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Pirates win 4 of 6 games
The Prairie Lady Pirates softball team played 6 non-league games this past week, winning 4 of them. They started off with a split against Asotin Tuesday, April 8 at Cottonwood, losing the first game 2-5 but coming back to win the second 12-4. On Friday and Saturday, April 11-12 they traveled to Glenns Ferry where they won 3 of 4 games. On Friday they clobbered North Fremont 23-0 and then beat Soda Springs 11-4. On Saturday they lost to Malad 0-5 before beating West Side 9-4. All four of those schools are in the 2-A classification. Leah Holthaus pitched all 7 innings allowing 4 hits. 3 errors contributed to the Asotin scoring. Prairie had just 3 hits in the game, all by Hailey Danly who had 2 triples and a double. In the second game Asotin scoring 3 runs in the top of the first against Sky Wilson who then allowed just 1 more run in the next 4 innings. Prairie took the lead with 4 in the bottom of the first and held it until the fourth when Asotin tied it at 4-4. The lead didn’t last long as Prairie answered with 6 in the bottom of the inning. The game was called after 5 innings due to darkness. Wilson allowed 5 hits in the game in picking up the win. Prairie had 7 hits and a bunch of walks. Holthaus had a triple while Holli Uhlorn, Natasha Gimmeson and Abbie Uhlenkott each had a double while Wilson, Danly and Kylie Tidwell each had a single. Game 1 Asotin 0 0 1 2 0 0 2—5 4 3 Prairie 1 0 0 0 0 1 0—2 3 3 Game 2 Asotin 3 0 0 1 0— 4 5 3 Prairie 4 0 0 6 2—12 7 2 Prairie took a 3-0 lead in the first and then pounded the Huskies for 15 runs in the third inning while adding 4 more in the fourth before the game hit the time limit. North Fremont struggled on defense, committing 9 errors in the game. Prairie had 8 hits in the game with 9 different players collecting at least 1 RBI Individual hits not available. N.F. 0 0 0 0— 0 1 9 Prairie 3 0 15 4—23 8 1 The Cardinals finally got to a tiring Holthaus with 4 runs in the fourth inning. Holthaus gave up 4 hits total in the game. Prairie pounded out 9 his with Holthaus helping her own cause with a triple, double and single. Danly also had 3 hits with a triple and 2 singles. Wilson, Uhlorn and Hanna Ross each added a single. Danly wound up with 7 total RBI in the North Fremont and Soda Springs games. Prairie 3 2 4 2 0—11 9 3 Soda Springs 0 0 0 4 0— 4 4 4 The Dragons shut out the Pirates holding them to just 4 hits. Holthaus allowed just 5 hits but 2 errors in the third inning led to 3 runs for Malad who went on to win. Hits were unavailable. Malad 0 0 3 0 2 0—5 5 0 Prairie 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 4 3 They scored 1 in the first, 3 in the second, 2 in the third and 3 more in the fourth to take a 9-1 lead. West Side scored 3 in the top of the fifth but could get no closer. The game was called on time limit after the top of the fifth. Holthaus allowed just 3 hits, all singles, to West Side. Prairie managed just 4 hits but took advantage of walks with timely hits. Danly and Wilson each had a single and 2 RBI while Holthaus and Tidwell had a single each. Prairie is now 10-2 on the season. West Side 0 0 1 0 3—4 3 1 Prairie 1 3 2 3 x—9 4 3 SCHEDULE FOR 2013-14Prairie Softball 2014 March 15—Kellogg (2) @ Lewiston Airport #2, 12:00, won 11-1 and 20-2 18—vs. Highland @Culdesac, 4:30, won 21-1 21—McCall, here (2) 4:00, won 17-6 22—Asotin Tournament: Kendrick, 1:15, won 10-7; Asotin, 3:30, won 13-7 25—Troy, here, 5:00, won 11-6 11 & 12—Glenn’s Ferry Tournament: Friday: beat North Fremont 23-0; beat Soda Springs 11-4; lost to Malad 0-5; beat West Side 9-4 15—vs Genesee at Lewiston, lost 4-10, details next week 21—CV, here, 4:00 22—Highland, here, 4:30 24—Troy, there, 5:00 29—Genesee, here, 5:00 5—Colton, there, 5:00 8 & 9—Districts @Lewiston, TBA 16 & 17—State @Caldwell, TBA |
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