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Pirates take 2nd at District
The Prairie Lady Pirates needed to win at least 1 game at District to qualify for the State Tournament and they did that when they edged Potlatch 7-6 in their District opener at Genesee Tuesday, May 8. They then lost to Genesee in the championship game 1-4 to take second at District. They will open state tournament play Friday, May 18 at 10 a.m. MDT against Garden Valley. Potlatch jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first but Prairie answered back with 2 in their half of the inning and added 2 more in the second to take a 4-3 lead. Potlatch tied it in the top of the fifth but Prairie answered back with 3 runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 7-4 lead thanks in large part to Sarah Ross who had a 2-run triple in the inning. Potlatch rallied with 2 runs in the top of the seventh to get within 1 run before Prairie was able to end the game. Leah Higgins gave up 6 runs on 11 hits in the game. Prairie had 10 hits of their own led by Josie Peery who had 3 singles. Noelle Uhlenkott and Kodie Tidwell each had a pair of singles. Ross had a triple and Sydney Bruner and Madison Shears each had a single. Potlatch 3 0 0 0 1 0 2—6 11 1 Prairie 2 2 0 0 3 0 x—7 10 2 Genesee finally broke it open with 4 runs in the bottom of the fifth. Prairie was able to score 1 in the top of the seventh but came up short. Sierah Poxleitner had Prairie’s only hit of the game. Prairie takes a 10-5 record into the state tournament which starts Friday, May 18 at Caldwell. Prairie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—1 1 2 Genesee 0 0 0 0 4 0 x—4 12 1  March 20-Lapwai, there, 4:30 p.m., won 20-5 22-Troy @ Lewiston, 4:30 p.m., game suspended with Prairie leading 21-6 after 1 inning, no makeup date set yet 24-Kellogg @ Lewiston, (2), 12 noon, cancelled due to weather 29-Colton, there, 5 p.m., lost 2-13 17-at Kendrick, (2), 3 p.m., won 15-8 and 14-2 20-vs. Troy @ Lewiston, won 22-5 and 23-0 23-Culdesac, here, 4:30 p.m., won 22-7 24-Genesee, here 4:30 p.m., lost 5-7 26-Lapwai, here, 4:30 p.m., won 24-6 28-Potlatch, there, 11 a.m., won 18-4 4-St. Maries @ Lewiston, 4 p.m., lost 6-8 5-Potlatch, here, 4:30 p.m., lost 2-14 8-District @ Genesee, beat Potlatch 7-6, lost to Genesee 1-4, 2nd at District 18-19-State @ Caldwell, open state play at 10 a.m. MDT, Friday, May 18 vs. Garden Valley |
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