• Chase Ringwald (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Chase Ringwald (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Silas Pittman (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Silas Pittman (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sophomore Silas Pittman slides to the ball against the Lions. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Silas Pittman (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Silas Pittman (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • No. 15 (not on roster) and Ben Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Nixon Mooney (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Nixon Mooney (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ben Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Mateo Candanoza and Cottage Grove goalkeeper Hayes Valley watch the ball go into the net for the game’s only goal on Tuesday in a 1-0 victory over Cottage Grove. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Mateo Candanoza plans his attack while squaring off against Cottage Grove goalkeeper Hayes Valley in the second half. Candanoza would score seconds later. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mateo Candanoza (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mateo Candanoza (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mateo Candanoza (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Brody Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Brody Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Teddy Benbow (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Seth Arthurs (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Seth Arthurs leaps into the air to bring the ball under control. (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.