• Leo Pausch and Lukas Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stevens (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stevens (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stevens (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS freshman Cassidy Smart approaches the finish line. Smart placed third overall. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls cross-country team (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Leo Pausch (472) and Lukas Hernandez (464) battled Newport’s Connor Brown (432) and Noah Larsen (441) throughout the race. Both Pausch and Hernandez placed first and third, respectively. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch and Lukas Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath junior Leo Pausch wins the varsity boys race ahead of Newport senior Connor Brown. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch and Connor Brown approach the finish line. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lucy King and Reagan Nuno (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS freshman Reagan Nuno (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuno (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hallie Morrison (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Hallie Morrison receives encouragement from teammates Kateri Pindell and Brooke McDaniel. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hallie Morrison (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Hallie Morrison appears on the course’s hill. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JJ Lewis (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JJ Lewis (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JJ Lewis (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lucy King and Melea Lattin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lucy King and Melea Lattin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Melea Lattin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Melea Lattin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kitten digs into the back of a Cascade runner (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lucy King, Reagan Nuno and Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch and Lukas Hernandez in warmups (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Lukas Hernandez sprints way from Newport senior Noah Larsen in the final stretch. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The start of the varsity girls race (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The start of the varsity girls race (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart, left, and Reagan Nuno with a light moment prior to the varsity race. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS cross-country coach Joe Fulton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS cross-country coach Joe Fulton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The cowbells were ringing in support of PHS. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The start of the varsity boys race (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The PHS boys cross-country team huddles prior to the varsity race. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Adele Beckstead and Sweet Home freshman Emma Whitton were even around the final turn. Beckstead outsprinted Whitton to the finish line for first place. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adele Beckstead (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adele Beckstead, Emma Whitton and Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adele Beckstead, Emma Whitton and Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Adele Beckstead reaches the finish line after outsprinting Sweet Home’s Emma Whitton for the win. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adele Beckstead stretches before the varsity girls race. (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.