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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...
POMEROY–Seventeen Pomeroy Gun Club members traveled to Walla Walla Gun Club for all or part of the 2024 Camas Prairie Championships March 21-24. They captured several trophies over the weekend. There were as many as 291 Shooters in the nine events. On Friday's 16-yard competition Tracy Hanger posted the top Pomeroy score with a 98X100 which was one target behind All American Laura Winkle of Kennewick in the Lady division. Holly Ledgerwood was close behind with a 96. Jim Adams 97 was good e...
POMEROY––Pirate pole vaulters led the team with firsts in both the men's and women's competition at a Southeast 1B Track and Field meet here Tuesday, April 9. Pirates Levi Bowen and Carmen Fruh both topped the pole vault competition, Bowen clearing 11-6 against SJEL's David Logen with 8-0, and Fruh atop a field of eight with an 8-6 effort. Second went to Julia Guske of SJEL with a 6-6 mark. The Pirate team next ventures to Clarkston for a SE1B/NE1B mixer on April 16. Competing in Tuesday's mee...
POMEROY––The powerful Pirates concluded their three-game sweep of the Colton Wildcats with a 17-1 flogging in five innings of the young team here Tuesday. On March 29, the Pirates notched 23-0, 19-1 wins at Colton. "Colton is a young team," commented Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. "We've now started the second half of the season and we will need to ensure we stay focused and sharp, day in and day out." Next up for the Buccaneers is a Saturday home double header against Garfield-Palouse, with a Mon...
PENDLETON– Pirate golfer Kiersten Bartels finished in sixth place in a field of 30 with a score of 104 when the Pirate Golf team traveled to Pendleton, Ore., this Monday to compete in the Nels Nelson Invitational Tournament at Wildhorse Resort Golf Club. Reggie Ott had the low score for the Pomeroy boys at 101, with Grayson Slaybaugh right behind at 102. Eighth grader, Tyler Dixon continues to improve with 115. Seventy-eight players from twelve of the largest schools in eastern Oregon and W...
POMEROY–Seventeen Pomeroy Gun Club members traveled to Walla Walla Gun Club for all or part of the 2024 Camas Prairie Championships over the weekend of March 21-24. Club members captured Several trophies over the Friday to Sunday Championship Days. There were as many as 291 Shooters in the 9 events over the weekend. On Friday's 16-yard competition Tracy Hanger posted the top Pomeroy score with a 98X100 which was one target behind All American Laura Winkle of Kennewick in the Lady division. H...
POMEROY––A seven-way meet opened the 2024 season here with the Gar-Pal women at the top of the heap and the Asotin men in first place. The Pirate men tied Gar-Pal for third place with 69 points and the women were seventh with 29 points. Levi Bowen led the Pirates with firsts in the high jump and pole vault, clearing 5-6 in the high and 11-6 in the pole vault. The 4 X 100 Relay team of Jacob Reisinger, Jett Slusser, Boone Schmidt and Tyler Slaybaugh were first with a 48.76 time. The women's 4 X...
COLTON–The Lady Pirates kept swinging but the Colton Lady Wildcats out swung 'em, romping to two lop-sided wins here March 29. The Bucs start the second half of the season April 9 with a home game. They host Gar-Pal for a twin bill April 13. "The girls did well on the field and kept swinging," said Coach Alexis Beale. "Taylor Gilbert and Kendyll Potoschnick had doubles and Hannah Bagby had an over-the-fence home run!" Beale said. Molly Warren started in the circle for the Lady Pirates and was r...
COLTON–The Pirate nine are taking no prisoners, Ollie Severs throwing a no-hitter against Colton in the opening, then the team racking up a 19-1 second-game win. The team slammed 10 hits in a 13-5 win over SJEL March 26. The Buccaneers meet Colton again at home April 9, and host Gar-Pal for a twin bill on April 13. In the first game against Colton, Severs pitched a no-hitter h 29, striking out 11 Wildcats and walking one. Severs had good support from the Pirate defense, who played errorless ball...
CLARKSTON–Pirate golfer Reggie Ott Jr. finished in the top 10 of a field of almost 70 golfers here March 26. Ott carded an 88 in the match at Quail Ridge Golf Course that included 13 teams and 67 golfers, said Head Coach Al Damron. "A mix of fair and nasty weather, including rain, hail and a lot of wind made play very difficult at times," Damron said, "but the kids hung in there and quite well considering." Grayson Slaybaugh finished six strokes higher at 94, and Tyler Dixon came in at 121. O...
POMEROY––Seventeen Pomeroy Gun Club members traveled to Walla Walla Gun Club for all or part of the 2024 Camas Prairie Championships over the weekend of March 21-24. Club members captured Several trophies over the Friday to Sunday Championship Days. There were as many as 291 Shooters in the 9 events over the weekend. On Friday's 16-yard competition Tracy Hanger posted the top Pomeroy score with a 98X100 which was one target behind All American Laura Winkle of Kennewick in the Lady division. Hol...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates broke two tie scores and jumped ahead of the Prairie Pirates with six runs in the fifth inning, winning their first game of the 2024 campaign 18-14 at home March 20. Tekoa-Rosalia handed the team a pair of losses on the home diamond, and with a rematch played earlier this week at Tekoa-Rosalia, a home game today against Yakama Nation Tribal followed by a double header at Colton the next day, March 29, the team will be ready for Spring Vacation. Kendyll Potoschnick hit...
POMEROY––The Pomeroy Pirates head into Spring Break with a handful of wins and games to be played before the week off. The Bucs played a single header at St. John Tuesday, and visit Colton for a twin bill tomorrow, March 29. SJEL visited Friday, March 22, and went away smarting after a four-inning 16-2 drubbing called after four innings because of lightning. "Trace Roberts threw a no hitter, Peyton Cannon went 3 for 3 and Vinny Vecchio went 3 for 4," said Head Coach Kyler Lovgren. In the ope...