| Pirates
win big at Troy
The Prairie football team shrugged off a slow start to run away with a 74-12 win at Troy Friday, Oct. 9. 
Prairie received the opening kickoff and Jake Bruner had 2 of his 4 incomplete passes in the Pirates first possession as the Pirates came up short on fourth down giving Troy the ball at the Prairie 29. 6 plays later Troy punched in the touchdown on a 16 yard run by Jonah Lay. The 2-point try failed and Prairie trailed early 0-6. The Pirates didn’t take long to respond as they took over at their own 26 after the kickoff. Bruner picked up 21 yards on a run and then found Isaiah Shears open down the right side. Shears caught the ball at the 35 and raced past the Troy defenders to tie the game. Calvin Hinkelman then ran in the 2-pointer to put Prairie ahead 8-6. The Pirates forced Troy to punt on their next possession and Bruner broke through to block the punt with Devin Bruegeman covering up the ball at the Troy 44. Hinkelman picked up 19 yards on the option around the right side. Luke Wemhoff and Devin Bruegeman each caught a pass for 12 yards to give Prairie a first and goal at the 1. Brandon Anderson went up the middle on the next play for the touchdown and Bruner passed to Shears for the 2-pointer to make it 16-6. Troy answered back when quarterback Chase Blazzard passed to Lay down the right side and Lay would have score from 61 yards out except for a saving tackle by Bruner at the 2. Bruner was flagged for a horsecollar tackle on the play which put the ball inside the 1. Prairie stopped the Trojans on first and second down but Lay got his second touchdown on third down from the 3. The 2-point try again failed as Troy cut the lead to 16-12 with 1:57 left in the first quarter. From that point on the game belonged to the Pirates. A 42 yard pass from Bruner to Hinkelman put Prairie on the Troy 22. Wemhoff took a pitch around left end on the next play and scored. Wemhoff then added the 2-pointer to make it 24-12. Troy got into the Pirate side of the 50 on their next possession but Brandon Higgins ended that possession with an interception at the 25 that he returned to the 41. A slant pass to Shears gained 6 yards with 15 added on due to a facemask penalty. On the next play Shears ran a hitch and go where Bruner made a pump fake that froze the defenders and Shears wound up wide open deep down the field for a 39 yard touchdown. The 2-point try came up short as Prairie led 30-12. Bruner got his second blocked punt on Troy’s next series with Prairie taking over at the Troy 5 yard line. Bruner scored on the next play to make it 36-12 as the 2-point try again failed.  Another
turnover led to Prairie’s next score as Bruner stripped Lay of the ball
after a completion and Higgins scooped up the fumble and took it to the
5 yard line. Bruner passed to Shears for the touchdown and then ran in
the 2-pointer to make it 44-12.
On Troy’s next possession Shears sacked Blazzard for a 7 yard loss that set up fourth and long and Prairie took over on downs at the Troy 47. A penalty set them back but two plays later Prairie pulled out the hook and lateral play. This one was more conventional than the one they had earlier in the season. Bruner passed out to the right to Shears who lateraled to Hinkelman who was trailing on the play. Hinkelman covered the final 40 yards to the end zone for the touchdown. After the 2 point try came up short, Prairie led 50-12 with 36 seconds left in the half. Troy turned the ball over on downs on their first possession of the second half with Prairie taking over at their own 48. Bruner passed to Shears for 26 yards and after an incompletion Bruner passed over the middle to Hinkelman for a 26 yard touchdown. He again passed to Hinkelman for the 2-pointer to put the game into running clock mode at 58-12 with 7:20 left in the third quarter. Prairie took over on downs again at the Troy 41 and Anderson scored his second touchdown of the game on a sprint around left end. Anderson added the 2-pointer to make it 66-12. On the ensuing kickoff an illegal block set Troy back to their own 9 yard line. On the next play Blazzard was sacked in the end zone by a host of Prairie defenders for a safety to make it 68-12. Shears had long return on the ensuing free kick by Troy from their 20 nullified by a holding penalty and Prairie took over at the Troy 49 as the third quarter ended. The JV offense took over and moved the ball downfield with Spencer Schumacher able to convert a fourth and 6 with a pass to Raice Dalgliesh for 11 yards. 3 plays later Schumacher threw his first varsity touchdown pass as he connected with Higgins for a 26 yard score that made it 74-12 as the 2-point run came up short. Troy took over and were able to move into Prairie territory to the 24 yard with Higgins making the saving tackle at that point on a 36 yard pass to Lay. Time ran out on Troy as a fourth down pass completion came up 4 yards short. Prairie had 149 yards rushing on 15 attempts led by Anderson who had 40 yards on 2 carries. Hinkelman had 31 yards on 2 carries, Wemhoff 30 on 2 carries, Bruner 26 on 2 carries and Dalgliesh 18 yards on 4 carries. Bruner was 12 for 16 passing for 272 yards and Schumacher was 2 for 2 for 37 yards. Shears had 7 catches for 139 yards while Hinkelman had 3 catches for 109 yards, Higgins 1 for 26, Wemhoff had 1 for 12, Devin Bruegeman 1 for 12 and Dalgliesh 1 for 11. Troy had 45 yards rushing on 36 attempts and Blazzard was 16 for 28 for 169 yards with 1 interception. Lay provided most of the Troy offense with 11 carries for 46 yards and 11 catches for 153 yards. Defensively Bruner led the way with 12 tackles including a sack and 2 blocked punts. Jayce Huling had 10 tackles. Hinkelman had 7 and half a sack. Shears had 4½ and 1½ sacks, Anderson had 4 tackles, Philip Spencer had 3, Higgins had 2½ and an interception, Tyson Schlader and Nick Mager each had 2, Schumacher had 1½, Caleb McWilliams, Dalgliesh and Justin Schumacher each had 1 and Wemhoff, Daniel Mager and Bruegeman each had ½ a tackle. Prairie is now 6-0 on the season and 4-0 in league play. The Pirates have clinched no worse than 2nd place in league guaranteeing they will host a first round playoff game. Their next game is their final regular season home game and will be senior night against Potlatch, Friday, Oct. 16 against Potlatch. Prairie 24 26 18 6 -74 Troy 12 0 0 0 -12 T-Lay 16 run (pass failed) 8:41 1st P-Shears 53 pass from Bruner (Hinkelman run) 8:11 1st P-Anderson 1 run (Shears pass from Bruner) 5:34 1st T-Lay 3 run (pass failed) 1:57 1st P-Wemhoff 22 run (Wemhoff run) 1:03 1st P-Shears 39 pass from Bruner (run failed) 9:08 2nd P-Bruner 5 run (run failed) 7:10 2nd P-Shears 5 pass from Bruner (Bruner run) 2:55 2nd P-Hinkelman 40 lateral from Shears who caught 2 pass from Bruner (pass failed) 0:35.8 2nd P-Hinkelman 26 pass from Bruner (Hinkelman pass from Bruner) 7:20 3rd P-Anderson 41 run (Anderson run) 3:15 3rd P-Blazzard sacked in end zone for safety 2:05 3rd P-Higgins 26 pass from S. Schumacher (run failed) 7:58 4th
2015 PHS FOOTBALL September 11-Salmon River, here, 6 p.m., won 58-24 18-Council, here, 6 p.m., Homecoming, won 64-24 25-C.V., there, 7 p.m.*, won 68-0 9-Troy, there, 7 p.m.*, won 74-12 16-Potlatch, here, 7 p.m.* 23-Kamiah, there, 7 p.m.* 30-State Playoffs, higher seed host, TBA Nov. 6-State Playoffs, higher seed host, TBA Nov. 13-State Playoffs, higher seed host, TBA Nov. 20-State Championship, TBA *league game Monday, Oct. 26-Kamiah, there, 6 p.m. Schedules subject to change. 2015 Prairie Jr. High Football Oct. 22-C.V., here, 4:30 p.m. |
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