PN Newsletter Volume 3, Edition 85, July 17, 2022

Volume 3, Number 85

Good Morning. It’s Sunday, July 17, 2022

We’ve got about six weeks before Philomath High athletics gets started with competition against other teams. The boys and girls soccer teams will host a jamboree on Thursday, Aug. 25 with Elmira and Lebanon coming in. The football team will then host a jamboree on Friday, Aug. 26 with Crescent Valley, Marist Catholic, Sweet Home and Prairie City, Washington, scheduled to participate.

Thanks for reading!
Brad Fuqua, publisher/editor

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