• Mason Stearns, Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Levi Webber and Mason Stearns (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath third baseman Mason Stearns focuses on a ground ball coming his way during Thursday’s win over Cascade. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stearns (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Brayden Shenk takes one for the team in the fourth inning. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Alek Russell makes a play in left field. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Blake Niemann (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Levi Webber and Ty May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ty May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ty May slides home on a wild pitch in the second inning. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kash Lindsey (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kash Lindsey (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • David Griffith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • David Griffith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • David Griffith allowed just two hits in five innings of work. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Carson Gerding is mobbed at home plate by teammates after the PHS senior hit a grand slam in the fourth. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Carson Gerding hits a grand slam home run in the fourth inning of Thursday’s 17-4 victory over Cascade. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Carson Gerding (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Carson Gerding (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS dugout (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Silas Barton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Silas Barton (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.