• Philomath High won the ninth girls state cross-country title in school history Saturday in Eugene. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Mason Stevens finished 63rd with a time of 19:05.1. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch, from left, JJ Lewis and Jacob Hernandez recover on the track following Saturday’s race. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Simon King, center, heads toward the finish with Phoenix’s Orlando Contreras, left, and Marshfield’s Jaxson Stovall. King was 36th in 18:09.6. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Simon King finished 36th with a time of 18:09.6. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kateri Pindell, left, and Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kateri Pindell finished 30th with a time of 21:25.8. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Kateri Pindell finished 30th with a time of 21:25.8. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath sophomore Leo Pausch looks to the finish line. He placed 19th in 17:42.8. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Leo Pausch finished 19th with a time of 17:42.8. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Galen Murch finished 62nd with a time of 19:03.5. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hallie Morrison finished 35th with a time of 21:31.5. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hallie Morrison finished 35th with a time of 21:31.5. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hanna McDaniel battles to the end on a wet track Saturday in Eugene. McDaniel was the team’s No. 5 runner and her 27th-place finish helped the Warriors hold off La Grande for the state title. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s JJ Lewis finished 59th with a time of 18:59.2. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s JJ Lewis finished 59th with a time of 18:59.2. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Lucy King, left, and Melea Lattin (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Melea Lattin, left, and Lucy King placed 14th and 15th, respectively. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Melea Lattin finished 14th with a time of 20:19.1. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Lukas Hernandez, left, and Leo Pausch (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Lukas Hernandez finished 14th with a time of 17:28.0. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath sophomore Lukas Hernandez had the team’s top finish with 14th in 17:28.0. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Lucy King finished 15th with a time of 20:25.0. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Jacob Hernandez finished 60th with a time of 19:01.2. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath High runners embrace following Saturday’s race. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • PHS didn’t realize right away that it had won the state title over La Grande. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath runners at the start (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath boys at the start (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Adele Beckstead, left, and Ana Candanoza smile while on their way to the medals stand following Saturday’s race. Beckstead placed ninth and Candanoza 10th. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Adele Beckstead, left, and Ana Candanoza (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Adele Beckstead, front, and Ana Candanoza in the final 100 meters. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath junior Adele Beckstead, left, and sophomore Ana Candanoza work the Lane Community College course in the rain. (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.

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