• Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Jake Williams slides head-first across home plate in the sixth inning. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jake Williams (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS baseball team pregame (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stearns, Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stearns (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stearns (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stearns (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Third baseman Mason Stearns throws to first. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Chad Russell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Ordway picks off a Newport base runner at second on a throw from pitcher Skylar Brolin. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS teammates meet Cameron Ordway at home plate after the Warriors senior hit his second home run of the game on Wednesday against Newport. It was the first time he had hit two homers in a game and it came on Senior Day. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Ordway (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Blake Niemann (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Blake Niemann (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Senior Blake Niemann fields the ball in right field. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ty May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ty May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • David Griffith and Jacob Williams share a high-five after Williams collected a hit and RBI and then scored a run in his only plate appearance this season. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Michael Godin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Blake Niemann (2), Carson Gerding, left, and David Griffith (4). (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Carson Gerding (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Carson Gerding (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Assistant coach Taylor Burner and David Griffith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Skylar Brolin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Skylar Brolin threw a complete game in a win over Newport that clinched an automatic berth into the state playoffs. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Skylar Brolin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS seniors, from left, back: Skylar Brolin, Jacob Williams, Logan Carter, Carson Gerding, Alek Russell, Cameron Ordway; front: Blake Niemann. (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.