Lady Pirates win 2 of 3, take second at Genesee Tournament The Prairie Lady Pirates won 2 of 3 matches this past week and then took second at the Pea & Lentil Tournament at Genesee. On Tuesday, Sept. 29 they hosted Troy and Logos. They lost to Troy 16-25, 9-25 and 15-25 then bounced back and gained a season split with Logos 25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 22-25 and 15-13. On Thursday, Oct. 1 they hosted Grangeville and won in straight sets 25-19, 25-12 and 25-16. On Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Pea & Lentil Tournament at Genesee they defeated Genesee and Wallace and lost to Salmon River in pool play. In the championship bracket they defeated Pomeroy and then lost to Salmon River in the championship match. All matches were best of 3 and were 2 set sweeps. Vs. Troy For the second time this season Prairie lost in straight sets against Troy.There was no JV match. Vs. Logos In the match against Logos, Prairie gained a season sweep after losing in 4 sets earlier this season at Moscow.Beka Schumacher had 20 kills and five blocks while Kennedy Riener served 17-for-20 with five aces to help narrowly lift Prairie past the Knights. Coach Julie Schumacher credited “perseverance to keep playing and not quit until the bitter end” as the key to victory for the Pirates, who trailed 13-12 in the final set before running off the last three points. In the JV match Prairie lost to Logos 25-27, 25-14 and 14-16. At Grangeville Prairie made it a season sweep with their win at Grangeville on Pink Out the Gym Night for the Bulldogs.The Pirates’ Zoey Behler went 11-for-14 serving and totaled six aces. Beka Schumacher had 11 kills and three blocks for Prairie. “It was a good team effort tonight,” Prairie coach Julie Schumacher said. “Overall, the team effort was off the charts; we played together as a group.” Prairie is now 6-5 overall and 4-5 in league play. JV — Prairie def. Grangeville 2-0. C — Grangeville def. Prairie 2-0. Genesee Tournament Prairie opened the Genesee Tournament against host team Genesee and won in straight sets 25-14, 25-19.This was the second straight Saturday that Prairie had played Genesee in a tournament and they had won all 3 sets played.  A kill by Mia Anderson and a block by Schumacher opened the match. After 6 straight sideouts, Schumacher went to the service line and scored 2 aces and a back row kill for an 8-3 lead. Faith Cash served up a pair of aces for an 11-5 lead. Genesee then rallied back within 2 at 12-10 before a kill by Kennedy Riener and another block by Schumacher made it 14-10. After a Genesee sideout, Anderson scored a sideout kill and then served Prairie to a 20-11 lead. She had 2 aces while Schumacher scored a kill and a block and Kylee Riggers added a kill. Later, Schumacher served 2 more aces to get to set point at 24-13. Genesee scored a sideout then served into the net to give the first set to Prairie. Genesee took a 1-5 lead in the second set. Prairie was still down 5-8 when Bekah Shears scored a sideout kill. Faith Cash then served Prairie to a 9-8 lead. She had an ace while Riener and Schumacher each scored a kill. The lead changed hands a couple times until Anderson tied it with a sideout kill and then served Prairie to an 18-15 lead. She had 2 aces and Schumacher added a kill. Genesee was able to get within 1 at 19-18 and 20-19. At the latter score Bekah Shears scored a block and Cash followed with 3 straight aces to get to match point at 24-19. Riener then scored the match winning block. Next up for Prairie was Wallace with Prairie winning 25-19, 25-14. We missed the first set because we were watching the end of St. John Bosco’s match against Pomeroy in the other gym. In the second set against Wallace Prairie took the lead for good on a sideout kill by Schumacher that made it 2-1. Anderson then served Prairie to a 7-1 lead. She had 3 aces while Riggers added a kill. After a sideout, Schumacher scored a kill to send Zoey Behler to the service line at 8-2. Behler served 9 straight points. She had 2 aces while Schumacher had 3 kills and 2 blocks and Erica Schlader and Bekah Shears each had 1 kill. That made it 17-2. Prairie was up 23-6 after a kill by Riggers when things started to go a little sideways. Wallace scored 7 straight points to cut the deficit to 23-13 before making a bad serve to let Prairie get to match point. Wallace fought off one match point before Schumacher scored the winning kill. That clinched Prairie getting into the championship bracket. In their final pool play match they played fellow unbeaten Salmon River for top seeding and lost 16-25, 22-25. Prairie opened with a 3-0 lead on an ace by Riener and a kill and a block by Riggers. Salmon River then scored 5 straight to take their first lead. Prairie didn’t lead again until Cash served an ace to make it 10-9. The lead was short-lived as the Savages scored the next 5 points. Prairie never got closer than 2, at 12-14, the rest of the set as Salmon River outscored Prairie 6-16 following Prairie’s final lead. In the second set Prairie took an early lead at 3-1 after an ace by Anderson and a kill each by Schumacher and Tori Shears. Prairie led 10-7 after a 3-point run by Cash where Behler, Riener and Schumacher each scored a kill. Salmon River took the lead at 13-14 and expanded it to 13-18. Prairie was able to get back within 1 at 22-23 after an ace by Riener and 2 kills by Schumacher. Salmon River then scored the final 2 points to win the match. Prairie faced Pomeroy in an all-Pirates semifinal. Pomeroy led early but never by more than 2 points. Prairie tied it at 7 on a kill by Riener. Schlader then served Prairie to an 11-7 lead. Anderson scored on a block, Schlader served an ace and Riener scored a kill. Pomeroy rebounded with a 9-point run tot take an 11-16 lead. They led 12-19 when Schumacher scored a sideout kill. Anderson then served Prairie back to a 19-19 tie. Schumacher had 3 kills plus a block in the run while Riggers had a kill and Anderson had an ace. The teams traded sideouts. After a block by Anderson, Prairie led 24-23 but Pomeroy answered. Riener then scored a sideout kill to make it 25-24 and Schumacher then scored the set winning block. Prairie took a 3-0 lead in the second set. Riggers scored a block and then combined with Schumacher on another block. Riener served an ace to make it 3-0. The lead hovered around 3-4 points until Riener scored a sideout kill and then served Prairie to a 16-8 lead. Riener had 2 aces and Riggers a kill in the run. After a trade of sideouts, Anderson served 2 aces to make it 19-9. Pomeroy was able to get back within 7 at 22-15. Schumacher scored a kill to make it 23-15. After a Pomeroy sideout, Schumacher scored another kill to get to match point. Pomeroy scored one last sideout before Riener scored the winning kill. Prairie had a rematch with Salmon River in the championship match. The Savages took the lead for good with a 3-point run to make it 4-7. They made it 6-10 and then 9-18 on the way to a 10-point win. In the second set Salmon River had a 6-point run to take a 3-10 lead. Prairie was unable to get back into the set as Salmon River went on to win by 11. For the 9 out of 10 sets we were able to watch, Schumacher led the team with 62 kills, including 11 blocks plus 2 assists and 9 aces. Riener had 27 kills, including 3 blocks with 1 assist and 9 aces. Riggers had 12 kills, including 3 blocks. Schlader had 10 kills, 3 assists and 2 aces. Anderson had 9 kills, including 2 blocks with 52 assists and 13 aces. Bekah Shears had 4 kills, including a block and 1 assist. Cash had 2 kills, 33 assists and 10 aces. Tori Shears had 2 kills. Behler had 1 kill, 2 assists and 3 aces.  Beka Schumacher goes up for a spike at the Genesee Tournament. In the foreground is Mia Anderson with Kylee Riggers partially hidden.  Kylee Riggers reaches for a spike at the Genesee Tournament. Also shown are Faith Cash, Kennedy Riener and Mia Anderson.  Beka Schumacher makes a pass at the Genesee Tournament. Also shown is Erica Schlader.  Kennedy Riener spikes the ball at Genesee. Also shown are Kylee Riggers and Mia Anderson.  Mia Anderson digs a serve at Genesee. also shown is Erica Schlader.  Tori Shears passes the ball at the Genesee Tournament. UPDATED PIRATES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL JV games start at 6, followed by Varsity unless indicated
AUGUST
18-Jamboree at Prairie, 5 p.m.
29-Genesee JV Tournament SEPTEMBER
3-Logos*, there, C-JV-V, 5 p.m., lost 1 game to 38-C.V*, here, JV-V, won 3 games to 0 10-Troy*, there, JV-V, lost 0 games to 3 14-Potlatch*, there, C-JV-V, 5 p.m., lost 0 games to 3 15-Kamiah*, there, JV-V, lost 1 game to 3 21-Lapwai*, here., C-JV-V, 5 p.m., won 3 games to 2 22-Grangeville, here, C-JV-V, 5 p.m., won 3 games to 0 24-C at Orofino, 4:30 p.m., cancelled 24-Lapwai*, there, JV-V, 5 p.m., won 3 games to 2 26-Linda Sheridan Invitational at Shadle Park, H.S., Spokane, TBA 29-Troy*, V only, here, 4:30 p.m., lost 0 games to 3 29-Logos*, here, JV-V, 6 p.m. won 3 games to 2 OCTOBER
1-Grangeville, there, C-JV-V, 5 p.m., won 3 games to 0.3-Pea & Lentil Spike-Off at Genesee, TBA, Placed 2nd 6-Potlatch*, here, C-JV-V, 5 p.m., lost 1 game to 3, details next week 8-C.V.*, there, JV-V, 4 p.m. 8-vs. Salmon River at CV, V only, 6:30 p.m. 12-C vs. Orofino, here, 4:30 p.m. 12-Kamiah*, here, JV-V 14-20-Districts at LCSC 24-State Play In Game Oct. 29-31-State at Madison High School in Rexburg *League Game
Prairie Jr. High Volleyball Schedule for 2026
Games start at 4:30 p.m.
September
15-Nezperce, there
17-ClearwaterValley, here 24-Orofino, there 28-Kamiah, there 30-Highland, here October
6-St. John Bosco, there
8-Culdesac, here 10-Prairie Tournament, TBA 13-Grangeville Blue, here 15-Timberline, there 20-Grangeville White, there 22-Sts. Peter & Paul, there 27-Lapwai, here |
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