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WALLA WALLA–At the end of a four-day basketball marathon, the Pomeroy Pirates's stamina faltered in the second half and the Fighting Irish took advantage of the lapse to build an insurmountable lead and finish with a 66-49 win. Pomeroy battled through the grueling pace but couldn't muster a win against Oakesdale, Yakama Nation or Liberty Christian. The Nighthawks counted a firm 60-49 win Monday, May 24, then the next night, Yakama Nation ran away with a 74-39 victory on Senior Night, followed by...
SUNNYSIDE–After handling the Lady Knights' trap in the first quarter, Sunnyside Christian switched defenses and capitalized on the change and the Lady Pirates' drop in energy to nearly treble their lead and go on to win 48-36 here May 20. The Lady Buccaneers are now 1-4 with a week to go in the quick covid season. Starting a four-day sprint down the home stretch, Pomeroy faced Oakesdale on the home maple Monday night, May 24, losing 42-24, then Yakama Tribal visited Tuesday, May 25, for S...
SUNNYSIDE–The always-formidable Sunnyside Christian Knights took off in the second quarter and never looked back in a 79-33 win over Pomeroy May 20. The loss for the Pirates put them at 2-3 overall, 1-2 in the 1B Southeast League. The Pirates hosted Oakesdale last Monday, falling short 60-49 and Yakama Tribal on Tuesday, the first of a four-game stretch that will wrap up the covid-shortened basketball season for 2021. The game Tuesday will be Senior Night. Wednesday's road trip to Liberty C...
POMEROY––Jillian Herres and Keely Maves were the one-two punch that carried the Lady Pirates to a 33-23 win over the Touchet Indians here May 14. Pomeroy is 1-1 so far following a loss in the season opener to Garfield-Palouse, 58-24. The Lady Buccaneers will squeeze most of their games in the next two weeks. They hosted Colton Monday of this week, traveled to Liberty Christian on Tuesday, visited Sunnyside Christian Thursday, May 20, and then returned home against Oakesdale May 24. They fol...
POMEROY––The Pirates opened the season with a down-to-the-wire loss to the Garfield-Palouse Vikings, then rebounded with a come-back win over the Touchet Indians to tip off the 2021 covid season with a win and a loss. Pomeroy’s basketball season will be a quick one. The Pirates took on Colton last Monday at home, visited Liberty Christian on Tuesday, practiced Wednesday and traveled to Sunnyside Christian on Thursday, May 20. Monday, May 24, the Pirates hosted Oakesdale, with Yakama Nation coming to town for Senior Night, Tuesday, May 25. The s...
WALLA WALLA–"Baseball the way it's been played for a hundred years" resulting in an intense but disappointing outcome for the league-leading Pirate nine as they dropped a tight 4-3 playoff game to Liberty Christian here May 4. The Pirates rally, two runs in the bottom of the seventh and the tying run on first base, fell short. "It reminds you of how baseball normally looks," said Head Coach Dave Boyer. "All the games this year have been high scores, like 15-12. "This was a tight game," said C...
POMEROY––The hard-hitting Pirates clinched the top spot in the league with wins over Touchet and Colton, including a seventh-inning rally to sweep the Wildcats. The Pirates boast a 11-1 record with a final nonleague matchup with Asotin on Saturday. On May 4 in Walla Walla, Pomeroy will play the number four team and the number two will play number three. Winners of both games will play for the District championship. Two home runs in one game highlighted as Pomeroy swept Touchet 17-2 and 18-6 here...
COLFAX–Pomeroy's Boys track and field team finished a strong second place out of the 13 teams competing in the District 7 & 9 meet here April 17 where spectators saw Pirate pole vaulter Colton Slaybaugh extend his state-leading vault mark to 13-9. The Pirates scored 69.5 points, slightly behind Valley Christian's 74 points and ahead of Oakesdale's and Selkirk's third-place tying 57. Pirate girls scored 60.5 for fourth place behind Gar-Pal 29, Valley Christian 93, and Oakesdale, 74. "Many e...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Two undefeated teams faced off here last Saturday and when the dust settled, both teams walked away with one win and one loss. The Pirate nine stayed even in league standings with the DeSales Irish by splitting a doubleheader last weekend, dropping the opener 15-5 but rallying to win the nightcap 16-14. Pomeroy's record is now 8-1, 2-0 in 1B Southeast competition with doublebills at Colton and against Touchet at home to finish the covid-shortened season. "We stayed eve...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates clobbered two home runs in the nightcap to split a doubleheader against Garfield-Palouse here April 13. The Lady Vikings outlasted Pomeroy 17-12 in the opener but Pirate bats came alive to hammer Gar-Pal in the second game 17-5. The Pirates played DeSales April 17 and at Colton on April 20 (results to appear next week). On Saturday, April 24, Pomeroy hosts Touchet for a doubleheader and closes the season May 1 at home against Tekoa-Rosalia. Elizabeth Ruchert pou...
By Loyal Baker RICHLAND–The Pirates launched into Spring Break with a bang! Pomeroy won both of the twin bill over Liberty Christian, 17-6 and 25-7, on April 2. The season resumes April 13 with a homestand against Gar-Pal. "The Pirates brought their hitting clothes with them as they had 18 hits in the first game," observed Head Coach Dave Boyer. Pitchers Brodie Magill and Ollie Severs allowed only five Patriot hits in a mercy-rule game. Trevin Kimble had the big hit in the fifth inning, a t...
By Loyal Baker RICHLAND–The Lady Pirates struggled through a "difficult" day, losing a pair of league counters to the Lady Patriots of Liberty Christian here March 30. Both were league games in the South East Washington 1B league and the Pirates are now 2-2. Pomeroy will host Garfield-Palouse for a double header on Tuesday, April 13, with a 2 p.m. start. "It was a difficult day," commented Head Coach Jessica Nelson, after the team was defeated by mercy rule in both games, 12-2 and 14-4. Game 1...
By Loyal Baker SUNNYSIDE–The Pirates got the baseball season off to a rousing start, winning both games of a doubleheader here Saturday, March 27, prolific Pirate hitting looking to be the difference. The Bucs hosted Colton Tuesday and travel to Liberty Christian for an April 2 doubleheader before pausing for Spring Break. In the opener, the Crusaders jumped to a seven-run lead, but Pomeroy tied it with a seven-run third inning. Sunnyside made it 10-7 in the bottom frame but the Pirates got s...
POMEROY––In a high-scoring game, the Pomeroy Pirate Football Program counted one more win in this five-game covid season, defeating the Clarkston High School Bantam Jayvees 58-42 here March 15. The Pirates docked with a 4-1 record. Besides the tension of a close game through the first and second quarters, a highlight of the game was junior quarterback Trent Gwinn's move into the top spot in career points for the Pirate Football Program. Gwinn had 400 points going into the contest and tied pre...
Ten Years Ago March 16, 2011 Four Garfield County “stars” honored at the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce banquet were Meyers Hardware, Business of the Year; Larry Bunch, Citizen of the Year; and Rev. Howard Neal and Jerrie Koller, Lifetime Achievement awards. All proceeds from the Spinners’ annual St. Patrick’s Broomstick Pool Tournament will benefit the renovation projects at Maple Hall. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 20, 1996 Angie Gates was named Pomeroy’s Junior Miss for 1996-97 at last Saturday’s program. Several roads on the Pomeroy Ranger Distr...
POMEROY––The Garfield-Palouse Lady Vikings put together a long run and avenged an earlier loss to the Pomeroy Lady Pirates here last Friday. Pomeroy closed the covid volleyball season with a 2-8 record, winning matches at Gar-Pal on February 27 and over Tekoa-Rosalia March 4. "We competed well but each game saw Gar/Pal put together a long run that made it tough for us to ultimately win," commented Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "A big focus for next year will be to side out quickly and limit opp...
ODESSA–From the opening kickoff, it was a runaway and it was all the Pomeroy Pirates could do to hang on. The Odessa Tigers were a force to be reckoned with in this 94-6 Pirate loss here March 9, but Pomeroy can boast it scored one of the two touchdowns against the Tigers this season. Pomeroy's Saturday contest against St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse was canceled and a make-up game scheduled for Monday, March 15, against the Clarkston High School Junior Varsity. Results of that game will be r...
Ten Years Ago March 9, 2011 Pomeroy School District recently purchased a smaller, Type A school bus holding 16 passengers seated by twos in eight sets of seats. Pomeroy Community Center received a $2,000 Community Garden grant from the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation and a $1,500 grant from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation toward the “Let’s Get the Lights On” segment of the restoration and preservation of the Seeley Theatre and Opera House. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 13, 1996 Pomeroy native Dr. Scott Bartlow will begin practicing at Po...
ROSALIA–Four second-quarter touchdowns put the game in the treasure chest for the Pirates in a 56-6 drubbing of Tekoa-Rosalia here March 3. The Bucs played at Odessa Tuesday (story next week) and will wrap up the five-game covid season, hosting SJEL on Saturday, March 13, kickoff at 5 p.m. "After a slow start, we turned it on in the second quarter scoring 28 points," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "Trent Gwinn scored five touchdowns and Colton Slaybaugh added three scores. "The Pirate d...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates avenged an earlier loss to Tekoa-Rosalia but fell to Colton and Oakesdale over the past week as the covid-shortened season draws to a close with a final home match against Garfield-Palouse Friday, March 12. The Buccaneers, 2-7 overall, had games every other day last week, compressing experience, practice and recovery into just six days. "When I watch us play," said Head Coach Adam Van Vogt, "I feel like our girls are learning the game and improving with each game we...
Ten Years Ago March 2, 2011 Pomeroy Pirate girls’ basketball seasoned ended in the first round at the State 1B tournament, losing 54-32 to Columbia-Hunters. Garfield County’s new deputy, Mike Melcher, was the top student overall among 28 officers recently graduated from the Basic Law Enforcement Academy. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 6, 1996 The 14th annual All-Pomeroy Basketball Tournament will be held this weekend in the high school gym with eight teams expected to participate. Girls’ basketball coach Jim Greene is scheduled to receive a team-...
By Loyal Baker ST. JOHN–Pomeroy Cross Country boys team finished fourth here February 27, but not before four Pirate runners notched personal bests. At the first meet Feb. 24 in Pomeroy, the boys team finished third. The Pirates ran at Rosalia last Tuesday, and hit the trail at noon Saturday, March 6, at St. John. The championship meet will be in Pomeroy at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 10. "Our boys team ran a good 3.1-mile race in windy conditions, muddy, and uneven terrain surrounding St. J...
PALOUSE–Pirate volleyball worked through not only a short practice schedule but a busy four-game week, improving with each match until winning at Garfield-Palouse Saturday for a 1-5 record. Pomeroy gets home-court advantage the next three games: March 2 versus Colton; Mar. 4 v. Tekoa-Rosalia and Oakesdale on Mar. 6. Without many practices,” commented Coach Adam Van Vogt, “the coaching staff has stressed the importance of learning through the games. I believe we are doing a good job of this and I am really proud of how our girls have used early...
POMEROY–It was a runaway last week as the Pirates pummeled the visiting Wellpinit Redskins 82-0. The next game was March 3 at Tekoa-Rosalia at Rosalia; story to appear next week. The Pirates sail to Rosalia to face Tekoa-Rosalia at 2 p.m. March 9. “Overall, I was pleased with our boys’ intensity on offense and relentlessness on defense,” said Coach Kyle Kimble. “Our kids played well all around.” Pomeroy scored 11 touchdowns, Trent Gwinn notching five and Jesse Mings three as the Bucs amassed 465 total yards of offense to Wellpinit’s...
WILBUR, WASH.–The Pomeroy Pirates rallied with 20 second-half points to pull off a 43-24 win over Wilbur-Creston here Friday in the first football contest played since the fall of 2019. The Pirates host Wellpinit today, February 25, in the second game of the five-game virus-adjusted season. "I was pleased with our team's performance and our resilience after WC took the early lead," commented Coach Kyle Kimble. "Our kids never lost faith in what we were doing, and trusted each other and our c...