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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...
POMEROY–Junior High track competed in a home meet on April 29. It was a league meet that saw 10 teams come to Pomeroy. The Pirate boys took 1st place and the girls finished 3rd. Top scorer for the boys was Christian Ramirez. Christian placed in the top 3 in all four of his events. He won the 200 while setting a new personal best time, took 2nd in long jump and pole vault, and finished 3rd in the 100. Kaleb Miller and Owen Wolf placed in three events. Owen took 1st in pole vault at a personal bes...
ANACORTES–Orcas Island sank the Pirates' hopes for continuing in the 1B baseball playoffs with a 2-1 zinger here Tuesday, May 14. The loss ended Pomeroy's season with a 15-9 win-loss record. "The kids played an amazing game," commented Head Coach Kyler Lovgren after the razor-thin 2-1 loss. "This was a hard-fought battle throughout. Ollie Severs pitched a great game, Nick Bryson came up big at the plate and in the field. "I couldn't be more proud of how we played today," Lovgren said. The P...
WARDEN–Pirate golfers Kiersten Bartels, Reggie Ott and Elena Morfin will be slinging their golf clubs at the State Golf Match in Tumwater May 21-22. Kiersten Bartels scored a two-day total of 218 at the Southeast 1B District tournament to finish fourth among the girls at Sage Hills Golf Club here, according the Head Coach Al Damron. "She advances to the State Tournament in Tumwater next Tuesday and Wednesday," says Damron. Bartels fired a 112 on the front nine and did better with 106 on the b...
RITZVILLE–The Pomeroy Pirates are sending quite a contingent to the District 7/9 Regional meet here Wednesday, May 15 and Friday, May 17. In the boys 100m. senior Tyler Slaybaugh will take his very fast 11.51 time against a field of 16 competitors. Slaybaugh is also looking to dominate the pole vault with his PR of 12-6. The Boys 400m. will feature junior Jett Slusser in the first heat. His best time is 56.97. He'll sprint the 200m. as well with a PR of 25.17. Boys pole vaulters, along with Slay...
POMEROY––The Pirate Jr. High track team competed in their last home meet of the season on May 6. "It may have been our last home meet of the year, but our kids ended it in style," said Coach Adam Van Vogt. Kaleb Miller and Christian Ramirez placed in four individual events. Kaleb won the high jump with a personal best 5'4". Kaleb also set personal bests with his 200 and 400 times. Kaleb's 57.36 in the 400 lowers his school record in the event and his 5'4" ties the school record in high jum...
POMEROY––The Pirate Jr. High track team competed in their 2nd meet of the season on Monday, April 22. It was a league meet with 8 teams participating. We had a lot of kids have a great meet and achieve significant accomplishments. Hollie Van Vogt, Tatum Jones, Christian Ramirez, and Kaleb Miller all placed in the maximum 4 events. Hollie took first in three of her four events (100, 200, javelin). In doing so she set a new personal best at 14.81 in the 100 and broke the school record for the 450...
RITZVILLE–Ollie Severs gave up just one hit and struck out 12, then Trace Roberts slammed the door with an 11-pitch close as the Pirates downed Wellpinit 8-0 in baseball playoffs here Tuesday. "It was a great win for us today to secure a spot in the state tournament," commented Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. "I thought Trace and Ollie really stepped up and led their team at the plate, on the mound and defensively. The Pirates were the home team in the contest and started with two runs in the first an...
CLARKSTON–Four Pirate golf team members are district bound. Pirate golfer Kiersten Bartels finished in fourth place among the girls in the Southeast 1B Sub-District tournament at Clarkston's Red Wolf Golf Course on May 6, said Coach Al Damron. Bartels came in with a score of 112. Teammate Elena Morfin carded a 113 for fifth place and a spot at District. Pirate Reggi Ott's 102 was good enough for fifth place, Damron said. Grayson Slaybaugh tied for ninth. Fourteen boys and seven girls advanced t...
POMEROY––The Buccaneer Track and Field team prepared for Friday's District 7/9 Championships in Ritzville with a nine-school Twilight Meet here May 3. The D7/9 meet starts at 1 p.m. May 10. The State Qualifying meet, also in Ritzville, is May 15 and 18. Leading the Pomeroy men was Tyler Slaybaugh, who won the 100m., 200m. and pole vault, plus he anchored the second-place 4X100m. Relay with teammates Jacob Reisinger, Jett Slusser and Boone Schmidt. Top Pirate women were Ariah Bingman in sec...
The spring turkey season is a great opportunity to introduce new participants to hunting. Calling male turkeys in the spring allows hunters to interact with wildlife in a very thrilling way. The April 1-7 youth-only season is over for the year, but the long general season runs April 15 – May 31. Refer to The Basics of Turkey Hunting and our Turkey Takeover blog series for helpful information for new turkey hunters. WDFW, along with partner organizations such as First Hunt Foundation and the N...
POMEROY––The Pirate men's team chalked up 124 points to lead the nine-team field at the SE 1B Track and Field Championships here Tuesday, April 30. The Pirate women finished in fourth with 58 points, one behind Waitsburg and way back of first-place Garfield-Palouse with 137 points. Tyler Slaybaugh took firsts in the 100m. and 200m. dashes, and pole vault, and ran anchor on the second-place 4x100m. Relay with teammates Jacob Reisinger, Jett Slusser and Boone Schmidt. Carmen Fruh cleared 9-6 in...
RICHLAND–The Pirates finished the regular season with a pair of nonconference losses to Liberty Christian–a coincidental end-of-season double header against the Grape Division champs–and a prelude to this Friday's SE 1B Wheat-Grape Championship game. The Pirates will take on the Patriots at Liberty Christian's field at 4 p.m. May 3. The 11-1 Pirates and 11-1 Patriots will duke out the first- and second-seed spots to the D7/9 Crossover, winner will take first and loser second. The third and f...
POMEROY––Pirate Golf is looking forward to Sub-Districts Monday, May 6 on Clarkston's Red Wolf Golf Course. "I believe our prospects are very good heading into the post season," says Head Coach Al Damron. "We will be sending all five of our players to sub-district on Monday along with 37 from the other seven schools in our district. There will be 28 boys and 16 girls playing. "Happily," Damron said, "our players are playing their best golf of the season right now, which is what any coach wan...
RICHLAND–The Lady Pirates closed out the 2024 fast-pitch softball campaign with twin-bill losses to the Lady Patriots of Liberty Christian last Saturday, April 27 but not before Senior Pirate Hannah Bagby hammered a grand slam in her last Pirate at-bat. The Lady Patriots shut out the Pirates 16-0 in the opener and lost 14-4. The team finishes in fifth place in the SE1B Wheat Division with an 1-11 league record and a 3-17 overall record. Colton landed on top with a 10-1, 13-3 record followed by D...
POMEROY––Pirate Junior High track and field athletes stood out at an 11-team, 750-athlete meet here April 15. "To place in a meet this big is a significant accomplishment and several of our athletes did so in multiple events," said Coach Adam Van Vogt. Kaleb Miller placed in four events and took second overall in the 400 and the 800. Christian Ramirez also placed in all four of his events, capturing first overall in triple jump, third in long jump (out of 35 athletes), and fifth in the 100 (ou...
Lady Pirate senior Hannah Bagby takes a swipe at a Dayton Bulldog pitch, smacking it into left field for a base hit and an RBI in Pomeroy's 19-8 loss to the Lady Bulldogs in Dayton. The day earlier, the Lady Bucs downed Yakama Nation Tribal 24-3 at home. Pomeroy is 1-11 in league, 3-15 overall in the SE1B Wheat Division. They travel to Liberty Christian Saturday for the final twin bill of the season....
POMEROY––The Pirates stand firmly in first place in the SE1B Wheat Division with an 11-1 league record, 14-3 on the season, look ahead to closing the regular season at Liberty Christian on Saturday, then coincidentally play a crossover championship game against Grape Division champs Liberty Christian on Friday, May 3. "It was a disappointing loss on our last home game of the season," said Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. "Dayton played us tough and hit the ball well. We ultimately made too many err...
RICHLAND–Pirate golfers Kiersten Bartels and Reggie Ott placed well at the SE 1B league golfing match at Columbia Point Golf Course here April 18. Bartels tied for fourth place among women golfers with a 102 score. Ott landed in the fifth-place spot with a personal best score of 87. Grayson Slaybaugh was seventh at 99. Tyler Dixon finished at 111. Competing in the match were nine team and 54 golfers....
COLFAX–The Pirate track team had two meets this week, competing in a 1B/2B league meet in Clarkston and at the MacDougall Invite. These are big meets with lots of competition with 11 schools competing at the league meet and 21 at the Invite with some larger classifications competing with the 1B/2Bs. Pomeroy’s boys finished third with 81 points behind DeSales’ 97 and Colfax’s 104 at Clarkston, and the women were ninth with 16 points. At McDougall the Pirate boys tied for eighth with Gar-Pal at 30 points and the women were 16th with five points....
Pirate high jumper Lucy Shields cleared 4-0 in the event, good enough for a fourth-place tie with Waitsburg's Makenna Barron at a District 9 meet held in Pomeroy April 9. Oakesdale's Brayden Henley won the event with a season's best 4-8. The Pirate men were sixth with 61 points, 27 behind meet winner DeSales, and the women scored 41½, also for sixth. Gar-Pal women won with 108 points. Individual results were published in the EW April 11. -EW photo by Naomi Scoggin...
By Larry Bunch Special to the East Washingtonian POMEROY–The Pomeroy Gun Club completed their Winter League for 2024 with their annual barbeque potluck, awards day, and annual meeting on Sunday April 7. The twelve weeks starting in January include the ten-week competition against the other 23 teams in the Camas Prairie Association and the Camas Prairie shoot at Walla Walla Gun Club that was reported in last week's paper, along with this past week's final get together which included fun and g...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––The Pirates continued their winning ways with a double header sweep of Gar-Pal last weekend and now hold an 11-2 season record. The Bucs lead the SE1B with 8-0 in league with Dayton in second at 5-0, SJEL in third at 1-4, and meet Dayton for this Saturday in Dayton. The Pirates beat the Vikings 4-1 and 14-0, and on April 9 downed Colton 17-1. Gar-Pal gave the Pirates a close game here on Saturday, until Peyton Cannon blasted a two-out, bases-loaded triple in the six...
DAYTON–Pirate golfers Grayson Slaybaugh and Kiersten Bartels were among the leaders at the Dayton High School-hosted league match at Touchet Valley Golf Club Thursday, April 11. The next event for D9 teams will be held at Richland's Columbia Point Golf Club on Thursday, April 18. Pomeroy sophomore Grayson Slaybaugh was the low scorer with an 84 of the ment, while teammate Reggie Ott Jr. was sixth at 106. Low boy for Dayton was Cayle Davis at 115. Kiersten Bartels of Pomeroy came in second at 1...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––The Lady Vikings rapped the bats and scored steadily to register a 14-8 league win here Saturday, April 13, then the Lady Pirates rallied with a 12-run third inning to even the score with Gar-Pal. Pomeroy is 2-10 on the season, 0-4 in league. Garfield-Palouse's strong hitting combined with a handful of Lady Pirate errors to tilt the game to the Lady Vikings, who rode big third and fourth innings to with win. Pomeroy bats were quiet until the last innings when the tea...