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Pirates win 2 of 3
The Prairie Lady Pirates had a pair of wins over Lapwai sandwiched around a loss at Troy this past week in volleyball action. On Tuesday, Sept. 26 they swept Lapwai 25-7, 25-18, 25-16 at Cottonwood. On Thursday, Sept. 28 they lost in 4 sets at Troy 25-19, 10-25, 22-25 and 21-25. Finally on Monday, Oct. 2 they won at Lapwai25-22, 25-13, 23-25, 25-17. 
In the opening game, Prairie jumped out to a 7-0 lead and were never threatened. Madison Pecarovich had 1 ace while Wemhoff and Josie Peery each had 3 kills. Later Sydney Bruner served 3 aces with Wemhoff adding another kill for a 15-2 lead. Lapwai was unable to score a single point when serving in the game. Lapwai managed to hold the lead early on in the second game with their final lead at 9-10 after bricking a serve for a Prairie sideout. Peery scored a pair of kills to make it 11-10 before missing a serve. Peery scored another kill for a sideout and Pecarovich then served Prairie into the lead for good. She had 2 aces while Wemhoff and Peery each added a kill to make it 16-11. Lapwai never got closer than 4 the rest of the game. The third game saw Lapwai score the first point but that was their only lead. Pecarovich scored a sideout kill to tie it and Theresa Wemhoff served a pair of aces to give Prairie the lead for good. Kristyna Krogh, coming off an ankle injury, had a huge service run that broke the game open. She took over at 9-5 and served 9 points in a row with 5 aces. Leah Higgins added 3 kills with Hiler adding a kill as well. Leading 18-5, Prairie lost their intensity and Lapwai rallied back with their own big service run. They got 6 points in a row to cut the deficit to 20-13, but could get no closer. Twice more they got within 7, at 22-15 and 23-16, but a kill by Krogh and an ace by Alexis Shears ended the match. For the match Peery had 13 kills, including a block. Leah Higgins had 10 kills, 1 assists and 1 ace. Angela Wemhoff had 8 kills, 5 assists and 2 aces. Pecarovich had 7 kills, 13 assists and 3 aces. Hiler had 3 kills, 1 assist and 2 aces. Jordyn Higgins had 3 kills, 1 assist and 1 ace. Krogh had 1 kill, 12 assists and 6 aces. Theresa Wemhoff had 1 kill, 1 assist and 3 aces. Shears had 1 kill and 1 ace. Bruner had 3 aces. The JV team split with Lapwai, with their JV team being mostly varsity players, 25-19, 22-25. Lapwai took the early lead in the opening game at 1-4 but a kill by Sabrina Lustig and 3 service points by Sierra McWilliams gave Prairie a 6-5 lead. From there the game went back and forth with Prairie able to maintain the lead except for a 6-6 tie. It was still just a 2- point lead at 17-15 when Hope Schwartz scored a kill and Emma Gehring followed with an ace and Lustig added a kill for a 20-15 lead. Prairie then held a 4-6 point lead the rest of the game. Lapwai also took an early lead in the second game at 2-4 but Anna Kaschmitter served 3 straight points to give Prairie a 7-6 lead. She had an ace and India Peery added 2 kills. Prairie again fell behind though, and although they kept it close, couldn’t get back into the lead. They were behind 14-22 when Lustig scored a kill for the sideout and Peery went to the service line. 3 aces, 2 kills by Lustig and a kill by Peery from the back row tied the game at 22-22. Lapwai then scored the sideout and the final 2 points of the match. It was also Troy’s Senior Night. Of benefit to Lapwai is that they did not play a JV match this time and their players were fresher as many varsity starters were also in the JV match last week. Prairie may also have been a bit overconfident due to the ease of their win last week. Lapwai jumped out to a 0-8 lead in the opening game Monday. Prairie managed to turn things around and chipped away at the deficit. Bruner served a couple of aces and Theresa Wemhoff had 3 aces in a 5 point service run that tied the score at 13.  Prairie
finally took their first lead of the game on a couple of aces by Angela
Wemhoff at 18-17. A back row kill by Angela made it 19-17.
Lapwai wasn’t done yet as they managed to reclaim the lead at 20-21. A kill by Kristyna Krogh tied it and Prairie took back the lead on a kill by Leah Higgins. A missed spike by Prairie tied it but Theresa Wemhoff scored a sideout kill and then served the final 2 points for the win. Prairie fell behind 0-3 in the second game before getting on the board as Lapwai missed wide on a spike. Pecarovich then served 5 straight points for a 6-3 lead. Hiler and Angela Wemhoff each had a pair of kills and Jordyn Higgins added another. Prairie built the lead to 6 points at 18-12 when Pecarovich’s serving turn came around again. She served 2 aces and Hiler and Angela Wemhoff each added a kill to make it 22-12. After a trade of sideouts a block by Hiler and an ace by Jordyn Higgins gave Prairie a 2 games to 0 lead. In the third game Prairie gave up just 2 points at the start and rallied for a 5-4 lead after an ace and then a back row kill by Bruner. Lapwai then reeled off 7 straight points to take a 5-11 lead. Prairie rallied back to tie the score at 14-14 after 2 aces by Hiler but were unable to retake the lead until Bruner scored 2 aces to make it 20-19. Prairie led one more time at 23-22 after 2 aces by Angela Wemhoff but Lapwai then scored the sideout and closed out the game. Lapwai again took a 0-3 lead in the fourth game but Prairie came back to take the lead on a 5 point service run by Bruner. She had 2 aces while Leah Higgins scored a kill and a block and Angela Wemhoff scored a kill for a 10-5 lead. Lapwai rallied back to take the lead at 14-15 before Theresa Wemhoff tied it with a free ball kill from the back row. Pecarovich then served an ace as Prairie took the lead for good. Peery added 2 kills and Angela Wemhoff another for a 19-15 lead. Lapwai served only 2 more times in the game and Prairie scored the sideout both times as they wound up winning by 8. For the match we had Angela Wemhoff with 15 kills, 9 assists and 9 aces. Leah Higgins had 11 kills, including 1 block, and 1 assist. Peery had 7 kills. Hiler had 7 kills, including a block, 1 assists and 4 aces. Jordyn Higgins and Theresa Wemhoff each had 4 kills, 1 assist and 3 aces. Bruner had 2 kills, 3 assists and 8 aces. Krogh had 2 kills and 8 assists. Pecarovich had 1 kill, 24 assists and 5 aces. Shears had 1 kill. Prairie is now 12-8 on the season and 5-4 in league play.
PIRATES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2017 JV time is 6 p.m. with varsity to follow, except where indicated. AUGUST 26-JV and C at Genesee JV Tournament 29-Genesee*, here, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 0 games to 3. 31-Troy*, here, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 0 games to 3. 12-CV*, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, won 3 games to 0 14-Orofino, there, 4:30 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 2 games to 3 16-Grangeville, Varsity Tourn., beat Nezperce 2-0, beat Kamiah 2-0, beat Summit 2-0, beat Summit again 2-0, lost to Salmon River 0-2, 2nd at Tournament 21-Genesee*, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 2 games to 3 23-Border Battle at Pomeroy, won 3 of 5 matches as Idaho won 13-12. 26-Lapwai*, here, won 3 games to 0 28-Troy*, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V, lost 1 game to 3 3-C.V.*, here, 4:30, JV & V, won 3 games to 0, details next week 3-Orofino, here, V only, 7 p.m., lost 1 game to 3, details next week 5-Grangeville, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V 10-Potlatch*, there, 5 p.m., C/JV/V 12-Kamiah*, here, 4:30, JV/V 12-Grangeville, here V only, 7 p.m. TBA-District at LCSC Oct. 27-28-State at LCSC *League Game PIRATES JR. HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2017 14-Orofino, here 19-Grangeville, here 21-Kamiah, here 26-Orofino, there 28-Kamiah, there 12-C.V., there |
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