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win at Grangeville
Four players scored in double figures as the Prairie boys basketball team avenged a season-opening loss by winning 69-50 at Grangeville Tuesday, Jan. 7. Prairie was to play two other games this past week but the home game against Salmon River on Friday and the away game at Troy on Saturday were both cancelled due to weather conditions. We would imagine they will try to reschedule the Troy game at least as that is a league game. 
Grangeville scored the first 4 points of the game then Prairie answered with a 9-0 run. Derik Shears drove the baseline for a lay-up then Cole Schlader scored Prairie’s next 7 points. He had a baseline jumper, a 3-point play and 2 free throws as Prairie took a 9-4 lead. Grangeville came back to tie it at 9 and had a chance to retake the lead before Schlader stole the ball and drove in for a basket. Shears scored a putback just before the buzzer to make it 13-9 at the quarter break. Grangeville scored first with a free throw in the second quarter but Prairie answered with a 3 by Zach Rambo. A Grangeville basket was answered by a basket by Shears that was set up with a steal by Damian Forsmann. After another Grangeville basket, Prairie scored 6 straight on a lay-up by Owen Anderson and a pair of hoops by Schlader for a 24-14 lead. A Grangeville basket was answered with a 3 by Anderson for a 27-16 lead with 3:13 left in the half. Grangeville cut the lead down to 6 with a basket and a 3-pointer but Shears scored on a putback and Forsmann sank a 3-pointer to push the lead back to 11. After a Grangeville basket and a free throw by Sam Mager, it was 33-23 at the half. Anderson opened the second half scoring with a 3. After a Grangeville basket, Forsmann and Anderson each hit a 2-point basket for a 40-25 lead. Grangeville cut the lead to 8 with a 0-7 run but a basket by Anderson and free throw by Brody Hasselstrom put the lead back to 11. Hasselstrom’s free throw came when he went in to shoot for Schlader who had been fouled going to the hoop after making a steal. Schlader crashed into the padding and suffered some kind of knee injury that put him out the rest of the game. A 3 by Grangeville was answered by a lay-up by Shears and then Forsmann scored after making a steal. After 2 Grangeville baskets cut the lead to 8, Hasselstrom then sank a 3 on a feed from Kyle Schwartz. That made it 50-39 heading into the fourth quarter. Grangeville opened the fourth quarter with a 0-5 run that cut the lead to 6 but Prairie came right back with a 15-0 run that pretty much put the game away. Forsmann opened the run with a pair of 3-pointers. Mager followed with a pair of baskets. Mager then made an offensive rebound and kicked the ball out to Hasselstrom for a 3-pointer. Shears scored inside to make it 65-44 with 2:52 left to play. Grangeville finally broke their nearly 4-minute scoring drought with a free throw. Rambo answered with a short jumper. Grangeville scored the next 5 points to cut the lead to 67-50 with 1:00 left but Prairie scored the final 2 points when Anderson made 2 free throws for the 19 point final margin. Anderson led the scoring with 14 points while Schlader and Forsmann scored 13 each and Shears scored 12. Hasselstrom scored 7 and Mager and Rambo each scored 5.  Prairie
held a slim 39-38 edge on the boards. Shears had 13 rebounds to lead the
team and Mager added 9.
Forsmann had 7 steals and 4 assists while Mager had 6 steals and 4 assists. Prairie was 26 for 54 from the field, 48%, and 7 for 16 at the line, 44%. Grangeville was 21 for 63 from the field, 33%, and 3 for 8 at the line 38%. Prairie is now 6-3 on the season. The JV team pulled out a 1-point win, 37-36 as Grangeville missed a free throw with 4 seconds left that would’ve tied it. Grangeville jumped out to a 0-4 lead and led most of the game. Kyle Schwartz scored a pair of baskets to tie the game at 4 and Lane Schumacher added a basket to tie it again at 6. Prairie trailed 8-12 at the end of the first quarter. Grangeville scored to open up a 6-point lead but a basket and then a 3-pointer by Schumacher cut the lead to just 1 at 13-14. Twice more in the second quarter Prairie pulled within 1 at 15-16 after a putback by John Gehring and at 17-18 after a putback by Shane Hanson with 58 second left. Grangeville led 17-20 at the half. Grangeville scored to open the second half but a steal by Tyler Wemhoff led to a basket by Gehring. Hanson then scored a putback and got fouled, converting a 3-point play to tie the game at 22-22. Grangeville scored the next 4 points but a steal by Wyatt Ross led to a lay-up and Gehring converted a 3-point play with 42 seconds left in the third quarter to give Prairie their first lead of the game at 27-26. That’s where it stood heading into the fourth. Grangeville took back the lead on a 3-point play but a driving lay-up by Schwartz tied it and a putback by Gehring put Prairie back on top 31-29. Grangeville scored 2 baskets for a 31-33 lead but Schumacher sank a 3 to put Prairie back on top with 3:02 left. A Grangeville basket with 1:05 left put Grangeville back into the lead by Schumacher hit another 3 with 28 seconds left on a feed from Ross to make it 37-35. With 4 seconds left Grangeville got fouled and went to the line, making the first but missing the second and Prairie was able to run out the clock for the win. Schumacher had 15 points to lead all scorers. Schwartz and Gehring scored 6 each with Hanson scoring 5, Wemhoff 3 and Ross 2. Prairie had a 40-36 rebounding edge with Gehring grabbing 14 rebounds and Wemhoff 11. Gehring had 4 steals while Schumacher and Wemhoff had 3 each. Schwartz had 3 assists. The JV’s were 16 for 59 from the field, 27%, and 2 for 4 at the line, 50%. Grangeville was 17 for 50 from the field, 34%, and 2 for 4 at the line. The difference was the three 3-pointers by Schumacher while Grangeville had zero 3-pointers. Prairie 13 20 17 19 -69 Grangeville 9 14 16 11 -50 Prairie-Schlader 5-9, 3-3, 13; Forsmann 5-15, 0-2, 13; Mager 2-5, 1-2, 5; Anderson 5-9, 2-3, 14; Shears 6-9, 0-2, 12; Hasselstrom 2-5, 1-4, 7; Rambo 2-3, 0-0, 5; Schwartz 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Forsmann 3, Anderson 2, Hasselstrom 2. Grangeville-Harris 1-9, 0-1, 2; Schoo 3-10, 1-3, 9; Anderson 5-16, 0-0, 13; K. Frei 6-13, 0-0, 12; D. Lindsley 2-5, 2-4, 6; Lefebvre 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ebert 1-4, 0-0, 2; C. Frei 2-4, 0-0, 4; J. Lindsley 1-1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Anderson 3, Schoo 2.
PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2019-20 *indicates league game 7-St. Maries, there, 4 p.m., lost 57-80 9-JV vs. Deary, here, 6:30 p.m. 10-C.V., here*, plus C vs. St. John Bosco, 4:30 p.m., won 71-64 12-Salmon River, there, V only 7:30 MST, won 67-36 14-Troy Quad, here, JV-4, V-5:30, won 59-51 17-Kamiah, here*, lost 53-59 20-Genesee, there*, won 76-45 7-Grangeville, there, C/JV/V, 4:30 p.m., won 69-50 8-C team vs. Jenifer 9th grade, there, 6:30 p.m. 10-Salmon River, here, V only, 6:30, cancelled due to weather 11-Troy Quad, there*, JV-1, V-2:30, postponed due to weather 14-Lapwai, here*, C/JV/V, 4:30 p.m., postponed due to weather 16-Lapwai, there, varsity only, 6 p.m., rescheduled from 1-14 17-Potlatch, here*, plus C vs. St. John Bosco, 4:30 p.m. 18-Orofino, there, JV-1, V-2:30 23-Genesee, here*, plus C vs. St. John Bosco, 4:30 p.m. 27-JV vs. Deary, there, 6:30 p.m. 28-C.V., there* 29-Troy, there, 6:00 p.m., rescheduled from 1-11 31-Potlatch, there* 7-Kamiah, there* 14-Lapwai, here*, C/JV/V, 4:30 p.m., changed to home game due to moving 1/16 game to there, moved from 11th to 14th to avoid girls district championship conflict 19-25-District at LCSC 27-State Play-In at Post Falls 29-State Play-In at Fruitland March 5-7-State at Caldwell Note: some C and JV games have been added |
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