1B volleyball:

It came down to the draw of a number at the start of the school year.

Pomeroy and Oakesdale both ran through the Southeast 1B league volleyball schedule, losing to no one but each other, culminating in Oakesdale’s home sweep of the Pirates Oct. 24.

Would that mean the Nighthawks take the no. 1 seed into the district tournament? No - Pomeroy will because their name was drawn higher than Oakesdale’s by the WIAA District Nine Director at a September athletic director’s meeting.

With the tiebreaker decided, no. 1-seed Pomeroy will host no. 4 St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. No. 2-seed Oakesdale will host no. 3 Colton at the same time.

On Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9, at Pomeroy, the two winners will play to decide the league’s top spot to state. The double-elimination tournament then continues that day to settle the last entry to the SunDome.

The state 1B/2B tournament begins in Yakima Thursday, Nov. 14.

Oakesdale sweeps Pomeroy

Scores for the Nighthawks Thursday night sweep were 25-16, 25-19 and 25-22.

Gianna Anderson led with 17 kills and four aces while LouEllen Reed had 34 assists, and Lizzie Perry 19 digs. Bree Rawls and Anderson each had three blocks.

For Pomeroy, Maddy Dixon posted 11 kills and Heidi Heytfelt 23 assists.

This week, on Tuesday, Pomeroy finished out the league run, beating Prescott 25-16, 25-16 and 25-14.

The win tied the Pirates with Oakesdale at 11-1 for the league season.

Colton finishes off Touchet

At Colton Oct. 24, the Wildcats swept Touchet 25-15, 31-29 and 25-15.

Megan Kay had six kills for the Wildcats (13-6, 7-5), and Josie Schultheis 29 digs and three aces. Rylee Vining added 20 assists.

Eagles sweep Prescott

St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse (12-12, 6-6) went to Prescott Oct. 24 and won 25-9, 25-14, 25-15.

Ashlynn Archer had six aces, 14 kills and 15 blocks. Roxy Dickerson delivered 20 assists and 12 digs while Zoe Bailey had seven aces and 12 digs. The team’s lone senior, libero Rachel Larson, also had 12 digs.

“They’ve put everything together that we’ve been working on,” said Coach Jenn Johnson.