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Lady Pirates take third at State
The Prairie Lady Pirates brought home the
third place trophy from the 1A-D1 State Tournament at Nampa. They
opened the tournament with a 67-23 win over Greenleaf on Thursday, Feb.
16. On Friday, Feb. 17 they let a 6 point lead with 4:45 slip away as
they lost 40-46 to Raft River of Malta. Finally on Saturday, Feb. 18,
they got a measure of redemption by beating Lapwai 58-47 in the third
place game after losing 4 previous games this season to the Wildcats. Vs. Greenleaf In the game against
Greenleaf, Prairie jumped out to an 8-0 lead. Kristin Wemhoff scored
the game’s first points after making a steal. Tara Schlader followed
with a free throw.  Kylie
Schumacher scored a lay-up on a feed from Schlader and then Schlader
scored on a feed from Kylie Schumacher and added a free throw to
convert a 3-point play.Greenleaf scored their first points at the 4:28 mark. Prairie then got a basket each from Schlader and Lexi Schumacher, who each scored after stealing the ball. After a Greenleaf free throw, Riley Enneking scored from 15 feet on a fee from Wemhoff. A lay-up by Schlader made it 16-3 before Greenleaf scored in the final seconds to make it 16-5 at the end of the first quarter. Prairie didn’t shoot very well in the second quarter as they hit just 4 of 21 shots, but still managed to outscored the Grizzlies 8-5 to take a 24-10 halftime lead. Schlader scored a pair of baskets, one when she put back her own miss. Sage Elven scored on a feed from Hailey Hanson and Kylie Schumacher scored the final points of the half on a putback. Prairie opened the third quarter with a 16-2 run to take total control. Schlader scored her second 3-point play of the game to open the half. Kylie Schumacher scored on a nice post move to make it 29-10. After a Greenleaf basket, Hanson hit a 3-pointer. A steal by Schlader led to a lay-up by Wemhoff and then Hanson sank another three to make it 37-12. A steal by Schlader led to her hitting a free throw. A steal by Hanson led to a lay-up by Schlader that made it 40-12. Greenleaf finally scored their second basket of the quarter but Prairie then finished the third quarter with an 8-2 run. Wemhoff scored a lay-up. Kylie Schumacher made a free throw then scored a putback. Another Greenleaf score followed then Lexi Schumacher closed out the third quarter with a 3-pointer that made it 48-16. There is no running clock rule in state tournament games. Prairie continued to pull away in the fourth, outscoring Greenleaf 19-7. Lexi Schumacher scored 7 in the fourth while Wemhoff, Schlader and Sydney Shears scored 4 points each. For the game Schlader scored 22 points and half 18 rebounds plus 6 steals and 6 assists. Lexi Schumacher scored 12 points and Wemhoff 10. Kylie Schumacher added 9 points with Hanson scoring 6, Shears 4 and Enneking and Elven 2 each. Prairie had a 46-32 rebounding advantage. Wemhoff had 4 steals and 6 assists. Prairie committed just 14 turnovers while forcing 34. The Pirates were 28 for 72 from the field, 39%, and 5 for 10 at the line, 50%. Greenleaf was 8 for 36 from the field, 22%, and 7 for 17 at the line, 41%. Prairie 16 8 24 19 -67 Greenleaf 5 5 6 7 -23 Prairie-L. Schumacher 5-14, 0-0, 12; Wemhoff 5-14, 0-0, 10; Schlader 9-16, 4-6, 22; Hanson 2-10, 0-0, 6; K. Schumacher 4-10, 1-2, 9; Enneking 1-2, 0-0, 2; Geis 0-3, 0-0, 0; Elven 1-2, 0-0, 2; Shears 2-2, 0-2, 4; Lockett 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Hanson 2, L. Schumacher 2. Greenleaf-Olson 3-12, 4-8, 10; Dixon 2-6, 2-3, 6; G. Sams 1-4, 0-0, 2; C. Sams 1-4, 0-0, 2; Miller 1-7, 1-6, 3; Knight 0-2, 0-0, 0; Browne 0-1, 0-0, 0; Ovalle 0-0, 0-0, 0; Rule 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Vs. Raft River  Based
on how both teams did in their opening round games the Prairie vs. Raft
River second round game looked to be a close matchup. And that is the
way it turned out.Prairie took a 4-0 lead on a pair of baskets by Schlader but Raft River then took their first lead on a 3-pointer and a 2-point basket to make it 4-5. Schlader tied it with a free throw then the Trojans took back the lead. Elven tied it at 7. After another Raft River basket, Wemhoff tied it at 9-9 at the end of the first quarter. Raft River opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer and held the lead until Wemhoff and Lexi Schumacher scored on back to back baskets to make it 15-14. The lead changed hands 4 more times over the next 2 minutes as the teams traded baskets. A 3 by Lexi Schumacher gave Prairie a 20-18 lead with 2:00left in the half. Raft River then scored back-to-back baskets to take the lead back but Wemhoff scored with 40 seconds left to tie the game at 22-22. That is where it stood at halftime. Prairie took the lead to start the third quarter and never trailed in that period although Raft River was able to tie it at 24 and again at 26. Kylie Schumacher made 3 of 4 free throws in the period plus a basket. Lexi Schumacher added a 3 to her quarter-opening basket and Wemhoff scored a basket. Prairie’s biggest lead of the quarter was 32-27 after Lexi Schumacher hit her 3-pointer. Prairie took a 34-30 lead into the fourth quarter. The two teams traded baskets early in the fourth quarter with Prairie finally putting together back-to-back baskets on a putback by Kylie Schumacher and a lay-up by Wemhoff following a steal by Schlader. That made it 40-34 with 4:45 left in the game, Prairie’s biggest lead of the game. After that point everything went Raft River’s way. Prairie turned the ball over 8 times down the stretch against Raft River’s full-court pressure and couldn’t get the ball to go through the hoop when they weren’t turning it over. Raft River scored a basket and 2 free throws to get within 40-38 with 3:55 left and that is where things stood until Rafter scored on a 3-pointer with 1:45 to play to take their first lead of the second half. The Trojans final 5 points came at the free throw line as they wound up winning by 6, which was their biggest lead of the game. Wemhoff wound up with 16 points to lead the Pirates. Lexi Schumacher scored 10. Kylie Schumacher scored 7. Schlader scored 5, none after the first quarter. Elven scored 2. Prairie had a 39-31 edge on the boards with Schlader leading the Pirates with 13 rebounds. Schlader had a double-double with 10 steals and added 7 assists. Prairie was 17 for 49 from the field, 35%, and 4 for 12 at the line, 33%. Raft River was 17 for 45 from the field, 37%, and 8 for 11 at the line, 73%. Raft River went on to beat Oakley and win the state championship. Prairie 9 13 12 6 -40 Raft River 9 13 8 16 -46 Prairie-L. Schumacher 4-12, 0-2, 10; Wemhoff 8-24, 0-2, 16; Schlader 2-7, 1-2, 5; Hanson 0-4, 0-2, 0; K. Schumacher 2-3, 3-4, 7; Elven 1-1, 0-0, 2; Geis 0-0, 0-0, 0; Enneking 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-L. Schumacher 2. Raft River-J. Knudsen 1-9, 2-2, 5; Boden 1-4, 0-1, 2; R. Jones 1-3, 0-0, 3; L. Jones 3-8, 3-4, 11; Schumann 7-13, 0-0, 14; S. Knudsen 0-0, 0-0, 0; Udy 4-8, 3-4, 11. 3-pointers-L. Jones 2, J. Knudsen, R. Jones. Vs. Lapwai It took 5 tries but the Lady Pirates finally were able to beat Lapwai this season. And it was with State hardware on the line. Both teams were coming off of disappointing losses the night before and had expected to meet for the state championship rather than for third place. Prairie came out of the gate with a little more “want to” than Lapwai did. Although Lapwai got the opening tap, Lexi Schumacher wound up grabbing the ball and took it to the basket for the game’s first points. Lapwai answered with a tying basket but Prairie then took the lead for good on a full-court drive for a lay-up by Wemhoff. Wemhoff added a baseline jumper to make it 6-2. After a Lapwai free throw, Prairie put together a 6-0 run. Lexi Schumacher scored a lay-up on a feed from Schlader. Schlader then made 2 free throws and Wemhoff scored with an assist from Kylie Schumacher to make it 12-3. A Lapwai 3 was answered by a 3 from Lexi Schumacher. A bank shot by Schlader and a lay-up by Lexi Schumacher closed out the first quarter with Prairie up 19-6. Lapwai opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer but Prairie matched that with a putback by Lexi Schumacher and a free throw by Schlader. Lapwai scored 5 points against a free throw by Schlader to cut the lead to 10. After a basket inside by Schlader, Lapwai’s Jailyn McCormack-Marks sank a 3 to cut the lead to 9. Prairie answered with a lay-up each by Elven and Kylie Schumacher. Another 3 by McCormack-Marks was answered by a 3 by Lexi Schumacher with 22 seconds left. Then Prairie ended the half with a shot that left the crowd in a frenzy. Wemhoff put up a buzzer-beater from near the sideline at half-court that seemed to just stick on the rim before dropping through the hoop to make it 35-19 at the half. Prairie opened the second half with a 3-pointer by Kylie Schumacher that made it 38-19. Then came the run that all Prairie fans knew was going to come from Lapwai (although it never did the night before against Oakley). The Wildcats scored 13 straight points to cut the lead down to 38-32 with 3:32 left in the quarter. A lay-up by Elven broke the 4 plus minute scoring drought for the Pirates and kicked off a quarter-ending 8-0 run. Schlader scored a pair of baskets and Wemhoff a lay-up to give Prairie a 46-32 lead after 3 quarters. Lexi Schumacher made it a 10-0 run with 2 free throws to open the fourth quarter. Lapwai answered with Qubilah Mitchell sinking 3 of 4 free throws. Schlader came back with a pair of free throws then Skylin Parrish made a basket for Lapwai. Lexi Schumacher converted a 3-point play and Kylie Schumacher made 2 free throws to push the lead to 18 at 55-37 with 3:25 to play. In the final 3:25 Prairie was limited to just 3 free throws by Schlader but Lapwai wasn’t able to get any closer than the final margin of 11 points. Lexi Schumacher led the Lady Pirates in scoring with 19 points, 4 more than she had totaled in the previous 4 games against Lapwai this season. Schlader scored 17, Wemhoff 11, Kylie Schumacher 7 and Elven 4. Prairie dominated the boards 47-30 with Schlader pulling down 17 to lead the Pirates. Kylie Schumacher was also in double figures with 10. Schlader and Wemhoff each had 3 steals and Schlader and Hanson each had 3 assists. Prairie was 20 for 60 from the field, 33%, and 13 for 20 at the line, 65%. Lapwai was 15 for 46 from the field, 33%, and 10 for 18 at the line, 56%. It should be noted that Lapwai was playing without their only senior, Lauren Gould, who was injured on the final play of their game against Oakley the night before. Also, last year’s state tournament player of the year, Jordyn McCormack-Marks, was so ineffective on the court in this game that her coach benched her in the second quarter and she never got back on the court. Some of that may be due to a leg injury she suffered against Oakley although she was able to finish that game. Also, with the double digit lead late in the game, coach Lori Mader was able to sub out her two senior starters, Schlader and Wemhoff, to applause from the fans. She also put senior sub Enneking into the game to finish her senior season on the floor. Prairie finishes the season with a record of 21-6. Prairie 19 16 11 12 -58 Lapwai 6 13 13 15 -47 Prairie-L. Schumacher 7-19, 3-4, 19; Wemhoff 5-10, 0-1, 11; Schlader 4-11, 9-12, 17; Hanson 0-5, 0-2, 0; K. Schumacher 2-9, 2-2, 7; Enneking 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elven 2-6, 0-0, 4; Geis 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-L. Schumacher 2, Wemhoff, K. Schumacher. Lapwai-Jaelyn McCormack-Marks 3-7, 0-0, 9; Jordyn McCormack-Marks 0-5, 0-0, 0; Leighton 1-3, 0-0, 3; Mitchell 3-13, 6-8, 12; Bisbee 3-3, 3-5, 10; George 2-4, 0-1, 5; Parrish 2-9, 0-3, 4; Yearout 1-2, 1-1, 3. 3-pointers-McCormack-Marks 3, Leighton, Bisbee, George.  Lexi Schumacher with the ball in the Greenleaf game.  Hailey Hanson puts up a shot against Greenleaf.  Kylie Schumacher and Tara Schlader both go after an offensive rebound against Raft River.  Lexi Schumacher puts up a 3-point shot against Raft River.  Tara Schlader puts up a shot against Lapwai. Also shown is Kylie Schumacher.  Lexi Schumacher shoots for 3 against Lapwai.  Sage Elven heads upcourt after making a steal against Lapwai. Trailing on the play are Kylie Schumacher and Tara Schlader.   Coach Lori Mader subbed out her two senior starters in the final seconds and gave each a hug as they came off the court. The team's third senior, Riley Enneking, got to be on the court for her final couple of minutes in her career. PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2022-23 *indicates league game NOVEMBER
16-Kendrick, here, lost 51-6122-Genesee*, there, won 71-25 29-C.V.,* here (Varsity only), won 76-23 DECEMBER
2-Grangeville, here, Idaho County Shootout, won 56-213-Logos*, here, won 90-25 6-Lapwai*, there, lost 50-52 15-Kamiah*, there , 1/2 JV game followed by Varsity, postponed to Jan. 10 19-Potlatch*, there (Varsity only), won 64-42 19-Troy, here , postponed 27-29-Lewiston Avista Tourn. JV & V, beat Pendleton 49-20, beat Clarkston 49-37, lost 44-54 to Lapwai JANUARY
5-Kendrick, there, won 51-506-Genesee*, here, won 74-36 9-Grangeville, there--cancelled 12-C.V.*, there (Varsity only), won 65-29 14-Logos*, there, Quad, 1/2 JV-Noon., V-1 p.m., won 90-17 17-Lapwai*, here, lost 29-62 19-Kamiah*, there, 1/2 JV game followed by Varsity, rescheduled from Dec. 15, won 53-38 21-Troy*, there, Quad, 1/2 JV-Noon, V-1 p.m., won 56-21 24-Troy, here V only, 6 p.m. rescheduled from Dec. 19, won 81-17 26-Kamiah*, here, won 54-25 27-Potlatch*, here (Varsity only), 7:30 p.m. Senior Night, won 85-24 FEBRUARY
1-District opener vs. Troy at Cottonwood, won 64-14,4-District game vs. Kamiah, won 40-34 8-District Championship vs. Lapwai, lost 25-59 9-District 2nd place game vs. Kamiah, winner to state, won 53-42 16-18-State at Columbia High, Nampa, beat Greenleaf 67-23, lost to Raft River 40-46; beat Lapwai 58-47 for third place. |
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