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Pirates sweep Vikings
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 wit...
Slaybaugh, Bartels top golfers at Dayton match
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 G...
Lady Pirates rally for 10-run win in nightcap
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 eve...
Brady's death impacted Pomeroy man's life
POMEROY––A Garfield County resident who made his home in the foothills of the Blue Mountain felt the effects of the loss of Bert Brady his entire life, according to Lillian Heytvelt, Denny Ashby Libra...
Pole vaulters lead Pirates with firsts
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 cle...
Pirates finish sweep of young Wildcats
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," com...
Bartels finishes sixth at Wildhorse
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 N...
Representatives review 2024 Legislative session
DAYTON–Both Ninth District representatives, Mary Dye (R-Pomeroy) and Joe Schmick (R-Colfax), were delighted that three of six initiatives to the Legislature were passed, and both weren't unhappy t...
Waitsburg man recovering from burn accident
WAITSBURG–A Waitsburg man, Mark Leroue Jr., is recovering from third-degree burns at Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle following a March 11 explosion at Nancy’s Dream Garden Center on Second Street. Leroue, 34, was helping insulate a 10-foot by...
Pirate T&F gets cranked up
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...
Lady Wildcats claw Lady Pirates
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. T...
Pirates run roughshod over Colton Wildcats
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...
Lady Pirates rally for win over Prairie
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. Tek...
Pirate baseball on a roll
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 twi...
Liberty lances Pirates
SPANGLE–The Pirates were unable to recover from falling behind early in a twin bill at Liberty last weekend, falling 14-6 and 7-3. Pomeroy is now 2-2 on the season with a contest Wednesday against P...
Lady Pirates hit hard by Liberty
SPANGLE––The Lady Pirates battled the Liberty Lady Lancers, who scored in dribs and drabs on their way to an 11-1 win over Pomeroy here March 16. The Lady Buccaneers were hammered 30-8 in the nightcap...
Pirates top Redhawks in opening twin bill
POMEROY––The Pirate nine won decisively over the Touchet Redhawks in the baseball season opener here Tuesday, taking the first game 11-8 and ten-running Touchet 18-3. "In the first inning, we came out strong, making some excellent defensive pla...
Season tees off for Pirate golf
RICHLAND–The Pirate Golf Tea traveled to Buckskin Golf Club in Richland, Wash., on March 5, for the league jamboree. Pomeroy and Liberty Christian of Richland were the only two teams choosing to participate, according to Head Coach Al Damron. "For t...
Lady Pirates hit well but lose pair to Asotin
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates battled the Lady Panthers of Asotin High but came up short in both games of the season-opening double header here Tuesday. Asotin win the opening game 25-13 in spite of a good showing at the plate by the Lady Pirates, sai...
Eleven announce candidacy to represent Fifth Congressional District
POMEROY––Since 20-year Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers announced that she wouldn't be seeking re-election, eleven candidates have declared their candidacy On the Republican side, the candidates include Michael Baumgartner, Jonathan Bingle, Bri...
P.H.S. grad three-peats college shot put event
SPOKANE–Former Pirate track and field thrower Destany Herbert has made a name for herself with the Northwest Nazarene University track and field program. At the 2024 Indoor Track and Field Championshi...
Pirate Curtis Winona battles to 2nd place at State
TACOMA–Pirate grappler Curtis Winona and Davenport's Brock Gustaveson met again in the championship match at the WIAA Mat Classic XXXV and the Pomeroy standout battled the Davenport sophomore n...
Patriots bounce Pirates in District rematch
DAYTON–The Pomeroy Pirates fell juuuuust a basketball bounce short of a win in a SE1B District rematch with the Liberty Christian Patriots, who in their second meeting of the tournament, turned the P...
Lady Pirates bow out at district
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Pirate Girls Basketball team suffered from low-scoring second halves in two losses in the SE1B Girls District Tournament, falling 44-25 to Sunnyside Christian on Feb. 7, then b...
Pirates battling for third SE1B berth to State Tournament
POMEROY–The Pirates are battling their way through the consolation bracket to hopefully capture the SE 1B District's third berth to the Spokane State Tournament after sustaining a bitter 49-38 loss to...