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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
POMEROY––Student-athletes from Pomeroy High School's girls and boys basketball and wrestling programs are anticipating District tournaments and Regional wrestling matches-all with the goal of reaching the state tournament. In an unusual twist of fate, both girls and boys Pirate basketball teams finished this tumultuous basketball season-made so by frequent schedule changes caused by covid eruptions at schools across the 1B league-in the third seed into their respective District tournament bra...
POMEROY––Three games in four days wrapped up the home stretch of the 2021-22 season (save the Feb. 7 Senior Night game versus Colton), with the Lady Pirates (13-4, 6-3) winning one and losing two, and with their sites set on the opening game of the District Tournament February 9 at Sunnyside Christian. Pomeroy lost to SSC 46-26 at home Saturday, beat Tekoa-Rosalia Friday by 50-24, and lost at Oakesale Feb. 2 by 42-35. The Lady Pirates landed in third, and the playoff game in Sunnyside tipped off at 6 p.m. Wed., Feb. 9. The next game would be...
POMEROY–The “Heart-Attack Kids” won a third overtime game in four outings, the Lady Pirates’ 42-41 win over Oakesdale last week coming with a fraction of a second remaining via a Keely Maves free throw. See the schedule on this page for record and upcoming games. “Keely Maves never let down on offense tonight and worked through being double- and triple-teamed most of the night,” said Coach Tai Bye. Maves finished with a double-double: 28 points, 10 boards, 3 steals. Oakesdale’s two-point, first-quarter lead was nibbled to a 33-33 tie by the fo...
POMEROY––Consecutive overtime wins show the Lady Pirates are finding ways to win as the season winds down. Pomeroy beat Asotin in a non-league overtime win last week, followed with a 43-41 OT win over Gar-Pal Friday. Pomeroy coasted to an easy win over SJEL Saturday. This week and next will be the final four league games, plus a Feb. 5 tourney warm-up against Sunnyside Christian for the 11-2 overall, 4-2 Lady Bucs. St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse struggled in single digits last weekend, Pomeroy tak...
The East Washingtonian continues its annual look back at the year just completed, 2021, in this second installment of the Year In Review. Our hope to our readers is that these short snippets of events from last year bring back fond memories. Charlotte Baker Editor and Publisher July 22) The Pomeroy Ranger District announced closure of all USFS land, roads and trails in the Umatilla National Forest, as well as several Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife units including W.T. Wooten, 4-0 Ranch, Grouse Flats, Asotin Creek and Weatherly...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates are amid a trio of non-league games before resuming the home stretch of the 2021-22 season, chalking up wins over Tekoa-Rosalia and Touchet. Touchet was a two-time victim of the Lady Bucs on January 11 and 15, and Pomeroy easily overwhelmed TR 45-5 last Friday. Non-league games were against Liberty Christian last Tuesday, at Asotin on Wednesday, then coming up are Friday's and Saturday's league games with Garfield-Palouse and at St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse. Overall the...
POMEROY–The combination of Christmas Break and weather preventing some practices through the holiday vacation played a role but not a leading role for the Lady Pirates, who relied on composure, patience and free throws down the stretch to pull off a 35-31 win over DeSales here January 4. The Lady Pirates hosted Touchet here last Tuesday, then Tekoa-Rosalia will visit on Friday for a league game. The team travels to Touchet Saturday for a non-conference game. Last Friday’s game at Oakesdale was postponed due to the host team members testing pos...
Due to a typographical error, the record of the Lady Pirates was incorrectly indicated in the Pomeroy Events and Activities Roster. The team’s record is four wins and two losses, not 3-3 as written in the girls’ basketball story in the December 30 edition. Our apologies for the error....
COLTON–A strong first half propelled the Colton Lady Wildcats to a comfortable lead and they never looked back to put a 46-24 league win over the Lady Pirates into the books here December 22. Pomeroy is now 3-3 overall, 1-2 in league play as the rest of the season resumes in January. The Lady Buccaneers forge their way into 2022 with a Tuesday, January 4 non-league home matchup with DeSales followed by weekend games at Oakesdale Friday and versus Prescott on Saturday. The Junior Varsity t...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY–Lady Pirate Keely Maves nailed a shot at the buzzer to knot the score and send the game against Yakama Nation Tribal School's Lady Eagles into overtime, and the Lady Pirates rode their fourth-quarter momentum to a come-from-behind 43-39 non-league win here Saturday, December 18. Pomeroy had two contests remaining before going into the Christmas Break. Monday, December 20, they faced Liberty Christian for a non-league game in Richland, and Wednesday, December 22, the Lady B...
The Seventh Place 2021 Pomeroy High School Volleyball Team dropped its first match against Naselle, then won out to bring home another State Volleyball trophy. Some of the matches were intense, and the Lady Pirates fought through the adversity–something the tumultuous, covid-altered regular season prepared them for–and finished strong. Head Coach Adam Van Vogt said the team never gave up, nor did they falter in believing in themselves, their coaches and on another. See page 9 for more. Fro...
YAKIMA–A hallmark of the 2021 volleyball season, the Lady Pirates battled adversity and up hill through the consolation round to come out of the 1B State Volleyball Tournament with a seventh-place trophy after losing in the opening round. "In a lot of ways, State reflected our season," commented Head Coach Adam Van Vogt, whose squad finished the season 17-9. "We overcame so much adversity and there were many times our girls could have just said, 'this is too hard or too much to overcome.' T...
Pomeroy High School's Lady Pirate Volleyball Team, pictured above, and the Pirate Football Team are both headed to post-season action. Last weekend, the Lady Pirates fought their way through the consolation bracket to secure a berth at the 1B Volleyball State Tournament, starting today in Yakima. The Pirate Football program has a bye week as other teams play this weekend before all teams dive into the playoffs. See page 8 for more about Pirate sports. -Submitted photo...
WALLA WALLA–The Lady Pirates, who battled Covid quaranties, adversity and fatigue down the stretch of the regular season, are state bound again after fighting their way through the District Tournament consolation bracket, defeating Sunnyside Christian and Garfield-Palouse to capture the third berth to the 1B Volleyball State Tournament in Yakima this weekend. Pomeroy (14-8) faces the Naselle Lady Comets (9-2) at 1:30 p.m. today, Thursday, November 11, in the opening round of the 24-team t...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates crammed half of their Southeast 1B league season into a 50-hour segment of last week, and when the dust cleared, they held a third-place berth to the District Tournament, and faced Liberty Christian last Tuesday night on the court in Richland. (Game info to appear next week.) Pomeroy achieved a tournament berth by beating Colton on Monday, November 1, in three games, then getting the higher seed thanks to a favorable number draw over Garfield-Palouse. The Lady Bucs got...
ROSALIA–Bouncing back from the effects of coronavirus, which cut about half of the team out of contention for about two weeks, the Lady Pirates put together a gutsy five-set win over Tekoa-Rosalia with six matches remaining in an accelerated final week of the regular season. On the schedule down the home stretch is an Oct. 26 double bill with Gar-Pal, an Oct. 27 Senior-Night match versus Tekoa-Rosalia and an Oct. 28 double header at St. John. Remaining to be played is a postponed match a...
POMEROY––In eight days between Wednesday, October 20 and Thursday, October 28, the Lady Pirate Volleyball Team will shoe-horn in eight matches to finish the 2021 campaign which was upset by positive covid tests last week. The Lady Pirates played at Oakesdale on October 20, recovering from their covid outbreak to get the season back on track earlier than reported last week. Colton's Lady Wildcats visit Friday, Oct. 22 for a 6 p.m. match, and the Lady Buccaneers host the Nighthawks of Tek...
COLTON–The momentum, as well as volleyball players with the Pomeroy Lady Pirates and Colton's Lady Wildcats, took some wild swings here September 29, but the orange and black prevailed in a tightly contested five-set win to start off league play. This Tuesday's match at St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse has been canceled due to student-athletes in that program at St. John being ordered into distance learning due to covid, reports A.D. Toddette McGreevy. The Bucs host Oakesdale tonight, Oct. 7, in the l...
POMEROY––The Lady Buccaneers put together a complete match September 21to counter an earlier loss to the Lady Irish of DeSales and now have a 2-1 record as league play gets underway. A September 23 trip to Palouse has been rescheduled to October 28 due to Garfield-Palouse and other Whitman County schools being in virtual learning due to covid. Pomeroy visited Colton earlier this week and tonight hosts Tekoa-Rosalia at 6 p.m. The Pea & Lentil tournament in Genesee is scheduled for October 2. The...
By Loyal Baker WALLA WALLA–The Lady Pirates finished the season with a four-games-in-four-nights run, winning the final two games and finishing with a 3-5 record. Pomeroy defeated DeSales 55-39 May 27, downed Liberty Christian 51-25, fell to Yakama Tribal 61-50 and lost to Oakesdale 42-24. "We played eight games in 15 days, capped off with four straight this week," said Brock Ledgerwood, Interim Head Coach. "We played a short rotation all season and our girls are flat out exhausted right now. T...