• Haley King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Haley King (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Adelaide Victorine (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS softball team (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailey Smith, Sierra Skaggs (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailey Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailey Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore Hailey Smith focuses on the plate during the team’s 8-7 victory Thursday over Molalla. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Hailey Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sierra Skaggs (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sierra Skaggs (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sierra Skaggs (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Natalie Muir (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior catcher Riley Mason took a vicious hit on this play at the plate in the third inning. Molalla’s base runner went into a late slide and the front of her batting helmet struck Mason in the face. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News).
  • Riley Mason (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Riley Mason (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Rylee Martin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Rylee Martin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore shortstop Libby Kramer throws to first base for an out. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Libby Kramer (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Libby Kramer (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Aniya Jaques (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Aniya Jaques (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Emily Burner (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.

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