• Philomath’s bench celebrates in the second half. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Mason Stearns (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Mason Stearns (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Caleb Russell (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath junior Caleb Russell collides with a South Albany player on a drive downcourt. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Caleb Russell (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Caleb Russell (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hudson Raab (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Jacob Peters (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Jacob Peters (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Jacob Peters (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Jacob Peters works the ball inside against South Albany Tuesday night. Peters scored 16 points in the eight-point win. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Kaden Muir and South Albany senior DeShawn Gilliam go high for the ball in Tuesday night’s game. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kaden Muir (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kaden Muir (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kaden Muir (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Logan Matthews (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Logan Matthews (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Logan Matthews (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Preston Kramer (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Preston Kramer scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Preston Kramer (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Preston Kramer (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Preston Kramer (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Preston Kramer (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath coach Blake Ecker talks with Philomath senior Owen Heiken during Tuesday’s game against 5A South Albany. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Owen Heiken (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Owen Heiken (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Owen Heiken (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Connor Harms (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Connor Harms (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Connor Harms (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Connor Harms (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • PHS defense (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath head coach Blake Ecker (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.