• Senior Grant Niemann finished with 74 yards rushing. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS quarterback Caleb Russell throws a 36-yard TD pass to Warwick Bushnell in the first quarter. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Mathew Ropp scores a second-half touchdown. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Junior CD Nuno catches a 45-yard touchdown on Philomath’s game-opening drive against Milwaukie. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • CD Nuno had four catches for 74 yards and a TD. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Senior Grant Niemann reaches the end zone on an eight-yard run in the second quarter. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Grant Niemann takes a handoff from quarterback Caleb Russell. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Lake Mulberry sacks Milwaukie’s quarterback. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Lake Mulberry carries the ball deep in the red zone. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Peyton Humphrey runs with the ball after picking up a fumble. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Hudson Raab leads the team’s charge out onto the field for the second half. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath sophomore Kaden Howard picks up yardage on an interception return. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS football (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Jeshua Gonzalez-Bush advanced the ball after recovering a fumble. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Backup quarterback AJ Altishin talks with coach Alex Firth before a series in the second half. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Head coach Alex Firth watches as the team gets ready to run a play. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The PHS defense had several big plays in the 49-0 win over Milwaukie. From left on the line, sophomore Jamin Peters (60), sophomore Chase Leslie (55), senior Brady Russell (54) and junior Tiernan Bovbjerg (79). (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Rocco De La Rosa returns the game-opening kickoff, going 41 yards to give the Warriors good field position for their first series. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Senior Warwick Bushnell trots in the end zone after catching the first of his two touchdown receptions. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Warwick Bushnell picks up yardage on a catch in the first half. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Tiernan Bovbjerg gets a QB hurry in the first half. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath freshman Jace Altishin (33) and senior Jeshua Gonzalez-Bush (20) tackle a Junction City player in the second half. (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.