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suffer first loss
This past week the Prairie Pirates clinched the White Pine League title with an 85-38 win at Potlatch Tuesday, Feb. 4 then suffered their first loss of the season, 59-69 in overtime to Salmon River at Riggins Thursday, Feb. 6. Prairie jumped out to a 30-5 lead by the end of the first quarter and wound up outscoring the Loggers in every quarter. The Pirates led 53-21 at the half and 73-32 after 3 quarters. The 85 points is the Pirates’ highest output of the season. Tanner Ross led 4 Pirates in double figures in scoring with 19 points with Rhett Schlader scoring 17, Tyler Hankerson 14 and Jared Higgins with 10. Jake Bruner and Dylon Bruegeman added 7 points each with Lucas Arnzen scoring 6 and Bryson Higgins 5. Bruner had 12 rebounds to lead the team and Arnzen had 5 assists. Prairie also won the JV game 49-43. Prairie 30 23 20 12 -85 Potlatch 5 16 11 6 -38 Prairie-Schlader 6, 0-0, 17; B. Higgins 2, 0-0, 5; Dalgliesh 0, 0-0, 0; J. Higgins 5, 0-0, 10; Bruner 3, 1-2, 7; Peery 0, 0-0, 0; Ross 7, 5-5, 19; Hankerson 7, 0-0, 14; Arnzen 3, 0-0, 6; Bruegeman 3, 0-0, 7; Mager 0, 0-0, 0; Hinkelman 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Schlader 5, B. Higgins, Bruegeman. Potlatch-Hogaboam 0, 1-2, 1; Millers 3, 1-2, 7; Richardson 2, 1-3, 6; Richards 1, 0-0, 2; Hites 1, 0-0, 2; Sheffler 6, 0-1, 13; Gottschalk 0, 1-2, 1; Bowles 1, 0-0, 2; Grant 0, 0-0, 0; Curtis 0, 0-0, 0; Hamburg 2, 0-0, 4. 3-pointers-Richardson, Sheffler. Prairie trailed much of the game as Salmon River led 19-20 at the end of the first quarter and 31-34 at the half. Prairie trailed 41-45 after three quarters but rallied to take a 55-53 lead late in the game. Salmon River’s Leighton VanderEsch then hit a 15 footer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. The game stayed close in overtime until late when the Savages’ Jimmy Shepherd hit a 3-pointer to put Salmon River up by 4 with 1:10 to play. At that point Prairie resorted to fouling and the Savages were able to hit their free throws and turn a close game into a 10-point win. Schlader and Arnzen scored 18 points each to lead the Pirates in scoring with Bruner adding 10, Ross 6, Jared Higgins 5 and Hankerson 2. It’s not like Prairie lost to a run of the mill team as Salmon River is the defending 1-A Division 2 champions and is ranked #1 in the state this year. Prairie gave the Savages one of their only 2 losses earlier in the year. Prairie is now 17-1 on the season and 10-0 in league play. The Pirates won the JV game, no score available. Prairie 19 12 10 14 4 -59 S.R. 20 14 11 10 14 -69 Prairie-Schlader 8, 0-0, 18; B. Higgins 0, 0-0, 0; Shears 0, 0-0, 0; J. Higgins 2, 0-0, 5; Bruner 4, 2-2, 10; Ross 3, 0-0, 6; Hankerson 0, 2-4, 2; Arnzen 7, 4-6, 18; Bruegeman 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Schlader 2, J. Higgins. Salmon River-Zolman 4, 2-2, 11; Shepherd 8, 1-1, 22; VanderEsch 14, 2-7, 31; Hale 1, 0-4, 2; Richerson 1, 1-2, 3. 3-pointers-Shepherd 5, VanderEsch, Zolman. PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2013-14 *indicates league game 13-Grangeville, here, Idaho County Shootout, 6 p.m., won 66-56 14-Troy, there*, won 58-37 17-Lapwai, there*, won 68-59 19-Salmon River, here, won 66-55 10-Grangeville, there, JV 5 p.m., V, 8 p.m. (quad with girls team), won 54-48 11-Nezperce, here, won 60-19 16-Potlatch, here*, won 61-13 18-Genesee, here*, won 63-53 21-C.V., here*, won 81-39 23-Orofino, there, won 51-48 24-Troy, here*, won 76-49 30-Lapwai, here*, won 68-56 3-Orofino, here, won 67-55 4-Potlatch, there*, won 85-38 6-Salmon River, there, 6 p.m. MST, lost 59-69 in overtime 11-C.V., there*, won 55-18, details next week 14-Kamiah, here*, 5 p.m. 17, 18, 24, 26 & 27-District at LCSC March 1-State Play-in game at St. Maries, 6 p.m. March 6-8-State at Caldwell |
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