PHILOMATH - Nothing was going to stop the Philomath High football team from accomplishing its goal on Friday night.

Not a costly fumble that allowed Sweet Home to take its first lead of the game.

Not even two questionable calls against the PHS defense that kept a long Huskies drive going late in the game.

No, the Warriors (5-1, 1-0) accomplished their mission - earning their first Valco League win in two years - by defeating Sweet Home, 26-22, at Clemens Field.

"We had a goal and we just reached it," PHS coach Troy Muir said. "We weren't going to let it go by."

Dan Haynes' 17-yard touchdown pass to Logan Stevens with 50 seconds left in regulation capped a furious rally by the Warriors.

On third-and-6 from Sweet Home's 17-yard line, Haynes rolled out and lobbed a pass to Stevens in the corner of the end zone that Stevens barely came up with inbounds.

"When coach (Muir) came into the huddle, he said, 'If you don't see it, get to the middle of the field so we can kick a field goal for the win,' " Haynes said. "But I saw Logan had a little bit of leverage on the outside, so I just lofted it and prayed."

Haynes, a senior, said the win was the biggest one since he has been at PHS, but it didn't come easy for the Warriors despite a strong start.

After PHS jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, Sweet Home responded by scoring 22 straight points.

A PHS fumble in the third set up an 11-yard touchdown run by Sweet Home running back Amos Parmenter. He also ran in the two-point conversion to give the Huskies a 15-14 lead with 7:31 remaining in the third.

A bad punt on the Warriors' next possession gave Sweet Home the ball on the 50-yard line. Four plays later, Parmenter danced his way through the line and burst into the open for a 33-yard yard touchdown. The Huskies converted the kick to go up 22-14 with 2:09 left in the quarter.

PHS responded with a touchdown of its own when Keith Fakhoury scored from a yard out six seconds into the fourth quarter. Fakhoury, however, could not get into the end zone on the ensuing two-point try that would have tied the game at 22.

On the next possession, things got interesting. After the Warriors forced a three-and-out for the Huskies, the snap to Parmenter on the punt was high and he was forced to pick up the ball and throw it.

The pass was incomplete, but the officials called pass interference on the play, which gave Sweet Home a first down and moved the ball to the Huskies' 45.

After the Huskies moved the ball to the PHS 27-yard line, the Warriors appeared to have caught another break when they recovered a fumble by running back Trevur Byers. But the Warriors were called for holding on the play, giving Sweet Home another chance.

But that was the last break the Huskies would get, as they turned the ball over on downs at the Warriors' 13-yard line.

"This is their first year in this defense," Muir said of his defensive players. "They are starting to understand the system better."

Added Haynes: "The way we fought back at the end, it was movie-like. You couldn't have written it any better."

PHS got an 11-yard touchdown run from Trevor Motter at the 8:22 mark in the first quarter to get the Warriors on the board on the board. Almost six minutes later, Stevens caught a 58-yard bomb from Haynes to help them take a 14-0 lead.

Stevens finished with three catches for 94 yards and two touchdowns for the Warriors, who are at Taft on Thursday.

Philomath 26, Sweet Home 22

SWEET HOME 0 7 15 0 - 22

PHILOMATH 14 0 0 12 - 26

First quarter

PHS: Trevor Motter 11 run (Motter kick), 8:22

PHS: Logan Stevens 58 pass from Dan Haynes (Motter kick), 2:57

Second quarter

SH: Josh Riggs 11 pass from Keenon Martin (Marc Calligan kick), 6:51

Third quarter

SH: Amos Parmenter 11 run (Parmenter run), 6:41

SH: Parmenter 34 run (Calligan kick), 2:09

Fourth quarter

PHS: Keith Fakhoury 1 run (run failed), 11:54

PHS: Stevens 17 pass from Haynes (run failed), :50

RUSHING: SH - Parmenter 17-139. PHS - K. Fakhoury 21-84, Namer Fakhoury 5-99

PASSING: SH - Martin 5-19-0 65. PHS - Haynes 4-7-0 145

RECEIVING: SH - Riggs 3-35. PHS - Stevens 3-94, Vaughn 1-53