There are 24 players turned out for the Prairie High School boys basketball team this season. They will work with two new coaches. The new head coach is Tim Scheffler who has previously coached as an assistant girls coach and as a junior high boys coach for Prairie. Pat Holthaus, a fixture on the sidelines for the Pirates, also returns as an assistant coach. The new assistant coach is former boys head coach Teel Bruner who returns to the program after resigning after his son Jake’s senior season in 2015-16. Returning starters for the Pirates are senior Shane Hanson and junior Lee Forsmann. Also returning from last year’s varsity squad are senior Morgan Poxleitner, juniors Noah Behler and Trenton Lorentz and sophomore Matt Wemhoff. Other full-time varsity players are junior Bennie Elven and freshman Riley Shears. Serving as swing players are senior Ryan Wemhoff, sophomores Briggs Rambo and Logan Weber and freshmen Levi Gehring and Phil Schwartz. Full-time JV players are sophomores Kaden Duclos, Close Duclos, Collin Ray and Drake Cronan and freshmen Jackson Enneking, Benny Secrest, Nate Forsmann, Levi McElroy, Chris Schumacher, Max Rehder and Chase VonBargen. The Pirates are a young squad with only 2 returning players who started last season. They will have good size with a pair of 6’5” posts in Lee Forsmann and Hanson and the 6’9” Poxleitner. The Prairie varsity gets into action this Thursday, Dec. 1, against Kendrick and then will participate in the Idaho County Shootout on Friday against Grangeville. Both games are at Cottonwood. The JV gets an early start as they travel to Grangeville on Wednesday, Nov. 30.  Phil Schwartz as just made a pass as Lee Forsmann watches the ball.  Levi McElroy has the ball. From left are Ben Secrest, Levi Gehring and Kaden Duclos.  Riley Shears handles the ball as Noah Behler guards him. Logan Weber is standing against the wall under the basket awaiting his turn on the floor.  Lee Forsmann guards Logan Weber who has the ball on offense.  At right is new head coach Tim Scheffler as he watches the players move the ball down the floor. From left are Levi McElroy, Chris Schumacher and Collin Ray.  Trenton Lorentz goes up for a lay-up as Matt Wemhoff in black and Ben Elven and Noah Behler in white look on.  Matt Wemhoff has the ball as a group of players and new assistant coach Teel Bruner look on from the sidelines. *indicates league game NOVEMBER
30-JV vs. Grangeville, there, 7:30 p.m.
DECEMBER
1-Kendrick, here (JV-V), 6 p.m. 2-Grangeville, here, 7:30, Idaho County Shootout 8-Lapwai*, here (C-JV-V), 4:30 p.m. 10-Troy*, here 13-Kamiah*, here 16-Potlatch*, there 27-29-Lewiston Avista Tourn. JV & V JANUARY
7-Genesee*, there
10-C.V.*, here 14-Logos*, there, Quad, JV-4 p.m., V-5:30 p.m. 19-Lapwai*, there (C-JV-V), 4:30 p.m. 21-Troy*, there, Quad, JV-4 p.m., V-5:30 p.m. 24-Kamiah*, there 27-Potlatch*, here 31-C.V.*, there FEBRUARY
3-Genesee*, here
7-Grangeville, there 10-Logos*, here, Senior Night 13-Kendrick, there 15-23-District at Lewiston High 25-State Play-In TBA March 3-5-State at Vallivue High, Caldwell PIRATES JR. HIGH BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2022
All games start at 4:30 p.m.December 1-Clearwater Valley, here6-Timberline, here 8-Orofino, there 13-St. John Bosco, here
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