Updated January 29, 2026
29 earn straight A's at Prairie
There were 29 students with perfect 4.0 grade point averages for the first semester of the 2025-26 school year at Prairie Jr./Sr. High School. . . .
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Blood drive surpasses goal
Once again our community came out in great numbers to support this blood drive. . . .
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Lady Pirates to host District opener
The District II Girls 2a Tournament gets started next Wednesday, Feb. 4 with 4 games all starting at 6 p.m. at the home gyms of the top 4 seeds.  . . .
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To the Library and Beyond!
Joan’s from-our-shelves book review this week is a travel adventure wrapped around the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery’s consequential travels that began two hundred twenty-one years ago. . . .
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Booster Club sponsors 3 scholarships
 The Prairie Booster Club will sponsor three - $300 SCHOLARSHIPS to provide graduates of Prairie High School recognition and financial support in pursuit of a post-secondary academic or vocational education. . . .
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1 perfect 25 this week
There was 1 perfect 25 during week 3 of the 10-week shoot. . . .
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Soil Health Workshop set for Feb. 11 at Greencreek
The Lewis Soil Conservation District, in partnership with the Idaho Soil and Water Conservation District and the Clearwater Soil and Water Conservation District, is pleased to announce the 12th Annual Soil Health Workshop. . . .
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Prairie Mountain Nutrition
Sally Duman opened the January 20 meeting of the Pioneer Senior Citizens with the Pledge of Allegiance and also led the dinner prayer. . . .
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Pirates win 1 of 2
The Prairie Pirates ventured north of the Clearwater twice over the weekend, splitting a pair of games. On Friday, Jan. 23, they traveled to Plummer where they lost to Lakeside 53-68. On Saturday, Jan. 24, they traveled to Troy and won a league game 62-24. . . .
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Lady Pirates win 3 league games
The Prairie Lady Pirates won three league games this past week. On Tuesday, Jan. 20 they beat Clearwater Valley 64-25 at Cottonwood. On Wednesday, Jan. 21 they traveled to Moscow and beat Logos 53-20. Finally on Saturday, Jan. 24, they traveled to Troy and won 56-23. . . .
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2 wrestlers compete at North/South Duals at C.V.
Prairie had just two wrestlers competing at the North/South Duals at Clearwater Valley High School Jan. 22-23. . . .
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Patriots teams lose 3 games
The St. John Bosco high school basketball teams lost 3 games this past week. The Lady Patriots lost a home game to Highland, 27-52, on Tuesday, Jan. 20 and then lost at Genesee on Friday, Jan. 23 by a score of 34-50. The Patriots meanwhile lost at the buzzer at Genesee by a score of 59-60 on Friday, Jan. 23. . . .
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The Prairie High School Knowledge Bowl team hosted a community trivia night last Thursday, January 22 in the cafeteria. Shown above are the top 3 teams. From top down are the Wise Quackers in first (Brooke Bennett, Bowen Bennett, JoAnn McHugh, Branch Bennett and Colleen Bennett), T-Shirt Committee+Sage+Lillian (Sage Elven and Lillian Rehder in front, Henry Lustig, Kane McIntire, Phineas Fitch and Steel Uhlenkott in back) in second and The Slipped Discos (Cliff and Sue Tacke, Summer Emmert and Greg and Lydia Diess) in third. Photos by Matt Elven.  Click on each photo for a larger view.

The Prairie Lady Pirates will open District Tournament action next Wednesday, Feb. 4 at the PHS Gym. Pictured kneeling from left are Zoey Behler, Kennedy Riener, Faith Cash, Lillian Rehder, Reagan Brannan and Erica Schlader. Standing from left are head coach Teel Bruner, Sydney Shears, Aubree Riener, Sage Elven, Beka Schumacher, Kylie Schumacher, Hailey Hanson, Halee Rowland and assistant coach Jamie Scheffler. Not pictured are assistant coaches Madison Shears and Ciara Droegmiller. Photo by Weber Photography. Click on the photo for a larger view.

The 2A girls bracket. If Prairie defeats Kamiah Jan. 29, they would be the #1 seed. See article above left. Click on the photo for a larger view.






 
 
 

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