• Game captains Caleb Russell, from left, Grant Niemann, Hudson Raab and Brady Russell. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Brady Russell (54) and Josiah Peters (21).(Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Brady Russell (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hudson Raab (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Hudson Raab (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Grant Niemann scores one of his two TDs against the Cubs. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Grant Niemann (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Grant Niemann (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Grant Niemann (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Josiah Peters (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • The game was nearly moved to Philomath because of lights that caught on fire at Morrow Field Thursday. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Lake Mulberry scores (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Lake Mulberry (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Lake Mulberry (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath junior Lake Mulberry moved from the line to the backfield for this season. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Lake Mulberry (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Bryce Hruska (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath sophomore Kaden Howard strips the ball from Newport’s Ethan Baley in the second quarter. Philomath’s Jamin Peters recovered the fumble. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Head Coach Alex Firth (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Head Coach Alex Firth (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Head Coach Alex Firth (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Mitchell Berklund (3) and Gavin Bennett (23). (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Rocco De La Rosa (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath junior Rocco De La Rosa sprints down the sideline followed by teammate CD Nuno. De La Rosa had two long TDs in the 46-10 victory at Newport. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath junior Rocco De La Rosa had 226 all-purpose yards in the win over Newport. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Rocco De La Rosa (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Warwick Bushnell scores on a 67-yard reception early in the second quarter. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s AJ Altishin (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • PHS football team (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath vs. Newport (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Caleb Russell (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior QB Caleb Russell threw for 253 yards and four touchdowns. (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.