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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, "...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Strong and consistent, the Lady Pirates suffered from no cold spots in their 65-21 drubbing of the Dayton-Waitsburg Lady Wolfpack in a non-league game here December 29. Pomeroy is 2-4 overall, 1-2 in league. The Lady Pirates host Tekoa-Rosalia Friday and journey to DeSales Saturday, January 7. Touchet visits Jan. 10 for a non-league matchup. The Lady Buc defense held Dayton-Waitsburg to single digits in each quarter while adding up buckets for four consistent qua...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates and Pirate basketball teams, which had been anticipating playing in a two-day Christmas Tournament in Moses Lake on December 20 and 21, stayed home from the event due to adverse weather conditions that may have been experienced on the drive to and from Moses Lake, according to Toddette McGreevy, Athletic Director....
SUNNYSIDE–Rallying from a 13-0 first-quarter deficit, the Lady Pirates engineered a momentum swing to trail Sunnyside Christian by only six points at half time, held them with tough defense in the third but faded in the stretch, giving up a 38-27 non-conference game here Saturday. The night before, Colton handed the Lady Buccaneers a 56-26 loss at home. Pomeroy is now 2-1 in league play, 2-3 overall, and played in a two-day Christmas Tournament in Moses Lake earlier this week prior to b...
POMEROY-Due to adverse weather and road conditions, Pomeroy's Lady Pirates and Pirate basketball teams will not be traveling to the Moses Lake Christian Tournament on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, and Wednesday, December 21, 2022, according to Toddette McGreevy, Athletic Director....
POMEROY––A third-quarter scoring burst by the Oakesdale Lady Nighthawks while the lid went on the bucked for the Lady Pirates was all Oakesdale needed to take a 42-33 win here Saturday. Friday in St. John, the Lady Buccaneers took firm command of the game from the outset and held off a fourth-quarter rally by the Lady Eagles for a 55-44 league win. Pomeroy is now 1-1 in league, 1-2 overall, and hosts Colton on Friday, with the junior varsity facing Clarkston JV, before traveling to Sun...
ASOTIN–The 2022-23 Girls Basketball season is off and running, and a big third quarter was the difference for the Lady Pirates, when a case of nerves hurt them in the opening 44-36 loss to the Lady Panthers here last Wednesday. Up next is another road trip, the Lady Pirates scheduled to face St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Friday in St. John before returning for the first home game of the season against Oakesdale Saturday on the Pirate home court. The Lady Panthers made some adjustment at half t...
POMEROY––Powerful right-side hitter Kendall Dixon was one of four Lady Pirates named to the SE 1B District Volleyball All-Opponent "Wheat Division" First Team honors recently, and teammates Haliee Brewer, Chase Caruso and Taylor Gilbert were Second-Team selections. Dixon joined Player of the Year Gianna Anderson of the state-champion Oakesdale Lady Nighthawks, and two other Oakesdale players, Payton Davis and Jessie Reed, plus Kaitlyn Hough and Addisen Becker of SJEL on the First Team list. On...
YAKIMA–The plucky Lady Pirates bowed out of the 1B State Volleyball Tournament but not before giving it everything they had. Pomeroy went five sets in the opening match against Mt. Vernon Christian, dropping the fifth set by a close 16-14, then battled Darrington through four hard-fought sets but fizzled after rebounding from a first-set loss to win the second, before yielding to the Lady Loggers. "It was disappointing to lose these matches, but sports seasons are about the journey and we had a...
WALLA WALLA–The Lady Pirates earned a berth in the 1B Volleyball State Tournament, which opens today in Yakima, by fighting their way up through the consolation bracket after first beating Prescott, losing to Liberty Christian, beating DeSales on their home court last Saturday then gutting out a five-set win over St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse for the state berth. Pomeroy holds a 19-7 record and takes on Mount Vernon Christian Thursday morning, November 10 at 11:45 at the Yakima SunDome. "I am so p...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates are in the playoffs after finishing the regular season with a three-set win over Garfield-Palouse at home on October 25, and has already played its first round in the playoffs. Pomeroy Volleyball faced Prescott on its home court on Tuesday, November 1, in the first round of the District 9 1B tournament. Prescott was the number three team out of the Grape Division, visiting the Lady Pirates, the number two seed out of the Wheat Division. (Results in next week's East Was...
POMEROY–The Lady Pirates' final match, the Senior Night game played last Tuesday, carried implications for post-season play. Pomeroy was 15-6 heading into the final game. A season-ending win over Garfield-Palouse would give the Lady Buccaneers sole possession of second place in the Wheat Division, due to the pre-season draw and because Pomeroy split with SJEL, winners of last week's away match. Earlier this season, the Lady Bucs beat Gar-Pal on their floor, 3-1. In case of a Pomeroy win, the L...
OAKESDALE–Oakesdale's undefeated Lady Nighthawks remained at the top of the 1B Southeast-East league standings with a three-set win over the Lady Pirates October 13. The loss followed a convincing win over Colton on the Pirates' court October 11. Pomeroy's record is 14-5 heading into the final three matches of the season versus Tekoa-Rosalia last Tuesday, at SJEL tonight and Senior Night Tuesday, October 25 against Garfield-Palouse. Oakesdale won 25-8, 25-10, 25-8. "We rallied well over the c...
Boosting breast-cancer awareness at last week's home volleyball game were a cadre of young cheerleaders, including Sophie Miller and Molly Slaybaugh, who both lent their charm to the game, in recognition of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States. The Pomeroy Lady Pirates included Pink Night in honor of the one of eight women who area annually affected by breast cancer. -EW photo by Naomi Scoggin...
POMEROY––Sole ownership of second place in the Southeast 1B was at stake when St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse visited last week, and the Lady Pirates kept up its aggressiveness for a four-set win. This week Colton visited last Tuesday (results next week) and tonight, October 13, the Lady Buccaneers sail to Oakesdale for a league contest. Tekoa-Rosalia comes to Pomeroy Tuesday, Oct. 18. The Pirates are now 4-1 in league, 13-4 overall. "We've set a goal to focus on good process and getting better eac...
POMEROY–Oakesdale overwhelmed Pomeroy in three sets on September 29, winning 25-10, 25-9 and 25-13. At Colton on September 27, Pomeroy won 3-1, dropping a close third set before taking the match 25-12, 25-17, 23-25, 25-19. The Lady Pirates hosted Tekoa-Oakesdale last Tuesday and play SJEl tonight at home. In the Colton win, Kendall Dixon was a force at the net with 14 kills. Setter Jillian Herres put up 25 assists and 11 digs while Chase Caruso handled 15 digs and made five aces while serving 2...
POMEROY–The Lady Pirates are 8-1 overall and 1-0 in 1B SE-East league play following their first league win, on the road at Garfield-Palouse last week, a week capped off by the home-court Border Battle, where Pomeroy went 4-0 to help Washington in an overall losing effort, a close 7-5 edging by Idaho schools. The Lady Buccaneers visited Colton last Tuesday and are scheduled to host Oakesdale on Thursday, September 29, with a chance of a change due to lack of officials. Check with the school f...
TOUCHET–The Lady Pirates cruised through a match against the Touchet Redhawks here September 12, winning two out of three pre-league matches prior to rolling into the first week of volleyball league play. The 2-1 Lady Buccaneers took on DeSales Tuesday and visit Garfield-Palouse today for the league opener. The Border Battle starts at 8 a.m. in Pomeroy on Saturday and the following week's matches are league contests at Colton and against Oakesdale. Two of last week's matches were back-to-back r...
