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POMEROY––The undefeated Pirates continue their pursuit of a state trophy this Saturday on Lybecker Field as they take on the Naselle Comets in the second round of the 2021 1B State Football playoffs. The kickoff is at 1 p.m. Naselle defeated Waterville-Mansfield 68-12 to advance to Saturday's meeting with the Pirates. Below these teams on the bracket is Wilbur-Creston-Keller versus Almira-Coulee-Hartline, at Lions Field in Moses Lake on Saturday. WCK was a 50-22 winner over Neah Bay in Mos...
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...
POMEROY–The September 2021 Student of the Month Pirates Award was presented by sponsor Lewis Clark Credit Union (LCCU) to Carmen Fruh for her independent and respectful nature. Carmen participates in basketball and takes advantage of the tutorial help at school to manage her school work, showing the Pride she has for her school, team members and fellow student peers. Being a self-starter, Carmen maintains her Independence by taking the initiative to follow directions accurately and fully. B...
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...
SUNNYSIDE–The Pomeroy Pirates are the undisputed champions of the Southeast B-1 8-Man Conference, finishing the season 10-0 overall, 7-0 in conference, an even 100 years since the 1921 P.H.S. Pirates went undefeated, and 51 years since the 1970 Pirates were undefeated and untied. The show-down with the 8-1 Sunnyside Christian Knights last week was played against a steady breeze blowing straight down field and it didn't hamper the Pirates one iota. Receiving the opening kickoff and facing into t...
POMEROY–The 2021 Homecoming Court was presented during halftime of the football game played with Liberty Christian, Friday night, October 29. The Pirates had taken a hold of the score during the first quarter by 46-6, starting the running clock. By half time the Pirates were ahead 54-6, and scored once more in the third period for a 62-6 final score....
POMEROY––With a 62-6 win over Liberty Christian behind them, the undefeated Pomeroy Pirates set sail for the 1B Southeast 8-Man Championship at Sunnyside Christian tonight, Nov. 4. Sunnyside Christian (8-1, 5-1 1B SE) had been unbeaten until a 54-14 loss to DeSales last week, which makes Pomeroy's upcoming contest crucial for an uncontested league championship. "A win versus the Knights clinches the outright league championship for the Pirates," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "It was ano...
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...
TOPPENISH–The undefeated Pomeroy Pirates are looking to the last two games of the 2021 campaign atop the Division 1B standings, and anticipating Homecoming Week and their meeting with Liberty Christian Friday at Lybecker Field. Last Friday, the Buccaneers downed Yakama Tribal School 74-0. The season finale will be the SE B1 championship showdown against undefeated Sunnyside Christian there Thursday, November 4. The Pirates are in first place in the Washington Interscholastic Athletics A...
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––It was a record-setting night for Pirate senior Trent Gwinn as he and the Pirates scored prolifically to defeat the DeSales Fighting Irish 76-44 and continue their unbeaten record in the 1B Southeast League. Pomeroy visits Yakama Tribal School next Friday at Toppenish Middle School, facing the 1-3 team with a 3 p.m. kick off. The Pirates and Sunnyside Christian are tied atop the league standings with identical 4-0 league and 7-0 overall records, portending a championship-deciding sho...
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...
ST. JOHN–Pomeroy High School’s Cross Country team competed in an event in St. John on October 12 with four Pirate harriers finishing in the aft part of the pack. Competing in the boy’s varsity event, Trevin Walton, a junior, finished 27th out of a field of 45 runners, notching a time of 21:43. Teammate Samuel Lamb, also a junior, trailed Walton by less than a minute and a half, coming in 35th with a time of 23:10. Brady Bott, another P.H.S. junior, was about a minute later, in 39th place with a 24:09 time. Rounding out the Pirate XC runners was...
POMEROY–Pirate Volleyball matches for this week and next are temporarily canceled and the majority of the team under COVID quarantine protocols, announced Athletic Director Toddette McGreevy earlier this week. A member of the team tested positive for COVID after last Thursday's contest against Oakesdale, prompting school officials to dismiss volleyball team members from classes and send them home on Friday, October 8. The October 9 match against Tekoa-Rosalia was canceled, and following f...
By Kyler Lovgren Coach The Pomeroy Junior High Football team started its season September 9 in Palouse against Gar-Pal with a 20-13 victory. The Pirates came out slow with some untimely errors in the first half and quickly fell behind by two touchdowns. Late in the second half the Pirates were able pull together a long drive with great running by Kyzer Herres and Levi Bowen. Just before the half, Vinny Vecchio found the end zone on an aborted pass play scramble. With a successful PAT run, the Pomeroy Pirates went into the half down 13-7....
POMEROY––In a rare occurrence for high school eight-man football, the Pirates scored over 100 points in a game for the first time in school history, soundly romping past the Touchet Indians here last Friday, 104-12. The Pirates' Friday meeting at St. John has been canceled due to student-athletes from that school being ordered into distance learning due to covid, according the Athletic Director Toddette McGreevy. At this time, there is no information on it being rescheduled. Mark your schedules:...
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...
TEKOA–The Pirates blew to the running clock by 7:24 in the second quarter, dominating the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves with not only a shut out, but also holding their hosts to 43 yards of total offense in this season's first league contest. The Touchet Indians come to town this Friday for a 7 p.m. kick off against the 4-0 Pirates. "Our boys came to play this afternoon," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "I was thrilled with our relentless, physical, and fast play, especially on defense. H...
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...
POMEROY––Pitted against Liberty Bell, whose reputation reads like a description of the Pomeroy Pirates-fast and physical-the Bucanneers wasted no time taking a quick lead and building an insurmountable lead as they downed the visiting Mountain Lions 58-12 here Friday, September 17. The Pirates visit Tekoa-Rosalia at Rosalia this Friday to begin 1B League play. Kick off is at 7 p.m. "The team played really well through some adversity," commented Kyle Kimble. "Liberty Bell is a fast and physical football team and we matched them in their spe...
DEARY–The Pirates put the game out of reach in the first quarter then finished with a few touchdowns to accelerate the end of the 50-0 win over the Mustangs here Friday, September 10. The Pirates host Liberty Bell this Friday, Sept. 17 at Lybecker Field. "Liberty Bell will be a very physical," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "They'll be a tough opponent with a veteran quarterback and a unique offensive scheme that will challenge us." At Deary, Pomeroy scored first on a 16-yard Trent Gwinn r...
POMEROY––The Pirates are prepping for Friday's contest against Deary after making easy work of Waterville last week, 84-6. "Our boys played very well on Friday," said Coach Kyle Kimble. "They brought a level of relentlessness, intensity, and enthusiasm that we haven't seen in a while. It was very cool to see all of our kids contribute in the game." The Pirates let Waterville score the first touchdown, but then answered with five first-quarter TDs, finishing the first quarter leading 40-6, and...
In the 1953, Disney released the classic animated film Peter Pan. We first meet Peter as he is trying to deal with a very serious problem. He had lost his shadow. While it was supposed to be attached to him all the time, mimicking his form and movements, Peter's shadow was misbehaving. Through the rest of the film, we see one adventure after another involving exotic lands, fairies, pirates, and one poor St. Bernard dog just trying to look after the children. A misbehaving shadow can cause all...
ASOTIN–The Pomeroy Junior High A volleyball team finished its short season with a 1-3 record with a loss to Asotin on June 2, 25-20, 25-22, 15-9. The Pirate A Squad opened the season with a win over Asotin, lost to Endicott and Colfax, and wrapped with the loss to Asotin. "Our girls competed well against Asotin in our last match and our stats showed our improvement," said Coach Adam Van Vogt. "We had more digs in this game than in any of the other three matches we played and we had our best s...
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...