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POMEROY–The Pomeroy Wrestling Team all finished in the money here Saturday, making the cut to the Regional Tournament this Saturday in Reardan in the Southeast 1B/2B League Championship. "All three wrestlers will be going to regionals to battle it out for one of the three spots to state," said Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh. The top four out of this tournament advanced. The Pirates were seventh with 44 points, with Davenport leading with 227 points. "Freshman Peyton Cannon had a great day finishing s...
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...
POMEROY–The Pirate Boys finished the season first in the Wheat Division of the Southeast 1B Basketball League and are headed into the playoffs tonight with home-court advantage against the Grape Division No. 4 seed, either Touchet or Liberty Christian, tonight, February 9, with a 6 p.m. tip off. A win will set the next game again in Pomeroy on Saturday, February 11, versus the winner of the Oakesdale/Sunnyside Christian game. If the Pirates fall, they will still host the game but against the l...
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 weekend of the regular season ahead, how the Pirates will fare in the post season is still unknown after Tekoa-Rosalia pulled off an overtime upset here Saturday. At this time, it is anticipated that Pomeroy will host a District game at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 9, against a Grape Division team which is yet to be determined, but may likely be Yakama Nation, according the Toddette McGreevy, A.D. Games against Gar-Pal tonight, February 2, and this Saturday, Feb. 4 at T...
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...
COULEE CITY–The Pirate Wrestling team concluded the season with a third-place finish in a dual meet here Saturday, January 28, winning duals over Reardan and Tekoa-Rosalia, and having a good showing at a Reardan League match January 25. Coming up Saturday is the South Division League and District tournament, with the action beginning at 11 a.m. in the Pomeroy Gym. The top four wrestlers out of District advance. The Pirates competed their final regular season meet of the year, a team dual tournam...
Ten Years Ago January 23, 2013 The annual Garfield County Cattlemen's Bull Tour will leave from Four Star Supply, the first stop will be Dutch Flat Angus (Nick & Joe Waldher) at the Geiger Gulch feedlot. Black Angus bulls will be viewed at this stop. Second stop on the tour will feature Horned Herefords at CX Ranch (Bill Cox) at the Robinson Lowe place on Gould City-Mayview Road. From there the tour will proceed to Cabernet Cattle Co (Roger Koller) at the Victor Place on Kirby Mayview Road,...
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–Jett Slusser drained a three pointer in the final seconds of the game to give the Pirates a 47-44 decision at Oakesdale and a big league win, preserving Pomeroy's good 6-1 league record as the regular season winds down to the final few games. The Pirates are now 9-5 on the season and 6-1 in league play with road trips to Colton and Tekoa-Rosalia ahead this weekend. With 30 seconds to go and the Pirates trailing by three points, Trevin Kimble, who scored 12 of his game-high 21 points i...
KITTITAS–At the Coyote Classic here last Saturday, Pirate wrestler Curtis Winona dominated the 182-lb. classification, taking all three matches for first place. Coming up for Pomeroy Wrestling is the League Dual Championships at Almira-Coulee-Hartline Janury 28. Earlier matches was a girls-only match at Rogers on January 24 and the fourth league meet at Reardan on Jan. 25. "Curtis had a great day against three tough opponents," said Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh. "He dominated the 182-pound b...
POMEROY––It was a great week for the Pirates, taking three games by significant differences and improving their league record to 4-1, 7-4 overall, with two more weeks of league play remaining. Pomeroy thumped Liberty Christian 62-35, slashed Garfield-Palouse 53-32 and clobbered Touchet 70-26. After last Tuesday's non-league game versus Dayton-Waitsburg, St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse visits Friday and Saturday the Bucs travel to Palouse for the first of three straight road games. "Great overall per...
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, "...
WALLA WALLA–After a big, 67-60 league win over Tekoa-Rosalia the night before, the Pomeroy Pirates couldn't contain DeSales's Spencer Green, who buried six three pointers on the way to the Irish's 63-41 win over Pomeroy here Saturday. The Pirates are 4-3 overall, 3-1 in league. After last Tuesday's non-league tilt versus Touchet, the Pirates will visit Garfield-Palouse on Friday, Jan. 13, then meet Liberty Christian Saturday night in the Pomeroy gym. They visit Dayton-Waitsburg in Dayton Jan. 1...
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––Rebounding and sticky defense were lacking in the Pomeroy Pirates' 55-44 loss to Dayton-Waitsburg here December 29 as the visiting Wolfpack took advantage in the final minutes and scored in the end game while shutting the Pirates out. The Pirates, 3-3 overall, 2-1 league, welcome visiting Tekoa-Rosalia Friday on the home maple, then hit the road to DeSales for a non-league contest Saturday, and travel to Touchet Tuesday, Jan. 10. "Dayton-Waitsburg took it to us all night," com...
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....
Junior High Boys' Basketball traveled to Garfield to face Garfield-Palouse on Dec. 1, using tough defense to stay close but getting edged 39-38. "It was a tough-fought game from start to finish, but the difference was at the free-throw line where we were 6 of 12, while G-P was 12 of 18," commented Coach Brock Ledgerwood. "We were up early 14-4 at the end of the first quarter, but Cooper Wells took over scoring all of his game high 17 points in the last three quarters. We stayed close with some t...
Ten Years Ago December 19, 2012 Pomeroy Senior Center's annual Christmas dinner and program entertainment will be provided by Wyatt Keller on saxophone, Vegas Vecchio on piano, vocalist Max Ruchert, Jacob Hirsch on piano, Maria Gordon on piano and vocals, and Jim Scott on saxophone. The Golden Girls will close out the program following dinner, and the Christmas raffle baskets will be awarded. The Pomeroy Pirate wrestling team traveled to Cathlamet, Wash., to compete over the weekend in the Down...
POMEROY––It may be matched, but it'll never be bettered: for the first time in the history of the Pomeroy Wrestling Program, wrestler Michealle DeBord won three matches to win the Women's 120-lb. division at the Pomeroy Christmas Tournament here last Saturday. "In a first for Pomeroy Wrestling," commented Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh, "we had two girl wrestlers today. Michealle DeBord wrestled well and placed first place in the girls 120 Bracket." Competing at the annual Christmas Tourney here wer...
SUNNYSIDE–A big third quarter for Sunnyside Christian was too much for the Pirates to overcome as the Crusaders took a 61-52 non-league contest here last Saturday. At home on Friday, Pomeroy blasted past the Colton Wildcats 66-32 in a league counter. The Pirates traveled to Moses Lake for a two-day Christmas tournament earlier this week, then will break for the holiday, returning to the home maple on December 29 against Dayton-Waitsburg. The Pirates took an 18-8 lead in the first quarter, t...
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....