• Philomath’s Kayson Olsen. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Brady Russell. (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 Grant Niemann. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Grant Niemann. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Grant Niemann had the game’s lone RBI with a single up the middle in the fifth inning. (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 second baseman Wylie Griffith makes a play in the field during the team’s 2-0 win over Tillamook. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Junior third baseman Rocco De La Rosa was among Philomath’s players that had a solid defensive effort to back up Caleb Babcock’s pitching performance. (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)
  • Philomath’s Rocco De La Rosa. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Rocco De La Rosa. (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 slides head first into second base as the ball arrives for a steal in the second inning. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Joe Barnes. (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’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 junior Caleb Babcock threw a one-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts in the team’s 2-0 playoff victory Tuesday over Tillamook. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s AJ Altishin. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s AJ Altishin. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Brady Russell. (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.