• Philomath coach Levi Webber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Brady Russell (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kayson Olsen (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kayson Olsen (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kayson Olsen (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Grant Niemann (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Grant Niemann (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Grant Niemann (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Grant Niemann (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath sophomore Jacob Hernandez slides head first into third base on a one-out triple in the second inning. Hernandez ended up stranded there, however, with Cascade pitcher Slade Hudson ending the inning with a walk and two strikeouts. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Rocco De La Rosa (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Rocco De La Rosa (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • PHS pitcher Joe Barnes exits the field in an enthusiastic manner while tapping gloves with battery mate Grant Niemann. Barnes struck out 16 in a complete-game two-hitter. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Joe Barnes (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Joe Barnes (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Joe Barnes (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Joe Barnes (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Joe Barnes (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Joe Barnes delivers a pitch Wednesday in the team’s 5-1 victory over Cascade. Barnes allowed two hits and no walks while overpowering the Cougars’ lineup with 16 strikeouts. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Caleb Babcock (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Caleb Babcock (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Caleb Babcock (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Caleb Babcock (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath sophomore AJ Altishin scores in the sixth inning. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)

Andy Cripe is a longtime professional news and sports photographer who worked several years in this region for the Corvallis Gazette-Times and Albany Democrat-Herald.