Prairie High School, for years now, the true power of Southwest Washington girl's high school basketball, will be put to the test this week. I applaud the Falcons for taking on the best Southwest Washington has to offer. In previous years most teams measured themselves by how many points they lost by, when playing Prairie. This year may be different. In this, the last full week of inter-league competition before the holidays and those holiday tournaments, of which most teams will be participating, Prairie faces two of the top 4 teams in the Power Ranking.
First of all #4 Skyview pays a visit to the Falcon's nest for a non-league game, on Monday night. Then Thursday night #2 Heritage will host Prairie in this week's "YOU PICK IT" game. Skyview, although youthful will test Prairie as they have annually with their pressure defense and quickness. Lead by freshman Nikki Bond, and senior Kailee Oliver, this will be an exciting game. With Heritage and their mixture of maturity with seniors Chawncy McClenan, & Amber Myers, and young talent Justine Joudrey & TaShawna Gordon, and freshmen T.T. Martin & Emily Myers they should make for quite a foe for the Falcons of Prairie. But remember Prairie is still Prairie. Currently ranked #4 in the state (mostly because of Seattle bias, they should be higher) they have simply reloaded with talent themselves. Lindsey Levanen is one of the most talented big's in Washington, surrounded by strong players Angela Gelhar, Kristen Munson, Christine Sonners, Lauren Goecke, Alexis Prestwich and of course the "air apparent" Heather Corral. Don't count this team out for winning another state championship.
This will be a good week to see exactly where all these teams stand. How it all shakes out. Who's ready for prime time. I'll be there, you should too.
Tonight;
Evergreen goes to Camas, Skyview's at Prairie, Kelso travels to Union, Mountain View and Columbia River hook up, Heritage is at Hudson’s Bay, Battle Ground's at Fort Vancouver, Centralia comes to Washougal,
This week's schedule full of games, via the Columbian sports page
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