• Philomath’s Hudson Raab, left, and Silas Pittman (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Trysting Tree Golf Course (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 senior Caleb Russell had a team-best 88 in Tuesday’s first-ever home golf meet for the Warriors. (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)
  • On the game of golf, Philomath senior Hudson Raab said, “I don’t play a spring sport so I just figured that I might as well come out and get a little better at a game that I can play for the rest of my life.” (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hudson Raab (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hudson Raab (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hudson Raab (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hudson Raab (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Silas Pittman (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Silas Pittman (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Silas Pittman (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Senior Silas Pittman, seen here in Tuesday’s Trysting Tree Invitational, worked on getting a golf team established this season at PHS. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Silas Pittman (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Silas Pittman (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Logan Matthews (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Logan Matthews, talking about the challenges of golf, said, “It’s the most frustrating sport. It’s the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.” (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 Elijah Bush (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Elijah Bush reacts to a shot during Tuesday’s invite. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Elijah Bush (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Elijah Bush (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Elijah Bush (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.