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WALLA WALLA–The Lady Pirates slammed the door on the Oakesdale Lady Nighthawks in the fourth quarter, holding their cold-shooting opponents scoreless for five minutes and winning the District 9 Championship 50-39 here Friday, February 21. First-ranked Pomeroy advances to the WIAA 1B State Tournament through regional play, taking on No. 8 Wellpinit in the opening round, 2 p.m. Saturday, February 29, at Richland High School. Wellpinit went 8-7 in league, 12-10 on the season. Oakesdale survived t...
POMEROY–I grew up watching and listening to my grandpa’s stories, wishing I could stay that way forever. I also wish everyone overseas will make it home, that good dogs never got old, and that summers are never boring. I wish people wouldn’t judge, football season lasted all year, and friends stayed in touch. I wish kids were raised like they used to be, Mondays felt like Fridays, and the best teachers never retired. When I was little, the only things that mattered to me were my family and w...
Ten Years Ago February 24, 2010 Led by State Champions Klyntin Bott and Scott Wolf, nine Pirates came home with medals after the Pomeroy Pirate team placed second at the State Class B wrestling tournament. A benefit for Caroline Moore, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will include a silent auction and a concert by the group Revelation. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 1, 1995 Naslund Disposal Service of Clarkston is preparing to take over garbage collection in the city on the first of April. Pomeroy Grange Supply has purchased the inventory...
WALLA WALLA–After dropping last week's opening-round contest to Garfield-Palouse, the Pirates headed into the stormy waters of the consolation bracket, facing the Prescott Tigers in a loser-out game at WWCC here Friday and being sent home after letting a half time lead evaporate and losing 53-41. The Pirates finished the season 5-7 in Southeast 1B play, 6-16 on the season. To reach the District tourney, they won a tie-breaking game against SJEL 56-33, then fell to League Champions Garfield-Palou...
RICHLAND–The Lady Pirates start their third consecutive return to the 2020 1B State Tournament today, March 5, at the Spokane Veterans Arena, facing the winner of the annual tournament's first round, either No. 7 Curlew or No. 15 Naselle, who will face off in the tourney's opening round Wednesday. Tip-off of Pomeroy's game will be at 5:30 p.m. Behind a 24-point performance by Maddy Dixon, four treys by Emma Severs and cool ball handling by Heidi Heytvelt, first-ranked Pomeroy defeated the W... Full story
Ten Years Ago February 24, 2010 Pomeroy Pirate wrestling team placed second at the 2010 State Class B wrestling tournament in Tacoma. Sixty items, including photos, can now be searched and viewed online, through the Denny Ashby Library website: http://www.pomeroy.lib.wa.us. Creation of the collection was made possible through the Washington Rural Heritage Program, whose goals are to enable small and rural libraries around the state to create digital collection of unique items that tell the stories of their communities and to make these...
POMEROY–The Lady Pirates will face Oakesdale Friday in Walla Walla to battle for a return trip to the state tournament. Oakesdale has been the Lady Pirates' toughest competitor this season. The game tips off at 6 p.m. at WWCC's Dietrich Dome Friday, February 21. Number one Pomeroy opened District 9 1B play with a sweet 39-29 win over No. 10 Garfield-Palouse here February 14. The win, coupled with No. 3 Oakesdale's 51-34 victory over No. 4 Colton, advanced the team to the championship game. "...
PALOUSE–To advance to regionals, the Pomeroy Pirates will have to win the consolation-bracket contest with Prescott on Friday, and another game Saturday. The Bucs beat SJEL 56-33 to play in to the District 9 1B tournament, but fell to Garfield-Palouse in the first round Saturday by the nearly identical score of 54-33. The Pirates will need their "A" game Friday at 4:30 p.m. at the WWCC Dietrich Dome in Walla Walla. Prescott prevailed in both meetings this season, 51-41 on Jan. 10 and 71-53 on J...
POMEROY–Garfield-Palouse offered little resistance to Pomeroy as the league-leading Lady Pirates cruised to a 47-29 win, closing the regular season with a 9-1 league mark, 18-1 overall. Second to the Lady Bucs was Oakesdale, then Colton in third and GP in fourth. In the first round of the District 9 tournament, the Lady Pirates face GarPal at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 on the maple in Pomeroy. In state RPI rankings, Pomeroy finished the regular season in first with an 18-1 record, 9-1 in 1B S... Full story
LEWISTON–On Saturday February 1, 2020, the Pomeroy Jr. High Wrestling team traveled to Lewiston to wrestle at the Jenifer Tournament. Pomeroy took 12 wrestlers to compete at the first tournament of the year. As a team, the Pirates placed sixth out of 12 teams, winning 16 matches and losing 18. Ethan Prevost, Walker Flynn, and Kyzer Herres all won their brackets and took home gold medals. "I was impressed at the aggressiveness our wrestlers demonstrated, and even though we have a lot to work on i... Full story
POMEROY–The Pirate boys' post-season play involves the Touchet versus St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse game, postponed from last Saturday due to flooding, and rescheduled for Tuesday night in Touchet. A Touchet win would give Pomeroy sole possession of fourth but an SJEL win would set up a Pomeroy-SJEL playoff game, set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in Colton. Visit eastwashingtonian.com for the breaking information. Either the Pirates or SJEL will face GarPal 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 at Palouse, t... Full story
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Pirates will play the SJEL Eagles in Colton, 6 p.m. Thursday, February 13. The play-in game is the result of Pomeroy and SJEL finishing the season tied for fourth place. Winner of the game will advance to the District 9 1B Boys Tournament, and face the No. 1 Garfield-Palouse Vikings. Gametime will be 4 p.m. at GarPal in Palouse.... Full story
COLTON–The Pomeroy Pirates defeated St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse in a play-off game here Thursday 56-33 and will face the No. 1 Garfield-Palouse Vikings in the first round of the District 9 1B Tournament. The game will tip off at 4 p.m. in Palouse. The Pirates were trailing 4-2 in the waning minutes of the first quarter when they went on a 20-2 run through the bottom of the first and first 4:30 of the second quarter, helped by three pointers by Evan Bartels, Danner Maves, Trent Gwinn and Maves a... Full story
RITZVILLE–Three Pirate wrestlers head to the District 5-6 1B/2B South League Tournament, working to advance to the regional meet and keep the 2019-2020 season going. Pomeroy's Curtis Winona, Braedyn White and Will Winona recently competed, along with Dayton-Waitsburg co-op wrestler Carlos Norris, at a league match in Ritzville. Both White, in the 170 lb. class, and 138-lb. Norris won both of their matches here. Will Winona, in the 182-lb. division, pinned his Lind-Ritzville-Sprague opponent b...
TOUCHET–The tenacious Touchet Indians relented in the second half as the Pirates shot prolifically and capitalized on the rebound put-back for a 55-45 league win here Saturday night. The Buccaneers are now 5-6 in district play, 5-13 on the season, and are in fourth place behind Prescott with an 8-3 record and with Oakesdale and Gar-Pal tied for first with 9-1 records. (The teams meet Feb. 8 in Palouse.) Pomeroy has one more regular-season game against Garfield-Palouse Friday, February 7. “We were able to get a road victory with great eff...
POMEROY–Post-season play is assured for the Lady Pirates and, for the Pirate boys basketball team, the post-season picture is a bit more complicated and would be helped by a season-finale win over Garfield-Palouse. With a win over Gar-Pal this Friday, the Lady Pirates would clinch first place in the Southeast 1B League and would start the playoffs with home-court advantage, playing the number four team on February 14, according to Athletic Director Toddette McGreevy. Barring upsets elsewhere in the league, Gar-Pal is likely to finish fourth a...
COLTON–Despite a loss last weekend, the Lady Pirates retained their top ranking in the WIAA RPI and Oakesdale, who edged Pomeroy 38-37 last Friday, nudged its way from third to second. The Lady Pirates rebounded with a decisive win over Colton here Saturday night, winning 55-45. Pomeroy is cruising to the end of the regular season, facing Prescott on Pirate Court Friday and hitting the road to Touchet Saturday. The final week of hoops sees a non-conference contest with Sunnyside Christian on T...
COLTON–Danner Maves and Byron Stallcop led Pirate scorers in the 61-33 win over the Colton Wildcats here Saturday, bouncing back after two consecutive home losses, to Oakesdale and by a heartbreaking buzzer-beater to Dayton-Waitsburg. The Pirates are in the middle of the 1B Southeast standings with a 4-5 record behind Prescott (6-3) in third, and Garfield-Palouse and Oakesdale tied for first with 8-1 records. The Pirates are 4-12 overall. Prescott visits on Friday and the Bucs visit Touchet on Saturday, February 2. Travel to Sunnyside C...
LACROSSE–It was a full-speed scrimmage, with officials, a pep band and rooting fans, and the Lady Pirates, still ranked first in the 1B RPI, counted an impressive 62-34 win over the SJEL Eagles Saturday and a non-league 41-17 win over Sunnyside Christian Friday in Pomeroy. Four of the top seven teams in the WIAA RPI are from the Southeast B League. The Lady Buccaneers have the best RPI at .76383, followed by Inchelium, Oakesdale and Clallam Bay. Perennial foes Colton are in sixth with G...
LACROSSE–A big fourth quarter fell just short for the Pomeroy Pirates as they fell to the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse Eagles 49-44 here Saturday. The Pirates hosted Dayton-Waitsburg last Tuesday and Oakesdale visits the Pomeroy gym Friday, Jan. 24, for the rematch. Earlier this year, the Nighthawks defeated Pomeroy 66-38 and the Pirates will be looking to avenge that loss. Pomeroy visits Colton on Saturday night for another Southeast B conference game. Pirate turnovers and missed bunnies added up to the five-point loss. “We had 23 turnovers and...
POMEROY–The 1B Southeast League leaders Lady Pirates continued their undefeated run with wins over Touchet here Saturday and at DeSales last week. Pomeroy beat the Indians 43-24 and survived a lackluster outing against the Lady Irish on January 7, eking out a 37-29 win. The Lady Pirates are first in the 1B Southeast League with a 5-0 record. Oakesdale is second at 3-1 and Colton and Garfield-Palouse are tied for third with 2-2 records. Pomeroy sits atop the WIAA 1B Girls RPI ranking with a ....
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Pirates handed the Touchet Indians a 55-44 loss here Saturday after sustaining a defeat in Prescott the night before, falling to the Tigers 51-41. Pomeroy is now 3-3 in Southeast 1B play, in fourth behind Prescott and Oakesdale, both tied for second with 4-1 records, and Garfield-Palouse sitting on top with a 5-0 mark. The Pirates sail to LaCrosse for a league matchup with St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse next Saturday. On January 21, they play a non-conference game against D...
POMEROY–The Lady Pirates left no doubt in the minds of their intense rivals, the Colton Lady Wildcats, keeping their unbeaten streak going with a solid 47-20 win in the two teams' first meeting since March 2, 2019, in Spokane. With a determined 50-36 win over Genesee here Friday, the Lady Bucs are 9-0 overall, 4-0 in league, and visited DeSales Tuesday. They play at Prescott on Friday and host the Touchet Lady Indians Saturday. "Every girl did their job tonight [against Colton] and executed o...
POMEROY–The Pirates teamed up to register a nine-point win over the Colton Wildcats here last Saturday, prevailing in a taut matchup that went all four quarters for a Southeast B league win. The Buccaneers dropped a post-holiday break non-league game to Genesee the night before for a 2-2 league record, 2-7 overall. “We’re improving every week, but haven’t got as consistent as we want to be as a team,” commented Head Coach Chris Wolf. Pomeroy played DeSales last Tuesday, and heads to Prescott Jan. 10 before hosting Touchet Saturday night, Jan. 1...
Ten Years Ago January 7, 2010 The short break from the three weeks of snow that melted away after Christmas day ended late last week when an overnight storm again whitened Pomeroy. The Pomeroy Pirates wrestling team placed third in its annual Christmas tournament behind Kittitas and Pullman. Tye Knebel took the championship at 145 lbs, his fourth Pomeroy tournament title in as many years. Tory Knebel and Klytin Bott also claimed titles at 160 lbs. and 189 lbs. respectively. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 4, 1995 Pomeroy Conservation District wil...