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Pirates open against Potlatch
Prairie will be the #2 seed into the 1-A, District 2 Softball Tournament to be held at Orofino this Friday, May 13. Prairie and #1 seeded Genesee will both play at 4 p.m. Prairie will play #3 seeded Potlatch who beat C.V. in a play-in game while Genesee will play #4 seeded Culdesac, who knocked off Troy in a play-in game. The 4 p.m. Friday winners will automatically qualify for State and play at 6 p.m. to determine the #1 and #2 seeds to State. The 4 p.m. losers will also play at 6 p.m. for the third seed to State as this year State softball will be a 6-team tournament instead of 4. State will be at Caldwell May 20-21. Lady Pirates win 5games The Prairie Lady Pirates finished their regular season with 5 straight league wins and wrapped up second place in the league. They started the week with their first win over Genesee since the 2013 District Championship game, 5-4 at Cottonwood Tuesday, May 3. On Thursday, May 5 they knocked off Troy22-6. Friday, May 6 they swept a doubleheader at Culdesac 12-0 and 14-4. Finally on Monday May 9 at Cottonwood they beat Nezperce 23-8 on senior night. Prairie took the lead with a run in the bottom of the first but Genesee tied it in the third. Prairie again took the lead with a run in the fourth but Genesee took their first lead with 2 runs in the fifth. Prairie tied it with a run in the bottom of the fifth and took the lead again with a run in the sixth. Genesee tied it in the top of the seventh setting up the bottom of the seventh. With 2 outs, Hailey Danly reached base on an error and the count went full on the next batter, Hanna Ross. Danly took off with the pitch and Ross pounded the ball and it bounced off the 225 foot sign in the outfield. Danly scored all the way from first to win the game for the Pirates. Prairie had just 6 hits in the game but 4 of those were for extra bases and Ross’ game-winner probably would have been a double if she had needed to go to second. Prairie also took advantage of 5 Genesee errors which helped them gain their first win ever over pitcher Kayla Cornell. Danly had 2 doubles in the game and also reached twice on errors, scoring 3 of Prairie’s 5 runs. Sarah Ross had a triple, Abbie Uhlenkott had a double and Hanna Ross and Sam Remacle each had a single. Faith Uhlenkott pitch all 7 innings allowing 9 hits and 4 runs while picking up the win. Genesee 0 0 1 0 2 0 1—4 9 5 Prairie 1 0 0 1 1 1 1—5 6 2 Troy led just one time as they scored a run in the top of the first. Prairie quickly took control through with an 8-run uprising in the bottom of the first. Prairie led 12-2 after 2 innings. Troy rallied with 4 runs in the third but Prairie answered with a run in the third and then ended the game on the 15-run mercy rule with a 9 run outburst in the bottom of the fourth to win by 16 runs.. Prairie had 15 hits led by Danly who had a homer, double, 3 singles and 6 RBI. Sarah Ross had a pair of doubles, Sierah Poxleitner, getting a chance to play with Abbie Uhlenkott away at BPA Nationals in Boston, had a single and a double. Sarah Seubert had 2 singles and Faith Uhlenkott, Kylie Tidwell and Remacle each had a single. Of note, Tidwell had just 1 hit but made it on base all 5 times she batted in the game. Hanna Ross started the game but ran into trouble in the third inning and Faith Uhlenkott came in to finish the game. Combined they allowed just 3 hits. Troy 1 1 4 0— 6 3 6 Prairie 8 4 1 9—22 15 2 In the opening game Faith Uhlenkott tossed a 2-hit shutout with just 1 walk. 
Meanwhile Prairie scored in every inning. Tidwell led off the game with a single to left, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Hanna Ross’ sacrifice fly to left. In the second inning Remacle was hit by a pitch with 1 out and Kodie Tidwell went in as courtesy runner. Seubert walked and a passed ball moved up the runners. Poxleitner picked up an RBI on a groundout to second. The third was a big inning for Prairie. Kylie Tidwell walked to lead off the inning and stole second. She moved to third on Danly’s groundout and scored when Hanna Ross doubled to left. Faith Uhlenkott singled home Ross and went to second when the centerfielder made an error on the play. She went to third on a wild pitch. Sarah Ross walked and stole second. Both runners scored on Sydney Bruner’s single to right. Remacle followed with a double but Bruner was held at third. Bruner scored on a sacrifice fly by Seubert to make it 7-0. Culdesac changed pitchers to start the fourth and Danly greeted the new pitcher with a double to left. She went to third on a passed ball and scored on a groundout by Hanna Ross. In the fifth Prairie added 4 more runs. Remacle drew a 1-out walk and Kodie Tidwell again went in to run. Seubert singled to right and an error on the play allowed Kodie to score and Seubert wound up at second. After a second out, Kylie Tidwell dropped a flare into right field that scored Seubert. She stole second and scored on Danly’s single to left. Danly scored when Hanna Ross tripled to the fence in left center. That made it 12-0 and if Prairie could get through the bottom of the fifth the game would be over. Going into the fifth Uhlenkott had allowed just 1 hit and only 2 baserunners. Culdesac got a single to lead off the inning and then the next batter hit a fly ball to center that appeared to drop in for a hit. The runner on first thought it might be caught and wound up getting forced out at second. A passed ball, walk and stolen base had runners on second and third with just 1 out. A strikeout and a groundout preserved the shutout and Prairie won on the 10-run mercy rule. Prairie had 10 hits in the game with Hanna Ross collecting a triple and a double and 4 RBI. Danly had a double and a single and an RBI. Tidwell had 2 singles and an RBI. Remacle had a double. Bruner had a single and 2 RBI. Faith Uhlenkott had a single and an RBI and Seubert had a single. Uhlenkott allowed just 2 hits with only 1 walk and had 3 strikeouts. Prairie 1 1 5 1 4—12 10 0 Culdesac 0 0 0 0 0— 0 2 4 P  rairie
came up with 4 runs in the bottom of the first. Danly had a 1-out single
to left, stole second, went to third on an error and scored on Hanna Ross’
double to right center. Faith Uhlenkott singled to right and Sarah Ross
singled to left center to score Hanna Ross. An error by the left fielder
allowed Uhlenkott to score as well and Sarah wound up at third. A groundout
by Bruner scored Sarah Ross to make it 4-0.
Culdesac finally got to Faith Uhlenkott in the top of the second as Faith walked 3 batters and gave up a double for 3 runs. She stranded the tying run at third with a groundout to short. Prairie answered back with 4 runs of their own in the bottom of the second. Seubert reached on an error and Poxleitner was hit by a pitch and Tidwell walked to load the bases. Danly then knocked in 2 runs with a double to left. Hanna Ross hit a comebacker to the pitcher, who went to first for the out, allowing Tidwell to score. Faith Uhlenkott reached on an error by the shortstop with Danly scoring to make it 8-3. Another error and a walk loaded the bases with just 1 out but a couple of pop fly outs got Culdesac out of the inning. Faith Uhlenkott had a rough start to the third inning as she walked the leadoff hitter then gave up a single but a lineout to Danly at short, a popup to Seubert at first and a called strike three got her out of the inning. She had a 1-2-3 fourth inning. Prairie didn’t score in the third but added 3 in the fourth. Faith Uhlenkott led off the inning with a double to center. She scored when Sarah Ross followed with a double to left. Remacle walked and both Ross and Kodie Tidwell, who was running for Remacle, scored when Seubert doubled to right to make it 11-3. A single and a double in the fifth led to a run for Culdesac meaning Prairie needed 3 in the bottom of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule. Hanna Ross led off with a triple to deep left center. She scored when Uhlenkott singled up the middle. Sarah Ross beat out an infield hit and both runners moved up on Bruner’s groundout to second. Remacle then ended the game with a 2-run single to left. Prairie had 12 hits in the game with Faith Uhlenkott and Sarah Ross each collecting a double and 2 singles and 2 RBI. Hanna Ross again had a double and a triple with 2 RBI. Danly had a double and a single and 2 RBI. Seubert had a 2 RBI double and Remacle had a 2 RBI single. Faith Uhlenkott again pitched all 5 innings allowing 4 runs on 4 hits with 4 walks and 2 strikeouts. Culdesac 0 3 0 0 1— 4 4 5 Prairie 4 4 0 3 3—14 12 0 The cold, wet conditions though led to a lot of control problems for both sides though as walks led to a lot of extra baserunners. Hanna Ross, a senior, started for Prairie and gave up 3 runs in the first inning and pitched into the second inning before being relieved by Faith Uhlenkott. Both teams capitalized on the extra baserunners as Prairie scored 23 runs on just 8 hits while Nezperce scored 8 runs on just 1 hit. Prairie took the lead with 8 runs in the bottom of the first. After Nezperce closed within 8-5 after the top of the second, Prairie exploded for 12 in the bottom of the inning to take control. When they scored their third run in the bottom of the third, the game was called due to the 15-run mercy rule. Hanna Ross drove in 5 runs with a homer and a single while Danly had a double and a single. Faith Uhlenkott and Remacle each had a double while Bruner and Abbie Uhlenkott each had a single. Prairie finishes the regular season at 10-2 in league and 14-4 overall. They will be the #2 seed at District and will play at 4 p.m. Friday, May 13 at Orofino. Nezperce 3 2 3— 8 1 3 Prairie 8 12 3—23 8 0
Kylie Tidwell prepares to throw to first for an out after fielding a grounder at second base. 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., cancelled 12-at Colton (2), 4 p.m., cancelled due to rain 15-Culdesac, here, 4:30 p.m.*, rescheduled from 4/14, cancelled again due to rain 16-Potlatch, here, noon*, cancelled due to field conditions 18-at Genesee, 5 p.m.*, lost 0-9 21-C.V., here, 2-V, includes makeup of 3/22 postponement, 4 p.m.*, won 20-0, won 17-2 26-at Nezperce, 4 p.m.*, won 12-1 28-at Troy, V, JV, 4:30 p.m.*, won 14-2 29-at Potlatch, V, JV, 5 p.m.*, lost 9-10, won 15-4 5-Troy, here, V, JV, 4:30 p.m.*, won 22-6 6-at Culdesac, 4 p.m., makeup for 3/21 cancellation, won 12-0 and 14-4 9-Nezperce, here, 4:30 p.m.*, won 23-8 13-District at Orofino, vs. Potlatch at 4 p.m. 20-21-State at Caldwell *league game |
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