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Pirates earn State berth
The Prairie Lady Pirates clinched a trip to state for the 9th straight year with a 66-27 thrashing of Troy Friday, Feb. 1 at the District Tournament at the LCSC Activity Center in Lewiston. 
Things started slowly for the Pirates as Troy scored first and later with a pair of free throws took a 4-6 lead. Madison Shears took an inbound feed from Jordyn Higgins and sank a 3-pointer that gave Prairie a 7-6 lead. Alexis Hiler scored a free throw and Ciara Chaffee scored inside to make it 10-6. Twice Troy got back within 2 at 10-8 and again at 12-10. Shears scored to make it 14-10 at the end of the first quarter and then scored the first 2 baskets of the second quarter and suddenly Prairie was up 8 points. After Troy scored to pull within 6, Prairie went on a 10-0 run. Kristyna Krogh kicked it off with a pair of free throws then India Peery scored 7 of the next 8 points to make it 28-12. Troy broke the run with a 3-point play but Peery countered that with a 3-point shot. Peery added another 3-pointer, as did Higgins as Prairie took a 43-20 lead at the half. After a cold shooting first quarter, 5 for 17, Prairie hit 10 of 19 in the second quarter while Troy hit just 3 of 11. Peery had scored 18 first half points, 15 in the pivotal second quarter, and Shears added 9. Prairie outscored Troy 17-5 in the third quarter as Higgins heated up for 9 points which included a pair of 3’s. Shears, Krogh, Peery and Chaffee each added 2 points. Prairie had another 10-0 run in the quarter which took a 43-21 lead to a 53-21 lead. Troy scored the first and last points of the quarter and in between Prairie outscored them 17-1. The fourth quarter was played with a running clock with the Pirates holding Troy to just a pair of free throws as they outscored them 6-2. Peery wound up with 20 points in the game with Higgins adding 15 and Shears 10. Krogh scored 6, Theresa Wemhoff 5, Chaffee 4, Hiler 3 and Ellea Uhlenkott 2. Rebounding was even at 32-32. Krogh led Prairie with 8 rebounds while Wemhoff had 6. Peery had 6 steals and Wemhoff 4 as Prairie forced 29 turnovers from the Trojans. Higgins had 7 assists. Prairie was 24 for 52 from the field, 46%, and 12 for 20 at the line, 60%. Troy was 8 for 34 from the field, 24%, and 10 for 14 at the line, 71%. Prairie is now, 18-2 on the season. They will play Lapwai for the District Championship this Friday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the LCSC Activity Center in Lewiston. Prairie 14 29 17 6 -66 Troy 10 10 5 2 -27 Prairie-Shears 5-16, 0-0, 11; Higgins 5-10, 2-4, 15; Wemhoff 2-7, 1-5, 5; Krogh 2-4, 2-2, 6; Peery 7-12, 4-5, 20; Hiler 1-1, 1-2, 3; Chaffee 2-4, 0-0, 4; Uhlenkott 0-1, 2-2, 2; Bruegeman 0-0, 0-0, 0; Lockett 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Higgins 3, Peery 2, Shears. Troy-Hoskins-Oakley 3-5, 2-2, 8; Blazzard 1-6, 0-0, 2; Waller 2-12, 4-5, 8; Gilder 0-2, 0-1, 0; Fredrickson 1-4, 0-0, 2; Raasch 0-2, 0-0, 0; Doumit 1-2, 3-4, 6; Johnson 0-0, 1-2, 1; Griffin 0-0, 0-0, 0; Webler 0-0, 0-0, 0; Grove 0-0, 0-0, 0; #50 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Doumit.
Madison Shears gets the scoring started in the second quarter against Troy. Also shown is Theresa Wemhoff. PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2018-19 *indicates league game 19-Lewiston JV & Sophs, there, won 64-24 27-Genesee, there*, won 68-30 30-Potlatch, here*, won 72-8 7-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 6:00 p.m., won 62-49 8-Troy Quad, here, 1 & 2:30*, won 63-25 11-Lapwai, here*, won 58-48 18-Genesee, here*, won 51-45 21-Grangeville, here, won 35-34 7-Clarkston JV & Pomeroy JV, here, won 59-28 10-C.V., here*, won 72-17 12-Potlatch, there*, 1 p.m., won 80-20 15-Kamiah, here*, won 70-17 19-Troy Quad, there, 5 & 6:30*-won 62-34 24-Lapwai, there*, lost 49-63 26-Salmon River, V only, there, 6 MST, lost 52-59 28-Moscow, here, (C,JV,V) 4 p.m., won 60-31 Feb. 1-District at LCSC-First game vs. Troy, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, won 66-27 Feb. 8-District Championship vs. Lapwai, 7:30 p.m. 14-16-State at Columbia High School, Nampa LADY PIRATE JR. HIGH VOLLEYBALL 2019 12—Grangeville, away 14—Summit (7th only), home 19—Culdesac, home 21—Orofino, away 26—CV, home** **Schools with 3 teams may go w2/2/2 matches |
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