Pirates defeat Eagles in home tilt

POMEROY–The Pirates held off St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse 57-47 here Friday, then traveled to Palouse Saturday where they fell 51-35 to the Vikings. Pomeroy is now 1-3 overall, 1-1 in league.

The Pirates faced DeSales Tuesday and will journey to Oakesdale Friday before breaking for Christmas.

Gar-Pal's Vikings clamped down on Pirate Trent Gwinn, and kept Pomeroy off balance, allowing only six field goals. Byron Stallcop picked up some of the slack, scoring four buckets and five gifters. The Pirates scored 20 from the free-throw line.

The Pirates scored only four in the first stanza while the Vikes made 11. The rest of the game, Pomeroy wasn't much behind GP in scoring, but with the big margin from the first quarter and the dribs and drabs in the other three quarters, it added up to a 16-point win for the Vikings.

Gar-Pal 51, Pomeroy 35

Pom 4 8 10 13-35

GP 11 12 12 16-51

Pomeroy (35) Trent Gwinn 1 3-6 6, Evan Bartels 0 4-4 4, Danner Maves 2 3-6 7, Brandon Fruh 0 0-1 0, Trevan Kimble 0 5-6 5, Byron Stallcop 4 5-7 13. Totals 7 20-30 35.

Gar-Pal (51) Dawson Dugger 3 0-0 7, Austin Jones 2 0-0 4, Blake Jones 6 2-4 14, Jacob Anderson 4 1-1 9, Devin Doramus 2 0-1 6, Jaxson Orr 2 2-2 6, Kyle Bankus 1 0-0 3, Ethan Hawkins 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 5-8 51.

3-point goals: Pomeroy-Gwinn. GP-Doramus 2, Dugger, Bankus.

Against SJEL, Gwinn was hot, scoring 20, including three times from the arc, with Stallcop and Danner Maves each chipping in 11 points. Evan Bartels scored nine points.

The Pirates cruised to an 11-0 first quarter against the Eagles, but struggled with turnovers in the second period, SJEL rallying to close the difference to 20-18 at three minutes into the quarter. The Buccaneers regained their composure and finished the first half with a 28-23 lead.

After SJEL closed the difference to 37-35 at the end of the third quarter, Pomeroy finished with a strong fourth quarter, outscoring the Eagles 20-12 for the league-opening win.

"We struggled with turnovers again at times in this game, but only had one in the fourth quarter," commented Coach Chris Wolf. "Down the stretch of the game we were able to execute with key contributions from Gwinn, Stallcop, Maves, and Bartels.

"Stallcop had some big offensive rebounds for us in the fourth quarter that led to some easy put backs for him and some extra possessions at big moments," Wolf said.

Pomeroy (57) Braedon Fruh 1 0-0 2, Trent Gwinn 7 3-6 20, Evan Bartels 4 1-1 9, Brady Bott 0 0-0 0, Trevin Kimble 1 1-3 4, Byron Stallcop 5 1-2 11, Danner Maves 4 3-4 11. Totals 22 9-16 57

SJEL (47) Ty Harder 4 2-2 10, T. Fleming 2 0-0 5, L. Marconi 0 0-0 0, D. Stach 2 0-0 4, P. Molina- Contrevas 1 0-0 2, TJ Harder 1 2-2 4, B. Gonzalez 1 0-2 3, R. Anderson 0 0-2 0, D. Campbell 2 0-2 4, O. Swannack 5 2-3 15. Totals 18 6-13 47

Pom 18 10 9 20-57

SJEL 8 15 12 12-47

3-point goals- SJEL: Fleming, Gonzalez, Swannack 3. Pomeroy: Gwinn 3, Kimble.