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Pirates win 3 of 5
The Prairie Lady Pirates softball team won 3 of their first 5 games as they had a busy first week of the season. They started with a 7-13 loss at Asotin Tuesday, March 15. They then won 3 of 4 at the Orofino Tournament Friday and Saturday, March 18-19. They beat Orofino 14-4 and then lost to Bonners Ferry 4-8 on Friday then beat McCall-Donnelly 11-0 and Priest River 18-7 on Saturday. Monday, March 21. The league opener scheduled for Culdesac Monday, March 21 was cancelled due to wet field conditions. Prairie scored 3 in the second inning and took a 7-5 lead with 4 runs in the top of the fourth as Uhlenkott held Asotin scoreless in the second and third innings. Asotin answered with 4 runs in the bottom of the fourth to retake the lead and added 4 more in the fifth. Prairie had 8 hits in the game with Sarah Ross collecting a double and a single. Uhlenkott added 2 singles while Hanna Ross had a double. Kylie Tidwell, Sam Remacle and Lauren Alfrey each added a single. Prairie 0 3 0 4 0 0 0— 7 8 4 Asotin 5 0 0 4 4 0 x—13 16 2 
Tidwell led off the game by legging out an infield single and then stole second. Hailey Danly followed with her own infield single, scoring Tidwell. Danly took second as Tidwell scored. Danly was moved to third on a groundout by Hanna Ross and then scored when an illegal pitch was called (similar to a balk in baseball). Uhlenkott was Prairie’s starting pitcher and had a rough first inning with a walk, hit and 2 errors that led to 2 Orofino runs that tied the score. Prairie took the lead for good in the second when Sydney Bruner reached when the Orofino shortstop dropped her short fly ball. Sarah Ross looped a single to right and Danly’s 2 out single scored Bruner. Ross was thrown out at the plate as she also tried to score on the play. In their half of the second Orofino had a hit by pitch and 2 walks but failed to score. One runner was called out on the bases and the third out came on a forceout at third. Prairie added 3 runs in the third as Hanna Ross led off with a triple over the centerfielder’s head. She scored when Sam Remacle beat out an infield single. Faith Uhlenkott walked and Abbie Uhlenkott singled up the middle to score Sierah Poxleitner, who was courtesy running for Remacle who was the catcher. Faith Uhlenkott scored when Sarah Ross reached on an error. Two walks and a double led to a run for Orofino in their half of the third but Faith Uhlenkott got out of the inning when, with the bases loaded and just 1 out, the batter lined back to Uhlenkott for an out and Uhlenkott then tossed the ball over to Hanna Ross at third to double off the runner there for an inning ending double play. Prairie made it 10-3 with 4 runs in the fourth. Hanna Ross singled with 1 out. Sarah Seubert walked and Remacle singled to load the bases. Abbie Uhlenkott drew a 2-out walk to score Hanna Ross. Bruner reached on an error by the pitcher with Seubert scoring. Sarah Ross then singled down the left field line to score Poxleitner, again running for Remacle, and Abbie Uhlenkott. Faith Uhlenkott struck out the side in the fourth but gave up a leadoff double that led to a run in the fifth. Prairie didn’t score in the fifth but added 4 runs in the sixth. Faith Uhlenkott led off with a single to left and Abbie Uhlenkott had a single to right. Alfrey went in as a courtesy runner for Faith Uhlenkott. Alfrey and Abbie Uhlenkott both scored on Sarah Ross’ double to right center. Ross scored when Tidwell tripled to deep left field. Tidwell then scored on Danly’s single to left to make it a 10-run lead. Faith Uhlenkott got the side out in order in the bottom of the sixth to give Prairie a very rare mercy rule win over Orofino. Prairie had 16 hits in the game. Sarah Ross had a double, 2 singles and 4 RBI. Danly had 3 singles and 2 RBI. Remacle had 3 singles and an RBI. Tidwell had a triple and a single and an RBI. Hanna Ross had a triple and a single. Abbie Uhlenkott had 2 singles and 2 RBI. Faith Uhlenkott had a single. Faith Uhlenkott pitched all 6 innings giving up just 3 hits with 7 strikeouts, 6 walks, 1 hit batter and 3 runs. Prairie 2 1 3 4 0 4—14 16 2 Orofino 2 0 1 0 1 0— 4 3 3  Prairie’s
only loss at the tournament came against Bonners Ferry and what assistant
coach Steve Wilson said may be the best pitcher we see all year.
The Badgers qualified for the 3A state tournament last season. Prairie took an early lead though as Danly had her first home run of the season in the first inning, a shot to deep left field. Faith Uhlenkott started again for the Pirates but lost her control in the break between games as she walked 4 batters in the opening inning as well as a single and gave up 4 runs. Bonners Ferry got a 2-run homer off her in the second and a double and another walk led to another run in the third as the Badgers took a 1-7 lead. Prairie got back on the scoreboard in the fifth when Danly hit her second homer of the game, this time to left center with Bonners Ferry’s left and centerfielder both crashing through the fence as they went after the ball. Hanna Ross came on in relief in the fourth inning and gave up a harmless single. A leadoff walk in the fifth led to a run thanks to a couple of errors but that was the only run Ross allowed. Prairie tried to rally in the seventh as Tidwell reached on an error and stole second. Danly beat out an infield single with Tidwell going to third. A delayed double steal saw Tidwell score from third with Danly going to third as they catcher’s throw to second went into the outfield. Danly scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Hanna Ross. The rally died there as the next two batters were struck out to end the game. Prairie had 5 hits in the game led by Danly with 2 homers, a single and 2 RBI. Hanna Ross and Faith Uhlenkott each added a single. Uhlenkott pitched 3 innings allowing 7 runs on 4 hits with 2 strikeouts and 5 walks. Ross pitched the final 3 innings allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 4 walks. Prairie 1 0 0 0 1 0 2—4 5 3 B.F. 4 2 1 0 1 0 x—8 6 2 Prairie scored in each of the five innings with 1 in the first, 4 in the second, 1 in the third, 3 in the fourth and 2 in the fifth. Hanna Ross pitched all 5 innings and allowed just 3 hits in her first complete game win and shutout as a Prairie pitcher. Danly had a triple and her third homer of the tournament to lead the hitting attack. She drove in 5 runs. Faith Uhlenkott added a pair of hits including her first ever home run. Tidwell had a single and a double while Sarah Ross had 2 singles. Hanna Ross had a triple and Abbie Uhlenkott a single. Prairie also had a spotless performance on defense as they committed no errors. Prairie 1 4 1 3 2—11 10 0 M-D 0 0 0 0 0— 0 3 5 Prairie scored 7 in the first to get off to a fast start and also had big innings in the fourth with 4 runs and the seventh with 5 runs. They also had single runs in the third and sixth. Three Pirates had 4 hits in the game with Hanna Ross having a homer, 2 doubles and a single. Danly had a homer, 3 singles and 4 more RBI. Tidwell had 4 singles. Faith Uhlenkott had a double and a single while Remacle, Abbie Uhlenkott, Bruner and Sarah Ross each added a single. Hanna Ross again pitched the entire game and allowed 7 runs on 7 hits. Prairie had no luck with the coin tosses before game as they wound up as the visiting team for all 4 games. Prairie 7 0 1 4 0 1 5—18 18 5 P. R. 1 0 1 1 0 3 1— 7 7 2
2016 Lady Pirate Softball MARCH 15-at Asotin, V, JV, 4 p.m., lost 7-13, details next week 18-Orofino Tournament, TBA, beat Orofino 14-4, lost to Bonners Ferry 4-8 19-Orofino Tournament, TBA, beat McCall-Donnelly 11-0, beat Priest River 18-7 21-at Culdesac, 4 p.m.*, postponed due to wet field 22-at C.V., V, JV, 4 p.m.*, postponed due to wet field 24-at Kendrick, V, JV, 4 p.m., cancelled due to wet field 7-at Grangeville, V, JV, 4 p.m. 12-at Colton (2), 4 p.m. 14-Culdesac, here, 4 p.m.* 16-Potlatch, here, noon* 18-at Genesee, 5 p.m.* 21-C.V., here, V, JV, 4 p.m.* 26-at Nezperce, 4 p.m.* 28-at Troy, V, JV, 4:30 p.m.* 29-at Potlatch, V, JV, 5 p.m.* 5-Troy, here, V, JV, 4:30 p.m.* 9-Nezperce, here, 4:30 p.m.* 13-14-District at Orofino 20-21-State at Caldwell *league game |
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