• PHS senior Lacey Bacho watches her shot go into the net alongside junior Annaleise Brown for the game’s final goal. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Bella Nunez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls soccer team (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Abby Phelps (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sophomores Bella Nunez, left, and Kya Bolton celebrate the team’s 3-0 lead in the eighth minute. Bolton scored with an assist by Nunez. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Bella Nunez works with the ball while teammate goalkeeper Makena Sleeman watches in the distance. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Bella Nunez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Maggie King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Maggie King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lucy King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Junior Jordyn Hood, left, and sophomore Kya Bolton celebrate Philomath’s first goal Thursday in a 9-0 win over Sweet Home. Bolton had four goals in the conference victory. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jordyn Hood (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Brielle Hagen (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sophomore Sophie Ellis, from left, junior Jordyn Hood and senior Ana Candanoza celebrate the team’s 6-0 lead. Ellis scored on a shot from about 35 yards out. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ellie Dye (15) and Logan Cook (8). (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ellie Dye (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore Bethany Cannon avoids stumbling over the goalkeeper on the game’s first goal. The ball went into the net on a shot by sophomore Kya Bolton that went straight down after hitting the crossbar. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore Bethany Cannon gets her head on the ball over Sweet Home sophomore Ziarra Duncan. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ana Candanoza (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Annaleise Brown (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Annaleise Brown (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sophomore Kya Bolton scores one of her four goals in Philomath’s 9-0 win Thursday over Sweet Home. (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.