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POMEROY––Pomeroy Middle School Girls Basketball defeated Oakesdale 32-29 Sept. 23 and downed Garfield-Palouse 40-32 Sept. 19 at home. "This was a tough game against a tall Oakesdale team that shot the ball really well," said Coach Haylee Dudley of the 32-29 win. "Despite being undersized, we rebounded well on the defensive end. We continue to improve in end-of-game situations." Scoring: Nataly McKeirnan 6, Camryn Claassen 2, Lilaina Severson 2, Sidney Wolf 11, Daphne Waldher 4, Willow Bowen 5,...
LEWISTON–Pomeroy's pair of cross country runners continue to team up closely, Bethany Zimmerman and Kiersten Bartels coming in close together in the 70-competitor pack on the LCSC course here Saturday, September 21. Zimmerman finished in 63rd place with a 28:29 time in the 5K run with teammate Bartels just a half minute behind at 28:59. Josie McLaughlin of St. George's won the event with an 18:45 mark. "Kiersten and Bethany both improved their 3.1 mile times from the last meet," said Coach G...
POMEROY––The Pomeroy Club Championships will begin Sunday, September 29 at the Crystal Springs Golf Course here with a 10:30 a.m. start. The best Gross score will be Club Champion, and there will be a Senior Champion for golfers 60 years and older, and a Super Seniors Champion for anyone 70 years and older. There will be prizes for Long Drive, Long Putt, and Closet to the Pin on all Par 3s. Golfers will draw for starting tee groups. Play is set up for white tees on the first nine, blue tees on...
POMEROY––The Pirates started strong and didn't look back with a strong finish with 22 fourth-quarter points in their 58-14 win over Mabton in a non-league game here Friday. Pomeroy travels to Granger to face Sunnyside Christian this Friday. The Pirate offense chalked up 486 yards and scored seven touchdowns while holding the Vikings to just 14 points. "Our defense played solid and battled through some adversity," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "We made some untimely penalties that gave Mab...
POMEROY–The Lady Pirates have three wins and look to up the ante against Colton and Dayton this week. The Lady Buccaneers beat DeSales in five sets, swept Tekoa-Rosalia and downed Waitsburg 3-0 to kick off the season. Pomeroy defeated DeSales 25-20, 28-26, 11-25, 23-25, 15-11 and T-R 25-14, 25-11, 25-20 at home, and Waitsburg 25-4, 25-8, 25-11 there. "It has been a great start to the season for us," said Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "The keys for the first three matches are we have done a great j...
POMEROY––The Pirate Cross Country team competed in its first meet Saturday in Clarkston. Pirate senior Kiersten Bartels and junior Bethany Zimmerman, who make up the P.H.S. X-C team this year, finished the 5K course in 42nd and 39th, respectively, out of a field of 53. Bartels' time was 29.28.41 and Zimmerman's time was 29.09.41. "This is Kiersten's and Bethany's first year doing Cross Country and thus their first 3.1-mile run," observed Coach Greg Sharp. "They both ran very well and ran mil...
By Loyal Baker SUNNYSIDE–The Pirates took on the LaConner Braves, racking up 38 first-quarter points and rolling to a 64-24 non-league win here September 6. Pomeroy hosts Mabton this Friday at Lybecker Field. "Pomeroy came out swinging against an unknown foe and put up 64 points against the former 11-man team from the West side," Head Coach Kyle Kimble said. The Pirates had 343 yds on the ground on 14 carries with seven touchdowns and added three scores through the air on 4 of 7 passing. Jett S...
Head Football Coach Kyle Kimble offered the Lewis-Clark State College Loggers football team the use of Lybecker field for home games on September 21 and 28. The college team was denied access to Bengal Field in Lewiston for this season's home games. When Kimble heard this news, he knew just the place: Lybecker field. -Submitted photo...
A DeSales defender gets Pirate ballcarrier Jacob Reisinger's football jersey in his grasp in action from last Friday's eight-team Football Jamboree at Lybecker field. Teams alternated running offense and defensive sets against one another in a live-scrimmage format. The Pirates kick off the 2024 campaign against LaConner at Sunnyside tomorrow. -EW photo...
POMEROY––The Pirate Fall Sports campaigns will be getting underway with Pirate Football hosting a nine-team jamboree here on Friday, August 30, with kickoffs at 5 p.m., and Pirate Volleyball begins its fall season against DeSales with a home match on September 6, first play getting underway at 5:30 p.m. Volleyball slides right into its busy season with another home match on Tuesday, Sept. 10, against Tekoa-Rosalia, first play at 4 p.m. The following day, September 11, the Lady Pirates tra...
LYONS FERRY–The eleventh annual SWIM the SNAKE event will be held at the Lyons Ferry Marina and Lyons Ferry State Park on Saturday, August 10, 2024, beginning at 11 a.m. Online registration is open. The non-competitive, open-water swim will commence ten minutes after the last "paired swimmer" leaves the State Park. Better swimmers may return to the State Park upon arrival at the Marina and transportation will be provided for those who wish only to swim the channel, 0.7 mile. All participants are...
PALOUSE–The Pomeroy Pirate swim team came in second by a single point at the Tri-County swim meet on August 3. Peyton Newberg won every race she entered, and high point for her age group, Girls 12 and under. Brantley McKeirnan also won high point for his age group, Boys 8 and under. Merritt Scoggin, the team's senior swimmer, won the 50 Breaststroke race to finish his high school career undefeated in the stroke. He stated he enjoyed swimming with his teammates and watching them improve over t...
COLTON–Five members of the Pomeroy Gun Club shot all or part of the Western Zone competition at Colton Gun Club over the weekend of July 19-21. The Western Zone has competition between 14 Clubs in the Western United States and Canada. The local Club provides awards along with the Zone collecting scores from each club and providing awards for the top shooters in each event at the 14 sites. Due to the internet, scores are compiled quickly. Steve and Holly Ledgerwood, Buck Geiger, Terry John, a...
By Charlotte Baker PALOUSE–The Pomeroy Pirate swim team competed against St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna (SELW), and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) last Thursday July 25 for the last meet before County meet in Palouse August 4. The Pirates took second place overall with a score of 179, GPOP came in third with 138, and SELW topped the points with 227. The following are the top four placers in this competition. Girls 12U 100 Yd FS-SELW Waddell, Jersie 1:20.78; POM Horal, Myka 1...
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team placed a solid third at the Pullman-GPOP-Pomeroy swim meet last Friday at Pullman on July 19. Combined scores for the Pullman Barracudas was 492; GPOP had 334.5 points and the Pomeroy Pirates brought in 269.5. The following is the results from that meet: Girls 12&U 100-yd Freestyle-POM-Miller, Sophie 1:23.59; PUL-Denney, Maeve 1:24.09; GPOP-Henning, Jordyn3 1:30.97; PUL-Shaw, Mirabel1:37.84; Boys 12&U 100-yd Freestyle-POM-Edwards, Kae 1:30.07; GPOP...
POMEROY–The team of John Eaton and Mitch Ruchert took first place in the men's portion of the 18 holes, three format tournament featuring six holes of scramble, six holes of best ball and six holes of alternate shot. The pair carded a score of two under par 60. Al Damron and Scott Young took second place with a 65. Daniel Lake and Emily Lux won the mixed doubles title and Tanner and Savanna Cranor were second. A total of 15 teams competed in the tournament that featured on course prizes g...
POMEROY–The first Pirate Youth Golf Camp was held at Crystal Springs Golf Course for 14 young golfers on Jun 22 and 29. The Youth Golf Camp had 14 2nd-8th grade players who learned basic skills and safety for two hours each day. Pirate head coach Al Damron organized and headed the staff of Tom Ruchert, John Eaton, and Scott Young. "These kids showed some real potential as golfers and everyone had a real positive experience," said Damron....
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team placed first and second at the July 11 and 9 meets with GPOP, Colfax; and SELW, Col, Endicott teams. Pomeroy ranked first at the GPOP and Colfax with a total score of 614.5; Colfax 285.5 The Endicott meet on July 9, the Pirates placed second in all rankings: women, men, and overall. Following are the top four places in each event beginning with the GPOP, Colfax, Pomeroy July 11 meet. JULY 11 2024 POMEROY - GPOP, COLFAX, POMEROY Combined Team Scores...
LEWISTON–The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) recognized four members of the Lewis-Clark State Women's Golf team, Chase Caruso, Deana Caruso, Kyla Currie, and Dallis Shockey, for high academics with the WGCA All-American Scholar Honor. They each brought home the award. Chase Caruso, a Pomeroy High School graduate, finished her freshman season as a Business major with a 3.94 GPA, and sister Deana Caruso, also a Pomeroy High School graduate, earned her degree in Graphic Communications w...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Five Pomeroy Pirate players of America's pastime, baseball and fast-pitch softball, were named to the Southeast 1B All Opponent Team for the 2024 season, and Pirate baseball coach Kyler Lovgren was honored as a Co-Coach of the Year. Pirate Fast-Pitch player Hannah Bagby, a senior, was named to the First Team for positions of infield and pitcher. Pirate catcher Kendyll Potoshnik, a freshman, was also given the nod Three Pirate baseball team members-two seniors and a fre...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy baseball team held their 2024 awards picnic at the Shepherd Field on May 22. Head Coach Kyler Lovgren spoke about the season, particularly the game against Orcas Island in Anacordis. "That last game was memorable for me," Coach Lovgren said. "I saw the Pomeroy community show up for their kids and the kids show up for their community. It was them delivering on everything I asked. I couldn't be more proud." The team took first place in the Wheat division, and made it to the f...
YAKIMA–Pirate thinclad Tyler Slaybaugh finished his high school track and field career with a new personal best and a first-place finish in the pole vault as the Pirate Track and Field Team competed at the 1B State meet here last week. Slaybaugh added a third-place medal in the 100 m. dash and an eighth-place medal as one of the 4X100 m. Relay team, along with Jett Slusser, Jacob Reisinger and Boone Schmidt. Carmen Fruh captured second in the pole vault with teammate Reagan McKeirnan in third a...
TUMWATER–The Pomeroy Pirate Golf Team were unfortunately bumped from the second day of competition due to missing the cut off here last week. "Neither one made the cut for day two," commented Head Coach Al Damron of the two Pirate golfers who qualified for state, Reggie Ott and Kiersten Bartels. Ott, a junior, carded a 101, which was above the cut off of 88 strokes. Ott's performance tied him for 39th with Davenport's Mac Larmer. There were 59 golfers in the field, won by Joe Anderson of O...
RITZVILLE–Pirate senior Tyler Slaybaugh will lead the Pomeroy Track and Field team to the state championships this week in Yakima, looking for a repeat of his first-place finish in the 100m. dash, along with a myriad of promising Pirate tracksters. Slaybaugh is also a contender in the 200m. dash, pole vault and as a member of the 4X100 Relay along with Jacob Reisinger, Jett Slusser and Boone Schmidt. Pomeroy's track and field athletes will compete in events beginning with Slaybaugh's p...
ELLENSBURG–Former Pomeroy High School track and field standout Destany Herbert is continuing her winning ways in the 2024 outdoor track and field competition. She recently won the hammer throw at the GNAC 2024 Outdoor Track and Field Championships here May 10-11. Her effort of 49.57 m. or 162-7 was good enough for first place. She made a 14.00 m. (45-11.25) throw in the shot put for a second-place finish. Herbert was also named to the 2024 Division II Outdoor Track & Field All-Region team in t...