• PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore Anneka Steen grabs a basketball while participating in a 3-point shooting contest. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Hailie Couture finished runner-up in the free-throw shooting contest. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Cole Beardsley eyes the basket during the 3-point shooting contest. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Owen Heiken was among the final four players in the free-throw shooting contest. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys basketball at Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic skills contest in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.