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Pirates win 3 of 4
The Prairie Lady Pirates had a good week winning 3 out of 4 games and clinching the #2 seed into the District Tournament which gets underway Thursday, May 7 at Orofino. Prairie opened the week with a 5-3 home win over Colton Tuesday, April 28. They followed that with a sweep of Potlatch at Lewiston, Thursday, April 30, 12-7 and 16-11. Finally they suffered a 4-10 loss to Genesee at Lewiston Monday, May 4. Colton got to Faith Uhlenkott for 3 runs in the top of the first but she shut down the Wildcats the rest of the way. Prairie struck back for 3 runs in the second and took their first lead with a run in the third. They added another run in the fourth and held on for the win. Prairie was limited to just 2 hits but made them count as Kylie Tidwell had a double and Hailey Danly had a triple. Uhlenkott wound up allowing 6 hits and had 2 strikeouts. Prairie had 3 errors but made the big defensive plays when they needed them. Colton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0—3 6 2 Prairie 0 3 1 1 0 0 x—5 2 3 They wound up with a 12-7, 16-11 sweep at Lewiston’s Airport Park Thursday, April 30. 
Potlatch got 2 of those runs right back in the bottom of the inning due to 5 Prairie errors. They had a hit in the inning but it came after the damage had been done. Prairie added 3 in the second for a 7-2 lead with 3 more hits and a hit batsman. Tidwell had a 1 out single and Danly followed with a triple that hit the base of the fence on the fly. Ross was hit by a pitch. Seubert grounded out with Danly scoring. Natasha Gimmeson then doubled deep to left to score Ross. Faith Uhlenkott followed with a single but the inning ended as Gimmeson was thrown out trying to score. Potlatch got single runs in the second and third to pull within 7-4. After a non-scoring third inning Danly led off the fourth with a double down the third base line. She scored on Seubert’s triple to the right center gap. Potlatch matched that run in their half of the fourth but Prairie added 2 in the fifth. Uhlorn led off with a single up the middle and Abbie Uhlenkott did the same. After 2 outs, Danly got her fourth extra base hit of the game as she looped another double down the left field line scoring both runners. At that point Danly was 4 for 4 with 3 doubles and a triple and had seen only 5 pitches. Potlatch scored 2 in their half of the fifth to make it 10-7 but that was the last they would score. Prairie added a run in the 6th as Gimmeson walked and stole second. She scored on Abbie Uhlenkott’s single to right. In the bottom of the sixth Faith Uhlenkott recorded her first 1-2-3 inning against the Loggers. It was also the first inning the Loggers didn’t score. In the seventh inning Tidwell reached on a dropped fly ball in left and came in to score on a single by Seubert to make it 12-7. Potlatch got a leadoff hit in the 7th but then went down in order. Faith Uhlenkott gave up 12 hits and walked 1 and hit 1 with 4 strikeouts. Prairie pounded out 16 hits led by Danly with a triple and 3 doubles and 3 RBI. Seubert had a triple and 2 singles and 4 RBI. Faith Uhlenkott, Uhlorn and Abbie Uhlenkott each had 2 singles and an RBI. Ross had an RBI triple and Gimmeson had an RBI double and Tidwell added a single as 8 of 9 starters had hits. Prairie 4 3 0 1 2 1 1—12 16 7 Potlatch 2 1 1 1 2 0 0— 7 12 2 Prairie got those runs right back though as Tidwell led off with a single. Danly reached on a fielder’s choice and Seubert hit an RBI single up the middle. Danly then scored on a passed ball and 2 pitches later Seubert scored on a passed ball. There was another ball to Gimmeson in between and when she drew what should have been ball 4, the home plate ump said the count was 3-1. Gimmeson eventually struck out looking on what in effect was a 4-2 pitch.  The
second inning started badly with a pair of errors and Uhlenkott then started
to show some fatigue as she walked 3 of the next 4 hitters then hit the
next two for 4 runs by Potlatch. Coach Jeff Martin brought in Leah Higgins
to pitch and after giving up an RBI single, she got out of the inning.
Down 3-7, Prairie came right back in the bottom of the 2nd. After getting an out, Potlatch committed a pair of their own errors as both Abbie Uhlenkott and Sam Remacle reached. After a second out Danly hit an RBI double to center. Ross followed with a single up the middle that scored both Remacle and Danly. Seubert tripled to right center to score Ross. Gimmeson walked and then she and Seubert pulled off a double steal as Seubert scored the go-ahead run. Neither team scored in the next two innings and Higgins made it 3 zeroes in a row in the top of the fifth. Prairie got back into the scoring column in the bottom of the fifth as Remacle led off with a single to left. Heitman went in as a pinch runner and stole second. An infield out moved Remacle to third. Danly was pretty much intentionally walked and stole second. Ross then hit a 2 run single up the middle and scored on Seubert’s second triple of the game, this one to the fence in left. Potlatch changed pitchers and Gimmeson greeted her with a walk. A wild pitch scored Seubert with Gimmeson going to second. Higgins helped her own cause with a single to right center that scored Gimmeson. Prairie took a 13-7 lead into the top of the sixth. Higgins started to show some fatigue as she suddenly lost the strike zone walking 4 of 5 batters and giving up a single for 3 runs. Uhlenkott came back in and got an RBI groundout and then a strikeout to end the inning with Prairie still up 13-11. Prairie picked up 3 insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth as Danly beat out an infield single to lead off the inning. After an out, Seubert reached on an error with Danly scoring. Gimmeson singled and Faith Uhlenkott reached on an error with Seubert scoring. Gimmeson scored on a double steal to make it 16-13. In the top of the seventh the leadoff hitter tried to bunt her way on but Ross fielded the ball and threw to Gimmeson who was covering at first for the out. The next hitter singled but was thrown out trying to steal. After another single, the game ended on a groundout to Tidwell at short. Prairie had 14 hits in the game led by Seubert who had 2 triples and a single and 4 RBI. Ross had a double and 2 singles and 4 RBI. Danly had a double and a single and an RBI. Tidwell and Gimmeson each had 2 singles. Faith Uhlenkott and Remacle each added a single. Higgins got the win allowing 4 hits and 4 runs with 5 walks and 4 strikeouts. Uhlenkott started and then came on in relief to get a save allowing 4 hits and 7 runs with 3 walks, 3 hit batters and no strikeouts. Potlatch 2 5 0 0 0 4 0—11 8 6 Prairie 3 5 0 0 5 3 x—16 14 3 
After Prairie failed to score in the top of the first, Genesee’s first 5 hitters all had singles and they were able to score 3 runs. Genesee loaded the bases with a walk but Prairie got out of the inning on a grounder to Gimmeson at 2nd. Gimmeson tagged the runner coming from first and threw to first for a double play. Genesee added a run in the second 2 more in the third and another in the fourth for a 0-7 lead. In the fifth Genesee changed pitchers and Prairie was finally able to push some runs across. Heitman walked after an out moved to second on a passed ball and to third on a groundout by Tidwell. Danly walked on 4 pitches. Ross then grounded to third with the third baseman bobbling the ball for an error. Heitman headed for home and the throw home got away allowing Danly to score all the way from first and Ross to got to second. Seubert then hit a fly ball that went off the top of the right fielder’s glove for a run scoring triple that cut the lead to 3-7. Genesee answered with another 5 straight hits to start an inning and added 3 more runs to push the lead to 3-10. Two more errors in the sixth gave Prairie a scoring chance but Uhlorn, who had reached on an error, tried to score from third on a passed ball and was tagged out at the plate. Prairie score din the top of the seventh as Tidwell picked up her third single of the game and went to second on a wild pitch. Danly singled up the middle to score Tidwell but Prairie then had 3 straight outs to end the game. Prairie had just 5 hits in the game, 3 singles by Tidwell, an RBI triple by Seubert and an RBI single by Danly. Uhlenkott allowed16 hits and 10 runs with 5 walks, 1 hit batsman and 5 strikeouts. Prairie is now 15-6 overall and 7-3 in league play. They have the #2 seed locked up no matter what happened in the season ending doubleheader against Nezperce Tuesday, May 5. Prairie 0 0 0 0 3 0 1— 4 5 2 Genesee 3 1 2 1 3 0 x—10 16 4
Lady Pirates at District The Prairie Lady Pirates have clinched the #2 seed into the District tournament which will be held Thursday and Friday, May 7-8 at Orofino. Apparently things didn’t work out with Airport Park in Lewiston and Orofino offered to host for less money. Prairie began district play at 7 p.m. Thursday against Potlatch and lost 8-14. They play Culdesac Friday at 5 p.m. with Potlatch playing Genesee at the same time for the District championship. The Prairie-Culdesac winner will play the Potlatch-Genesee loser at 6:30 p.m. for the #2 seed to state. State will be at Lewiston May 15-16. Girls basketball meeting set There will be a Prairie High School Girls Basketball meeting Tuesday, May 12 at 5:30 p.m. in the Prairie High School Cafeteria. This meeting is for all girls wanting to play high school basketball and is to discuss open gym times and summer team camp. We would like all parents to attend so that we can introduce our new coaches. 2015 PRAIRIE SOFTBALL March 19-at CV, V & JV, 4:30 p.m., won 22-0 21-vs. Kellogg at Lewiston, 2-V, won 15-3, lost 10-21 23-at Kendrick, V & JV, 4 p.m., postponed due to weather 24-at Nezperce, 4 p.m., postponed due to weather 26-at Culdesac, 4 p.m., won 7-3. 10-11-Glenn’s Ferry Tournament (times MDT) beat Soda Springs 10-0, lost to McCall-Donnelly 2-9, beat North Fremont 14-1, beat West Side 12-0 13-Troy here, V & JV, 4 p.m., won 13-5 16-Kendrick, here, V & JV, 4 p.m., won 15-9 18-Genesee, here, 1 p.m., lost 0-3 21-Asotin, here, V & JV, 4 p.m., lost 13-15 23-Culdesac, here, 4 p.m., lost 3-11 24-McCall-Donnelly, here, V & JV, 4 p.m., won 20-19 27-at Troy, V & JV, 4 p.m., won 16-0 28-Colton, here, 4 p.m., won 5-3 30-vs. Potlatch at Lewiston, 2-V, 5 p.m., won 12-8 and 16-11 4-vs. Genesee at Lewiston, 5 p.m., lost 4-10
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