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POMEROY––Three Lady Pirates scored in double figures to lead the team to a resounding 56-30 win over the Liberty Christian Lady Patriots here Tuesday, and the team edged Asotin the night before, 27-20. The Pirates are 1-0 in league and 3-1 overall. This weekend's games are at Gar-Pal on Friday with a home game Saturday versus the Nighthawks of Oakesdale. Pomeroy jumped to a 14-6 first-quarter lead and grew it to 30-16 at the break. The team continued with double-digit scoring in the second hal...
SPANGLE–"A few weeks into the season and the guys are already showing good improvement," emphasizes Pirate Wrestling Coach Mat Slaybaugh following the Brice Williams Invitational here last Saturday. Junior Peyton Cannon pushed his way through a very tough 190-pound bracket, Slaybaugh said, losing a close semifinal match to Dakota Acosta of Chewelah (who finished second in the state last year at the 175-lb. weight class). Cannon won a decisive final match to finish third. Freshman Jess Winona had...
POMEROY––It was nip and tuck the entire game and the Asotin Panthers nudged ahead by outscoring the Pirates 13-9 in the final stanza for the 41-35 league decision. The Buccaneers are 1-2 overall, 1-0 in league. They faced Liberty Christian last Tuesday then hit the road to Gar-Pal this Friday and are home Saturday against Oakesdale. "This was a close hard-fought game the whole night,' said Head Coach Chris Wolf. "The boys did everything I asked them to do offensively but we just weren't abl...
POTLATCH, IDAHO–The Pirate Wrestling team ventured to the Dick Griswold Invitational last Saturday with Peyton Cannon finishing fourth in the first match of the season. Pirate grapplers competed this week at a Colfax Mix and Match, and travel next Saturday to the Liberty Invitational at Spangle. "Pomeroy has a young team with two eighth graders and a freshman competing," commented Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh of the team's first match of the season. "Overall, the team looked good despite what the d...
SOUTH BEND, WASH.–The Naselle Comets repeated their playoff denial of further Pomeroy Pirate football play with a hard-won 60-50 decision here last weekend, sending the Buccaneers home for the season with a 10-2 overall mark. Naselle faces Wilbur-Creston-Keller this Saturday in Moses Lake. With the Pirates trailing by 14 in the fourth quarter, senior quarterback Jett Slusser scored back-to-back touchdowns to tie it 44-44. Slusser rushed 31 times for 187 yards and four touchdowns, and passed 1...
POMEROY––Pomeroy Youth Basketball hosted the Third Annual Pomeroy Veterans Tournament November 15-16. There were 20 teams from Pomeroy, Dayton, and surrounding areas competing in 5th/6th grade and 7th/8th grade brackets. Five Pomeroy teams competed well and Pomeroy teams were in the Championship game in all four brackets. 5/6 Girls: Our 6th grade girls, who were tournament champions in 2023, repeated as 2024 tournament champions. They beat the LC Hawks 22-16 in the championship game and finished...
POMEROY––The Pirates hit the road to South Bend this weekend for a 1 p.m. Saturday, November 23, playoff game against the Naselle Comets following the Bucs' convincing 52-12 win over the 7-2 Odessa Tigers here last Friday. The Pirates are in the quarter finals of the 1B State Bracket, and 9-1 Neah Bay and 9-0 Naselle are the only west-side teams remaining. DeSales (8-1) faces top-ranked Liberty Christian (9-0) Friday, Nov. 22 at Fran Risch Stadium in Richland. In addition to the Pom...
POMEROY––The Pirates downed Cusick to secure a berth in the 16-team state football playoffs and will play the first game of that tournament Friday at Lybecker Field versus the Odessa Tigers, kick off 7 p.m. The 9-1 Bucs face the 7-2 Tigers, who defeated Sunnyside Christian 66-18 to set up the upcoming game. "Jett Slusser, Jacob Reisinger, and Kyzer Herres ran wild on Cusick early and often," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "Our defense really stepped up and played well," Kimble said. "Th...
By Kyler Lovgren Pomeroy Junior High Football had great numbers this year, but were very young with only three 8th grader players and twelve 7th grade players. They started the season off as road warriors with the first 3 games being away. The first was a tough game against Waitsburg where the Pirates stayed competitive until the 4th quarter, where they finally ran out of gas. Waitsburg was an experienced team that played aggressive and Treyton Kimble and Lincoln Lovgren carried the Lion’s share of the ball as they were a better size match u...
By Loyal Baker RICHLAND–The Pirates dropped a tough one to the Liberty Christian Patriots 34-68 in the SE1B league championship game here November 1. The loss sends Pomeroy into the NE1B/SE1B crossover as the number two seed. The Bucs will face NE1B No. 7 Cusick on the home field, kickoff 6 p.m. "I'm super proud of our boys for their grit and effort during the game," said Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "We played the number one team in the state tough for three quarters." The Patriot struck first but P...
COLFAX–Pirate Cross Country's Kiersten Bartels wrapped up her 2024 season with a 28:34.68 time at the 1B/2B and NEA Regional XC meet here Nov. 1. She finished 78th out of 84. "Kiersten ran a great race today in the rain at 45 degrees in Colfax," said Coach Greg Sharp. "Kiersten had a great season with her slowest average mile pace of 10:32 and ending with her fastest average mile pace of 8:19." Bethany Zimmerman was ill and didn't compete, Sharp said. "Bethany had a great season with her s...
POMEROY–The Lady Pirates were handed a pair of district-tourney losses bringing the season to an end. In the opening game, DeSales won in three sets and against Liberty Christian, a four-set loss. Lady Pirates Taylor Gilbert, Olivia Cooper and Hollie Van Vogt made First Team All-League, and Sadie Klaveano made second team with Isabella Field receiving all-league honorable mention. The team got off to a slow start in game one at DeSales but rallied to play competitive games in the second and t...
By Loyal Baker DAYTON–The Pomeroy Pirates finished the 2024 football campaign with an unblemished 5-0 league record with an 84-30 win over Dayton and first place in the SE1B Wheat Division, and they head to Richland on Friday to take on the also unbeaten Liberty Christian Patriots (5-0, 8-0) to secure the SE1B number one seed against NE1B rivals. It was the Bucs' highest-scoring game of the season. The Pirates had a fight on their hands early, but Jett Slusser and Kyzer Herres combined for a s...
POMEROY–The Lady Bucs are in the consolation bracket of the SE1B Volleyball Tourney after DeSales took a 3-0 opening-round win. Third-place Pomeroy hosted fourth-place Liberty Christian yesterday in a loser-out match (full story next week). With a win, the Lady Pirates would face the loser of Oct. 30's No. 2 Gar-Pal v. No. 1 Walla Walla Valley Academy Friday at Pomeroy's gym. The Lady Pirates finished the SE1B Wheat Division in third with a 9-5 league, 10-6 overall record after splitting the fin...
COLFAX–Pomeroy Pirate Cross Country athletes Bethany Zimmerman and Kiersten Bartels will compete in the 1B/2B and NEA Regional Cross Country Meet here Friday, November 1. Bartels set a personal best at the Pomeroy Cross Country Invitational on October 9, finishing third with a 25:46.0 time. Her next best time was 27:42.9 at the 1B/2B League Meet No. 2 at Colfax on Oct. 1. Zimmerman has run five meets this fall and set a personal record of 26:12.6 at the Pomeroy meet October 9. That mark s...
Pirate team captain Taylor Gilbert, the WIAA/GESA Athlete of the Week, had great outings during the sixth week of the 2024 volleyball season, helping the Lady Pirates win two straight-set matches against Waitsburg on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and at Colton on Thursday, Oct. 10. Gilbert went 10-for-11 serving with six aces while tallying 10 kills against Waitsburg and 13-for-13 serving with two aces and four kills, nine digs, and two blocks against top-ranked Colton. The Lady Pirates finished the season...
WAITSBURG–With a 56-0 win over the Waitsburg Cardinals, the Pirate football team solidified its hold on the Wheat Division top spot. The undefeated Buccaneers visit Dayton Friday to finish out the regular season. The Pirates' first playoff game will be against the winner of the Liberty Christian v. DeSales game, at that opponent's field on Friday, Nov. 1. "Jett Slusser had another great day on offense with 199 yards rushing and four touchdowns along with going 6 for 8 passing for 126 yards a...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates hosted opponents Dayton and Oakesdale last week, defeating the Lady Bulldogs in four sets and battling top-ranked Oakesdale through five sets before bowing out 15-7 in the fifth set. Pomeroy is 9-4 overall, 8-4 in SE1b Wheat Division behind number two Garfield-Palouse and first-place Oakesdale. Oakesdale visited and the Lady Bucs had difficulty passing to drop the first set, but went on to force a fifth set. "We also showed great resolve in our next match against Oak...
POMEROY––Turnovers hurt the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves and helped the undefeated Pomeroy Pirates notch a 68-0 win here last Friday. "Tekoa-Rosalia came out fired up and played some good defense early," said Head Coach Kyle Kimble, "but couldn't keep up with the Pirate scoring." The Buccaneers visit Waitsburg Friday, kick off at 7 p.m. Jett Slusser rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns and was 5 for 8 for 63% passing for 102 yards and one touchdowns. Jacob Reisinger led the Pirates in rec...
POMEROY––A rocky match that the Lady Pirates (8-3 overall, 7-3) pulled out of the fire paid dividends in the next match as the squad downed Waitsburg in three sets October 8 then overwhelmed the Colton Lady Wildcats in three sets on Colton's home court Oct. 10. The Pirates faced Dayton at home last Tuesday and host Oakesdale tonight. Next week they visit Garfield-Palouse on Oct. 22 and wrap the regular season Oct. 24 against SJEL. Pomeroy downed the Cards 25-13, 25-8, 25-22. "We had some mental...
TROY, ID–Pirate cross country athletes Bethany Zimmerman and Kiersten Bartels placed in the middle of the pack at the 5k varsity run here Monday, and on the Pomeroy course Oct. 9, Bartels finished third and Zimmerman fourth out of a five-runner field. Pomeroy's next XC meet will be Regionals at Colfax Nov. 1 "Our girls ran a very tough race today in the hills of Troy, Idaho," said Coach Greg Sharp. "They had to run up and down the hills around the school going through the mountain trails and b...
ST. JOHN–The running clock started in the first quarter in Pomeroy's 76-6 win over St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse here October 4. "The Pirates controlled the game from start to finish," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "We played great offense and solid defense versus a very young SJEL team. "We just overwhelmed them in every facet of the game," he added. "Our younger guys got some great playing time and moved the ball as well as got some great defensive stops." Kyzer Herres, Jacob Reisinger, Vinni...
COLFAX–Pomeroy's two cross country runners competed at the second league meet here Tuesday, Oct. 1. Senior Kiersten Bartels finished in 26th place out of 39 competitors, with a time of 27:42.9. Teammate, junior Bethany Zimmerman, finished in the 30th spot with a 30:21.7 mark Middle school boys Dylan Taylor was 12th in 11:07 and Abram Klippenstein 33rd in 14:14. "Our athletes had a great race on the Colfax golf course," commented Coach Greg Sharp. "Our High School girls ran a great race with K...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates are not 6-3 on the season following a four-set win at St. John and a five-set loss at Tekoa-Rosalia. "I think our girls grew tired after a brutal stretch of the schedule where we had the fair, four of our last five matches on the road, two tournaments, and a stretch of sickness go through," observed Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "I am proud of how we finished that stretch this weekend with great play at the tournament. "Despite how things stacked up for us," he con...
Pomeroy's number 99 was called quite a few times by veteran announcer John Gates in last Friday's home game at Lybecker Field as senior Pirate quarterback Jett Slusser tore up the turf with a school-record eight touchdowns in the 68-42 win over Garfield-Palouse. Slusser racked up 345 yards rushing and counted 56 points in the game. See more on page 10 -East Washingtonian photo by Naomi Scoggin...