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DAYTON–A big first quarter gave the Lady Pirates the momentum to carry through to a 51-28 conference win here Saturday, December 9. Pomeroy is 2-2 overall, 1-1 in league after beating Waitsburg and being shelled by Colton treys 61-18 the previous night at home. The Lady Bucs face Oakesdale at home Friday and visit Gar-Pal Saturday. 'Our full-court pressure was good and fun to watch," Head Coach Brian Koller commented about the Dayton win. "We are gaining but still have miles to go." Taylor G...
DAYTON–The Lady Pirates were one match away from returning to the State Tournament but the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Lady Eagles handed the Lady Buccaneers a three-set loss in the consolation round of the District 9 Volleyball Tournament here Saturday. "We got off to yet another strong start but, similarly to DeSales, when SJEL got on runs, we didn't have much luck getting a side-out and just couldn't get the momentum back once we lost it in game one," Head Coach Adam Van Vogt said. The Lady P...
WALLA WALLA–The third-place Lady Pirates were bumped into the District 9 1B consolation bracket by number two DeSales three sets to zero here Monday, setting up tonight's loser-out showdown with No. 4 Prescott on the home volleyball court at 6 p.m. The Lady Pirates split their final two regular-season matches to clinch third seed in the playoffs, losing to St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse then beating Tekoa-Rosalia in five sets. A win over the Lady Tigers will send the Lady Buccaneers to the final r...
The Lady Pirate Varsity volleyball team played their first home match in a month when they took on Colton on Tuesday, October 17 and the team is looking forward to post-season play. This week the Lady Pirates will host two crucial games on the Pomeroy court, St. John/Endicott-LaCrosse and Tekoa-Rosalia. Pomeroy is in fourth behind second-place SJEL and ahead of sixth-place T-R. Back in September at Colton, the Lady Pirates played five games with them and this home match provided just as much vol...
POMEROY––Pirate volleyball ended its seven-match road stretch by playing at Dayton and Asotin, handing the Lady Bulldogs a 3-1 loss and dropping the match to Asotin by the same score. The Lady Pirates host Colton this week and SJEL for Homecoming Spirit Night on Tuesday, October 24, finishing the regular season against Tekoa-Rosalia next Thursday at home. The team is in the thick of it, holding down third with a 6-4 league mark behind SJEL at 7-2 and Oakesdale at 10-0. Times and locations for...
POMEROY–It has been a long and winding road for the Lady Pirates lately. Except for the Regional Rumble on September 30, the last six matches the Lady Pirates have played have been on the road and they are 4-4 in league and 4-6 overall. The Lady Buccaneers faced the Lady Bulldogs last Tuesday in Dayton and visit Asotin tonight before wrapping up the regular schedule with three home games: Colton, SJEL and Tekoa-Rosalia. "After getting a league win on the road and playing better against Oakesdale...
WALLA WALLA–The Lady Irish led the third set 23-8 but the Lady Pirates rallied to take a 2-1 lead before dropping the next two sets and the match to DeSales here Sept. 28, one of two road-trip, five-set losses last week. "We made the biggest comeback that I could remember coaching in over 20 years [of volleyball]" said Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "Colton had played really good ball this year and DeSales is in first in their league so we got to play quality opponents and almost won both on the r...
ROSALIA–The Lady Pirates are improving week by week, says Head Coach Adam Van Vogt, coming off a pair of wins last week against Dayton and Tekoa-Rosalia. Pomeory won 25-14, 25-11, 25-14 over Dayton, then won in five sets against the T-R, 25-15, 25-23, 16-25, 12-25, 15-13. Games this week are on the road, leading to this Saturday's Regional Rumble here. Pomeroy played at Colton last Tuesday and visits DeSales tonight. Next Tuesday's match is at Garfield-Palouse. The team is 3-2 in league, 3-3 o...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates split matches last week, capitalizing on fewer unforced errors to defeat Garfield-Palouse Sept. 12, then struggling against a strong Oakesdale serving game, falling in three sets to the Lady Nighthawks. Pomeroy visited Dayton in this week's Tuesday match (results next week) and travels to Rosalia tonight, Sept. 21, to face the Lady Timberwolves. The Lady Bucs defeated Gar-Pal 25-18, 25-18, 25-21. Oakesdale didn't give Pomeroy's offense much room and downed them 9-2...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates are off to a bit of a rough start, and Head Coach Adam VanVogt sees potential in his squad, confident that this relatively young team–only three seniors and three juniors return from last year's team–will build skills and experience as the season progresses. The Bucs, after playing in Dayton's Jamboree, visited St. John/Endicott-LaCrosse Sept. 5, losing in three sets 14-25, 11-25, 6-25, then hosted Asotin's Lady Panthers on Sept. 7, falling in a more competitive three s...
POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team is ranking behind Colfax for both meets on July 20 and 18. The Combined team scores for the Colfax, SELW and Pomeroy meet July 20 were Colfax 558, SELW 377 with Pomeroy at third with 325. The Women ranking followed suit with Colfax at 277, SELW with 215 and the Lady Pirates with 141. The Pomeroy men ranking brought a higher score with Colfax 281, Pomeroy scoring second place with 184 and SELW pulling the third tab at 162. The meet between Colfax and Pomeroy on J...
GARFIELD–A seventh-inning rally propelled the Lady Pirates over the Garfield-Palouse Lady Vikings 15-11 to break a long losing spell for the fast-pitch team here on April 25, then the team finished out the season with twin-bill losses to Tekoa-Rosalia and DeSales, ending the campaign with a 1-19 season record, 1-9 in conference play. Pomeroy finished in a tie with Gar-Pal for fifth place. "The girls came back excited to play [after losing 23-13 in the first game]," commented Head Coach Lexi Beal...
GENESEE–The Lady Pirates were dogpiled by a 12-run first inning on their way to a 15-0, three-inning non-conference loss here April 13, and Colton waltzed away with 28-10 and 20-4 wins April 10. "The girls worked hard this game," commented Coach Lexi Beale, "and had a great attitude the whole game. Hannah Bagby and Molly Warren had doubles." The Pirates had 13 hits in the first game but only four in the second. Genessee held the Lady Bucs hitless. "There were "not a lot of stats but there was cl...
POMEROY––Liberty Christian came to town and swept the Lady Pirates 20-1 and 22-0 on March 30. Pomeroy is 0-4 in league, 0-11 overall. They faced Colton last Monday and then break for a spell, next facing DeSales on April 21. "The Pirates are improving each game," said Head Coach Lexi Beale. "They are battling on offense and getting better with defense." In the hitting column against Liberty Christian were Taylor Gilbert, Hannah Bagby, Kendyll Potoshnick and Maria Altube. Kaylee Schmidt sco...
POMEROY––Lady Pirate batters hammered 31 hits, including three home runs but still wound up on the losing end in both games against Dayton-Waitsburg March 28. Jadence Gingerich whapped two homers in the extra-innings second game along with one by Kendyll Potoshnick but the Lady Wolfpack prevailed with three runs in the top of the eighth to edge Pomeroy 20-17. In the first game, the Lady Buccaneers riddled DW with 11 first-inning runs but hits and runs in the next six innings resulted in a 25-14...
SUNNYSIDE–A double header at Sunnyside Christian counted two losses for the Lady Pirate Fast-pitch squad, but the Bucs performed much better in the second game, moving six runners across home plate. The Lady Pirates dropped the first game 15-0 and lost the second 16-6. Losses to Kendrick and Genesee last week Pomeroy played Dayton-Waitsburg on March 28 at home and will face Liberty Christian Friday, for a home double bill prior to Spring Break. "The girls really brought it back in the second g...
POMEROY–The Liberty Lady Lancers made quick work of the Lady Pirates in the season opener, and the local nine rebounded with more hits and runs in the night cap, but still was behind after six innings. Liberty downed Pomeroy 19-0 in the first game and 25-12 in the second game. Prairie is scheduled for a visiting double header March 21, and travels to Sunnyside Christian on Saturday. Dayton-Waitsburg visits March 28 as does Liberty Christian on March 31. "The season opener game was a good o...
WALLA WALLA–The 2022-23 Girls Basketball season came to an abrupt end when the Lady Pirates were unable to overcome icy moments and find fourth-quarter energy to overcome their District opponents, losing to Yakama Nation and DeSales to take an early exit in the post season. The Lady Irish capitalized on the Lady Bucs' offensive hard luck to notch a 42-30 win last Friday, following a February 8 loss at Yakama Nation Tribal by 49-38. "It was a really rough loss," Head Coach Tai Bye said of the con...
POMEROY–The Lady Pirates, number four in the Wheat Division, traveled to Toppenish to play Yakama Tribal, the Grape No. 1 team, to kick off post-season play this week, playing after this newspaper went to press. With a win, Pomeroy will again hit the road to play the winner of the DeSales/Oakesdale contest on Friday, February 10; or with a loss, the Lady Bucs travel to the loser of that Lady Irish/Lady Nighthawk game. Either way, the tip off is at 6 p.m. The regular season wrapped up with a s...
The Pomeroy Pirate Boys District Home Site game, to be played on Saturday, Feb. 11 in the High School gym, will tip off at 5:00 p.m., rather than the previously reported 6 p.m. In this game, the Pirates will host either Sunnyside Christian or Oakesdale with a start time at 5:00 P.M. in Saturday. The Pomeroy Lady Pirates will play at DeSales on Friday, Feb. 10, at 6 p.m....
Ten Years Ago January 30, 2013 After an absence of almost four decades, the Pomeroy Pirate wrestling team claimed the top step of the awards podium of a post-season tournament on Saturday. The Pirates won the Class B East Sub-regional Tournament in Davenport, overcoming 12 other teams in the field. The team members are Kyle Hyer, Taylor Lewis, Adam Herres Jack Neice, Wyatt Hyer, Clayton King, Steven Wysocki, Mike Wymore, Blaine Reisdorph, Wyatt Jenkins, Havin Heytvelt, Ryan Smith, Austin...
ROSALIA–With the final two games of the season to play, the Lady Pirates have locked down fourth place and have a date at Yakama Tribal Wednesday, February 8 at 6 p.m. in the first round of District play. The girls face Gar-Pal tonight on Senior Night then visit Touchet Saturday to round out the regular season. Last weekend, the Lady Bucs split their games against Colton and Tekoa-Rosalia, dropping the Colton game 63-31 but hammering T-R 58-11. The team is 8-5 in Southeast 1B play, 8-7 o...
POMEROY–Adding to the difficulty of facing the Lady Nighthawks in their house, a night of higher-than-usual turnovers committed by the Lady Pirates helped Oakesdale to a lopsided 67-17 win. The previous night, Pomeroy pounced on SJEL 42-19 on the Pirates' home court. They are 6-6 overall, 3-4 in league. Up next for Pomeroy is a road trip to Colton Friday and another away game at Rosalia versus Tekoa-Rosalia on Saturday. Senior Night is February 2 against Garfield-Palouse. The loss at O...
POMEROY––After a disappointing league loss at Garfield-Palouse, the Lady Pirates rebounded and took their frustrations out on Liberty Christian here Saturday, Jan. 14, hitting baskets, reducing turnovers and playing with teamwork to win 45-24. The previous week, the Lady Buccaneers had no trouble in a 49-10 win over the Touchet Redhawks. Pomeroy visited Dayton-Waitsburg last Tuesday for the non-league counter, then will host St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse on the home maple Friday. The team fac...
WALLA WALLA–The Lady Buccaneers fended off a fourth-quarter surge by the Lady Irish to take a 41-39 non-conference win here last Saturday, and clobbered Tekoa-Rosalia 69-28 at home Friday to own a 2-2 league record, 4-4 overall. Pomeroy hosted Touchet last Tuesday, and travels to Palouse for a Friday the Thirteenth contest against the Lady Vikings. Liberty Christian will visit on Saturday on the home hardwood. "This was a great win for us," said Head Coach Tai Bye of the win over DeSales, "...