Lady Pirates start season 2-0
The Prairie Lady Pirates started off their season with a pair of lopsided wins as they won 79-23 at Orofino on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and then defeated Potlatch 69-14 in their home opener Friday, Nov. 22.
At Orofino
At Orofino Prairie jumped out to a 14-0 lead. Lexi Schumacher opened the game by hitting a 3. Sage elven then scored 3 straight baskets. Kylie Schumacher converted a Sage Elven looks to score 2 of her game high 28 points at Orofino.3-point play and Lexi Schumacher added a lay-up after a steal by Hailey Hanson to make it 14-0.
Orofino finally got on the board at the 4:57 mark of the quarter. Elven and Lexi Schumacher each scored again to make it 18-2. After a basket by Orofino, Elven scored on a putback and Kylie Schumacher scored 2 baskets to make it 24-4.
After another Orofino basket, Prairie closed out the first quarter with an 8-0 run. Elven scored the first 4 then Ellie Nuxoll scored a putback. Kylie Schumacher closed out the quarter with a pair of free throws to make it 32-6.
Kylie opened the second quarter with a basket then Orofino put their first back-to-back scores together to make it 34-10. Prairie then scored 7 straight on a basket by Elven and a basket and 3-point play by Lexi Schumacher.
Orofino then scored 5 straight points before Elven closed out the half with a lay-up to make it 43-15 at the break.
Prairie outscored Orofino 29-4 in the third quarter. They opened the second half with a 6-0 run with Elven scoring 2 baskets and Kylie Schumacher 2 free throws.
After an Orofino basket Prairie scored 10 straight points. Elven had 2 baskets and 2 free throws and Kylie Schumacher scored 2 baskets.
After another Orofino score, Prairie closed out the third quarter with a 13-0 run. Lexi Schumacher scored a lay-up. Kylie Schumacher scored 2 baskets. Mia Anderson stole the ball and scored a lay-up. Kylie Schumacher added a lay-up and Hanson closed out the quarter with a 3-pointer.
That made it 72-19 after 3 quarters.
The fourth quarter was played with a running clock.
Nadia Cash opened the quarter with a basket then Orofino scored 4 straight points. Prairie then closed out the game with a 5 straight points. Cash scored a free throw and Kylie Schumacher and Erica Schlader each added a basket.
Elven led all scorers with 28 points as she made 13 of 16 shots and was 2 for 2 at the line. Kylie Schumacher added 25 points as she was 10 for 18 from the field and 5 for 5 at the line. Lexi Schumacher scored 14. Hanson and Cash scored 3 each and Nuxoll, Schlader and Anderson scored 2 each.
Elven had a double-double as she had 11 rebounds to lead Prairie to a 33-22 edge on the boards.
Kylie Schumacher approached triple-double status as she had 8 rebounds and 9 steals.
Sydney Shears added 7 steals and Hanson had 4 assists. Elven and Kylie Schumacher each had 3 assists.
Prairie was 34 for 66 from the field, 52%, and 9 for 14 at the line, 64%. Orofino was 11 for 26 from the field, 42%, and 1 for 4 at the line, 25%.
The JV game was just as lopsided as the varsity as Prairie won 43-13.
Prairie led 17-0 at the end of the first quarter and were up 23-0 in the second before Orofino got on the scoreboard.
Anderson scored 6 points in the opening quarter while Beka Schumacher scored 5 and Reagan Brannan scored 4. Schlader scored the other 2 points.
Orofino got on the scoreboard with a free throw at the 5:39 mark in the second quarter and added another free throw at the 2:58 mark. Those were their only points of the first half.
Schumacher added 8 points in the second quarter while Brannan, Mikayla Rowland and Blake Uhlenkott each scored 2 as Prairie led 30-2 at the half.
Prairie scored the first 9 points of the second half before Orofino finally scored a basket as they hit a 3-pointer at the 3:20 mark of the third quarter.
Anderson opened the second half scoring wit a basket. Schumacher added a putback. Schlader scored on a drive and then on a pitchback and Schumacher added a free throw to make it 39-2. After the Orofino 3, Anderson and Schlader each scored a baskets to make it 43-5. Orofino scored again to make it 43-7 after 3 quarters.
The fourth quarter was played under a running clock and Orofino outscored Prairie 0-6 in the final period.
Schumacher had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead both categories. Anderson added 10 points while Schlader scored 8, Brannan 6 and Rowland and Uhlenkott 2 each.
Prairie had a 48-38 advantage on the boards. Brannan added 7 rebounds and Rowland 6.
Kenly Forsmann had 9 steals while Brannan had 8 and Anderson 7. Brannan led in assists with 2.
The JVs were 20 for 77 from the field, 26%, and 3 for 11 at the line, 27%. Orofino was 5 for 29 from the field, 17%, and 2 for 7 at the line, 28%.
Prairie 32 11 29 7 -79
Orofino 6   9   4 4 -23
Prairie-L. Schumacher 7-14, 1-3, 14; Shears 0-3, 0-2, 0; Hanson 1-2, 0-0, 3; Elven 13-16, 2-2, 28; K. Schumacher 10-18, 5-5, 25; Cash 1-2, 1-2, 3; Nuxoll 1-4, 0-0, 2; Rehder 0-3, 0-0, 0; Schlader 1-2, 0-0, 2; Anderson 1-1, 0-2, 2; Kalmbach 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-L. Schumacher, Hanson.
Orofino-Tondevold 1-6, 0-0, 2; E. Beardin1-2, 0-0, 2; Johnson 1-6, 0-0, 2; Curtis 1-1, 0-2, 2; Diffin 6-8, 1-3, 13; Olive 1-3, 0-0, 2; Waters 0-0, 0-0, 0; Deyo 0-0, 0-0, 0; Paul 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.

Vs. Potlatch
In the home opener against Potlatch it took the Loggers over 10 minutes to get on the scoreboard as Prairie took a 33-0 lead.
Lexi Schumacher makes a pass in the home opener agaisnt Potlatch.Prairie outscored Potlatch 27-0 in the first quarter as they forced 14 turnovers and held the Loggers to 0 for 7 from the field. Prairie meanwhile got 12 points from Elven, who was 6 for 7 from the field and 14 from Lexi Schumacher who started 1 for 6 then hit 6 of the next 7 shots. Kylie Schumacher added a free throw.
In the second quarter Lexi scored 2 more baskets and Aubree Rehder added a putback as Prairie made it 33-0.
Potlatch finally scored a basket but Anderson answered with a basket. After another Logger basket, Lexi Schumacher scored a lay-up and a putback to make it 39-4.
After another Potlatch basket, Kylie Schumacher scored after making a steal and driving to the basket and then stole the ball again which led to a lay-up by Lexi Schumacher. Potlatch scored again then Prairie closed out the half with a 7-0 run to take at 50-8 lead at the break. Kylie Schumacher scored a putback. Schlader scored after stealing the ball. Nuxoll scored a free throw and then scored the final points of the half on a lay-up.
Prairie opened the second half with an 11-0 run. Lexi Schumacher scored 6 of those while Hanson added a 3-pointer and Elven scored a lay-up.
Potlatch scored a pair of baskets then Kadence Kalmbach scored her first ever varsity points on a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the third quarter.
The fourth quarter was played with a running clock. Prairie scored the first 5 points of the final period before Potlatch scored the final basket of the game. Kylie Schumacher and Elven each scored a basket and Nuxoll scored a free throw.
Lexi Schumacher led all scorers with 30 points, 24 in the first half. Elven added 16 points while Kylie Schumacher scored 7, Nuxoll 4, Hanson and Kalmbach 3 each and Rehder, Anderson and Schlader 2 each.
Prairie had a 31-25 rebounding edge led by Kylie Schumacher who had 8 boards. Lexi Schumacher added 6.
Kylie Schumacher had 8 steals and 5 assists while Lexi Schumacher had 6 steals and 3 assists. Anderson and Shears had 4 steals each and Hanson had 3 assists.
Prairie was 32 for 65 from the field, 49%, and 3 for 7 at the line, 38%. Potlatch was 7 for 28 from the field, 25%, and 0 for 2 at the line.
Prairie is now 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in league play.
The JV team played Nezperce and lost a streaky game 32-33.
Nezperce scored first but Prairie took their first lead after a free throw by Anderson and a basket by Alli Rambo.
Nezperce took back the lead but Prairie then scored 7 straight. Schlader scored a lay-up, Anderson sank a 3 and Uhlenkott scored a lay-up to make it 10-4. A free throw by Anderson and a lay-up by Rambo gave Prairie a 13-8 lead at the end of the first quarter.
A 3 by Anderson and a free by Rambo made it 17-8 with 7:10 left in the half. Prairie then went ice-cold as Nezperce finished the half on a 0-10 run and started the second half 0-6 to make it a 16 point scoring run.
Prairie finally scored again when Anderson made a free throw at the 1:15 mark of the third quarter after nearly 14 minutes without scoring. Schumacher scored a free throws to make it 19-24. After a Nezperce free throw, Schumacher scored on an inbounds play at the buzzer to make it 21-25.
A basket and a free throw by Schumacher and 2 free throws by Schlader gave Prairie their first lead since early in the second quarter at 27-25.
Nezperce tied it then Uhlenkott scored a basket and then drove to the hoop for another basket and converted a 3-point play when she got fouled for a 32-27 lead.
Nezperce then came back with 6 straight points to take the lead with 1:14 left. Prairie had their chances as they missed 4 free throws in the final minutes.
Neither team scored in the final minute as Nezperce held on for a 1-point win.
Anderson scored 9 to lead the team with Schumacher and Uhlenkott each scoring 7. Rambo scored 5 and Schlader scored 4.
Nezperce had a 37-47 edge on the boards. Rambo and Rowland each had 9 rebounds to lead Prairie.
Anderson had 4 steals while Rambo, Schumacher and Schlader each had 3. Schumacher had 2 assists to lead the team.
Prairie was 11 for 41 from the field, 27%, and 8 for 25 at the line, 32%. Nezperce was 14 for 57 from the field, 25%, and 4 for 10 at the line, 40%.
Prairie 27 23 14 5 -69
Potlatch 0   8   4 2 -14
Prairie-L. Schumacher 15-24, 0-0, 30; Shears 0-2, 0-0, 0; Hanson 1-3, 0-2, 3; Elven 8-9, 0-0, 16; K. Schumacher 3-12, 1-2, 7; Cash 0-4, 0-0, 0; Nuxoll 1-2, 2-4, 4; Rehder 1-3, 0-0, 2; Anderson 1-4, 0-0, 2; Schlader 1-1, 0-0, 2; Kalmbach 1-1, 0-0, 3. 3-pointers-Hanson, Kalmbach.
Potlatch-Winther 0-9, 0-2, 0; Vowels 1-2, 0-0, 2; Cessnun 1-1, 0-0, 2; Burnette 2-7, 0-0, 4; Carlson 1-3, 0-0, 2; Sawyer 2-5, 0-0, 4; Taylor 0-0, 0-0, 0; Harless 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.
  
Hailey Hanson puts up a 3-point shot  at Orofino.
 
Kylie Schumacher goes for a lay-up after stealing the ball at Orofino.
 
Lexi Schumacher looks to shoot at Orofino. Sydney Shears can be seen in the background.

Nadia Cash passes the ball at Orofino.

Aubree Rehder makes a pass against Potlatch.

Erica Schlader goes for a lay-up after making a steal against Potlatch.

Hailey Hanson goes for a lay-up against Potlatch.

Mia Anderson brings the ball upcourt against Potlatch.



UPDATED PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALLSCHEDULE FOR 2024-25
JV games start at 6 p.m., varsity to follow unless indicated.
*indicates league game
NOVEMBER
19-Orofino, there, won 79-23
22-JV vs. Nezperce, here, 4:30 p.m., lost 32-33
22-Potlatch*, here, 6 p.m., won 69-14
26-JV at Highland, 5 p.m., won 49-44, details next week
DECEMBER
  4-C/JV at Grangeville, 4:30 p.m.
  5-Kendrick*, here
  6-Grangeville, here, Idaho County Shootout, 6 p.m.
  9-C/JV at Clarkston, 5 p.m.
12-C.V. there, 1/2 JV
13-JV vs. Oakley, 3 p.m., V vs. Oakley at New Plymouth, 6 p.m.
14-JV vs. Grace, 9 a.m., V vs. Grace at New Plymouth, 11:30 a.m.
17-Kamiah*, there, V only, 6 p.m.
20-Logos*, here
JANUARY
  9-Orofino, here
10-Potlatch*, there, V only, 6 p.m.
14-JV vs. Lewiston JV, here, 5 p.m.
14-Troy*, here, 6:30 p.m.
16-Lapwai*, here
18-Kendrick*, there
20-Grangeville, there, C/JV/V, 4:30 p.m.
21-C.V.*, here, 1/2 JV
24-JV vs. Lewiston JV at Sac. Jr. High, 5:30 p.m.
25-Troy*, there, 1 p.m., V only
27-Logos*, there
29-Lapwai*, there
30-JV vs. Clarkston JV, 5 p.m.
30-Kamiah*, here, 6:30 p.m.
FEBRUARY
  5-District Tourn., Higher seed host, 6 p.m.
8,10,12,13-District at Lewiston High
20-22-State at Columbia High, Nampa
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