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The Pomeroy Jr. Hi. Wrestling team traveled to Clarkston last week where we met up with Asotin, Tekoa/Rosalia and Clarkston. Gunner Magill continued his undefeated season (15-0) with two wins. Kyzer Herres and Levi Bowen also won both of their matches. Rory McKeirnan, Michealle DeBord, and Michael DeBord went 1-1. Rory McKeirnan continues to have these barn-burner. On-point matches that are very exciting. Kole Zimmerman had two very tight matches which could have gone either way. Marcus Parks is improving every single practice and match....
TACOMA–Pomeroy High School's pair of wrestlers who competed in the 33rd WIAA Mat Classic here last week finished with identical 1-2 marks and were just one place short of finishing in the top four and reaching the podium. "They wrestled their guts out against some stiff competition but came up short of the podium," commented Head Coach Ben Slaybaugh. Senior Braedyn White capped off his career with his third appearance at the Mat Classic, Slaybaugh said. "Braedyn dropped to 0-1 after the first r...
DAYTON–The Pomeroy Lady Pirates head to regional play against No. 1 seed Mt. Vernon Christian in Mt. Vernon Saturday after a nail-biting run through the District 9 consolation bracket. Tip off will be at noon, Saturday, February 26 at Mt. Vernon High School. A win would send the Lady Pirates to a 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3 contest against the winner of the State first-round game played Wednesday, March 2, in the Spokane Arena. Should the Lady Bucs lose, they will play a 9 p.m., Wednesday, M...
WARDEN–Pirate wrestlers Curtis Winona and Braedyn White both finished fourth in their weight classes at the 1B/2B Region 2 tournament in Warden last Saturday to advance to the state wrestling tournament in Tacoma this week. Sophomore Walker Flynn finished the day with two losses and plans to return next year. "The Pirate wrestlers faced their toughest competition of the year," commented Head Coach Ben Slaybaugh. In the 182-lb. division, Pomeroy senior Braedyn White won three, lost two for the f...
POMEROY––A late fourth-quarter run put Pomeroy in front briefly, but Yakama Nation Tribal's top scorer Justice Hart swished a three to give the Eagles the lead, and the Pirates were unable to get it back, bowing out of the District Tournament with the close 52-45 home-court loss. In their first District game, the Pirates fell to Sunnyside Christian 60-40 on the Knights' home court Feb. 10, and the Pirates beat Colton 64-28 in the final regular-season game Feb. 7. "We lost a tough one," com...
PALOUSE–Pomeroy's Lady Pirates are in the consolation bracket, in a battle to stay alive and set to play DeSales in a loser-out game Wednesday following their second-round loss to Garfield-Palouse by 45-16 her Friday, Feb. 11. "We had a really hard time getting things in movement," said Head Coach Tai Bye after the loss to Gar-Pal. "We really struggled to get a shot to fall, especially in the first half, and our defense can only hold on so long before the deficit becomes too great for us to rema...
DAYTON–The Lady Pirates pulled off another heart-stopping overtime win–their fifth this season–to stay alive in the consolation round of the District 9 Tournament, all set to face Oakesdale Saturday at 5 p.m. for the number three spot at the State Tournament. The game will tip off at the Dayton High School gym against the Lady Nighthawks, 41-40 winners over Sunnyside Christian in last Thursday's loser-out contest in the consolation bracket....
POMEROY––Student-athletes from Pomeroy High School's girls and boys basketball and wrestling programs are anticipating District tournaments and Regional wrestling matches-all with the goal of reaching the state tournament. In an unusual twist of fate, both girls and boys Pirate basketball teams finished this tumultuous basketball season-made so by frequent schedule changes caused by covid eruptions at schools across the 1B league-in the third seed into their respective District tournament bra...
POMEROY––Three Pirate wrestlers will compete this weekend for a berth in the WIAA Mat Classic XXXIII in Tacoma Feb. 18-19. The WIAA 1B/2B Region 2 match starts at 10 a.m. in Warden. Representing Pomeroy will be 145-lb. sophomore Walker Flynn, 170-lb. sophomore Curtis Winona and 182-lb. senior Braedyn White. Flynn has a 3-1 record and finished second at the 1B/2B District 7/9 tournament. White finished third in the recent district tournament to advance. He has a 4-1 record. Curtis Winona, a sophomore, holds a 3-2 record and finished fifth to...
POMEROY––Like their Pirate maties, the Pomeroy boys landed in third seed to District, opposite Sunnyside Christian, in a game set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Sunnyside, following a rough final weekend where Pomeroy (9-8, 6-3) suffered three losses, one in overtime. Win or lose at SSC, in the second round Pomeroy will play either No. 4 Yakama Nation or No. 1 Oakesdale, a 69-61 overtime winner over the Pirates Feb. 2. The winner or consolation game will be played at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at the highest seed. The third-round game will be...
POMEROY––Three games in four days wrapped up the home stretch of the 2021-22 season (save the Feb. 7 Senior Night game versus Colton), with the Lady Pirates (13-4, 6-3) winning one and losing two, and with their sites set on the opening game of the District Tournament February 9 at Sunnyside Christian. Pomeroy lost to SSC 46-26 at home Saturday, beat Tekoa-Rosalia Friday by 50-24, and lost at Oakesale Feb. 2 by 42-35. The Lady Pirates landed in third, and the playoff game in Sunnyside tipped off at 6 p.m. Wed., Feb. 9. The next game would be...
The 2022 Jr. Hi. Wrestlers had an amazing start on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Jenifer Middle School in Lewiston, Idaho. The teams that attended along with Pomeroy were: Jenifer, Pullman, Orofino, Clear Water Valley, Grangeville, and Asotin. Kole Zimmerman wasted no time and got Pomeroy off to a fast start with a quick fall of Maximus Gernert. Kyzer Herres followed with a ‘tilt clinic’ 16-0 rout of Conner George. Gunner Magill absolutely tossed Bridger Bauer for a pin. Levi Bowen out muscled Jackson Grossman for a first round pin. Pey...
COLBERT–Three Pirate wrestlers advanced to the 1B/2B East Regional tournament in Warden Feb. 12, finishing in the top five at the 7/9 Sub-Regional matches here Saturday. Walker Flynn finished second in the 145-lb. division to advance, Curtis Winona was fifth in the 170-lb. class, and Braedyn White came in third in the 182-lb. division to move on. “Walker Flynn had a great day, wrestling his way into the 145-lb. finals match,” Coach Ben Slaybaugh commented. “He gave the other kid everything he wanted and almost stuck him a couple times, but end...
POMEROY–A slim, fourth-quarter lead couldn’t be capitalized upon and regulation ended with a 49-49 tie, then Oakesdale won overtime 15-8 for a league loss for the Pirates last week. It was Pomeroy’s first league loss for a 6-1 record, 9-5 overall. Tied to start the fourth and nudging slightly ahead, Pomeroy “missed some opportunities around the rim that would have extended the lead,” said Coach Chris Wolf. “Those missed opportunities probably cost us the game. “Trent Gwinn led us in scoring with 18 points,” Wolf said, “and Braedon Fruh adde...
POMEROY–The “Heart-Attack Kids” won a third overtime game in four outings, the Lady Pirates’ 42-41 win over Oakesdale last week coming with a fraction of a second remaining via a Keely Maves free throw. See the schedule on this page for record and upcoming games. “Keely Maves never let down on offense tonight and worked through being double- and triple-teamed most of the night,” said Coach Tai Bye. Maves finished with a double-double: 28 points, 10 boards, 3 steals. Oakesdale’s two-point, first-quarter lead was nibbled to a 33-33 tie by the fo...
POMEROY––Consecutive overtime wins show the Lady Pirates are finding ways to win as the season winds down. Pomeroy beat Asotin in a non-league overtime win last week, followed with a 43-41 OT win over Gar-Pal Friday. Pomeroy coasted to an easy win over SJEL Saturday. This week and next will be the final four league games, plus a Feb. 5 tourney warm-up against Sunnyside Christian for the 11-2 overall, 4-2 Lady Bucs. St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse struggled in single digits last weekend, Pomeroy tak...
POMEROY––The Pirates are in the cat-bird's seat with a 6-0 league record going into the final two weekends of play, facing Oakesdale (4-3 in league) and 0-8 Colton at home, then road-tripping to Oakesdale and Tekoa-Rosalia. The season wraps with a non-leaguer versus Sunnyside Christian on Feb. 5. Pomeroy downed SJEL by 12, 60-48, there Saturday and bested Gar-Pal in a defensive battle for a 42-26 home win Friday. Last week, Asotin shelled the Pirate ship with nine threes for a 59-47 non...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates are amid a trio of non-league games before resuming the home stretch of the 2021-22 season, chalking up wins over Tekoa-Rosalia and Touchet. Touchet was a two-time victim of the Lady Bucs on January 11 and 15, and Pomeroy easily overwhelmed TR 45-5 last Friday. Non-league games were against Liberty Christian last Tuesday, at Asotin on Wednesday, then coming up are Friday's and Saturday's league games with Garfield-Palouse and at St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse. Overall the...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Just when the Pomeroy Pirates would build a comfy lead, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves would creep back into the game, and when the nice, 10-point, fourth-quarter lead got pared down to just two points, the Pirates were able to hit clutch buckets and keep the T-wolves at bay. When the dust had settled, Pomeroy won the league counter 62-60. The Pirates are 7-3 overall and 4-0 in league play. They hosted Liberty Christian and visited Asotin in a pair of mid-week non-league...
RITZVILLE–The Ritzville Invitational was diluted by teams that dropped out last Saturday, scaling back to a five-team match where three Pirate wrestlers–Walker Flynn, Curtis Winona and Braedyn White–went undefeated in three matches. At the first league match at Liberty-Spangle on January 13, Flynn and Winona wrestled well, going undefeated. Coming up for the Pirate wrestling team is a league match today in Davenport, followed by the Kittitas Invitational on Saturday. A league meet in Colfax will be held January 25. “Due to a bunch of teams d...
COLBERT–Pirate wrestling went away from the Crusader Classic here last Saturday with a pair of firsts, two seconds and a third, with the unusual occurrence of two teammates–Braedyn White and Curtis Winona–going head-to-head for the championship of the 182-lb division. The Pirate team finished fifth out of 13 teams competing in the tournament. Coming up for Pirate wrestlers, Thursday, January 13, the second league meet has been moved from Ritzville to Liberty-Spangle, and starts at 5 p.m. Satur...
POMEROY–The combination of Christmas Break and weather preventing some practices through the holiday vacation played a role but not a leading role for the Lady Pirates, who relied on composure, patience and free throws down the stretch to pull off a 35-31 win over DeSales here January 4. The Lady Pirates hosted Touchet here last Tuesday, then Tekoa-Rosalia will visit on Friday for a league game. The team travels to Touchet Saturday for a non-conference game. Last Friday’s game at Oakesdale was postponed due to the host team members testing pos...
POMEROY–The DeSales Fightin’ Irish defended well in this non-conference matchup January 4, where they held the Pirate offense to single digits in the second through fourth quarters for a 46-28 win. The Buccaneers hosted Touchet last Tuesday and Tekoa-Rosalia visits Pomeroy on Friday with Saturday’s game the reciprocal game at Touchet, the first of three non-league games. Last weekend’s league counter at Oakesdale was canceled due to Nighthawk athletes–both boys’ and girls’ teams–testing positive for COVID-19, according to Toddette McGree...
By Larry Bunch POMEROY–Pomeroy Gun Club will be participating in the Camas Prairie 10–week shoot starting this weekend January 8–9. Youth shooters will begin competition on Saturday starting with a safety meeting and signing of parental permission slips and due payments at 8 a.m. The Club will again provide shells and targets for the kids. Youth under 14 years of age should be accompanied by an adult. Adults will shoot on Sunday starting at 9 a.m. The Club has a limited supply of shells for those that are having trouble locating them due to su...