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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–Braedyn White, a senior at Pomeroy High School, is competing in steer wrestling, according to Washington State High School Rodeo Association Senior Sunday, January 30, 2022 article. In the short write up, it stated White's favorite memory from high school rodeo is making it to nationals and meeting such a great group of people. He expressed his parents, Fred and Kelly White, have been his greatest life influencers by their steadfast and endless support over the years. In addition, Diehl...
POMEROY–A slim, fourth-quarter lead couldn’t be capitalized upon and regulation ended with a 49-49 tie, then Oakesdale won overtime 15-8 for a league loss for the Pirates last week. It was Pomeroy’s first league loss for a 6-1 record, 9-5 overall. Tied to start the fourth and nudging slightly ahead, Pomeroy “missed some opportunities around the rim that would have extended the lead,” said Coach Chris Wolf. “Those missed opportunities probably cost us the game. “Trent Gwinn led us in scoring with 18 points,” Wolf said, “and Braedon Fruh adde...
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...
POMEROY––The Pirates are in the cat-bird's seat with a 6-0 league record going into the final two weekends of play, facing Oakesdale (4-3 in league) and 0-8 Colton at home, then road-tripping to Oakesdale and Tekoa-Rosalia. The season wraps with a non-leaguer versus Sunnyside Christian on Feb. 5. Pomeroy downed SJEL by 12, 60-48, there Saturday and bested Gar-Pal in a defensive battle for a 42-26 home win Friday. Last week, Asotin shelled the Pirate ship with nine threes for a 59-47 non...
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...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Just when the Pomeroy Pirates would build a comfy lead, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves would creep back into the game, and when the nice, 10-point, fourth-quarter lead got pared down to just two points, the Pirates were able to hit clutch buckets and keep the T-wolves at bay. When the dust had settled, Pomeroy won the league counter 62-60. The Pirates are 7-3 overall and 4-0 in league play. They hosted Liberty Christian and visited Asotin in a pair of mid-week non-league...
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...
POMEROY–The DeSales Fightin’ Irish defended well in this non-conference matchup January 4, where they held the Pirate offense to single digits in the second through fourth quarters for a 46-28 win. The Buccaneers hosted Touchet last Tuesday and Tekoa-Rosalia visits Pomeroy on Friday with Saturday’s game the reciprocal game at Touchet, the first of three non-league games. Last weekend’s league counter at Oakesdale was canceled due to Nighthawk athletes–both boys’ and girls’ teams–testing positive for COVID-19, according to Toddette McGree...
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....
POMEROY––Pomeroy's Pirate Wrestling Team topped seven other teams to win the annual Christmas Tournament, and 182-lb. Braedyn White won four straight to win the weight class and an individual award here December 30. Eight teams braved wintery weather conditions to compete in the Pirates' annual Christmas tournament, venturing to town to battle for the coveted Santa Hat, awarded to the weight class champions. "It was a good day with four of the five Pirates placing in their respective weight cla...
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...
COLTON–After edging ahead by six points in the first quarter, the Pomeroy Pirates clamped down on the Colton Wildcats in the second period, outscoring them 16-2 to take a twenty-point lead into the half time locker room, and finished with the same margin of victory in the 54-34 league win here December 22. Pomeroy's win-loss record is now at 4-2, with three of those wins being league counters. The Pirates resume the 2021-22 basketball schedule with a non-league home contest with DeSales on T...
POMEROY––The outcome was never sure until the final buzzer, and when it finally blared, the Pomeroy Pirates had wrested a 59-56 non-league win away from Yakama Nation Tribal School here Saturday. The Pirates played two games prior to the Christmas Break, a Monday non-league contest at Liberty Christian and visiting Colton for the third league game of the 2021-22 season Wednesday night. As of the Yakama Nation game, the Pirates are 3-1 overall, 2-0 in league. Yakama Nation played with pre...
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...
POMEROY––The Pirates are 2-1 after losing to Asotin then beating Gar-Pal in their gym for the first time since 2017, then soundly defeating SJEL at home Saturday. Pomeroy plays Yakama Tribal School Dec. 18 and Liberty Christian Dec. 20 before closing the December schedule Dec. 22 at Colton. Pirate defense held SJEL to 38-14 at half, the "D" leading to easy transitions baskets, said Head Coach Chris Wolf. The game with SJEL "will go a long way towards determining where we stand in the league thi...
Ten Years Ago December 7, 2011 Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Pomeroy Chapter 15, will hold its annual “Santa’s Christmas Box” raffle to fund the organization’s yearly scholarship for a Pomeroy High School senior. The organization awarded Melissa Bartlow its scholarship for 2011. Pataha Flour Mill will have its annual “Christmas Tea” on Saturday, Dec. 10. Mill director Jon Van Vogt said the yuletide event is open to adults and children alike, and features a wide variety of Christmas t...
Pomeroy Pirate seniors Trevin Kimble (43) and Trent Gwinn (13) do a high chest bump following Kimble's punt-return touchdown with time expired, closing out the Pirates' phenomenal 10-1 season with a play-off ending loss. Kimble's score came as the Naselle Comets punted with seven seconds remaining, with the score 72-36, and the ball in play as the closing horn sounded. Kimble picked up the punted ball that Naselle failed to down and jogged unmolested 43 yards to the end zone, scoring one last...
POMEROY––The Naselle Comets had enough of a defensive edge and offensive fire power to hand the Pirates its first loss of the season and knock them out of further post-season action by a 72-42 margin in the second round of the B1 8-Man football playoffs here Saturday. Naselle outscored the Pirates three touchdowns to two in both the second and third quarters then tacked on three more scores in the fourth stanza to put an exclamation point on a game where the Pirates' usual weapons either mis...
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...
POMEROY–The Lewis Clark Credit Union (LCCU) celebrated five years here recently with drawings, door prized, refreshments and a children's Halloween coloring contest. LCCU also celebrated by awarding five $1,000 donations to five local organizations: Seeley Theatre, Garfield County Food Bank, Senior Center, Pirate Booster Club, and Denny Ashby Library. "We celebrated five years in Pomeroy on October 22 with a children's Halloween coloring contest, door prizes, refreshments and five $1,000 donatio...
Ten Years Ago November 16, 2011 The Board of Directors of the Garfield County Fair Association selected the theme of the 2012 Fair at their meeting Nov. 10. “Sow it, Grow it, and Show it” will be the slogan for the event on Sept. 14, 15, and 16, 2012, according to board president Linda McKeirnan. Blue Mountain Artisan Guild’s Christmas Art Show and Sale will be held at the Holiday Bazaar, sponsored by Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce. The event will be held at the old Odd Fellows Hall, currently Pome...
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...