The Prairie Lady Pirates are gathering quite a collection of red State trophies as for the 7^th time in the last 8 years, they brought home the second place trophy from the state tournament. They opened the tournament with a 65-28 win over Notus on Thursday, Feb. 17. On Friday, Feb. 18, they knocked off undefeated Butte County 56-37. Both of those games were at Columbia High School in Nampa and both were all-Pirates matchups. Maybe if Lapwai was also the Pirates, Prairie might have prevailed. In the championship game Saturday at the Idaho Center in Nampa, Prairie lost 37-63.
Prairie never trailed against District 3 champion Notus. Kristin Wemhoff opened the scoring with a 3 from the top of the key. Notus was able to tie the score at 6-6 but another 3 by Wemhoff put Prairie ahead for good. Notus answered with a free throw but a lay-up by Tara Schlader and a free throw by Wemhoff made it 12-7.
After a Notus basket, Prairie reeled off 8 straight points. Wemhoff started the run with a steal and drive for a lay-up. Schlader tole the ball and that led to a pair of free throws by Delanie Lockett. Wemhoff added a layup and then a steal by Josie Remacle led to a putback by Remacle that made it 20-9.
Notus scored a pair of baskets but a lay-up by Remacle made it 22-13 at the quarter.
A putback each by Remacle and Laney Forsmann opened the second quarter scoring and put Prairie up 26-13.
Notus was able to trim the lead down to 8 at 29-21 but Prairie then ended the half with 7 straight points to take a 36-21 lead at the break. A free throw by Schlader was followed by a putback by Remacle. Ali Rehder then sank 2 free throws and Forsmann closed out the half with a basket.
Notus scored a free throw to open the second half scoring then didn’t score again until the 5:30 mark of the fourth quarter,  a stretch of over 10 minutes on the clock.
Meanwhile Prairie scored 19 straight points  to build their lead to 55-22. Rehder scored 7 points in the quarter while Wemhoff scored 6 and Schlader 2 as Prairie took a 51-22 lead into the fourth quarter.
Isabella Walsh and Lockett each added a basket to finish off the 19-0 run.
After Notus finally broke their scoring drought, Lexi Schumacher sank a 3 and Forsmann and Olivia Klapprich each made a basket for a 62-24 lead. There is no mercy rule in state games so the game played out with a regular clock.
For the game Wemhoff led the scoring with 18 points. Forsmann and Rehder each scored 10 while Remacle scored 8, Schumacher 6, Schlader 5, Lockett 4 and Klapprich and Walsh 2 each.
Priarie dominated the boards 47-34 with Schlader pulling down 15 rebounds to lead the team.
Schlader also had 8 steals and 4 assists. Wemhoff and Remacle each had 5 steals while Wemhoff also had 4 assists.
Prairie was 25 for 68 from the field, 37%, and 10 for 17 at the line, 59%. Notus was 9 for 40 from the field, 23%, and 9 for 19 at the line, 47%.
Notus had 35 turnovers while Prairie had 18.
Prairie 22 14 15 14 -65
Notus 13   8   1   6 -28
Prairie-Wemhoff 6-15, 4-6, 18; Lockett 1-10, 2-2, 4; Remacle 4-10, 0-2, 8; Schlader 2-6, 1-2, 5; Forsmann 5-10, 0-0, 10; Rehder 3-6, 3-4, 10; Klapprich 1-2, 0-1, 2; Schumacher 2-5, 0-0, 6; Farr 0-0, 0-0, 0; Walsh 1-3, 0-0, 2; Geis 0-0, 0-0, 0; Enneking 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Wemhof2, Schumacher 2, Rehder.
Notus-Ortega 3-12, 4-9, 11; Emly 1-2, 1-2, 3; Bethel 2-6, 1-2, 5; Peugh 0-10, 2-2, 2; Cudabeck 1-9, 0-2, 2; Grandeen 2-2, 1-2, 5; Telford 0-0, 0-0, 0; Martinez 0-0, 0-0, 0; Lowe 0-0, 0-0, 0; Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Ortega.
The semifinal against Butte County was a physical game that featured a long scoring streak by each side.
Butte County took a 0-2 lead then Wemhoff sank a 3-pointer for Prairie’s first lead. Butte County scored again for a 3-4 lead but that was to be their final lead of the game.
Schlader stole the ball and scored to put Prairie ahead and that kicked off a 12-0 run. Wemhoff scored after a steal. Schlader converted a 3-point play on a putback. Wemhoff scored 2 baskets and then Rehder scored from the baseline on a skip pass from Forsmann to make it 15-4 at the end of the first quarter.
A basket each by Schlader, Lockett and Rehder had Prairie up 21-7 with 5:50 left in the half.
At that point it was Butte County’s turn for a long scoring streak. Butte County’s press started forcing turnovers and they converted those into a 0-14 scoring run that tied the game at 21-21 with 2:03 left in the half.
Prairie finally broke their scoring drought with a pair of free throws by Remacle with 1:51 left in the half. Wemhoff then made 4 straight free throws and Forsmann scored in the final seconds as Prairie scored the final 8 points of the half for a 29-21 lead.
Remacle had a big third quarter. After she missed her first shot of the quarter, she made 4 straight shots, all lay-ups. She scored the first points of the second half to make it a 10-0 scoring run for Prairie.
After Butte County scored, Prairie scored the next 11 straight points. Remacle scored 2 lay-ups. Schlader scored on a nice move inside. Rehder sank a 3-pointer and Remacle added a lay-up on an inbounds play for a 42-23 lead.
Butte County tried to rally with a pair of 3-points to cut their deficit to 13 but a free throw by Rehder and a basket by Forsmann pushed it back to 16 at 45-29. Butte Country scored to make it 45-31 at the end of the third quarter.
Forsmann opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer to make it 48-31. After Butte Country scored, Remacle scored a 10-foot jumper then Lockett scored a putback for a 19-point lead.
Another Butte County basket was answered by a basket each by Remacle and Schlader for a 56-235 lead with 3:10 to play.
Prairie didn’t score in the final 3 minutes but Butte County musted only a single basket with 1:08 left to play.
That put Prairie into the championship game for the 8^th time in the last 9 years and the 9^th time in 11 years.
Remacle wound up as the leading scorer with a career high 14 points. She had a double-double with 11 rebounds and added 3 steals. Wemhoff scored 12 points and had 4 steals and 7 assists. Schlader scored 11 points with 9 rebounds and 4 steals. Rehder scored 8 points while Forsmann scored 7 and Lockett 4. Lockett added 4 assists.
Prairie had a commanding 42-26 advantage on the boards.
Prairie was 22 for 48 from the field, 46%, and 9 for 13 at the line, 69%. Butte County was 14 for 48 from the field, 29%, and 6 for 16 at the line, 38%.
Prairie had 23 turnovers, 10 in the second quarter when Butte County made their rally. Butte County had 22 turnovers.
Butte County was led in scoring by senior guard Kiya McAffee with 11 points and senior forward Anna Knight with 10 points.
Prairie         15 14 16 11 -56
Butte County 4 17 10   6 -37
Prairie-Wemhoff 3-8, 5-6, 12; Lockett 2-6, 0-2, 4; Remacle 6-13, 2-2, 14; Schlader 5-8, 1-1, 11; Forsmann 3-8, 0-0, 7; Rehder 3-5, 1-2, 8; Klapprich 0-0, 0-0, 0; Farr 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Wemhoff, Forsmann, Rehder.
Butte County-McAffee 4-14, 2-2, 11; Kniffin 0-4, 0-2, 0; A. Knight 4-6, 1-4, 10; Gamett 1-3, 3-4, 5; E. Hansen 2-7, 0-0, 4; Bird 3-11, 0-4, 7; King 0-2, 0-0, 0; Babcock 0-0, 0-0, 0; S. Knight 0-0, 0-0, 0; A. Hansen 0-0, 0-0, 0; Rogers 0-0, 0-0, 0; Jardine 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-McAffee, A. Knight, Bird.
Prairie has played in the state championship game 8 times in the last 9 years and in 7 of those championship games they played Lapwai, winning only the first one in 2014.
Unfortunately this one turned out the same way as the previous 5 championship matchups with Lapwai with the Wildcats winning.
Prairie was able to play with Lapwai early on as 2 baskets by Lockett, a putback by Schlader and a free throw by Remacle had the score tied at 7-7. Lapwai then took control of the game with a 0-12 run as Prairie went scoreless for nearly 4 minutes as Lapwai took a 7-18 lead and never looked back.
Wemhoff finally broke the drought with a drive to the hoop but Lapwai answered with a 3-pointer by Lauren Gould. Gould and Jordan McCormack-Marks kept coming up with baskets for Lapwai that killed any momentum the Pirates might have.
Rehder came off the bench to score 5 points in the second quarter on a 3-pointer and a basket that helped the Pirates tread water in the quarter as they were outscored just 11-14 as Lapwai took a  20-35 halftime lead.
The third quarter was a disaster for the Pirates as they made just 1 of 18 shots and that basket by Lockett came with 2:33 left in the period. By that time Lapwai had taken a 28-point lead at 20-48.
Lapwai led 22-54 after 3 quarters.
Lapwai played physical defense, bumping Wemhoff off stride on her drives to the hoop and collapsing on Schlader whenever she got the ball inside.
Schlader finally broke loose in the fourth quarter when she scored 8 of her 10 points. Lockett also scored 10 points with Rehder, keeping up her inspired play in the state tournament, adding 8 points. Wemhoff scored 4, Remacle 3 and Forsmann 2.
Prairie had a 45-40 edge on the boards but that was built with a 15-9 fourth quarter advantage when the game was already decided.
Wemhoff led the Pirates with 12 rebounds while Schlader had 11 and Remacle had 7.
Wemhoff and Lockett each had 3 steals while Schlader and Lockett each had 2 assists.
Prairie was 15 for 55 from the field, 27%, and 5 for 17 at the line, 29%. Lapwai was 26 for 62 from the field, 42%, and 6 for 12 at the line, 50%.
Prairie had 24 turnovers while Lapwai had 15.
McCormack-Marks scored 19 to lead Lapwai while Gould scored 15.
Prairie ends their season with a 20-5 record. They are now 9-13 in 22 state championship games. Lapwai is now 11-4 in 15 state championship games with 3 of those 4 losses to Prairie and the other to C.V.
Prairie    9 11   2 15 -37
Lapwai 21 14 19   9 -63
Prairie-Wemhoff 1-15, 2-6, 4; Lockett 5-9, 0-3, 10; Remacle 0-4, 3-4, 3; Schlader 5-14, 0-4, 10; Forsmann 1-3, 0-0, 2; Rehder 3-7, 0-0, 8; Klapprich 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 0-0, 0-0, 0; Farr 0-1, 0-0, 0; Walsh 0-0, 0-0, 0; Enneking 0-1, 0-0, 0; Geis 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Rehder 2.
Lapwai-Sobotta 3-9, 0-0, 7; McCormack-Marks 9-16, 1-1, 19; Smith 3-7, 1-2, 7; Gould 6-9, 1-1, 15; Greene 1-5, 1-2, 4; Q. Mitchell 1-5, 0-2, 2; Young 0-3, 2-4, 2; Leighton 2-2, 0-0, 5; George 0-2, 0-0, 0; Moliga 1-2, 0-0, 2; A. Mitchell 0-2, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Gould 2, Sobotta, Greene, Leighton.

State Tournament statistics
In the State Tournament Kristin Wemhoff was Prairie’s leading scorer with 34 points. Ali Rehder was a surprising second with 26 points on 9 for 18 shooting with four 3-pointers. Tara Schlader and Josie Remacle scored 25 each. Laney Forsmann scored 19. Delanie Lockett scored 18. Lexi Schumacher scored 6 and Olivia Klapprich and Isabella Walsh scored 2 each.
Schlader had 35 rebounds to lead the team with Remacle adding 24, Wemhoff 22, Lockett 21, Forsmann 15 and Rehder 7.
Wemhoff and Schlader each had 12 steals while Remacle had 8, Rehder 4 and Lockett and Klapprich 3 each.
Wemhoff had 12 assists while Lcoket had 8, Schlader 6, Forsmann 5, Remacle 3 and Rehder and Klapprich 2 each.
Prairie counted on Wemhoff and Schlader to have big games all year. Stepping up with some big games at State were Rehder and Remacle.
Rehder scored 10, 8 and 8 in the 3 games. Those were her best 3 scoring outputs of the season. Remacle had 8 points in the opener and scored 14 with 11 rebounds in the semifinal against Butte County.  

18-Troy*, here, 1/2 JV, won 58-31
30-Kamiah*, there, 1/2 JV, won 57-29
  1-JV vs. Grangeville here
  2-Logos*, here, 1/2 JV, won 68-8
  3-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, lost 48-52
  7-Lapwai*, there , lost 45-47
  8-JV at Clarkston, 5 p.m., won, no score available
10-Genesee*, here, won 72-30
16-C.V.*, there, V only, 7:30 p.m. won 61-20
17-Potlatch, there*, V only, 7:30 p.m., won 55-27
  4-Kendrick, here , won 52-46
  6-Orofino, here , cancelled due to school closure
  7-JV vs. Clarkston, here, 5 p.m., won 75-8
  8-Troy* Quad, there, 1/2 JV, 1 p.m, V-2:30, won 42-36
10-JV at Lewiston
11-Grangeville, here, lost 37-49
13-Kamiah*, here, 1/2 JV, won 52-19
15-Logos*, there, 1 p.m., 1/2 JV, won 81-22
18-Lapwai*, here, postponed due to COVID protocols at Lapwai
19-Orofino, here, V only, 6 p.m., postponed due to COVID protocols at Orofino
21-Genesee*, there, won 66-37
22-Lapwai*, here, 4 p.m., rescheduled from Jan. 18, won 55-47
25-Orofino, there, V only, 7 p.m., won 67-28
27-C.V.*, here, V only, 7:30 p.m. won 51-15
28-Potlatch*, here, V only, 7:30 p.m., Senior Night, won 71-47
31-Kendrick, there, won 46-44
3-11 -District at Lewiston H.S., beat Genesee 81-20, beat Troy 49-33, lost to Lapwai 51-67
17-19-State at Nampa, Columbia  H.S., beat Notus 65-28; beat Butte County 56-37, lost to Lapwai 37-63


17-C.V., there, 4:30 p.m.
18-Lapwai, there, 4:30 p.m.
22-Culdesac, there, 4:30 p.m.
28-vs. Gar-Pal at Lewiston Quad Park, 4 & 6 p.m.
31-at Pomeroy V-JVm 4 & 6 p.m.
12-Nezperce, here, 4:30 p.m.
14-Genesee, here (2 league), 3:30 & 5 p.m.
16-Troy, here (2 league) 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
18-Grangeville, there, V-JV, 4 & 6 p.m.
19-Nezperce, there, 4:30 p.m.
21-C.V., here, 4:30 p.m.
22-Kendrick, there (2 league) 4 & 5:30 p.m.
26-Pomeroy, here, V-JV, 4 & 6 p.m.
28-Orofino, there, V-JV, 4:30 & 6:30 p.m.
30-Potlatch, here (2 league), 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
  3-Culdesac, here, 4:30 p.m.
  5-Grangeville, here, V-JV, 4 & 6 p.m.
  6-Lapwai, here, 4:30 p.m.
10-District Play-In at Higher Seed, 4:30 p.m.
12-District at Genesee, 3 & 5 p.m.
20-21-State at Moscow