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POMEROY–The summer pool season opened with a free admission on Sunday, June 11, and swim team practice started Monday, June 12 ,with retuning and many new participants. For those wishing to cool off during the afternoon or early evening hours, the pool will open from 1-5 p.m. and again at 6-8 p.m. Season passes are available for individuals ($85), family of four ($265) plus ($55) additional charge for each person added to that package, or pay for admittance daily ($3.50). To participate on t...
POMEROY–Local gun club had five members participate in the 2023 Colton Silver Shoot over the weekend of June 3-4, where Holly Ledgerwood takes the Lady Singles silver home. Five members of Pomeroy Gun Club participated in all or part of the Colton Silver Shoot this past weekend at Colton Gun Club. The shoot features 1 oz. silver coins displayed in nice cases as a Trophy. Holly Ledgerwood managed to take the Lady singles Silver home in Saturday's singles event. Saturday's Singles, Holly had t...
POMEROY-The Pirate Baseball awards were held at the Shepherd Fields on May 24. Head Coach Kyler Lovgren praised the 2023 team for their hard work and their willingness to make adjustments throughout the season. He recognized Trevin Kimble, Trace Roberts and Ollie Severs for their leadership in putting in extra practice to make adjustments needed to succeed. "All in all," Lovgren said, "great job guys." Trace Roberts received the Big Stick award, Jayden Slusser received Most Inspirational, and...
POMEROY–The 2023 Pirate Softball awards were handed out at the Pomeroy Jr/Sr High School on May 24. Thirteen girls received participation letters: KayLee Schmidt who also received a four-year pin, Taylor Gilbert, Jadence Gingerich, Kendyll Potoshnik, Molly Warren, Hannah Bagby, Olivia Cooper, Grace Hart, Isabella Field, Maria Altube, Emily Boyd, Clara Jentz, and Caroline McKeirnan. Giselle Morfin and Camryn Claassen were managers. KayLee Schmidt and Hannah Bagby were captains this season. C...
TUMWATER–Pirate golfers Chase Caruso and Brady Bott springboarded off their D7/D9 District Championships for high placements at the 1B/2B Golf Championships here May 23-24, Caruso repeating as the second-best woman golfer in the state 1B/2B ranks, and Brady Bott barely out of higher placings by a few strokes for a sixth-place finish. Caruso golfed a 79 on both days, but Sound Christian's Makenna Kelpman edged ahead of her by two strokes the first day and four the second to make a six-stroke d...
YAKIMA–State championships in the pole vault and the 100m. dash, and a plethora of top eight finishes from members of the Pirate boys team counted for 52 points, just a smidgeon behind the top two teams, Evergreen Lutheran and Mary Walker, which tied for the state championship with 56 points, making the Pirates second in state at the 1B-2B-1A State Championships here last week. "When adding up the points scored by everyone else who placed, Pomeroy finished with 52 points at the meet and a s...
YAKIMA–Dayton High School junior all-around athlete Reuben Yutzy finished his 2023 track and field campaign with an appearance in the shot put event, but his performance didn't quite match the throw that qualified him for the big meet here last weekend. Yutzy, an all-around athlete for Dayton-Waitsburg's track program, finished in 13th place with a 38-8½ shot put effort. "Reuben looked very sharp," commented Head Coach Dan Nechodom, "having put in a few weeks of some focused effort to imp...
WALLA WALLA–Seven members of the Pomeroy Gun Club participated in all or some of the Washington State ATA Trap Shoot at the Gun Club there, where some good scores were shot by the Pomeroy Gun Club members on Thursday May 18 through Sunday May 21. In addition, Larry Bunch brought home some trophies. Holly Ledgerwood had the top Singles score among Pomeroy participants on Thursday with a score of 95, and Larry Bunch managed a 92. Bunch had a 90 in the Day's Handicap and a 94 in Doubles which t...
DAYTON–DW's Lady Wolfpack Fastpitch ten-runned the Goldendale Lady Timberwolves 16-1 here Wednesday, May 17, to advance in the District 5 2B Fastpitch Softball tournament, but then fell to Kittitas-Thorpe and Cle Elum-Roslyn to bow out of post-season play. Dayton-Waitsburg faced EWAC 5 West league champion Kittitas-Thorpe on Friday, May 19, and trailed by a handful of points through the early innings before the Lady Coyotes poured in nine runs in the top of the seventh inning for the 17-1 w...
COLFAX–The heat sheet for the 1B State Track and Field Championships, this weekend in Yakima, is unique: six of the 14 state berths, indeed five of the top six, are Pomeroy Pirates, and a total of ten Pirates will be competing-meet. The Pomeroy boys were edged into second place by Mary Walker, five points separating the teams, and the Pirate Women finished ninth with 29 points at the 1B D7 & D9 Regional at Colfax last weekend. Sidney Bales and Katie Boyer were regional champions-pole vault. "...
CLARKSTON–Seniors Chase Caruso and Brady Bott both won individual District championships at the Southeast 1B District Golf Tournament on Thursday at Red Wolf Golf Club in Clarkston. The two Pirate golfers advanced to the State 1B Golf Tournament at Tumwater Valley Golf Club in Tumwater, Wash., Tuesday and Wednesday, May 23-24. Caruso wrapped up her prep career with a two-day total of 177 and her third District title, said Pirate Golf Head Coach Al Damron. She intends to attend and golf for L...
WALLA WALLA–Lead by Chase Caruso and Brady Bott, five of Pomeroy's six golf-team members advanced from the Southeast 1B Sub-District Golf Tournament to the District tourney at Clarkston's Red Wolf Golf Club on May 18. Caruso continued her winning ways, finishing second out of a field of 15 with a 90 on the 18-hole, par 72 Veterans Memorial course. "Chase's prospects are good," observed Head Coach Al Damron. Bott also finished high, at second in a field of 20, carding an 87. "He's a solid g...
RITZVILLE–Eighteen Pirate track and field athletes finished in the money at the District 7/9 Regional meet here May 10. Regionals will be in Colfax May 19 and 20, with the qualifying finishers going to the 1B-2B-1A state meet in Yakima May 25-27. "Our teams showed well as the boys finished second overall and the girls took eighth," said Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "We advanced 18 athletes to the regional qualifier, plus relay alternates. A lot of our kids not only moved on but had strong days p...
SPANGLE–After winning two "stay-alive" games against Touchet and Wellpinit, the Pirates' post-season run was cut short by a bottom-of-the-seventh rally by the Northport Mustangs, who walked away with a 6-5 win, capping Pomeroy's season at 12-9, and like so many games in baseball, it came down to a single pitch. Pomeroy won 11-6 over the Wellpinit Redskins on May 10 to advance to the Northport game. Northport, the second-place team out of District 7 behind undefeated Almira Coulee-Hartline, w...
DAYTON–Lady Wolfpack Fastpitch finished the last two double headers winning three of four and finishing in second place in the EWAC 2B Fastpitch standings with a 4-4 record, 6-9 overall. DW played Goldendale on May 17 at home in their first post-season game, and will continue in the bracket Friday at Pasco. Visit DaytonChronicle.com for up-to-date information. The Wolfpack split a road twin bill with Columbia-Burbank, losing 4-3 then winning 11-8 on May 12. DW had a 3-1 lead in the third but t...
BURBANK–Javelin thrower Reuben Yutzy was the sole Dayton-Waitsburg Track and Field team member to qualify for the state tournament in Yakima, the junior sprinter, jumper and thrower placing fourth. Yutzy and the DW track and field team competed at the EWAC District meet here Tuesday, May 16, with several Wolfpack athletes setting personal records. He advances to the State Championships for 1B, 2B and 1A schools at Eisenhower High School, Yakima, May 25-27. Yutzy also finished sixth in the 1...
DW Lady Wolfpack seniors, from left, Hendrix Groom, Madison Gallardo, and Shaylah King, were honored by teammates, coaches, fans and family on the occasion of their final home game in Dayton-Waitsburg uniforms. -Chronicle photo...
POMEROY–A few local Gun Club members brought home some trophies from the Spring Shoot at Culdesac, Idaho over last weekend. Seven members of Pomeroy Gun Club attended the Spring shoot at Culdesac, Idaho Gun Club this past weekend May 6 and 7. They brought home some Trophy Hardware from the shoot. There were 40 to 50 total shooters who participated in the event. Saturday featured a Doubles Marathon of 300 Targets and Jim Adams, Larry Bunch and Buck Geiger participated in that event. Adams b...
WALLA WALLA–This week's SubDistrict match at Veterans Memorial Golf Course here will separate out those golfers who will advance to District and potentially on to state. At Subdistrict, played here Wednesday, May 10, half of the 42 golfers will advance to District next Thursday at Red Wolf in Clarkston, said Coach Al Damron. Five boys and four girls will continue on at the state match in Tumwater May 23-24....
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––The Pirate boys captured the League crown at the 1B League Championships here May 2, with the girls finishing in fifth, and all eyes set on District. The team traveled to Ritzville Wednesday for the District 7 & 9 Championships for athletes to qualify for the regional meet, set for May 19-20 in Colfax. Pomeroy hosted not only the League Championship meet but also the Cinco De Mayo Twilight meet May 5. The Pirate boys with 126 points were nearly 30 points ahead of second-p...
By Loyal Baker TOUCHET–The Pirates stayed alive in the post season with an 11-8 win over the Touchet Redhawks to break a tie for fourth place in District 9 1B baseball here Monday, May 8. The win propels Pomeroy into another play-in game and they were slated to play District 7's fifth-place team Wellpinit at Ritzville at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9. The winner will continue this Saturday, facing District 7's No. 3 team in a game to be played at Spangle. "It was a great baseball game today," c...
RITZVILLE–The Pomeroy Pirates downed the Wellpinit Redskins 11-6 to advance in District 1B baseball play here May 10. The Pirates next face Northport, the second-place team out of District 7, with the first pitch at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13 at Liberty High School in Spangle. Pomeroy’s record is now 12-8 and Northport has a 14-4 record behind undefeated Almira Coulee-Hartline at 15-0. “We had a great performance on the mound from Ollie Severs and Brodie Magill,” said Head Coach Kyler Lovgren...
GARFIELD–Pirate pitchers threw back-to-back perfect games here against Garfield-Palouse on April 25, winning 14-0 and 18-0 and getting poised for post-season play. The Pirates are 8-6 in league and sit in fourth place, and depending on how the Touchet Redhawks do this week at SJEL, Pomeroy could be in like Flynn or, if 6-6 Touchet sweeps SJEL, would have a play-in game for the fourth seed. Another wild card is the possibility of third-place Sunnyside Christian sweeping sixth-place Colton (...
RITZVILLE–The Pomeroy track team had two meets this past week, first hostin 1B and 2B teams for a league meet and then traveling to the Undeberg Invite in Ritzville Saturday, April 29. "We had a lot of athletes do well at both meets but the highlight for our team came at the Undeberg Invite, where our boys placed fourth overall out of 28 teams ranging from 1B to 3A in size," said Head Coach Adam VanVogt. Braedon Fruh took the championship in pole vault at that meet with a personal best vault of...
GARFIELD–A seventh-inning rally propelled the Lady Pirates over the Garfield-Palouse Lady Vikings 15-11 to break a long losing spell for the fast-pitch team here on April 25, then the team finished out the season with twin-bill losses to Tekoa-Rosalia and DeSales, ending the campaign with a 1-19 season record, 1-9 in conference play. Pomeroy finished in a tie with Gar-Pal for fifth place. "The girls came back excited to play [after losing 23-13 in the first game]," commented Head Coach Lexi Beal...