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Pomeroy Pirate JH Football team started off the season with a loss to DeSales 26-32 on September 13. The game was played with no special teams as DeSales does not play special teams at the Junior High level. It was a close game through its entirety with both the Pirates and DeSales airing the ball out quite often in the passing game. Pomeroy Quarterback Vinny Vecchio found both Braxton McKeirnan and Robbie Van Vogt on a couple of long touchdown passes. In the end, Pomeroy fell a touchdown short...
Ten years ago October 17, 2012 Tom Sherry brought Tom’s Tailgate Weather Forecast to Pomeroy for the Pomeroy-Garfield Palouse football game. Viewers voted for him to attend this game rather than the Colville at Clarkston game the same night. The Pirates-Vikings game received 3,636 votes, 54%, to 3,241 for the game at Clarkston. Sherry’s weather forecasts on KREM 2 News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. were presented with the backdrop of boisterous Pirate backers, and the TV celebrity also presented the two...
POMEROY––While the Pirate offense ground out 452 yards of total offense, the defense crushed Garfield-Palouse's running game in the 72-0 Homecoming win here last week, the fourth consecutive shut-out win for Pomeroy and the fifth this season. Pomeroy is now 6-1 overall, 4-1 in 1B Southeast 8-Man Football, behind second-place DeSales at 5-0 and 7-0 Liberty Christian, the Pirates' opponents on LC's home turf at Southridge H.S. this Friday. "I was pleased with our defensive play," said Head Coa...
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...
TEKOA–The Tekoa-Oakesdale Timberwolves came into the game in a hurting way and the Pirates wasted no time in taking control, scoring five first-quarter touchdowns and seeing the game called at the break, 62-0. The Pirates in 4-1 in league and standing in fourth place behind Sunnyside Christian (3rd), DeSales (2nd) and undefeated Liberty Christian (6-0). Garfield-Palouse visits Lybecker Field this Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff. "Our defense has been playing very well, giving up a total of eight p...
POMEROY––The Middle School Girls' Basketball Team lost to Asotin on Sept. 29 but notched its first win Sept. 26 against SJEL. Raegan McKiernan and Carmen Fruh both scored 7 against Asotin in the 33-31 loss. "Asotin was a strong opponent," said coach Jessica Wolf. "We were so encouraged by how hard these, Pirate girls came to play." Scoring was Camryn Claassen 2, Kendyll Potoshnik 6, Hollie VanVogt 5, Molly Warren 4, McKiernan 7, Fruh 7, Carolina Morfin 2. Pomeroy defeated SJEL 45-13 Sept. 26....
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Pirate quarterback Trevin Kimble and wing back Walker Flynn crossed the goal line three times apiece while the defense held the opponent to negative offensive yards for the second week in a row in Pomeroy's 66-0 drubbing of the Touchet Redhawks here Friday, Sept. 30. Pomeroy is 4-1 overall, 2-1 in the 1B SE 8-Man league. Next up will be Friday, Oct. 7 at Tekoa versus Tekoa-Rosalia, kick off at 3 p.m. "Our defense was outstanding again," commented Head Coach Kyle Kim...
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...
POMEROY––It was a long ride home for the Yakama Tribal Eagles after enduring a blistering 86-0 defeat here Friday. The Pirates racked up 38 points in the first quarter and everyone on the team got minutes on the field as the defense held Yakama to a minus 49 yards of total offense. The Touchet Redhawks visit 3-1 Pomeroy Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Lybecker Field. Liberty Christian tops the 1B SE 8-Man standings at 3-0 with DeSales and SJEL tied for second with 2-0 records. Sunnyside Chr...
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...
RITZVILLE–The Entiat Tigers were overrun by Pomeroy 60-8 in a non-league contest here September 15. The 2-1 Pirates host league opponent Yakama Tribal Friday at Lybecker Field, kickoff at 7 p.m. Quarterback Trevin Kimble rushed for 233 yards and three touchdowns, plus he passed to Sidney Bales for another score while the Buccaneer defense held Entiat to 184 yards of offense and sacked Tiger quarterback Landon Crutcher five times, including once in the end zone for a safety. "We played really w...
WALLA WALLA–DeSales chalked up 28 unanswered points before the Pirates were able to notch their first touchdown and its defense was formidable as the Irish handed the Buccaneers a 54-22 defeat here Sept. 8. Pomeroy is 1-1 in non-league play Due to the fair, this week's non-league game is Thursday, September 15 at Ritzville against Entiat with a 6 p.m. kick off. The Irish looked to Joe Baffney's and Sean Sollars's rushing talents to tally 326 yards on the ground, and Baffney completed eight of 1...
POMEROY––Pirate football opened the eight-man season with a convincing 42-0 drubbing of the Orofino Maniacs here Sept. 1. This week Pomeroy visits DeSales for a 7 p.m. kick off Sept. 9. The Pirates cranked out four first-quarter touchdowns: Walker Flynn punched the first in on a six-yard run then tacked on the extra point; Ollie Severs pulled in a 41-yard Trevin Kimble pass for a 14-0 lead; Flynn again made a one-yard scoring run with Kimble adding the PAT; and Kimble rushed for a two-yard tou...
Ten years ago August 15, 2012 Though Bill Chandler retired as postmaster of the Pomeroy Post Office after 21 years at the end of July, he and his wife Sheli plan on remaining Garfield County residents, at least on a part-time basis. This good news-bad news scenario reflected Bill’s forecast of future U.S. Postal Service plans in general and for Pomeroy specifically. “People don’t have to worry about losing the post office here,” he said, because USPS officials last month raised the Pomeroy...
COLFAX–The Pomeroy Pirate Swim Team places second in the women's team ranking, and fifth in men's and combined team scores at the Tri-County Swim League Championship meet August 2. Five swim teams: Colfax, St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna (SELW), Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP), Pullman Barracudas, and Pomeroy; faced off at the championship meet in Colfax last weekend. Top winning team was Colfax with 329 total points, SELW at 321.5, Barracudas coming in at 283, GPOP taking 228, f...
POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team competed in two meets this week on Thursday July 21, placing third against Colfax and Pullman in a meet held at the Colfax pool, and took first place at the Tuesday, July 19, meet against Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) held here. The Pomeroy Pirate team took third at the Colfax pool with a combined score of 347. Colfax placed first with a score of 494.5; and Pullman Barracudas Swim Team accumulated 399.5 points. In the Women's division, Colfax placed f...
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirates Swim Team took first place at seasons second meet against Colfax, and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) in Colfax on July 14, after placing second at the first meet in Endicott on July 12. The Pirates scored 468 total points against the Colfax with 383, and GPOP swim teams 306 at the meet in Colfax Thursday, July 14. Pomeroy took first ranking in the women category with 264 and men at 204. Colfax maintained second placing in both categories s...
CHENEY–It was a good State 1B Track and Field meet for Pomeroy with high-flying senior pole vaulter Colton Slaybaugh not only winning the event, but setting a new 1B state record at 14-1. The Pirate boys scored 40½ points to finish with a fifth-place team trophy. The Lady Pirates were 14th with 18 points. "I'm thankful that, after two straight years with no state competition, my seniors who competed at state–Troy [Steele], Raelin [Borley], and Colton–all left with at least one medal...
LIBERTY LAKE–The Pomeroy Boys ran, jumped and vaulted their way to the regional championship here last week, tallying 104 points to easily outdistance St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse for team honors as some 18 Pirate thinclads are bound for state at EWU this weekend. Leading the charge for the Pirates will be Colton Slaybaugh, Katie Boyer and Sidney Bales, all champions in their respective events. "We scored 104 points to win the meet," said Head Coach Adam VanVogt, "which had 22 teams competing. S...
POMEROY––District 9 baseball and fast-pitch softball coaches have named the "All Opponent" teams (formerly known as All League). Pirate pitcher Trevin Kimble was one of two players who was a unanimous selection of District 9 coaches, according to Kyler Lovgren, Pirate Head Coach. "Trevin is a great baseball player and was a force on the mound for us," Lovgren commented. "Trevin is one of those guys that stands out in whatever position he is playing whether on the mound, behind the plate or pla...