Pirates win big at Lapwai
The Prairie football team has a ragged start but then settled down and pulled away for a 58-22 win at Lapwai Friday, Oct. 2.
Prairie won the coin toss for the 6th time in 7 games and chose to receive. They took over at the 50 after Payton Stamper’s 17 yard return.
Prairie had to turn the ball over on downs after a 2 yard loss on a run and 3 incomplete passes.
Lapwai didn’t fare much better on their first possession as their fourth and 3 pass attempts fell incomplete giving Prairie the ball back on their own 41.
Marshall Weber burst through for a 23 yard gain on the first play of the possession. Stamper then gain 12 yards on a pair of carries for another first down. Weber gained 6 to move the ball to the 18. Stamper then took a pitch to the right and appeared headed for a touchdown. The ball got knocked loose just before the goal line and went through the end zone for a touchback.
Lapwai took over at the 20 and after a false start penalty and a pair of runs that netted -6 yards, they had to punt the ball away from their own 9.
Prairie took over at the Lapwai 39. Sam Rehder went in for a series at quarterback. They had their own false start penalty and faced a third and 10. Rehder went back to pass and got rushed. His pass was short and was intercepted with Lapwai returning the ball to the Prairie 34.
On second and 9, Lapwai’s first pass completion went for 33 yards from Jereese McCormack to Jared Marek for a touchdown. Lapwai’s Samuel Rickman then kicked the extra point for a 0-7 lead.
The lead didn’t last long. With Kade Quintal back in at quarterback, Prairie got on the board when his first pass completion of the game went to Cooper Riener over the middle. Riener went 62 yards for the touchdown. Quintal then passed to Rehder for the 2-pointer to give Prairie an 8-7 lead. Lapwai had held the lead for a total of 25 seconds.
Lapwai picked up a first down on their next possession but a holding penalty cost them a big gain. McCormack was sacked on third down as Trajan Elven, Rehder, Ashton Martin and Lane Mader all had a meeting at the quarterback. Lapwai punted with Riener returning the ball 18 yards to the Prairie 43.
Weber picked up 5, Stamper 2 and Quintal 12 on runs to move the ball to the 38. Quintal then completed his second pass of the game, also to Riener and also for a touchdown. This one for 38 yards with Riener carrying a would-be tackler the final 5 yards into the end zone. The 2-point pass failed with Prairie now up 14-7.
Lapwai picked up a pair of first down on their next possession as they moved to the Prairie 36. On the next play a pitch from McCormack to Rashawn Henry was fumbled and Rehder recovered at the Prairie 49.
Prairie was able to moved the ball down to the Lapwai 25 after picking up a first down on an encroachment penalty. On the next play Quintal carried the ball and it got knocked loos with Lapwai recovering at their own 23.
After 3 incomplete passes, Lapwai punted. Riener caught the ball at the Prairie 48 and took it toward the left sideline and all the way to the end zone for 52 yards and a touchdown. The 2-point pass failed leading Prairie with a 20-7 lead.
Lapwai was forced to punt again on their next possession as they gained just 2 yards in 3 plays. Prairie took over on the Lapwai 37 after a short punt that was almost blocked.
Quintal passed to Isaiah Warren for 27 yards to set up first and goal at the 10. Stamper rushed for 5 yards and on the next play Quintal ran a bootleg to the right for the touchdown. The 2-point run failed as Prairie now led 26-7 with 2:35 left in the half.
Lapwai took over at their own 33 after the kickoff and put together their only sustained drive of the game. They took 13 plays to go 67 yards with 10 of those plays being passes. The touchdown came on a fourth and 9 from the Prairie 20 as McCormack found a wide open Terance Green for the 20 yard scoring play as time ran out in the first half. McCormack ran in the 2-pointer to make it 26-15 at the half.
Lapwai opened the second half with a chance to make it a 1 score game. They started at their own 39 and picked up a first down at the 50. A false start penalty set them back and Riener wound up batting away a fourth down pass as Prairie took over at their own 47.
Stamper picked up 13 yards on a run where he spun out of a couple of tackle attempts. A 15 yard penalty on the next play set them back. Quintal passed to Stamper for what wound up being a 12 yard gain but most of it came back on a holding penalty. Quintal then passed deep to Warren for a 53 yard completion and a touchdown. Quintal passed to Riener for the 2-pointer to make it 34-15. Prairie actually had to gain 78 yards when they started at their own 47 thanks to 25 yards in penalties.
Lapwai started at their own 36  and picked up a couple of first downs, 1 on a penalty against the Pirates. They were able to move down to the Prairie 17. On fourth and 2, Henry was tackled for a 3 yard loss by Martin giving Prairie the ball at their own 20.
A false start penalty set Prairie back to their 15. Quintal then hit Riener in stride down the right side for what turned into an 85 yard touchdown pass. Quintal passed to Warren for the 2-pointer to make it 42-15 with 1:57 left in the third quarter.
Lapwai started their next possession at their own 28. On fourth and 14 at their own 24, they went for it on fourth down and Rehder tackled Marek 7 yards short of a first down.
Prairie took over at the Lapwai 31 and ran the ball 6 straight times. Tate Uhlenkott subbed in for Stamper and carried on 3 of those for 18 total yards including the final 2 for the touchdown. Quintal tan in the 2-pointer to make it 50-15.
Lapwai got a 30 yard kickoff return to set them up at the 50. However they couldn’t moved the ball and Warren tackled Chase Brown 5 yards short of a first down on fourth and 7.
Prairie took over at their own 45. Quintal picked up 13 yards for a first down but was then sacked for a loss. Quintal passed to Warren down the right side for 15 yards and a first down at the 32. On third and 3 at the 25, Quintal completed a pass to a wide open Riener for a 25 yard touchdown. It was Riener’s fourth catch of the game and fourth touchdown. Stamper ran in the 2-pointer to make it 58-15 and invoke the running clock mercy rule with 4:36 to play.
Lapwai took over at their own 32 after the kickoff and Prairie put the JV defense into the game. On second and 11, Henry carried the ball up the middle and ran like a whirling dervish as at least 6 of the 8 Prairie defenders got a hand on him but he was able to spin away from all of them for a 69 yard scoring run. Rickman kicked the extra point to cut the deficit to 58-22 with 2:53 to play.
Lapwai’s onside kick attempt went out of bounds and Prairie took over at the Lapwai 48. With the help of the running clock the Pirates were able to run out the rest of the clock.
Prairie had 171 yards rushing in 34 attempts. Stamper led the team with 73 yards on 12 carries. Weber had 41 on 7 carries and Quintal had 35 on 8 carries with a touchdown. Uhlenkott had 16 on 4 carries with a touchdown.
Quintal completed 8 of 13 passes for 327 yards and 5 touchdowns. Riener caught 4 passes for 210 yards and 4 touchdowns. Warren caught 3 for 105 and a touchdown. Stamper caught 1 pass for 12 yards.
Lapwai had 109 yards rushing on 33 attempts led by Henry who had 61 yards on 12 carries and McCormack who had 50 yards on 19 carries. McCormack completed 18 of 34 passes for 144 yards. Marek caught 8 for 94 yards to led the team.
Prairie is now 6-1 on the season and 2-0 in league play. Their next game is Senior Night against Potlatch this Friday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.
Prairie   8 18 16 16 -58
Lapwai 7   8   0   7 -22
L-Marek 33 pass from McCormack (Rickman kick) 4:02 1st
P-Riener 62 pass from Quintal (Rehder pass from Quintal) 3:37 1st
P-Riener 38 pass from Quintal (pass failed) 10:17 2nd
P-Riener 52 punt return (pass failed) 4:45 2nd
P-Quintal 5 run (run failed) 2:35 2nd
L-Green 20 pass from McCormack (McCormack run) 0:00 2nd
P-Warren 53 pass from Quintal (Riener pass from Quintal) 6:00 3rd
P-Riener 85 pass from Quintal (Warren pass from Quintal) 1:57 3rd
P-Uhlenkott 2 run (Quintal run) 10:36 4th
P-Riener 25 pass from Quintal (Stamper run) 4:36 4th
L-R. Henry 69 run (Rickman kick) 2:53 4th