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POMEROY– Members the Pomeroy Gun Club enjoyed a clear, sunny, crisp weekend of shooting during week three of the Camas Prairie Competition. The nice weekend that was void of wind resulted in some good scores. Conditions were a little tougher on the youth shooters on Saturday, but they enjoyed some success. In the 12-year-old and under group Blake Warren shot the best 16-yd. score with a 17X25 score. Shaun Bingman and Josh Hastings had scores of 15. In the handicap for the youngest shooters B...
OAKESDALE–The Nighthawks gave the Pirates ample open shots but the team was uncharacteristically cold as ice, dropping behind 17-0 after the first eight minutes and ending up losing the game by 13 points, 41-28. The Pirates are in third place going into the final three games of the regular season, holding an 8-3 league record behind Oakesdale at 10-3 and undefeated Gar-Pal at 13-0. They'll finish with a road game at SJEL last Tuesday, Senior Night against Colton (3-10) on Friday and a road t...
OAKESDALE–A slow start gave the Oakesdale Lady Nighthawks the lift they needed to come out ahead 60-43 over the Lady Pirates here Jan. 24. In the SE 1B Wheat Division, the Lady Buccaneers are firmly in fourth place with a 6-5 record with hopes of winning out the final three games of the regular season schedule. Gar-Pal is leading the division at 13-0 with Oakesdale at 12-2 in second and Colton at 9-4. The Lady Wildcats come to the Pomeroy gym Friday for Senior Night. At Oakesdale, the Lady P...
WALLA WALLA–Two Pirate grapplers finished fourth in their respective division at the competitive Foothills Invitational here last weekend. "This was the toughest competition we have faced all season," commented Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh, "and although our record today doesn't indicate it, we wrestled really tough. We look to use this as an opportunity to grow as we get ready to head into post-season competition." Wrestlers represented schools from B size up to 4A, Slaybaugh said. "Peyton C...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Middle School Wrestling team has fifteen wrestlers in the program this season, says Coach Fred Knebel. The team wrestled at home last Tuesday against Clarkston, Dayton and Orofino. Cassie Domras, Annika Winona, Josh Hastings, and Corbin Nelson all went 2-0 for the night. The team wrestled hard and we are working diligently on takedowns and riding for points. We have wrestlers who have never wrestled before as well as several wrestlers who have many years of experience. This w...
POMEROY–There are many factors that affect trapshooting success and those can be light conditions, wind, temperature, and the background the targets fly toward. On week two of the Camas Prairie competition the light was brighter than week one, there was very little wind, the temperature was colder but not terrible, and the background was the same. Some combination of those conditions made targets harder to see as they left the trap house. The writer of this article believes it was the c...
POMEROY–With a steady diet of five league games to play in the 2024-25 SE 1B Wheat Division season, the Pirates are firmly in third-with 9-2 Oakesdale as one of the tougher teams in the remaining line up. Over the weekend, Pomeroy blasted the Bulldogs 50-11 then gave the Vikings of Gar-Pal a run for their money with a second-half burst, but it wasn't enough in the 47-42 loss. The Pirates are 7-2 in league, 8-7 overall. Gar-Pal had their hands full here last Saturday. They led 10-8 after eight m...
RITZVILLE–Pirate Wrestling scored 87 points, well enough for seventh place at the Bronco Invitational here Jan. 18, with wrestlers Peyton Cannon and Levi Bowen finishing first in their divisions, and eighth grader Arliss Bray finishing second. Next up for the wrestling team is a Jan. 22 Dual Meet in Colfax. "The team had a good showing led by juniors Peyton Cannon and Levi Bowen with first place finishes," said Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh. "Both guys looked dominant throughout the day. "Levi B...
POMEROY–With tough and undefeated Garfield Palouse, 75-52 victors here last Saturday, and 10-1 Oakesdale in first and second, respectively, the Lady Pirates are in third place with a 6-3 record, 9-6 overall. The Lady Buccaneers pulled away from Dayton on Friday, riding two big middle quarters to a 37-23 win on the home maple. Pomeroy scored well against the Lady Vikings, but their opponents' handful of points each quarter added up. The Lady Pirates trailed by only three points after the first e...
POMEROY–Local Gun Club members enjoyed decent conditions on the first week of the 10-week Camas Prairie Trap competition with some decent scores. The club had 32 youth shooters participate, and the top three scores in the 16-yard singles are submitted to the Camas Prairie Association each week. The scores of 24 Camas clubs are reported to the Lewiston newspaper and published on Tuesday. The senior club members report the top scores of the week in a number based on how many participants the c...
Pomeroy Pirate basketball player Kyzer Herres was on fire when SJEL visited last weekend, pouring in 23 points against the Eagles to lead the Pirates to a 59-14 victory. Here he runs into heavy traffic on his way to the bucket. -EW photo by Naomi Scoggin...
POMEROY–Lady Pirate junior varsity will not play Dayton this Friday due to Dayton being unable to field a team. Action begins with jayvee boys at 4:30 p.m., varsity girls at 6 p.m. and varsity boys at 7:30 p.m., according to athletic director Toddette McGreevy. A "C"/JV boys game has been added January 18 versus Gar-Pal. It tips off at noon with other games following at 1:30 for two quarters of JV girls, jayvee boys at 2:30, varsity girls at 4 p.m. and varsity boys at 5:30 p.m. Lady Pirate j...
POMEROY––With three weekends of the regular season remaining, the 5-2 Lady Pirates are in third place in the SE 1B Wheat Division behind second-place Oakesdale with an 8-2 league mark and leaders Garfield-Palouse at 9-0. Dayton, the Lady Pirates' opponents this Friday, is in fourth place with a 5-4 league record. Gar-Pal comes to Pomeroy Saturday and the Lady Bucs travel to Colton next Tuesday, Jan. 21. The Lady Pirates jumped to a 16-8 first-quarter lead and never looked back, the defense hol...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––The Pirates won three games last week, adding to a win over Genessee for a four-game winning ramble in SE 1B play, edging Tekoa-Rosalia 56-35, clobbering SJEL 59-14 and defeathering the Cardinals 55-13. The Pirates are 6-1 in league, 7-5 overall. Dayton visits Friday and Garfield-Palouse comes to town Saturday then the Bucs set sail for Colton Tuesday, January 21 as the last couple weeks of the regular season approach. In spite of coming out "flat," the Pirates were hit...
COLBERT–Pirate junior Peyton Cannon finished second in the 190-lb. division at the Crusader Classic here January 11. "Junior Peyton Cannon continues to lead the team," commented Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh. "He looked tough through all of his matches, even in his finals match where he lost. Peyton wrestled a 2024 1A state placer but held his own losing after three rounds by six points." "I continue to be impressed by how much our guys are improving each week," Slaybaugh said. "The young guys are l...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates are now 5-4 overall and 2-2 in SE 1B basketball standings after edging the Dayton Lady Bulldogs in overtime and suffering a fourth-quarter fade to drop a non-league contest to Genesee 54-46. The Lady Pirates hosted Waitsburg Wednesday of this week, meet St. John/Endicott-LaCrosse at home Friday and visit Tekoa-Rosalia Saturday. The Lady Pirates were led by Hollie Van Vogt and Kiersten Bartels, both with nine points, and Carmen Fruh with seven in the loss to Gen...
POMEROY––The second half of the basketball season is underway and the Pirates are 3-1 in SE 1B play and 4-5 overall following a 62-27 win over Genesee. The Pirates face Waitsburg this week, host SJEL on Friday and visit Tekoa-Rosalia Saturday that will leave eight games remaining in the regular season. Kyzer Herres paced the Bucs with 18 points and Braxton McKeirnan popped in 17 in the Genesee win. Adjustments after half time ballooned the lead as Pomeroy outscored Genesee 21-1 in the thi...
OROFINO– The Pirates wrestled in Orofino at the Maniac Invitational. Juniors Peyton Cannon and Levi Bowen led the team with second place finishes. Kole Zimmerman finished third and Jess Winona was fourth. "The guys continue to wrestle well and got some really good experience today in some tough matches," commented Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh. "We continue to talk about growth as we compete in the non-league competitions and I'm pleased with their progress as we head into the second half of our s...
POMEROY––The Pirate Wrestling Team finished sixth with 88 points, and three grapplers advanced to the championship match but ended up with second-place medals here Saturday, December 28. "The boys brought their A game for the home crowd," said Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh. "The whole team wrestled really well today," Slaybaugh said. "It can be tough wrestling right after a few days off for Christmas but that wasn't an issue today for the Pirates. I'm very happy with how each of them are pro...
The Pomeroy Gun Club will again participate in the Camas Prairie (CPTA)10-week competition beginning the weekend of January 11–12 continuing until March 16. The Camas Prairie Registered shoot will begin on Friday, March 21 in Walla Walla and RV spots can be reserved starting January 1 for that event. Check the Camas Prairie Trap Association Facebook page for details. We have an ample supply of shells and targets to supply youth shooters for the 10-week league at no cost. Juniors will have a s...
DAYTON–The Pirates rolled up a 29-16 half-time lead and the defense kept the lid on the Dayton Bulldogs throughout the game giving the Buccaneers a 51-37 SE 1B league victory here last week. The Pirates visited Liberty Christian on Monday of this week, then hosts Genesee for a non-league game on Saturday. They travel to Waitsburg for a league counter on Tuesday. The pirates are 3-4 overall, 3-1 in league. Pomeroy's defense played a big role in the win. "We defended well all game long and were go...
DAYTON–The Lady Pirates are now 2-2 in SE 1B league play and 5-3 overall after notching a 39-21 win at Liberty Christian on Monday and a squeaky-tight 38-36 overtime win in Dayton last Friday, December 27. The team faces Genesee at home on Friday then hits the road to Waitsburg next Tuesday. "Defensively we played one our better games and we rebounded better," commented Head Coach Brian Koller after the Liberty Christian game. Taylor Gilbert scored a game-high 15, pouring in nine in the first q...
POMEROY––The Pirates are 2-2 in league after splitting weekend contests with Whitman County rivals Gar-Pal and Oakesdale before breaking for the Christmas holidays. Pomeroy sliced through the Nighthawks here last Saturday, 65-46, but took a beating at Gar-Pal the night before 59-43. A post-Christmas visit to Dayton on December 27 and a non-league rubber match at Liberty Christian on December 30 are the remaining games of the year for the Pirates. Everything was clicking for the Pirates aga...
POMEROY–The Lady Buccaneers look to wrap up the 2024 side of this season's schedule with away games at Dayon this Friday and at Liberty Christian on Monday, December 30 following a pair of losses to Whitman County rivals Garfield-Palouse and Oakesdale. The Lady Nighthawks pummeled the Lady Pirates with a 21-point second half to edge the team 31-20 in the league counter. Lucy Hockett lifted her team with 13 game-high points. Isabella Field was Pomeroy's top scorer with six. At Palouse, G...
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...