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POMEROY–The Lady Pirates have three wins and look to up the ante against Colton and Dayton this week. The Lady Buccaneers beat DeSales in five sets, swept Tekoa-Rosalia and downed Waitsburg 3-0 to kick off the season. Pomeroy defeated DeSales 25-20, 28-26, 11-25, 23-25, 15-11 and T-R 25-14, 25-11, 25-20 at home, and Waitsburg 25-4, 25-8, 25-11 there. "It has been a great start to the season for us," said Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "The keys for the first three matches are we have done a great j...
By Loyal Baker SUNNYSIDE–The Pirates took on the LaConner Braves, racking up 38 first-quarter points and rolling to a 64-24 non-league win here September 6. Pomeroy hosts Mabton this Friday at Lybecker Field. "Pomeroy came out swinging against an unknown foe and put up 64 points against the former 11-man team from the West side," Head Coach Kyle Kimble said. The Pirates had 343 yds on the ground on 14 carries with seven touchdowns and added three scores through the air on 4 of 7 passing. Jett S...
POMEROY––The Pirate Fall Sports campaigns will be getting underway with Pirate Football hosting a nine-team jamboree here on Friday, August 30, with kickoffs at 5 p.m., and Pirate Volleyball begins its fall season against DeSales with a home match on September 6, first play getting underway at 5:30 p.m. Volleyball slides right into its busy season with another home match on Tuesday, Sept. 10, against Tekoa-Rosalia, first play at 4 p.m. The following day, September 11, the Lady Pirates tra...
PALOUSE–The Pomeroy Pirate swim team came in second by a single point at the Tri-County swim meet on August 3. Peyton Newberg won every race she entered, and high point for her age group, Girls 12 and under. Brantley McKeirnan also won high point for his age group, Boys 8 and under. Merritt Scoggin, the team's senior swimmer, won the 50 Breaststroke race to finish his high school career undefeated in the stroke. He stated he enjoyed swimming with his teammates and watching them improve over t...
By Charlotte Baker PALOUSE–The Pomeroy Pirate swim team competed against St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna (SELW), and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) last Thursday July 25 for the last meet before County meet in Palouse August 4. The Pirates took second place overall with a score of 179, GPOP came in third with 138, and SELW topped the points with 227. The following are the top four placers in this competition. Girls 12U 100 Yd FS-SELW Waddell, Jersie 1:20.78; POM Horal, Myka 1...
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team placed a solid third at the Pullman-GPOP-Pomeroy swim meet last Friday at Pullman on July 19. Combined scores for the Pullman Barracudas was 492; GPOP had 334.5 points and the Pomeroy Pirates brought in 269.5. The following is the results from that meet: Girls 12&U 100-yd Freestyle-POM-Miller, Sophie 1:23.59; PUL-Denney, Maeve 1:24.09; GPOP-Henning, Jordyn3 1:30.97; PUL-Shaw, Mirabel1:37.84; Boys 12&U 100-yd Freestyle-POM-Edwards, Kae 1:30.07; GPOP...
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team placed first and second at the July 11 and 9 meets with GPOP, Colfax; and SELW, Col, Endicott teams. Pomeroy ranked first at the GPOP and Colfax with a total score of 614.5; Colfax 285.5 The Endicott meet on July 9, the Pirates placed second in all rankings: women, men, and overall. Following are the top four places in each event beginning with the GPOP, Colfax, Pomeroy July 11 meet. JULY 11 2024 POMEROY - GPOP, COLFAX, POMEROY Combined Team Scores...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Five Pomeroy Pirate players of America's pastime, baseball and fast-pitch softball, were named to the Southeast 1B All Opponent Team for the 2024 season, and Pirate baseball coach Kyler Lovgren was honored as a Co-Coach of the Year. Pirate Fast-Pitch player Hannah Bagby, a senior, was named to the First Team for positions of infield and pitcher. Pirate catcher Kendyll Potoshnik, a freshman, was also given the nod Three Pirate baseball team members-two seniors and a fre...
POMEROY–Tumbleweed weekend began with the All Class Reunion and the Seeley Theater Wine and Stein fundraiser on Friday, June 7, with the Pioneer Day parade, Mount Misery Snowdrifters' car show and bucket run, and food fair on Saturday June 8. Individual class reunions were held throughout the weekend. The parade kicked off with a military flag presentation, the presentation of the U.S. flag by Robert Koller while Marcus Pederson played the National Anthem, and a flyover by Gary Peters in his 1...
POMEROY––Eighteen members of the Pomeroy High School Class of 2024 are set to go through Commencement Exercises in the school gymnasium at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, June 1. Graduation speakers during this 133rd graduation ceremony will include Valedictorian Stacia Bowen and Salutatorian Hannah Bagby. Senior Class President Trace Roberts will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and give the welcome to guests, family, faculty and friends of the graduating Pirates. Principal Rachel Gwinn will speak and pre...
Ten Years Ago May 21, 2014 Pomeroy High School seniors Torrie Koller and McKenzie Uto competed in an Idaho High School Rodeo Association event earlier this spring. Both girls qualified for the association's state competition June 9 to 14 in Pocatello. Torrie will compete in breakaway roping, goat tying, pole bending, and team roping. McKenzie will compete in goat tying. Besides competing for state honors, the two Pirates hope to advance to either the National High School Rodeo or Silver State la...
RITZVILLE–Pirate senior Tyler Slaybaugh will lead the Pomeroy Track and Field team to the state championships this week in Yakima, looking for a repeat of his first-place finish in the 100m. dash, along with a myriad of promising Pirate tracksters. Slaybaugh is also a contender in the 200m. dash, pole vault and as a member of the 4X100 Relay along with Jacob Reisinger, Jett Slusser and Boone Schmidt. Pomeroy's track and field athletes will compete in events beginning with Slaybaugh's p...
ANACORTES–The season is over for the Pomeroy Pirates but not without a fight. Orcas Island squeezed two runs in late in the game to take a 2-1 lead and bump the Pirates from further baseball competition this year. Head Coach Kyler Lovgren said the Pirates battled to the end. The Pirate Track and Field Team is sending a large contingent to the District 7/9 Regionals in Ritzville on May 15 and 17. Many of Head Coach Jon Van Vogt's team are favored to reach the state meet in Yakima the following w...
ANACORTES–Orcas Island sank the Pirates' hopes for continuing in the 1B baseball playoffs with a 2-1 zinger here Tuesday, May 14. The loss ended Pomeroy's season with a 15-9 win-loss record. "The kids played an amazing game," commented Head Coach Kyler Lovgren after the razor-thin 2-1 loss. "This was a hard-fought battle throughout. Ollie Severs pitched a great game, Nick Bryson came up big at the plate and in the field. "I couldn't be more proud of how we played today," Lovgren said. The P...
RITZVILLE–The Pomeroy Pirates are sending quite a contingent to the District 7/9 Regional meet here Wednesday, May 15 and Friday, May 17. In the boys 100m. senior Tyler Slaybaugh will take his very fast 11.51 time against a field of 16 competitors. Slaybaugh is also looking to dominate the pole vault with his PR of 12-6. The Boys 400m. will feature junior Jett Slusser in the first heat. His best time is 56.97. He'll sprint the 200m. as well with a PR of 25.17. Boys pole vaulters, along with Slay...
RITZVILLE–Ollie Severs gave up just one hit and struck out 12, then Trace Roberts slammed the door with an 11-pitch close as the Pirates downed Wellpinit 8-0 in baseball playoffs here Tuesday. "It was a great win for us today to secure a spot in the state tournament," commented Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. "I thought Trace and Ollie really stepped up and led their team at the plate, on the mound and defensively. The Pirates were the home team in the contest and started with two runs in the first an...
RICHLAND–The Pirates finished the regular season with a pair of nonconference losses to Liberty Christian–a coincidental end-of-season double header against the Grape Division champs–and a prelude to this Friday's SE 1B Wheat-Grape Championship game. The Pirates will take on the Patriots at Liberty Christian's field at 4 p.m. May 3. The 11-1 Pirates and 11-1 Patriots will duke out the first- and second-seed spots to the D7/9 Crossover, winner will take first and loser second. The third and f...
RICHLAND–The Lady Pirates closed out the 2024 fast-pitch softball campaign with twin-bill losses to the Lady Patriots of Liberty Christian last Saturday, April 27 but not before Senior Pirate Hannah Bagby hammered a grand slam in her last Pirate at-bat. The Lady Patriots shut out the Pirates 16-0 in the opener and lost 14-4. The team finishes in fifth place in the SE1B Wheat Division with an 1-11 league record and a 3-17 overall record. Colton landed on top with a 10-1, 13-3 record followed by D...
POMEROY––The Pirates stand firmly in first place in the SE1B Wheat Division with an 11-1 league record, 14-3 on the season, look ahead to closing the regular season at Liberty Christian on Saturday, then coincidentally play a crossover championship game against Grape Division champs Liberty Christian on Friday, May 3. "It was a disappointing loss on our last home game of the season," said Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. "Dayton played us tough and hit the ball well. We ultimately made too many err...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––The Pirates continued their winning ways with a double header sweep of Gar-Pal last weekend and now hold an 11-2 season record. The Bucs lead the SE1B with 8-0 in league with Dayton in second at 5-0, SJEL in third at 1-4, and meet Dayton for this Saturday in Dayton. The Pirates beat the Vikings 4-1 and 14-0, and on April 9 downed Colton 17-1. Gar-Pal gave the Pirates a close game here on Saturday, until Peyton Cannon blasted a two-out, bases-loaded triple in the six...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––The Lady Vikings rapped the bats and scored steadily to register a 14-8 league win here Saturday, April 13, then the Lady Pirates rallied with a 12-run third inning to even the score with Gar-Pal. Pomeroy is 2-10 on the season, 0-4 in league. Garfield-Palouse's strong hitting combined with a handful of Lady Pirate errors to tilt the game to the Lady Vikings, who rode big third and fourth innings to with win. Pomeroy bats were quiet until the last innings when the tea...
POMEROY––Pirate pole vaulters led the team with firsts in both the men's and women's competition at a Southeast 1B Track and Field meet here Tuesday, April 9. Pirates Levi Bowen and Carmen Fruh both topped the pole vault competition, Bowen clearing 11-6 against SJEL's David Logen with 8-0, and Fruh atop a field of eight with an 8-6 effort. Second went to Julia Guske of SJEL with a 6-6 mark. The Pirate team next ventures to Clarkston for a SE1B/NE1B mixer on April 16. Competing in Tuesday's mee...
POMEROY––The powerful Pirates concluded their three-game sweep of the Colton Wildcats with a 17-1 flogging in five innings of the young team here Tuesday. On March 29, the Pirates notched 23-0, 19-1 wins at Colton. "Colton is a young team," commented Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. "We've now started the second half of the season and we will need to ensure we stay focused and sharp, day in and day out." Next up for the Buccaneers is a Saturday home double header against Garfield-Palouse, with a Mon...
PENDLETON– Pirate golfer Kiersten Bartels finished in sixth place in a field of 30 with a score of 104 when the Pirate Golf team traveled to Pendleton, Ore., this Monday to compete in the Nels Nelson Invitational Tournament at Wildhorse Resort Golf Club. Reggie Ott had the low score for the Pomeroy boys at 101, with Grayson Slaybaugh right behind at 102. Eighth grader, Tyler Dixon continues to improve with 115. Seventy-eight players from twelve of the largest schools in eastern Oregon and W...
POMEROY––A seven-way meet opened the 2024 season here with the Gar-Pal women at the top of the heap and the Asotin men in first place. The Pirate men tied Gar-Pal for third place with 69 points and the women were seventh with 29 points. Levi Bowen led the Pirates with firsts in the high jump and pole vault, clearing 5-6 in the high and 11-6 in the pole vault. The 4 X 100 Relay team of Jacob Reisinger, Jett Slusser, Boone Schmidt and Tyler Slaybaugh were first with a 48.76 time. The women's 4 X...