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POMEROY––Pirate football opened the eight-man season with a convincing 42-0 drubbing of the Orofino Maniacs here Sept. 1. This week Pomeroy visits DeSales for a 7 p.m. kick off Sept. 9. The Pirates cranked out four first-quarter touchdowns: Walker Flynn punched the first in on a six-yard run then tacked on the extra point; Ollie Severs pulled in a 41-yard Trevin Kimble pass for a 14-0 lead; Flynn again made a one-yard scoring run with Kimble adding the PAT; and Kimble rushed for a two-yard tou...
POMEROY––A schedule change finds Pirate football opening its season tonight against the Orofino Maniacs with a 7 p.m. kick off at Lybecker Field. Lady Pirate Volleyball will sidestep the Clarkston Jamboree this week, Toddette McGreevy, athletic director, said. Practice counts did not permit the team to compete. The volleyball season opens Wednesday, September 7 at DeSales, first serve at 6 p.m. The Pirate Cross Country schedule is in the process of being finalized, McGreevy said. See the com...
6th-8th Girls Basketball Sept. 15 @ All Saints 4:30 p.m. 19 @ Gar-Pal (Garfield) 4:30 p.m. 22 Colfax 4:30 p.m. 26 ESJL 4:30 p.m. 29 Asotin 4:30 p.m. Oct. 3 Colton 4:30 p.m. 10 Oakesdale 4:30 p.m. 13 @Tekoa/Ros 4:30 p.m. 17 All Saints 4:30 p.m. 20 @ ESJL (Endicott) 4:30 p.m....
COLFAX–The Pomeroy Pirate Swim Team places second in the women's team ranking, and fifth in men's and combined team scores at the Tri-County Swim League Championship meet August 2. Five swim teams: Colfax, St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna (SELW), Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP), Pullman Barracudas, and Pomeroy; faced off at the championship meet in Colfax last weekend. Top winning team was Colfax with 329 total points, SELW at 321.5, Barracudas coming in at 283, GPOP taking 228, f...
POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team competed in two meets this week on Thursday July 21, placing third against Colfax and Pullman in a meet held at the Colfax pool, and took first place at the Tuesday, July 19, meet against Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) held here. The Pomeroy Pirate team took third at the Colfax pool with a combined score of 347. Colfax placed first with a score of 494.5; and Pullman Barracudas Swim Team accumulated 399.5 points. In the Women's division, Colfax placed f...
COLTON–Six members of Pomeroy Gun Club participated in the Western Zone shoot July 15-17 hosted by the Colton Gun Club. Bob Koller, Steve and Holly Ledgerwood, Larry Bunch, Buck Geiger, and Terry John all attended and brought Home quite a bit of Trophy Hardware. The Western Zone shoot is conducted at 14 different Clubs in the Western United States and Canada and scores are shared over the internet. The Zone has its own awards and there are Trophies provided by the Host Clubs also. In Friday's S...
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirates Swim Team took first place at seasons second meet against Colfax, and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) in Colfax on July 14, after placing second at the first meet in Endicott on July 12. The Pirates scored 468 total points against the Colfax with 383, and GPOP swim teams 306 at the meet in Colfax Thursday, July 14. Pomeroy took first ranking in the women category with 264 and men at 204. Colfax maintained second placing in both categories s...
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO–Pomeroy High School Senior Braedyn White, has signed with the College of Southern Idaho Rodeo Team while earning an Ag Business degree on a full-ride scholarship for entry there next fall. "The College of Southern Idaho Rodeo Team is very excited to have Braedyn White join us this fall on a full-ride scholarship," said Steve Birnie, CSI Rodeo Coach. "His character, work ethic, and drive to be the best he can be are all the traits we love to have in our rodeo s...
WALLA WALLA–Pomeroy High School Senior Keely Maves recently signed to attend Walla Walla Community College there, to play Warrior Basketball next fall. Maves has selected and signed to play for Walla Walla Community College in Walla Walla, Wash and a Warrior. This year, she ended her senior season as team captain, with the “most valuable award”, and most rebounds with 194. She also set a new school record of 515 points achieved in one season. “This year, State 1B Basketball tournament beat the previous scoring record of 64 points with the cur...
CHENEY–It was a good State 1B Track and Field meet for Pomeroy with high-flying senior pole vaulter Colton Slaybaugh not only winning the event, but setting a new 1B state record at 14-1. The Pirate boys scored 40½ points to finish with a fifth-place team trophy. The Lady Pirates were 14th with 18 points. "I'm thankful that, after two straight years with no state competition, my seniors who competed at state–Troy [Steele], Raelin [Borley], and Colton–all left with at least one medal...
DEER PARK–Pirate junior Chase Caruso finished the two-day state golf match here in second place and brings home a medal as WIAA 1B Girls Golf returned after a two-year COVID delay May 24-25. Caruso fired a career best 78 on day two after an 83 on day one of the State tournament in Deer Park last week, said Head Coach Al Damron. "I had a great season and really enjoyed all the courses I got to golf at," Caruso said. "I really appreciate everyone's support throughout the season and I can't wait fo...
For the fourth consecutive meet both Pomeroy Junior High boys and girls track teams won the meet by points. The boys scored a season-high 162 points (2nd place Asotin scored 100) and the girls also scored a season-high 143½ points (2nd place Gar/Pal scored 118½). “This is the third consecutive week that we have scored more points than the previous week,” said Coach Adam VanVogt. “To win both the boy’s and girl’s title at a meet is a very difficult accomplishment. To do it four meets in a row is an achievement I don’t remember any junior high t...
LIBERTY LAKE–The Pomeroy Boys ran, jumped and vaulted their way to the regional championship here last week, tallying 104 points to easily outdistance St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse for team honors as some 18 Pirate thinclads are bound for state at EWU this weekend. Leading the charge for the Pirates will be Colton Slaybaugh, Katie Boyer and Sidney Bales, all champions in their respective events. "We scored 104 points to win the meet," said Head Coach Adam VanVogt, "which had 22 teams competing. S...
DEER PARK–As this edition goes to press, Pomeroy's Golf Team will be on the links, competing-State Golf Tournament at Ridgefield Golf Course here on May 24-25. "There is always the potential for success," commented Head Coach Al Damron. "Chase should place high and both boys have been playing better lately, so we are hopeful." District Champion Chase Caruso headed to the first state match since 2019 earlier this week with a string of match victories to her name. Last year, Caruso finished a...
By Adam Van Vogt COLFAX–The Pomeroy Pirate boys and girls track team and individuals won by points for the third consecutive meet. The boys scored a season-best 150 points, second place Asotin scored 104, and the girls scored a season-high 120.5 points; second place Gar/Pal scored 110. “These kids have been awesome and performed really well,” said Coach Adam Van Vogt. “To win both the boy’s and girl’s title at a meet is a very difficult accomplishment. To do it 3 meets in a row is an achievement I don’t remember any junior high team doing in...
RITZVILLE–The Pirate Boys, on the strength of numerous firsts, seconds, thirds and more, out-pointed a field of 18 teams at the District 6/7/9 Championships/Regional Qualifier here Saturday, tallying 103 points and sending ten boys on to Regionals along with six Lady Pirate thinclads, who finished eighth out of 22 teams. The Regional meet will be at Ridgeline High School in Spokane this Friday and Saturday, May 20-21. “We also had the most combined points of any team at the meet,” said Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. “To do so well at a meet with so...
POMEROY––District 9 baseball and fast-pitch softball coaches have named the "All Opponent" teams (formerly known as All League). Pirate pitcher Trevin Kimble was one of two players who was a unanimous selection of District 9 coaches, according to Kyler Lovgren, Pirate Head Coach. "Trevin is a great baseball player and was a force on the mound for us," Lovgren commented. "Trevin is one of those guys that stands out in whatever position he is playing whether on the mound, behind the plate or pla...
CLARKSTON–Three Pomeroy Pirate golfers–Chase Caruso, Brady Bott and Jett Slusser–will advance to the 1B State Golf Match at Deer Park May 27-28. Caruso continued her streak of golf-match wins by firing a career-best 82 for a two-day total of 166 to capture the Girls District Championship. "Chase was steady all day, tee-to-green, and very good with her putter as well," commented Head Coach Al Damron. "The prospects are good for the Pirates at next week's state tourney," he added. Bott has rebou...
POMEROY––After playing superlative baseball and beating Sunnyside Christian 7-2, the Pirates looked like a different team in the nightcap, dropping the must-win ballgame 18-1 May 3, finishing fourth in league and out of further post-season play. "It was a frustrating loss for us," said Head Coach Kyler Lovgren of the nightcap loss. "We weren't able to make the plays like we did in the first game and we got down on ourselves, which caused quite a few mental errors." The Pirates finished the sea...
WALLA WALLA–The Pomeroy Golf Team is sending five golfers to District in Clarkston on May 16. Chase Caruso continued to chase the district championship, winning the field of 17 girls at Walla Walla's Veterans Memorial Course last Monday with an 84 at Sub-District. "Chase Caruso once again led the girls' field," said Head Coach Al Damron, "this time by an impressive 33-stroke advantage over the second-place finisher, carding an 84 at the sub-District." Brady Bott shot a 97 to tie for second in t...
POMEROY––With the 1B District 6/7/9 Regional Championship meet ahead, Pirate runners, jumpers and throwers who qualified–and there is likely to be quite a few–gave stellar performances at a pair of meets at Lybecker Field: the League Championships on May 3 and the Pirate Battle at Twilight on May 6. Regionals are coming up on May 20-21 at Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane (results of the District 7/9 meet will appear next week). Seven teams joined Pomeroy for the Pirate Battle at Twilight, Valley Christian’s boys and girls both finishi...
RITZVILLE–The Pirate boys finished fifth at the Undeberg Invitational here last weekend, scoring 44 points and the girls were 11th with 25 points as Pirate Track and Field standouts continued their superlative performances. At an earlier meet, Colton Slaybaugh set a new state 1B pole vault record. Next up for the Pirate track team was a Tuesday, May 3 meet, the D9 1B League Championships at Lybecker Field, followed by the Pirate Battle at Twilight on Friday, May 6, also on the home field. May 11 is the D7/9 District Championships at R...
POMEROY––The Pirates lost two games to league-leading DeSales on April 26 and defeated Touchet April 30 as the season winds down with the play-offs at stake. A pair of wins in the Tuesday, May 3 home double-bill against Sunnyside Christian, played after this edition’s deadline, will be crucial for the Buccaneers in their quest to secure the District 9 No. 3 berth in the D7/D9 tournament. DeSales has the No. 1 berth locked up and Liberty Christian appears firmly in the second berth with the squads from Pomeroy, Colton and Sunnyside Chris...