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ST. JOHN–The running clock started in the first quarter in Pomeroy's 76-6 win over St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse here October 4. "The Pirates controlled the game from start to finish," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "We played great offense and solid defense versus a very young SJEL team. "We just overwhelmed them in every facet of the game," he added. "Our younger guys got some great playing time and moved the ball as well as got some great defensive stops." Kyzer Herres, Jacob Reisinger, Vinni...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates are not 6-3 on the season following a four-set win at St. John and a five-set loss at Tekoa-Rosalia. "I think our girls grew tired after a brutal stretch of the schedule where we had the fair, four of our last five matches on the road, two tournaments, and a stretch of sickness go through," observed Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "I am proud of how we finished that stretch this weekend with great play at the tournament. "Despite how things stacked up for us," he con...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Pirate quarterback Jett Slusser had a stellar night-rushing for eight touchdowns and setting a school record while guiding the Pirate team to a 68-42 over the tough Garfield-Palouse Vikings here last Friday. The Pirates are 1-0 in the SE1B Wheat Division along with Tekoa-Rosalia and Waitsburg, with SJEL, Dayton and Gar-Pal on the bottom of the six-school league with 0-1 marks. Pomeroy heads to SJEL Friday. Slusser rushed for 345 yards and eight touchdowns to score 56 of Pomeroy's 68 points. He completed seven of 12 pas...
POMEROY––Three unbeatens duked it out last week-Pomeroy, Oakesdale and Gar-Pal-and both of the Lady Pirates' opponents sailed away with wins. Oakesdale cruised through the Buccaneers in three sets and the Lady Vikings got quite a battle, taking the match in five hard-fought sets. Pomeroy visited St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse and Tekoa-Rosalia this week and will compete in the Pea and Lentil Tournament in Genessee Saturday before visiting Waitsburg October 8. The team is 5-2. Oakesdale dominated in...
By Melody Tillinghast POMEROY–The Chamber of Commerce presented John Gates, Jack Peasley, Mark Waldher, James Fuchs, John Hill, and Anne Walsh with the 2023 Hometown Hero awards during the Cowboy Breakfast at Spinner's Hall on September 15, 2024. Also, during Cowboy Breakfast, Bill Cox accepted the Fair Honoree award for the late Terrilie Cox. The 2023 Lifetime Achievement went to John Gates. John Gates, born in Lewiston, has been a lifelong resident of Pomeroy. He went to WSU to become a m...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––The Pirates' focus this week will be on the league opener against what Head Coach Kyle Kimble terms is "a very good Garfield-Palouse team" after the football team mopped up Sunnyside Christian, 70-0. The scoring frenzy saw Jacob Reisinger leading with a trio of Pirate touchdowns and 99 rushing yards. Three Pirates, Jett Slusser, Boone Schmidt and Reggie Ott each notched a pair of touchdowns as the Bucs rolled up 50 first-quarter points. Slusser marched 74 yards on fiv...
POMEROY––Squads from Colton and Dayton buckled under the Lady Pirates in league matches last week, the girls downing the Lady Wildcats in three sets and the Dayton Bulldogs in three. This week the Lady Pirates visited Oakesdale, and tonight, September 26, they host Garfield-Palouse. Saturday is the annual Border Battle on the Pomeroy court. The Lady Buccaneers counted the first six points against Colton and kept the pace the remainder of the match, winning 25-18, 25-8, 25-18. Pomeroy cou...
POMEROY––The Pirates started strong and didn't look back with a strong finish with 22 fourth-quarter points in their 58-14 win over Mabton in a non-league game here Friday. Pomeroy travels to Granger to face Sunnyside Christian this Friday. The Pirate offense chalked up 486 yards and scored seven touchdowns while holding the Vikings to just 14 points. "Our defense played solid and battled through some adversity," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "We made some untimely penalties that gave Mab...
POMEROY–The Lady Pirates have three wins and look to up the ante against Colton and Dayton this week. The Lady Buccaneers beat DeSales in five sets, swept Tekoa-Rosalia and downed Waitsburg 3-0 to kick off the season. Pomeroy defeated DeSales 25-20, 28-26, 11-25, 23-25, 15-11 and T-R 25-14, 25-11, 25-20 at home, and Waitsburg 25-4, 25-8, 25-11 there. "It has been a great start to the season for us," said Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "The keys for the first three matches are we have done a great j...
By Loyal Baker SUNNYSIDE–The Pirates took on the LaConner Braves, racking up 38 first-quarter points and rolling to a 64-24 non-league win here September 6. Pomeroy hosts Mabton this Friday at Lybecker Field. "Pomeroy came out swinging against an unknown foe and put up 64 points against the former 11-man team from the West side," Head Coach Kyle Kimble said. The Pirates had 343 yds on the ground on 14 carries with seven touchdowns and added three scores through the air on 4 of 7 passing. Jett S...
POMEROY––The Pirate Fall Sports campaigns will be getting underway with Pirate Football hosting a nine-team jamboree here on Friday, August 30, with kickoffs at 5 p.m., and Pirate Volleyball begins its fall season against DeSales with a home match on September 6, first play getting underway at 5:30 p.m. Volleyball slides right into its busy season with another home match on Tuesday, Sept. 10, against Tekoa-Rosalia, first play at 4 p.m. The following day, September 11, the Lady Pirates tra...
PALOUSE–The Pomeroy Pirate swim team came in second by a single point at the Tri-County swim meet on August 3. Peyton Newberg won every race she entered, and high point for her age group, Girls 12 and under. Brantley McKeirnan also won high point for his age group, Boys 8 and under. Merritt Scoggin, the team's senior swimmer, won the 50 Breaststroke race to finish his high school career undefeated in the stroke. He stated he enjoyed swimming with his teammates and watching them improve over t...
By Charlotte Baker PALOUSE–The Pomeroy Pirate swim team competed against St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna (SELW), and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) last Thursday July 25 for the last meet before County meet in Palouse August 4. The Pirates took second place overall with a score of 179, GPOP came in third with 138, and SELW topped the points with 227. The following are the top four placers in this competition. Girls 12U 100 Yd FS-SELW Waddell, Jersie 1:20.78; POM Horal, Myka 1...
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team placed a solid third at the Pullman-GPOP-Pomeroy swim meet last Friday at Pullman on July 19. Combined scores for the Pullman Barracudas was 492; GPOP had 334.5 points and the Pomeroy Pirates brought in 269.5. The following is the results from that meet: Girls 12&U 100-yd Freestyle-POM-Miller, Sophie 1:23.59; PUL-Denney, Maeve 1:24.09; GPOP-Henning, Jordyn3 1:30.97; PUL-Shaw, Mirabel1:37.84; Boys 12&U 100-yd Freestyle-POM-Edwards, Kae 1:30.07; GPOP...
By Charlotte Baker POMEROY–The Pirate Swim Team placed first and second at the July 11 and 9 meets with GPOP, Colfax; and SELW, Col, Endicott teams. Pomeroy ranked first at the GPOP and Colfax with a total score of 614.5; Colfax 285.5 The Endicott meet on July 9, the Pirates placed second in all rankings: women, men, and overall. Following are the top four places in each event beginning with the GPOP, Colfax, Pomeroy July 11 meet. JULY 11 2024 POMEROY - GPOP, COLFAX, POMEROY Combined Team Scores...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Five Pomeroy Pirate players of America's pastime, baseball and fast-pitch softball, were named to the Southeast 1B All Opponent Team for the 2024 season, and Pirate baseball coach Kyler Lovgren was honored as a Co-Coach of the Year. Pirate Fast-Pitch player Hannah Bagby, a senior, was named to the First Team for positions of infield and pitcher. Pirate catcher Kendyll Potoshnik, a freshman, was also given the nod Three Pirate baseball team members-two seniors and a fre...
POMEROY–Tumbleweed weekend began with the All Class Reunion and the Seeley Theater Wine and Stein fundraiser on Friday, June 7, with the Pioneer Day parade, Mount Misery Snowdrifters' car show and bucket run, and food fair on Saturday June 8. Individual class reunions were held throughout the weekend. The parade kicked off with a military flag presentation, the presentation of the U.S. flag by Robert Koller while Marcus Pederson played the National Anthem, and a flyover by Gary Peters in his 1... Full story
POMEROY––Eighteen members of the Pomeroy High School Class of 2024 are set to go through Commencement Exercises in the school gymnasium at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, June 1. Graduation speakers during this 133rd graduation ceremony will include Valedictorian Stacia Bowen and Salutatorian Hannah Bagby. Senior Class President Trace Roberts will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and give the welcome to guests, family, faculty and friends of the graduating Pirates. Principal Rachel Gwinn will speak and pre...
Ten Years Ago May 21, 2014 Pomeroy High School seniors Torrie Koller and McKenzie Uto competed in an Idaho High School Rodeo Association event earlier this spring. Both girls qualified for the association's state competition June 9 to 14 in Pocatello. Torrie will compete in breakaway roping, goat tying, pole bending, and team roping. McKenzie will compete in goat tying. Besides competing for state honors, the two Pirates hope to advance to either the National High School Rodeo or Silver State la...
RITZVILLE–Pirate senior Tyler Slaybaugh will lead the Pomeroy Track and Field team to the state championships this week in Yakima, looking for a repeat of his first-place finish in the 100m. dash, along with a myriad of promising Pirate tracksters. Slaybaugh is also a contender in the 200m. dash, pole vault and as a member of the 4X100 Relay along with Jacob Reisinger, Jett Slusser and Boone Schmidt. Pomeroy's track and field athletes will compete in events beginning with Slaybaugh's p...
ANACORTES–The season is over for the Pomeroy Pirates but not without a fight. Orcas Island squeezed two runs in late in the game to take a 2-1 lead and bump the Pirates from further baseball competition this year. Head Coach Kyler Lovgren said the Pirates battled to the end. The Pirate Track and Field Team is sending a large contingent to the District 7/9 Regionals in Ritzville on May 15 and 17. Many of Head Coach Jon Van Vogt's team are favored to reach the state meet in Yakima the following w...
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...
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...
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...
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...