• Coaches Bart Pollard of Marist Catholic and Blake Ecker of Philomath (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Esias Sapp pressures Marist senior CJ Giustina in the fourth quarter. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Esias Sapp (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Esias Sapp (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Josiah Peters (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Josiah Peters takes a shot from the outside in the first half. Peters finished with 11 points. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Jamin Peters (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hamish McConnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hamish McConnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kaden Howard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kaden Howard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kaden Howard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Ace Gerding (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS coach Blake Ecker (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Cole Barron (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath sophomore Cole Barron works the ball against Marist junior Colton Boresek. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Cole Barron (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.