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RITZVILLE–The Pirate boys finished fifth at the Undeberg Invitational here last weekend, scoring 44 points and the girls were 11th with 25 points as Pirate Track and Field standouts continued their superlative performances. At an earlier meet, Colton Slaybaugh set a new state 1B pole vault record. Next up for the Pirate track team was a Tuesday, May 3 meet, the D9 1B League Championships at Lybecker Field, followed by the Pirate Battle at Twilight on Friday, May 6, also on the home field. May 11 is the D7/9 District Championships at R...
POMEROY––The Pirates lost two games to league-leading DeSales on April 26 and defeated Touchet April 30 as the season winds down with the play-offs at stake. A pair of wins in the Tuesday, May 3 home double-bill against Sunnyside Christian, played after this edition’s deadline, will be crucial for the Buccaneers in their quest to secure the District 9 No. 3 berth in the D7/D9 tournament. DeSales has the No. 1 berth locked up and Liberty Christian appears firmly in the second berth with the squads from Pomeroy, Colton and Sunnyside Chris...
COLTON–A chance to continue the softball season slipped away earlier this week as the Lady Pirate Fast-Pitch team dropped a pair of games to the Lady Wildcats. Pomeroy softball finishes its season with a 4-8 record and won’t see further play in the District 6/7/9 1B Regional Tournament. The Lady Wildcats won 9-4 and 16-4 in Colton. “We played hard, but left too many runners on base,” said Head Coach Sonia Hevener. In the second game, “Colton capitalized on all our defensive errors. We got some solid hits but not enough to keep us in the game....
WALLA WALLA–Lady Pirate golfer Chase Caruso again came out on the top of the heap here April 19, besting an extensive, 120-player field from 1B, 2B and 1A schools. Reggie Ott led the Pirate boys in the 18-hole match at Veterans Memorial Golf Course. Caruso was the Pirate Golf Team’s sole top-ten finisher, taking first with 87 strokes. “As usual, Chase was steady all day with 43 on the front nine and 44 on the back,” commented Coach Al Damron. “An 87 was a great score considering cold wet and windy conditions.” Reggie Ott carded a 99 for the...
COLFAX–State-leading pole vaulter Colton Slaybaugh and top Pirate thrower Raelin Borley were named “Athletes of the Meet” at last Saturday’s McDougall Invitational here, Colton Slaybaugh helping the boy’s team to fifth-place, and Borley placing well in the throwing events. Sidney Bales placed in all four of his events, first as a member of the 4X100 Relay, second in the pole vault and 200, and fourth in the 100. “That made him one of the rare athletes to do so in a major invite,” commented Coach Adam Van Vogt. For the Pirate boys, Colton...
COLTON–The Pirates got the bat on the ball plenty, but the Colton Wildcats were in the right place at the right time and made the right plays, and leveraged a single run into a win in a classic pitching duel between Pirate Trevin Kimble and Wildcat Angus Jordan. In the nightcap, Pomeroy ten-runned Colton 14-2. The 6-6 Pirates head to Touchet for a double-header on April 30, then host Sunnyside Christian May 3. “It was a tough, defensive game the whole way,” commented Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. “We were able to hit the ball, but Colton made th...
POMEROY––Keely Maves whapped a home run and went six for six at the plate with five runs batted in, but the team's 20 points wasn't enough as the error-plagued Lady Pirates dropped the second game of a double header 24-20. The Lady Irish also won the opener 12-1 here April 19. The Lady Bucs played Tekoa-Rosalia at home and visited Prairie earlier this week, then will travel to Sunnyside Christian on April 30 for a non-league game and finish a string of three road games with a double bill at Col...
DAYTON–The Sheriff’s Sale on the real property of Columbia Pulp I, LLC, previously set for Friday, April 15, has been stayed as a result of the innovative wheat-straw-to-pulp enterprise being ordered into receivership in a King County court. The action was initiated by UMB Bank, N.A., trustee for the holders of the bonds that financed Columbia Pulp I, LLC (CPI). Attorneys for UMB Bank filed documents and made oral argument at a hearing in Seattle Tuesday, April 12, before Commissioner Henry H. Judson. The receivership was ordered and a rec...
PASCO–Pirate golfer Chase Caruso led all women golfers at a match on the Sun Willows links here Wednesday, April 13. Caruso’s 90 was the best among women golfers from 12 schools competing in the match, said Head Coach Al Damron. “I thought we did really well in the very cold conditions,” Damron said. Pirate golfers have a busy month and a half ahead of them with several schedule changes. Pomeroy Golf compted last Tuesday at Walla Walla’s Veteran’s Memorial (results to appear next week). They travel to Wine Valley in Walla Walla for a match on...
POMEROY––In a rare occurrence, the Lady Pirates’ fast-pitch double header against Sunnyside Christian was snowed out on Thursday, April 14. That game has been rescheduled to Monday, May 9 in Pomeroy. After the Lady Pirates’s meeting with DeSales last Tuesday, they Host Tekoa-Rosalia on April 26 for a 3 p.m. twin bill. The team travels to Prairie on April 27 for a nonleague double header and venture to Sunnyside for another nonleague matchup. Earlier, the Lady Buccaneers had run roughshod over the Asotin Lady Panther Jayvees 22-8 on April 1...
ASOTIN–Former Hells Canyon Circuit Judge Scott D. Gallina has pleaded guilty to charges of third-degree assault with sexual motivation and fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation stemming from complaints followed by an investigation that resulted in the judge's arrest in April, 2019. Three of five counts lodged against Gallina, 58, were dismissed, according to a prosecutor's statement filed in Asotin County April 4 by the Washington State Attorney General. Gallina pleaded guilty to Count I...
POMEROY–Crucial fielding errors and spring break had its effect on Pirate baseball as a rescheduled double header counted for two losses last week, bringing Pomeroy’s record to 5-5 heading into the second half of the season. The Pirates lost a 6-4 close one to Liberty Christian at home April 8. “A couple of fielding errors were the difference in the game,” said Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. In the night cap, Pomeroy had just eight players on the roster and lost 20-4. Asotin downed the Pirates in a 24-21 hit-fest April 5. Sunnyside Christi...
POMEROY––Its first league double-bill canceled last Saturday due to a scheduling issue, the Pomeroy Pirates headed into Spring Vacation after a pair of non-league wins over Liberty Spangle and Prairie. The Pirates are 5-2 overall. The Pirates downed Prairie 18-14 at Shepherd Field on March 31, and earlier edged Liberty Spangle 6-5 on March 29. Last Saturday's double header at Liberty Christian was canceled and the Pirates will take the diamond next on April 14 in a home stand double header aga...
RICHLAND–The Lady Pirates were outgunned by the Liberty Christian Lady Patriots in a road-trip twin-bill last weekend, losing 9-4 and 10-0. "We played hard," observed Head Coach Sonia Hevener. "We just came up short." The Lady Bucs travel to DeSales April 12 and Sunnyside on April 14 when play resumes after Spring Vacation. Pomeroy built a three-run lead by the top of the third, but LC rallied with two runs in the third and six in the fourth, going on to win 9-4. LC's defense blanked the Lady P...
POMEROY––Lady Pirate Senior Keely Maves has received honors since helping her team bring home a fourth-place trophy from the State 1B Tournament earlier this month. Maves was selected to play in the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association Senior All State Games in Seattle, as a member of the 1B team, and she was chosen MVP of the 1B girls’ tournament by media members participating in a poll conducted by Scorebook Live. “I thought it was a really cool honor to be selected to play...
DAYTON–After the East Washingtonian's press deadline last week, executives with Columbia Pulp I, LLC responded to several questions regarding the matter of the default judgment handed to the company last December in Columbia County Superior Court. Questions concerning the circumstances that lead or contributed to the two contractors not receiving payment, and why Columbia Pulp I, LLC (CPI) did not appear or have an attorney appear in answer to the lawsuit were not responded to by Interim CEO Ter...
SPOKANE–The "Overtime Kids" did it again. For the sixth time this season and in this state tournament's first overtime game, the Lady Pirates won this season's sixth and final overtime game, a 57-48 win over Mossyrock in Saturday's fourth/sixth contest in the Spokane Arena. The Lady Pirates reached the trophy round after a solid 63-39 win over Wilbur-Creston-Keller on Friday, a 57-43 loss to league-rival Colton Thursday and a 46-32 first-round, loser-out victory over Willapa Valley on the A...
DAYTON–Columbia Pulp I, LLC, which announced February 11 that operations at its innovative straw-pulp plant near Lyons Ferry would go "idle" on February 18, was handed a $758,849 default judgment in Columbia County Superior Court on December 16, 2021. The company also leases property from the Port of Garfield. According to court records, construction contractor DKB, Inc. of Pasco, and electrical contractor Power City Electric, Inc. of Spokane, filed a lawsuit in December, 2020, seeking a lien fo...
SPOKANE–By just a basket, the Pomeroy Lady Pirates missed staying out of the elimination round of the 2022 WIAA State 1B Girls Basketball Tournament, falling to top-seeded Mt. Vernon Christian by 37-34 last Saturday, and they’re slated to face No. 8 Willapa Valley Wednesday night in the Spokane Arena in a must-win game. The Lady Pirates nearly pulled off one of their trademarked heart-stoppers in Mt. Vernon. “We struggled to get the ball to fall in the third quarter,” said Head Coach Tai Bye, “but we overcame a nine-point deficit and found our...
TACOMA–Pomeroy High School's pair of wrestlers who competed in the 33rd WIAA Mat Classic here last week finished with identical 1-2 marks and were just one place short of finishing in the top four and reaching the podium. "They wrestled their guts out against some stiff competition but came up short of the podium," commented Head Coach Ben Slaybaugh. Senior Braedyn White capped off his career with his third appearance at the Mat Classic, Slaybaugh said. "Braedyn dropped to 0-1 after the first r...
DAYTON–The Pomeroy Lady Pirates head to regional play against No. 1 seed Mt. Vernon Christian in Mt. Vernon Saturday after a nail-biting run through the District 9 consolation bracket. Tip off will be at noon, Saturday, February 26 at Mt. Vernon High School. A win would send the Lady Pirates to a 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3 contest against the winner of the State first-round game played Wednesday, March 2, in the Spokane Arena. Should the Lady Bucs lose, they will play a 9 p.m., Wednesday, M...
WARDEN–Pirate wrestlers Curtis Winona and Braedyn White both finished fourth in their weight classes at the 1B/2B Region 2 tournament in Warden last Saturday to advance to the state wrestling tournament in Tacoma this week. Sophomore Walker Flynn finished the day with two losses and plans to return next year. "The Pirate wrestlers faced their toughest competition of the year," commented Head Coach Ben Slaybaugh. In the 182-lb. division, Pomeroy senior Braedyn White won three, lost two for the f...
POMEROY––A late fourth-quarter run put Pomeroy in front briefly, but Yakama Nation Tribal's top scorer Justice Hart swished a three to give the Eagles the lead, and the Pirates were unable to get it back, bowing out of the District Tournament with the close 52-45 home-court loss. In their first District game, the Pirates fell to Sunnyside Christian 60-40 on the Knights' home court Feb. 10, and the Pirates beat Colton 64-28 in the final regular-season game Feb. 7. "We lost a tough one," com...
PALOUSE–Pomeroy's Lady Pirates are in the consolation bracket, in a battle to stay alive and set to play DeSales in a loser-out game Wednesday following their second-round loss to Garfield-Palouse by 45-16 her Friday, Feb. 11. "We had a really hard time getting things in movement," said Head Coach Tai Bye after the loss to Gar-Pal. "We really struggled to get a shot to fall, especially in the first half, and our defense can only hold on so long before the deficit becomes too great for us to rema...
DAYTON–The Lady Pirates pulled off another heart-stopping overtime win–their fifth this season–to stay alive in the consolation round of the District 9 Tournament, all set to face Oakesdale Saturday at 5 p.m. for the number three spot at the State Tournament. The game will tip off at the Dayton High School gym against the Lady Nighthawks, 41-40 winners over Sunnyside Christian in last Thursday's loser-out contest in the consolation bracket....