• The varsity girls took first place at Saturday’s Oregon West Championships. (Photo provided by Craig McDaniel)
  • The PHS boys qualified for state as the OWC runner-up at Saturday’s meet. (Photo provided by Craig McDaniel)
  • Lucy King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore Mason Stevens placed ninth. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The varsity girls race begins (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Kateri Pindell crosses in 13th. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kateri Pindell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kateri Pindell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hallie Morrison (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hallie Morrison (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Coach Joe Fulton said he would like to see his third, fourth and fifth runners grouped together. Here, Lucy King, from right, Hallie Morrison and Melea Lattin get started on the course’s second lap. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Melea Lattin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Melea Lattin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lucy King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ana Candanoza, left, and Adele Beckstead finished 1-2 Saturday in the OWC Championships in Philomath. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ana Candanoza, left, and Adele Beckstead finished 1-2 Saturday in the OWC Championships in Philomath. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ana Candanoza, left, and Adele Beckstead (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adele Beckstead (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stevens (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The start of the varsity boys race (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore Leo Pausch placed fifth. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JJ Lewis, left, and Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior JJ Lewis gets support from a youngster in the stretch run. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Simon King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Simon King has moved into the team’s No. 3 running position. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • From left, Philomath’s Lukas Hernandez and Leo Pausch, Newport’s Calvary Votaw and Philomath’s Simon King. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath sophomore Lukas Hernandez runs the final 100 meters on his way to a fourth-place finish. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Newport’s Finn Collson was the individual boys winner. (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.