• Janae Traglia and Saff Evans (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Janae Traglia (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS softball team (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS softball team (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Freshman Hailey Smith eyes the plate in the fifth inning while the scoreboard shows how the game turned out Wednesday for the Warriors. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailey Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailey Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warriors junior Emma May steps around Gaston’s catcher to touch the plate for a run in the second inning. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Emma May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Rylee Martin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Libby Kramer (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kaylie Kohler and Saff Evans (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kaylie Kohler (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kaylie Kohler (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kaylie Kohler (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Haley King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Coach Kari Jaques (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior first baseman Zoee Howard runs down a foul ball. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Zoee Howard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Zoee Howard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Laighla Hockema throws to Zoee Howard for an out. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hannah Bennett (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hannah Bennett (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hannah Bennett (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.