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POMEROY–The final week of the Camas Prairie Trapshooting competition greeted Pomeroy Gun Club shooters with bright sunlight on the first day of daylight savings and a stiff east breeze. The result was no shooter being able to break a perfect 25 but nine shooters missing one target for scores of 24. On Saturday of the final weekend the 12-year-old and younger shooters were led by the 21X25 score shot by Rowdy Cole in the 16-yard event. Rowdy also broke the best Handicap score for the youngest s...
The SE 1B District 9 Boys Basketball All League 2020 selections for the Wheat Division included, front row: Logan Brown, Oakesdale; Rory Maloney, SJEL; Jadin Campbell, TR; Lane Collier, Gar-Pal, Will Lanius, Oakesdale; Bryce Pfaff, Gar-Pal. Standing: Coach of the Year: Carl Crider, Oakesdale; Morgan Martin, TR; Trevin Kimble, Pomeroy; Jackson Perry, Oakesdale; Ollie Severs, Pomeroy; Tanner Fleming, SJEL; Player of the Year Isaac Bone, TR. -Submitted photo...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Gun Club members had a busy week nine of the Camas Prairie Trapshooting competition and seven members traveled to Orofino Gun Club for their registered shoot on Saturday March 4. Wayne Tetrick dominated over the 46 shooters that attended the shoot by shooting a top score of 98X100 to win B Class singles and by winning the Handicap event with a 93. Tetrick's 98 would have won A class also as it was the top score of the day. Holly Ledgerwood was the Lady Champion in Orofino wit...
POMEROY––Spring sports get underway next week, with the Pomeroy Pirate baseball and softball teams hosting Liberty (Spangle) Tuesday, March 14, each team playing double headers. Next up on the schedule for the baseball team will be at Asotin versus the Asotin J.V.s, starting at 4:30 p.m. on March 16. Baseball plays again on March 18, again at Asotin, versus the Clarkston JVs. The game starts at 8:30 a.m. The Pomeroy Pirate Golf Team gets going on its 2023 season at the Walla Walla Country Clu...
The Jr. Hi. Wrestling team traveled to Lincoln MS in Pullman February 27 to match up with Jenifer, Potlatch, Dayton/Waitsburg, and Pullman MS. Pomeroy competed against every school within a 100-mile radius that has junior high winter wrestling. "We had several great matches," said Coach Fred Knebel. Kole Zimmerman led the team with a third-place medal. Zimmerman made it to the finals where he lost to the champion from Sacajawea, Knebel said. "In this tournament, they have wrestle-backs, which...
POMEROY–Mother nature dealt the Pomeroy Gun Club members another "blow" during this past weekend's shooting activities at the local range. The blow was gusty winds that affected target flight on both days. Targets can be set on the trap machines in steady winds but when winds gust target flight is unpredictable and problems are created for shooters. The 12-year-old and under16-yard competition, on Saturday, Luke Collier had the best weekend score of 17. Carter Barron posted the best Handicap s...
MOUNT VERNON–After advancing to the second round following a home-court win over Muckleshoot Tribal School, the Pomeroy Pirates dropped from State 1B Tournament play with a lopsided loss at Mount Vernon Christian on Saturday, finishing the 2022-23 boys' hoops season 16-8. The Pirates suffered a rough start against Mt. Vernon Christian last Saturday in Mt. Vernon, and struggled again in the third quarter, falling 65-40 after earlier advancing by parlaying a 14-4 first-quarter advantage into a 6...
The Pomeroy Jr. High "A" volleyball team played the last two matches of the season last week, a three-set, home-court win over Tekoa-Rosalia, and a 2-1 victory over Colfax. The "A" team finished at 9-1, taking 26 of 30 sets, the "B" team went 9-3 and the "C" team finished 6-1. "These girls were extremely coachable and very supportive of each other," Van Vogt said. "They were a joy to coach and it's sad that such a fun season is over. I look forward to getting to coach some of these girls in...
TACOMA–Pirate wrestler Curtis Winona wrestled his way through the WIAA Mat Classic XXXIV consolation bracket and did it in a rare manner: pinning his opponent in each of his five wins here last weekend. Winona's solitary loss by fall was in his second bout to the eventual state champion, Conan Northwind of Granger. "Curtis turned out his best wrestling of the season," commented Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh., "He looked dominant in his five wins, finishing each one with a pin. Winona pinned o...
DAYTON–Pirate basketball fans got their money's worth from the Buccaneer Five as the team battled to stay alive in the District 9 tournament against first Tekoa-Rosalia, then Oakesdale, winning both to move on to play-in games in the WIAA State Tournament Opening Round, which started prior to this edition's press time, Tuesday, Feb. 21, with the Pirates taking on Muckleshoot Tribal School on the home maple. Please visit www.eastwashingtonian.com for the latest on the Pirate boys' adventures on h...
POMEROY–Sub-Junior Pomeroy Gun Club shooter, Gunner Magill, took top score at the Colton Gun Club's registered shoot while Camas Prairie week seven competition proved tough. For local Gun Club, a cold front caused high winds making targets quite allusive. Five Pomeroy Gun Club shooters, Lee Blachly, Larry Bunch, Brodie Magill, Gunner Magill and Wayne Tetrick travelled to Colton on Saturday to participate in their registered shoot. In the Sub Junior division at the Colton Gun Club registered s...
The Pomeroy Jr. High "A" volleyball team played two matches on the road this week, traveling to Oakesdale and Asotin, suffering its first loss to Oakesdale then defeating Asotin. "We got off to a slow start in Oakesdale and dropped the first game, played better in the second game and lost a tight match before taking the third game," said Coach Adam VanVogt. "I was happy to see us battle and get progressively better throughout the night. I think we learned a lesson about our mindset when playing...
The Jr. Hi. Wrestling team traveled to Jenifer MS in Lewiston Feb. 15 where we matched up with Orofino, Moscow, Potlatch, Dayton/Waitsburg, and Jenifer MS. The team had several great matches, said Coach Fred Knebel. "Chance Savage had another great night where he pinned his first opponent in ten seconds," Knebel said. "Lincoln Lovgren pinned both of his opponents in the second round. Lincoln is on a three-win run right now. James Blachly wrestled hard and was inches away from winning his only...
POMEROY––The Pomeroy Pirates won the loser-out game against Muckleshoot Tribal here Tuesday, the 69-62 decision propelling the Pirates into another loser-out game this coming Saturday, February 25, in Mount Vernon, Wash. The Pirates will take on Mt. Vernon Christian at 12 noon in the Mt. Vernon High School gym in game No. 6 of Round 2 of the WIAA 1B Boys Basketball Tournament....
POMEROY–The Camas Prairie 10-week shooting competition saw some good weather for shooters during the sixth week of the event at the Pomeroy Gun Club, but good scores did not materialize on a disappointing weekend. In the 12-year-old and younger 16-yard competition Rowdy Cole posted a 22X25 score to lead that age group. Carter Barron shot the best score in Handicap with a score of 20. Braxton McKeirnan and Gunner Magill had a pair of 23s to lead the Sub Juniors in the 16-yard competition on S...
REARDAN–Pirate wrestler Curtis Winona bounced back from a first-bout defeat to win the next two outings and finish third in the 182-lb. bracket at the 1B/2B Region 3 Tournament here Saturday, February 11. He will wrestle at the Mat Classic XXXIV in the Tacoma Dome Friday and Saturday, February 17 and 18, where the junior wrestler is first pitted against Evan Kunkel of Napavine, also a junior, in Bout 7. "Curtis Winona was in top form today," said Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh. "He lost a tough s...
POMEROY––After registering a first-round 50-37 decision over Liberty Christian, the Pirates were dropped into the consolation bracket by a 43-33 loss to Sunnyside Christian, setting up a 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 15 matchup with Tekoa-Rosalia at Dayton High School in a loser-out game. The Pirates beat TR by seven in early January at home, and lost an overtime barn-burner at Rosalia, 63-65, so the next game is highly anticipated to keep fans on the edges of their seats. A win would advance the P...
WALLA WALLA–The 2022-23 Girls Basketball season came to an abrupt end when the Lady Pirates were unable to overcome icy moments and find fourth-quarter energy to overcome their District opponents, losing to Yakama Nation and DeSales to take an early exit in the post season. The Lady Irish capitalized on the Lady Bucs' offensive hard luck to notch a 42-30 win last Friday, following a February 8 loss at Yakama Nation Tribal by 49-38. "It was a really rough loss," Head Coach Tai Bye said of the con...
POMEROY-Due to an increased number of 1B basketball teams this season, the WIAA is instituting a 20-team bracket in which the last eight RPI teams play loser-out games for the opportunity to advance to the second round, according the Toddette McGreevy, Pomeroy A.D. The Pirate boys are RPI No. 15, and they will play the Muckleshoot Tribal School, No. 18, in the Pomeroy gym at 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 21. If Pomeroy wins Tuesday, they will advance to a Saturday, February 25 game at No. 10 Mount...
POMEROY–Local shooters Barron Magill and Travis Ledgerwood managed a couple of perfect 25X25 scores in the 16-yard event during the fifth scheduled Camas Prairie Competition Shoot, which is the score that counts towards the 10-week rankings. The Pomeroy Gun Club was greeted by breezy, sometimes wet conditions during week five, the half way point, of the 2023 Camas Prairie competition, but still achieved some good scores. In the week's 12-year-old and under competition. Carter Barron was the t...
The Pomeroy Jr. High girls volleyball team defeated Garfield-Palouse 25-22, 16-25, 15-6 at home on January 30. Three players from the roster but had several players swing up, including Tatum Jones, who played all the way around and played a strong match in her first A team start. Missing so many pieces can be disconcerting for teams of any age but the team did a good job of acting like it was just another match. They played composed despite having new pieces on the court and having different...
CLARKSTON–The Jr. Hi Wrestling team traveled to Clarkston to take on the following teams: Grangeville, Clearwater Valley, and Clarkston on Wednesday. The boys had a great first round as the team suffered only one defeat. As the night progressed, so did the wrestling. Chance Savage started off with an 11-0 victory, Lincoln Lovgren lost by fall (Lincoln will beat this kid the next time they wrestle), Jackson Hutchens won by fall in the first round, Jess Winona held on for a very tough match and p...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Wrestling Team all finished in the money here Saturday, making the cut to the Regional Tournament this Saturday in Reardan in the Southeast 1B/2B League Championship. "All three wrestlers will be going to regionals to battle it out for one of the three spots to state," said Head Coach Mat Slaybaugh. The top four out of this tournament advanced. The Pirates were seventh with 44 points, with Davenport leading with 227 points. "Freshman Peyton Cannon had a great day finishing s...