0, 2; Schmidt 4, 0-0, 8; Rieman 2, 1-2, 5; Schaeffer 2, 0-2, 4; Sigler 5, 2-2, 12; Forsmann 3, 3-4, 9; Gabica 1, 0-2, 2; Schlader 0, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 1, 1-2, 3; Guyer 0, 0-0, 0; Heath 1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-none. Salmon River-Klobetanz 1, 0-0, 3; Jaramillo-Swan 2, 1-2, 6; Holton 0, 0-0, 0; Rinker 2, 0-0, 5; Cornwell 0, 0-0, 0; Ream 1, 1-2, 3; Manley 0, 0-0, 0; Couie 1, 0-0, 2; Joyce 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Klobetanz, Rinker, Jaramillo-Swan. Pirates lose season finale to Kamiah One can hope the Prairie Pirates got their bad game out of their system before the District Tournament as Kamiah came up and whipped them 51-61 Friday, Feb. 13 on Senior Night at Cottonwood in a game that wasn’t near as close as the final score. 
Kamiah raced out to a 0-10 lead as Prairie went scoreless for the first 4:22 of the game. Tyler Forsmann put the Pirates on the board with a jumper from the elbow but Kamiah answered that with another 6 straight points before Forsmann scored again for Prairie to make it 4-16 at the quarter break. Kamiah didn’t let up in the second quarter as junior guard Darian Ball added another three 3-pointers to the two he scored in the first quarter to lead Kamiah to a 9-35 lead with 2:23 left in the half. Ball hit 5 of his first 6 attempts from long range and had 16 first half points. Prairie got a little momentum going into the halftime break as Branden Waller scored on an inbounds play with a second left and was fouled, converting the 3-point play to make it 14-36 at the half. Prairie came out strong in the third quarter and held Kamiah to just a pair of free throws in the first 6 minutes as they outscored the Kubs 13-2. Eric Daly scored 4 of those points while David Sigler, who was held scoreless in the first half, scored 3. That run got Prairie within 11 points at 27-38 which was as close as the Pirates would get until the final minute. Kamiah broke out of their scoring drought to end the quarter 3-6 and take a 30-44 lead into the fourth. Prairie couldn’t gain any more ground on the Kubs in the fourth as they answered every Pirates score with points of their own. With 1:08 left Kamiah led 44-59 after a free throw. Prairie then went on an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 8 as Sigler hit a pair of 3-pointers but with just 14 seconds left after the second one, there wasn’t enough time left to make up the difference. Ball ended the scoring with a pair of free throws to make the final margin of 10 points. Tyler Forsmann wound up with 14 points to lead the Pirates while Sigler scored 11. Waller had 9, Eric Daly 6, Kyle Daly 4 and Devin Schmidt, Kyle Holthaus and Conner Rieman scored 2 each. Ball had 24 to lead the Kubs. Prairie had a 28-23 rebounding edge led by Waller with 10. Kyle Daly added 6 rebounds. Forsmann had 2 steals and Sigler had 3 assists. Prairie was 17 for 36 from the field, 47%, but just 5 for 17 in the first half. They were 14 for 28 at the line, 50%. Kamiah was 17 for 38 from the field, 45%, and 22 for 31 at the line, 71%. With the loss Prairie ends their regular season with a 15-5 record. In the JV game Prairie led nearly the entire game but Kamiah tied it with 2 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Despite falling behind by 4 points early in the extra frame, Prairie was able to pull out a 57-53 win thanks to a 9-1 run to end it. Prairie might have won the game easily if they hadn’t missed 14 shots in the first quarter. Despite that they still took a 16-10 lead in the second period as Seth Guyer scored 7 points and Justin Schmidt 6 in the period. Andrew Gabica scored 6 and Derek Schaeffer 4 in the second period as Prairie took a 30-22 hafltime lead. Guyer scored Prairie’s first 5 points of the third period as Prairie took a 35-25 lead but Kamiah then rallied back, finishing the quarter on a 2-10 run and cutting the lead to 2 points at 37-35. Prairie had a 45-40 lead with 4:01 left but Kamiah outscored Prairie 1-6 in the final 4 minutes to tie the game. The tying basket came with just 2 seconds on the clock. Kamiah took their first lead of the game to open the overtime and built their lead to 48-52 with 2:20 left to play. Brock Heath then hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 1 and Beau Schlader, who had shot horribly most of the game, hit a 3-pointer of his own to give Prairie back the lead at 54-52 with 1:06 to play. Kamiah scored a free throw to cut the lead to 1 but a free throw by Guyer and a basket by Joe Schumacher on an inbounds play gave Prairie the win. Guyer wound up with 17 points to lead all scorers with Schaeffer scoring 9, Heath 7, and Schlader, Gabica, Schumacher and Schmidt 6 each. Kamiah held a 39-40 rebounding edge. Gabica led Prairie with 10 rebounds while Guyer had 7. Guyer had 5 steals while Gabica had 4 and Schmidt, Schlader, Schaeffer and Heath had 3 each. Schlader had 5 assists and Gabica had 3. Prairie was 23 for 59 from the field, 39%, and 9 for 21 at the line, 43%. Kamiah was 21 for 47 from the field, 45%, and 11 for 24 at the line, 46%. The only made 3-pointers of the game were the ones by Heath and Schlader in overtime. Kamiah 16 20 8 17 -61 Prairie 4 10 16 21 -51 Prairie-E. Daly 3-4, 0-0, 6; K. Daly 1-2, 2-6, 4; Sigler 3-9, 3-4, 11; Forsmann 5-9, 3-6, 14; Waller 2-6, 5-8, 9; Schmidt 1-3, 0-2, 2; Holthaus 1-2, 1-2, 3; Rieman 1-1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Sigler 2, Forsmann. Kamiah-Nygaard 2-7, 7-8, 11; Ball 6-12, 7-9, 24; Langston 1-1, 2-4, 4; Welch 2-6, 0-0, 4; Broncheau 2-5, 0-2, 4; Higgins 2-4, 4-5, 8; Murphy 1-2, 2-3, 4; Roberts 1-1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Ball 5. Pirates win District opener The Prairie Pirates opened the District tournament in solid fashion as they doubled up Clearwater Valley 56-28 at the LCSC Activity Center in Lewiston Monday, Feb. 16.  Their
next game will be Friday, Feb. 20 at 8:30 p.m. against Kendrick, who upset
Timberline 59-57 Monday.
Friday’s winner clinches a state berth. Prairie never trailed against the Rams as they jumped out to a 6-0 lead. It took nearly 2 and a half minutes to put the first score on the board as Prairie had trouble penetrating C.V.’s zone defense. Branden Waller scored Prairie’s first points on a reverse lay-up with 5:37 left in the quarter. It was nearly 2 minutes later before David Sigler scored the next 2 points when he flipped in an underhanded scoop shot with 3:48 left. Sigler drove to the hoop for a lay-up to make it 6-0. C.V. finally got on the board with 2:43 left but Prairie then scored 5 more points to make it 11-2 on 2 free throws by Sigler, a turnaround jumper from the foul line by Tyler Forsmann and then a free throw by Forsmann. C.V. ended the quarter with a 3-point shot to make it 11-5. Prairie pretty much put the game out of reach in the second period as they put together runs of 7 and 10 points to take a 28-8 lead. Sigler connected on a pair of 3’s in the quarter while Waller and Forsmann added 4 points each. C.V. added a pair of free throws late in the half to make it 28-10 at the break. It was more of the same in the third quarter as Prairie had runs of 6 and 8 points to push their lead to 30 at 42-12. Kyle Daly, Sigler and Forsmann each had 4 points in that 14-2 run. C.V. outscored Prairie 4-10 in the final 3:50 of the third quarter but still trailed 46-22 entering the fourth. They got it down to 22 points at 48-26 but Prairie then scored the next 8 points to again push the lead to 30 before C.V. scored the game’s final basket. Sigler wound up with 20 points on 6 for 11 shooting while Forsmann added 15 points. Waller scored 8, Kyle Daly and Devin Schmidt 4 each, Derek Schaeffer 3 and Eric Daly 2. Prairie dominated the boards 43-22 with Waller grabbing 14 rebounds and Kyle Daly 8. Waller had 5 steals and Sigler had 8 assists. Prairie was 22 for 52 from the field, 42%, and 10 for 17 at the line, 59%. C.V. was 11 for 38 from the field, 29%, and 2 for 11 at the line, 18%. C.V. was just 3 for 18 from the field in the first half, 17%. Prairie is now 16-5 on the season. Prairie 11 17 18 10 -56 C.V. 5 5 12 6 -28 Prairie-E. Daly 1-1, 0-0, 2; K. Daly 2-4, 0-1, 4; Sigler 6-11, 6-8, 20; Forsmann 6-14, 3-4, 15; Waller 4-11, 0-2, 8; Schmidt 2-3, 0-0, 4; Holthaus 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schaeffer 1-2, 1-2, 3; Gabica 0-2, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 0-1, 0-0, 0; Schlader 0-1, 0-0, 0; Guyer 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Sigler 2. C.V.-C. Squires 0-2, 0-0, 0; Heath 0-3, 0-0, 0; Sommerfelt 2-9, 1-2, 5; Davis 1-7, 0-0, 3; Campbell 2-6, 0-3, 6; Heavy Runner 2-4, 0-1, 4; J. Squires 1-2, 0-1, 2; Paul 2-3, 1-2, 5; Walker 1-1, 0-2, 2; Owens 0-1, 0-0, 0; Gianopulos 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Campbell 2, Davis.
PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2008-09 *indicates league game 8-Genesee, here, lost 35-53 11-Grangeville, here, lost 50-54 15-Kamiah, there, won 54-45 18-Troy, there, postponed, no makeup date yet set 29-Wilder Tournament, lost to Jordan Valley, no score available 30-Wilder Tournament, won 74-28 over Idaho City 31-Council, there, cancelled 10-C.V., there*, won 48-34 13-Troy, here*, won 55-34 15-Grangeville, there, won 57-44 16-Deary, there*, won 43-28 22-Timberline, there*, won 53-44 24-Lapwai, here*, won 62-32 27-Highland, here, won 67-25 29-Nezperce, here, won 53-40 5-Genesee, there*, lost 55-61 9-Culdesac, here, won 75-40 11-Salmon River, there, varsity only starting at 7 p.m. MST,won 53-19 13-Kamiah, here, lost 51-61 16,20,24,26-District at LCSC, beat C.V. 56-28 - play Kendrick at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20. 28-State Play-in Game, TBA March 5-7-State at Boise |
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