• Postgame cheer (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ahnika Tryon (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS freshman Emily Taunisila drives the lane. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Emily Taunisila (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Anneka Steen (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Anneka Steen (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sophomore Anneka Steen scores Philomath’s first points against Henley. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ben Silva (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Aspen Russell, Emily Taunisila (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailie Couture, Aspen Russell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Aspen Russell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Aspen Russell (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Zoee Howard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Zoee Howard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ingrid Hellesto (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Young Hailie Couture fan (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailie Couture heads up the court after drilling a 3-pointer. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Hailie Couture hit four 3-pointers in Saturday’s fourth-place trophy game victory over Henley. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailie Couture (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailie Couture (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailie Couture and Zoee Howard go high for a chest bump following Philomath’s 54-50 win over Henley. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Abigail Brown (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Abigail Brown (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Senior Abigail Brown endures a hard foul late in the fourth and then went to the foul line and hit a free throw to give Philomath a four-point lead with 9 seconds remaining. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS bench (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath High’s girls basketball team poses with the state tournament’s fourth-place trophy. (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.