• Trisha (Stevens) Lamb (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The inaugural Hall of Fame banquet attracted a crowd of an estimated 300 people. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The inaugural Hall of Fame banquet attracted a crowd of an estimated 300 people. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kevin Boss (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • Shirley Lagestee (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • Gary Cox (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • The 1986 state champion girls basketball team. (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • The 1987 state champion girls basketball team. (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • Terry Boss (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • Kevin Boss (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • Woody Bennett (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • The 1988 state champion football team. (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • Trisha Stevens (Photo provided by PHS Hall of Fame)
  • Trisha (Stevens) Lamb locks eyes with someone in the audience during Saturday night’s Hall of Fame banquet. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Trisha (Stevens) Lamb (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Trisha (Stevens) Lamb (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Woody Bennett, right, shakes hands with Terry Stephenson. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • After an emotional (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • In an emotional moment on Saturday night, Diana Cox hugs daughter Christina Rosborough while her other daughter, Kathi Sollars, wipes a tear. Sollars and Rosborough had just come off the stage after talking about their late father, Gary Cox, the inspiration behind the PHS Hall of Fame. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kathi Sollars and Christina Rosborough (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kathi Sollars takes the podium with her sister Christina Rosborough looking on during the induction of their father, Gary Cox, at Saturday night’s PHS Hall of Fame event. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Terry Boss (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Terry Boss (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kevin Boss (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kevin Boss (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Perhaps the school’s most famous former athlete as an NFL player in the Super Bowl, Kevin Boss looks toward his family’s table while sharing his thoughts on induction into the PHS Hall of Fame. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Woody Bennett, who coached the 1988 football team to a state title, talks to the 300 people in the crowd at Saturday night’s event. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Woody Bennett (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Woody Bennett (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Steve Bennett and Shirley (Lagestree) Huyett. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Members of the 1988 state champion football team take the stage. (Photo provided by Marla Bennett)
  • Steve Bennett (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS Hall of Fame Committee member Steve Bennett, who worked with Gary Cox to establish the way to honor outstanding staff and alumni, served as the emcee for the evening. (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.