| Summit
girls open District with win
Savanah Prigge scored 23 of her game-high 25 points in the first half to lead the Summit Lady Patriots to a 59-33 win in their District Tournament opener against Highland Friday, Feb. 3 at Lapwai. 
Prigge was 7 for 8 from the field in the first quarter and added a free throw as she scored all 15 points for Summit in the quarter. Meanwhile the defense was shutting down the Huskies holding them to just 2 points and forcing 8 turnovers as Summit took a 15-2 first quarter lead. Prigge stayed hot in the second quarter hitting all 4 shot attempts before sitting out the final 4 minutes of the period. Kayla Schumacher came off the bench to score 5 points and Nicole Frei scored 4 as Summit extended the lead to 35-6 by halftime. Prigge only played a couple minutes in the second half and added 2 free throws. Sisters Brooke and Kayla Schumacher each scored 4 points in the quarter as Summit made it 47-23 after 3 quarters. Highland’s Libby Dietz came alive in the quarter with 9 points and Chantell Lowe added 6 as the Huskies were finally able to get some offense going. Dietz continued into the fourth quarter with 8 more points but Summit was able to match Highland’s scoring in the final frame and scored the final 8 points thanks to 6 points from Megan Seubert and 2 each from Brooke and Kayla Schumacher and Megan Rehder. Prigge was 11 for 12 from the field and 3 for 3 at the line for her 25 points and probably could have scored 50 if she had played the entire game. Kayla Schumacher wound up with 12 points while Seubert and Brooke Schumacher scored 6 each. Nicole Frei scored 4 and Rachael Frei and Rehder added 2 each. Summit dominated the boards 55-25 with Kayla Schumacher leading the team with 8 while Nicole Frei added 7 and Rachael Frei, Brooke Schumacher, Sarah Chmelik and Seubert added 6 each. Brooke and Kayla Schumacher had 3 steals each and Nicole Wemhoff had 6 assists while Kayla Schumacher had 4. Summit was 26 for 66 from the field, 39%, and a perfect 7 for 7 at the line. Highland was 16 for 53 from the field, 30%, and 1 for 8 at the line, 13%. Summit 15 20 12 12 -59 Highland 2 4 17 10 -33 Summit-R. Frei 1-11, 0-0, 2; N. Frei 2-5, 0-0, 4; Wemhoff 0-3, 0-0, 0; B. Schumacher 3-9, 0-0, 6; Prigge 11-12, 3-3, 25; Chmelik 0-6, 0-0, 0; K. Schumacher 5-10, 2-2, 12; Rehder 1-5, 2-2, 4; Seubert 3-6, 0-0, 6; Duclos 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Highland-M. Hendren 2-4, 0-0, 4; C. Lowe 4-16, 0-0, 8; Dietz 9-23, 1-8, 19; Hovey 1-7, 0-0, 2; Orr 0-0, 0-0, 0; A. Hendren 0-0, 0-0, 0; Brashear 0-3, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Summit girls advance to title game The Summit Lady Patriots held on through a rough and tumble game against Nezperce Monday, Feb. 6 at Lapwai, winning 40-29 to advance to the District Championship game Friday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.  Nezperce,
coming off a 1-point victory over Summit in the regular season closer,
fell behind, caught up and trailed just 21-19 at the end of the third quarter.
Summit pulled away in the fourth though outscoring the Indians 18-10 to drop the Indians into the loser’s bracket. Summit would have to lose both Friday and Saturday to Nezperce to avoid making another trip to state. With Nezperce double and even triple-teaming on some occasions Summit post Savanah Prigge in the first half, Brooke Schumacher came on strong, hitting 4 of 6 shots in the first quarter which along with Rachael Frei’s 2 free throws gave Summit a 10-4 first quarter lead. Suffocating defense by the Patriots also contributed. Prigge was held without a shot attempt in the first half. Nezperce picked up the offensive pace in the second quarter however as frosh Kamas Carpenter scored 8 for the Indians, including two threes to cut the Summit lead to 18-14 at the half. A slow third quarter in which the teams combined for just 8 points, was followed by a frantic fourth as Nezperce resorted to a full-court press to attempt to rally from their deficit. It backfired on them though as point guard Nicole Wemhoff and Brooke Schumacher continually broke the press. The press also backfired in that it freed up Prigge who was able to do damage off the press break and scored 11 points in the crucial fourth quarter. Points, rebounds, assists and steals for Summit: Rachael Frei 6, 2, 1, 1; Nicole Frei 0, 6, 0, 0 with much time on the bench in foul trouble; Sarah Chmelik 0, 1, 0, 0; Kayla Schumacher 5, 4, 2, 2; Wemhoff 3, 3, 2, 2; Brooke Schumacher 12, 5, 4, 3; and Prigge 14, 11, 0, 0 and 3 blocked shots. Summit will await the victor of Wednesday’s loser-out matchup between Nezperce and Timberline. If Summit should happen to lose Friday’s game a winner-take-all game will be played Saturday at 1 p.m. Only the district winner advances to state, which will be Feb. 16-18 at Nampa High School. Summit boys fall to Potlatch The Summit Patriots got off to a slow start and weren’t able to recover as they fell to Potlatch 46-65 at Cottonwood Saturday, Feb. 4. Mostly they couldn’t do anything to slow down Potlatch senior Travis Garcia, who put up 36 points, 18 in each half. He apparently got the rims sighted in during the Loggers game against Prairie the previous Tuesday as he drained four 3-pointers and went 6 for 8 at the line 
Summit hit just 3 of 17 shots in the first quarter with Josh Lustig coming in off the bench to score 5 of Summit’s 9 first quarter points including converting a 3-point play late to cut the lead from 11 to 8 at the end of the quarter as Summit trailed 9-17. Garcia had 10 of Potlatch’s 19 first quarter points. He added 8 more in the second as Potlatch extended their lead to 18-32 by halftime. In the third quarter Garcia scored Potlatch’s first 12 third quarter points to keep Summit at bay. Michael Waters scored 5 and David Waters 3 in the quarter to help keep the Patriots from falling any farther behind. They still trailed by 16 heading into the final period. Michael Waters had a hot fourth quarter for Summit as he hit 3 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws but a 0-10 run form the 4 minute mark to the 1:30 mark killed any hopes Summit had of climbing back into the game. Michael Waters scored 15 to lead the Patriots in scoring. David Waters and Lustig scored 9 each. Austin Chmelik scored 8 with Derek Nuxoll scoring 3 and Matthew Schwartz 2. Potlatch held a 41-46 rebounding edge. Shane Stubbers and David Waters had 8 each to lead Summit with Lustig adding 6 rebounds. Chmelik had 2 steals and 2 assists to lead the team in both categories. The Patriots were 17 for 55 from the field, 31%, and 9 for 13 at the line, 69%. Potlatch was 24 for 67 from the field, 36%, and 11 for 19 at the line, 58%. With the loss Summit falls to 5-10 on the year and 3-7 in White Pine League games. Summit 9 9 12 16 -46 Potlatch 17 15 13 19 -65 Summit-Nuxoll 1-4, 0-0, 3; Stubbers 0-4, 0-0, 0; D. Waters 4-7, 0-0, 9; M. Waters 6-11, 3-4, 15; Chmelik 2-13, 3-6, 8; Lustig 3-6, 3-3, 9; Schwartz 1-6, 0-0, 2; Wemhoff 0-2, 0-0, 0; Dempsey 0-0, 0-0, 0; Beckman 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-D. Waters, Chmelik. Potlatch-Lamb 2-9, 3-5, 7; Burkgart 5-14, 0-0, 12; Lovel 1-2, 0-0, 2; Garcia 13-26, 6-8, 36; McMillan 2-6, 1-2, 5; Amos 1-5, 0-0, 2; Butterfield 0-3 1-2, 1; Curtis 0-1, 0-0, 0; Westbrook 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Garcia 4, Burkgart 2. Summit boys win 1 of 3 A 3-game schedule for the week resulted in a couple of White Pine League losses for the boys from Summit, along with an easy win over the Grangeville Bulldog JVs,  leaving
the Patriots with a 7 and 10 overall record and a 2 and 8 league record.
At Nezperce Tuesday, the Patriots ran into Idaho’s #1 ranked D-1 team, Genesee, and when the fans stopped clapping and the score clock was shut down, they found themselves on the short end of a 68-38 score with most of the damage coming in the first half, which ended 41-16. The Patriots played more competitively in the second half however, losing that half by only 5 points, 27-22. Scoring and rebounding stats for the Patriots: Dan Wemhoff 0, 3, with an assists; Derek Nuxoll 3, 4, with an assists and 3 steals; Josh Lustig 2, 3; Shane Stubbers 4, 6 with an assist and 3 steals; Justin Dempsey, 0, 3; David Waters 3, 3; Michael Waters 13, 1 with 2 assists, a steal and a block; Austin Chmelik 7, 5 with 2 assists and 2 steals; Matthew Schwartz 5 points. Nathan Beckman also contributed to the game with good defense, a rebound and a steal. Traveling to Grangeville Thursday, the Patriots picked up a relatively easy win over the Bulldog JV 58-44 with subs playing much of the second half. Scoring, rebounding, assists and steals stats for Summit: Wemhoff 0, 1, 2, 1; Nuxoll 2, 7, 2, 2; Lustig 12, 7, 2; Stubbers 7, 4, 0, 2; Dempsey 2, 2, 1, 0; Chmelik 8, 2, 6, 3 with 3 blocks; David Waters 2, 6, 0, 4; Michael Waters 17, 3, 0, 4; Schwartz 8, 4, 3, 2; and Beckman 0, 3, 1, 1. Nine of the Bulldog players scored with Sabatino the only one in double figures with 10. Closing out the week the Patriots played host to White Pine foe Potlatch. That game is written up above. Summit has 3 regular season games left. They played Prairie on Tuesday and have trips to Grangeville and Salmon River to close out their regular season. SUMMIT GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2011-12 Feb. 11-vs. Nezperce at 1 p.m. if lost on Feb. 10 Feb. 16-18-State at Nampa High School, District winner plays at 3 p.m. Mountain time SUMMIT BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2011-12 11-Grangeville, there, 6:00 p.m. |
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