• Porter Compton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Porter Compton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Rielly Ellingsen (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Freshman Rielly Ellingsen was one of three individual champions for PHS at the meet, taking first at 115. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Rustan Woosley (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS coach Troy Woosley has a postmatch talk with Warriors sophomore Sarah Robertson during Thursday’s Benton County Championships. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Braydon Williams took first at 126 pounds. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sarah Robertson (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore Sarah Robertson executes a move in a 125-pound match against Corvallis senior Joanna Alvarado. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS girls wrestling (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Dillon Osborns (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lake Mulberry (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lake Mulberry (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warriors senior Derick Kohn moves in for a pin at 215 pounds. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Derick Kohn (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lukas Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lukas Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Elijah Henevoy (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Max Grapoli battles Santiam Christian’s Thomas Coiner at 132 pounds. Grapoli eventually won with a pin and took first place in the division. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Max Grapoli (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Odin Compton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Odin Compton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Liam Bennett (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Liam Bennett took first place at 165 pounds. (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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