• Adele Beckstead (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • An overview of the girls race near the Lane CC track. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Adele Becksead (No. 184) jockeys for position near the beginning of the race. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart and Adele Beckstead (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart and Adele Beckstead (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS freshman Cassidy Smart warms up following the race. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cassidy Smart (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Freshman Cassidy Smart placed 10th individually for the Warriors. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuno (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuno, left, outsprints Tillamook’s Reese Hopkes in the final stretch. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Reagan Nuno (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath senior Hallie Morrison finished as the team’s No. 5 point scorer. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hallie Morrison (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hallie Morrison (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Senior Hanna McDaniel pushes hard to reach the finish line. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hanna McDaniel (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Melea Lattin and Lucy King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Melea Lattin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Melea Lattin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Junior Lucy King (185) and senior Melea Lattin had key top-25 finishes for the Warriors. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lucy King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adele Beckstead (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adele Beckstead (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Adele Beckstead competed all four years at state. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adele Beckstead (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.