| Lady
Pirates clinch State Berth
The Prairie Lady Pirates finished their regular season with a pair of wins over Lapwai and Grangeville and then clinched a trip to State by beating Lapwai in their District opener. The opening game saw Prairie take a 10-4 lead only to see Lapwai come back and cut it to 1 at 12-11. 
At that point Prairie scored a sideout when Lapwai was in the net on a spike by Shayla VonBargen. That sent Hailey Danly to the service line and Lapwai never got the serve back. Danly served the final 12 points of the game, 4 on aces with VonBargen scoring 4 kills, Sarah Seubert 2 kills and Krystin Uhlenkott and Angela Wemhoff 1 each as Prairie turned a close game into a blowout. The second game was also a close game early on with Danly and Seubert scoring big service runs. Danly took over at 9-6 and served 4 aces in 5 serves with the fifth point being an amazing point where Uhlenkott had a tough dig of a Lapwai spike and Danly dove to the floor and someone got the ball up and over the net to an open spot for a kill. After a couple of Lapwai points, Seubert took over and served 3 straight aces, VonBargen scored a kill and Seubert then added 2 mores aces to make it 21-8 before Lapwai was able to get her off the service line. After 4 straight sideouts, Chaye Uptmor took over and served up 2 aces to end the game. The fight was pretty much gone from Lapwai for the third game as Seubert scored a sideout on Lapwai’s opening serve and Prairie added 3 more points with Danly serving for a 4-0 lead. Lapwai cut it to 4-3 but then Seubert scored a kill for the sideout and then served 6 straight for an 11-3 lead. In the first 11 points Seubert had 3 aces, VonBargen had 3 kills plus a block, Seubert had 3 kills and Uhlenkott added a kill. After Lapwai cut the lead to 11-5 they bricked a served and VonBargen put the game out of reach. After mixed results with her jump serve in the first 2 games, VonBargen went to a standard serve and scored 3 straight aces, then Uhlenkott scored a pair of kills and  Mykaela
McWilliams added a kill for an 18-5 lead as VonBargen had a 6-point run.
After 6 straight sideouts left the score at 21-8, McWilliams made the most of her only trip to the service line on the night as she served out the match. She had one ace, Seubert had 2 kills and Danly ended it with a block. For the match VonBargen had 15 kills including a block and 3 aces. Uhlenkott had 11 kills and an assists. Seubert had 10 kills and 9 aces. McWilliams had 5 kills, 1 assist and 1 ace. Danly had 3 kills including a block, 36 assists and 8 aces. Angela Wemhoff had 2 kills and Uptmor had 1 assist and 4 aces. The JV team struggled in their match as they lost the first 2 games and won the third, 19-25, 16-25, 15-12. They took the lead in the first game on a pair of aces by Madison Pecarovich but Lapwai answered with 4 straight points and Prairie trailed the rest of the game. The second game saw Lapwai have several serving runs of 4 or more points while Prairie was limited to just 2 points on serve until then end of the game when Pecarovich had 2 aces as Prairie faced game point. The third game looked like the first two as Prairie fell behind 4-10. Pecarovich scored a kill to put herself on the service line and she served 3 straight aces to get Prairie back in the game. Nicole Poxleitner followed with a pair of kills to tie the game at 11-11 and Anna Vinsova scored a kill to put Prairie up 12-11. A net violation ended the run but Lapwai gave the serve right back and Poxleitner served an ace and Josie Peery scored the game-winning kill. The match was their 26th straight win on their home floor and caps the third straight season that the volleyball team finished unbeaten at home. It was also Prairie’s senior night with Hailey Danly, Krystin Uhlenkott, Shayla VonBargen and Sarah Seubert all playing their final home match. The Dig Pink fundraiser for breast cancer awareness also served as Danly’s senior project and raised over $2,000. Uhlenkott finished the match with 12 kills and 10 digs while Danly had 34 assists and 11 digs. VonBargen had 11 kills, five aces and 4 blocks. Prairie ends their regular season with a 23-3 record and 19 straight wins. They haven’t lost a 5-game match all season as their only losses came during the Lewiston Tournament in best of 3 matches against Kellogg and Lake City and a 1 game match against Genesee. 
That win clinched a berth for the Lady Pirates at the State Tournament which will be held at Timberlake High School at Spirit Lake Oct5. 30-31. It also put them into the District Championship game against Troy which will be held Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. at the LCSC Activity Center. Lapwai took the early lead in the opening game but Prairie took over when Uhlenkott scored a sideout kill to make it 6-8 then served 4 straight aces to put Prairie ahead 10-8. Prairie never trailed the rest of the game. Two aces by Uptmor gave Prairie a 20-14 lead and after two sideouts, Uhlenkott served an ace then McWilliams and Seubert each scored a kill to get to game point. Lapwai fought off one game point before Seubert knocked home the winner. The second game saw Prairie take an early lead when VonBargen had a 6-point service run that featured 2 aces with Uhlenkott scoring 2 kills and Wemhoff and McWilliams 1 each for a 9-2 lead. Prairie’s biggest lead came at 18-7 after an ace by Seubert and a kill by VonBargen. Lapwai was able to get back within 7 at 22-15. A kill by Uhlenkott and a block by Danly got Prairie to game point at 24-15. Lapwai then scored 3 straight points before VonBargen scored the game-winning kill. In the third game a 4-point service run by Uhlenkott that included 3 aces plus a kill by Danly gave Prairie some early separation at 11-5. Prairie was then able to keep Lapwai at about that margin the rest of the game with the lead shrinking to as little as 3 a couple of times at 18-15 and 19-16. An ace by Bruner and a kill by VonBargen pushed it back to 6 and Prairie got to match point at 24-18 on a bricked serve by Lapwai. Lapwai fought off 2 match points before VonBargen was able to put away the match-winning kill. For the match VonBargen had 17 kills including 2 blocks plus 3 aces. Uhlenkott had 14 kills, 1 assists and 8 aces. McWilliams had 7 kills and 1 ace. Danly had 5 kills including a block plus 35 assists and 2 aces. Seubert had 2 kills and 1 ace. Uptmor had 1 kill, 1 assists and 4 aces. Wemhoff had 1 kill and 2 assists. Higgins had 1 kill and Bruner had 1 ace. Prairie is now 22-3 on the season.
2015 PHS VOLLEYBALL August 29-at Lewiston Tournament, placed 3rd, beat Lewiston, Pendleton, Moscow and Sandpoint, lost to Kellogg, Lake City and Geneee. 8-C.V., home, (C,JV,V) 5 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 10-Genesee, here, (C,JV,V), 5 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 12-Border Battle at Pomeroy, won all 5 matches helping Idaho win. 15-Troy, there, (C,JV,V), 5 p.m.*, won 3 games to 2 17-Grangeville, there, (C,JV, V), 5 p.m.m won 3 games to 0 21-Lapwai, here, 6 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 26-Potlatch, there, 11 a.m.*, won 3 games to 0 29-Kamiah, here, 6 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 8-Genesee, there, (C,JV,V), 5 p.m.*, won 3 games to 1 10-Tri-Match @ C.V., varsity only, vs. Potlatch, 12 p.m,*, vs. C.V., 1 p.m.*, beat Potlatch 3 games to 0, beat Potlatch 3 games to 0 13-Lapwai, there, 6 p.m.*, won 3 games to 0 15-Grangeville, here (C,JV,V), 5 p.m., won 3 games to 0 17, 19-21-Districts at LCSC, beat Lapwai 3 games to 0; won district championship vs. Troy 3 games to 2, details next week. 30-31-State at Timberlake High School, Spirit Lake, Prairie will open play at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30 vs. District 4 runner-up. *league game |
 |
