• PHS boys cross-country (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS boys cross-country (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart and Olivia Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Smith and Libby Kramer (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart and Olivia Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart and Olivia Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Cassidy Smart overtakes Crescent Valley’s Alexa Montgomery in the stretch run. Montgomery was able to catch Smart at the end, however, and lean for the victory. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Cassidy Smart overtakes Crescent Valley’s Alexa Montgomery in the stretch run. Montgomery was able to catch Smart at the end, however, and lean for the victory. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Cassidy Smart and Crescent Valley’s Alexa Montgomery. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Piper Pedder (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Piper Pedder (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Piper Pedder (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Piper Pedder (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuño (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuño (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuño (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuño (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuño (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Libby Kramer (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Libby Kramer (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart, right, and Olivia Hernandez had a 2-3 finish at the Country Fair Classic on Wednesday to help the Warriors to first place. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Olivia Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Olivia Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS cross-country (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warren Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warren Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warren Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch and Riggins Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch, right, and Riggins Bushnell pass the 1-mile mark on the Country Fair Classic course. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch and Riggins Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Braven Beard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Braven Beard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Braven Beard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Barlow (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cameron Barlow (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.

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