• PHS volleyball team (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Megan Ward hits over a pair of Marist defenders. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Nora Stanley (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Nora Stanley (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS freshman Alyssa Stanley, left, and junior Nora Stanley go high at the net on a hit attempt by Marist junior Lauren Rohman. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Avery Smith had 18 assists and three aces. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Avery Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Shaylee May focuses on the ball during the team’s exceptional defensive performance in the second set. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Shaylee May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Taylor Hudson (12) and senior Shaylee May (15) go up for the block. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Taylor Hudson (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.