Philomath High News Today

Warrior Watch: Six Philomath basketball players earn all-state honors; wrestler Riley Barrett to compete in Japan; and Philomath set to host track and field relays meet.

In a softball slugfest that saw 31 hits and 41 runs, Philomath High came painfully close to posting its first win of the season Monday but came up one run short, 21-20, in its Oregon West Conference opener at North Marion.

Philomath High graduates Kaela Lindsey, Brian McClelland, Logan Greeley and Lindsey Luke earned academic recognition at Oregon Institute of Technology.

Trying to move past a second straight sub-.500 record in softball, Philomath High coach Travis King firmly believes in a positive approach that serves as the foundation of a solid team culture.

For close to 15 years now, a Philomath team organized through the high school has been a regular participant in the Polar Plunge, a Special Olympics Oregon late-winter fundraising event at the Crystal Lake Sports Park boat ramp.

In his 22nd year leading Philomath High’s boys basketball program, Blake Ecker has certainly seen his share of big games through 390 wins and two state championships.

Blowing a 16-point lead in the first half, finding a way to regroup in the third and fourth quarters and then coming up with a clutch two points to force overtime, the Philomath High boys basketball team took fans on a crazy ride Thursday night in a home game against North Marion.

From a young age, Denny Nusbaum had a major presence in the Philomath business community.

The Philomath High School boys and girls basketball teams will host a round-robin tournament Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the Warriors facing Sutherlin, Scappoose and Marist Catholic.

A rundown of recent responses from the Philomath Police Department and Benton County Sheriff’s Office along with a list of highway fatalities from around the state as reported by Oregon State Police.