• Olivia Hernandez, left, and Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Braven Beard (2966) and Warren Smart (2974) (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warren Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Cassidy Smart broke a 21-year-old Mariman meet record by 14.6 seconds. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warriors sophomore Piper Pedder approaches the finish line to finish eighth overall with a personal-record time. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Piper Pedder (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Piper Pedder (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Oakley Pausch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Oakley Pausch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuño and 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)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Galen Murch navigates a turn in the trees during Saturday’s race. Murch placed fifth overall. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Olivia Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Olivia Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warriors freshman Olivia Hernandez finished second individually. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Olivia Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Start of the girls race (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Joe Fulton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Riggins Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath High’s Riggins Bushnell is among a group of freshmen that has had an immediate impact on the varsity lineup. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Riggins Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Riggins Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Bushnell, Reagan Nuño and Piper Pedder (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sienna Bushnell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Boys start (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Braven Beard (2966) and Warren Smart (2974)(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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