Sand Springs Football Playoff Game Records

351 passing yards - Easton Webb vs. Piedmont (2024)

43 pass attempts - Eric Haines vs. McLain (1981)

22 pass completions - Ty Pennington vs. Deer Creek (2021) and Easton Webb vs. Piedmont (2024)

5 passing touchdowns - Easton Webb vs. Piedmont (2024)

160 receiving yards - Dom Forbes vs. Piedmont (2024)

12 receptions - Paxton Salazar vs. Putnam City (2025)

3 receiving touchdowns - Dom Forbes vs. Piedmont (2024)

36 carries - Payton Scott vs. Midwest City (2016)

183 rushing yards - Pedro Negron vs. Sapulpa (1997)

4 rushing touchdowns - Brock O'Dell vs. Piedmont (2025)

21 tackles - Drake Fain vs. Putnam City (2022)

4.5 tackles for loss - Dom Ornelas vs. Putnam City (2022)

3 sacks - Delvin Jordan Jr. vs. Midwest City (2016) and Dom Ornelas vs. Putnam City (2022)

6 pass deflections - Jamon Sisco vs. Deer Creek (2020)

2 interceptions - Kelly Smith vs. Union (1990) and Kevin King vs. Broken Arrow (1997))

55 interception return yards - Terry Connell vs. Nowata (1951)

2 forced fumbles - Gage Fain vs. Midwest City (2017) and Sango Whitehorn vs. Deer Creek (2020)

3 fumble recoveries - Billy Norris vs. Poteau (1951) and Jace Seals vs. Lawton (1987)

41 fumble return yards - Jason Shehan vs. Jenks (1993)

86 punt return yards - Jerald Jestice vs. Poteau (1951)

106 kick return yards - Trace Fleischman vs. Bixby (2015)

7 punts - Tony Bart vs. Jenks (1976)

250 punt yards - Kasey Bales vs. Bixby (2015)

6 PATs - Charles Hughes vs. Poteau (1951), Tanner Copeland vs. Piedmont (2024) and Dawson Puckett vs. Lawton (2023)

2 field goals - Doug Shinnerer vs. Idabel (1976), Jace Seals vs. Norman (1987), and Fleming Sorenson vs. Jenks (1990)

5 total touchdowns - Easton Webb vs. Piedmont (2025)

2 two-point conversions - Jacie Hill vs. Ada (1966)

All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of these records but historic records are hard to find and often conflicting depending on sources. If you see any errors, please contact us.

Football State Championship Primer: Sand Springs vs. Choctaw

It's game day!

No. 1 Sand Springs (10-2) is back in the State Championship finals for the first time since 2015 and only the third time in school history.

The opponent is a familiar foe, No. 4 Choctaw, the defending State Champions who ended the Sandites' seasons the last three years in a row.

The setting: Chad Richison Stadium on the University of Central Oklahoma campus in Edmond - 7:00 p.m.

Choctaw leads the series 9-2 since the two teams first met in 1992. The Yellowjackets have won seven in a row against Sand Springs, who last defeated Choctaw in 2001.

The last three meetings have been heartbreakers: 48-29 in the 2022 quarterfinals, 45-15 in the 2023 quarterfinals, and 31-21 in the 2024 semifinals. But, as Choctaw coach Jake Corbin stated in yesterday's presser, "the 2025 teams have never met so what happened in the past does not matter."

What does matter is what's happened in the 2025 season. And it has been beautiful. Following season-opening losses to Bixby and Owasso, who are both playing in the Class 6A-I Championship tomorrow night, the Sandites have won 10 games in a row for their longest win streak and first district championship since 1997.

And most importantly they are in the finals for the first time since 2015. That heartbreaker ended in a 38-28 loss to Bixby. And before that? The 1966 State Championship: a 14-7 triumph over El Reno in the Class 2A finals.

Some highlights of the season thus far:

This is now the highest-scoring team in school history with 460 points, surpassing last year's 434, averaging 38.3 points per game. The Sandites are allowing 16.2 points per game, the fewest since 2015.

Sand Springs has won five shutouts for the first time since 1951.

They've hung half a hundred on three different foes for only the third time in school history.

This is the Sandites' first 10-win season since 1997 and only our sixth in school history.

This is the fourth-longest win streak in school history.

Senior quarterback Easton Webb has been a big part of that. Here are some of his school records:

• Single game passing yards: 447 against Bishop Kelley in 2024.

• Playoff game passing yards: 351 against Piedmont in 2024.

• Single season passing yards: 3,502 in 2024.

• Career passing yards: 8,605.

• Single game pass completions: 30 against Putnam City North in 2024.

• Season pass completions: 218 in 2024.

• Career pass completions: 618.

• Single game passing touchdowns: 6 against both Capitol Hill and Bartlesville in 2024.

• Playoff game passing touchdowns: 5 against Piedmont in 2024. That's also the playoff game total touchdowns record.

• Single season passing touchdowns: 41 last year.

• Career passing touchdowns: 83.

• Winningest quarterback in school history with a 29-14 record as starter.

But he hasn't been alone in setting records.

• Junior receiver Dom Forbes holds a mess of records of his own:

• Single game receiving yards: 261 against Bartlesville in 2024.

• Playoff game receiving yards: 160 against Piedmont in 2024.

• Single season receiving yards: 1,551 as a sophomore.

• Career receiving yards: 2,808.

• Single game receptions: 17 against Bartlesville in 2025.

• Single season receptions: 91 this year.

• Career receptions: 161.

• Single game receiving touchdowns: 4 against Bartlesville in 2024.

• Playoff game receiving touchdowns: 3 against Piedmont in 2024.

• Single season receiving touchdowns: 20 as a sophomore.

• Career receiving touchdowns: 31.

Another stud receiver on this team is Paxton Salazar who set the playoff receptions record with 12 last week against Putnam City.

And don't forget Brock O'Dell who set the playoff rushing touchdown record with four scores against Piedmont two weeks ago.

And kicker Tanner Copeland tied the school's playoff game PAT record with 6 kicks against Piedmont in 2024.

The Class of 2026 is the winningest class in school history with a record of 33-15, winning 68.75% of their games. These same kids won the INFC Championship in seventh grade and the Frontier Valley Conference Championship in eighth grade, and many of them became varsity players as freshmen.

Regardless of what goes down in Edmond tonight - this has been a top-two season in school history and nobody will be forgetting it for a long time.

Just for fun - here are all of the Sand Springs playoff game records:

• 351 passing yards - Easton Webb vs. Piedmont (2024)

• 43 pass attempts - Eric Haines vs. McLain (1981)

• 22 pass completions - Ty Pennington vs. Deer Creek (2021) and Easton Webb vs. Piedmont (2024)

• 5 passing touchdowns - Easton Webb vs. Piedmont (2024)

• 160 receiving yards - Dom Forbes vs. Piedmont (2024)

• 12 receptions - Paxton Salazar vs. Putnam City (2025)

• 3 receiving touchdowns - Dom Forbes vs. Piedmont (2024)

• 36 carries - Payton Scott vs. Midwest City (2016)

• 183 rushing yards - Pedro Negron vs. Sapulpa (1997)

• 4 rushing touchdowns - Brock O'Dell vs. Piedmont (2025)

• 21 tackles - Drake Fain vs. Putnam City (2022)

• 4.5 tackles for loss - Dom Ornelas vs. Putnam City (2022)

• 3 sacks - Delvin Jordan Jr. vs. Midwest City (2016) and Dom Ornelas vs. Putnam City (2022)

• 6 pass deflections - Jamon Sisco vs. Deer Creek (2020)

• 2 interceptions - Kelly Smith vs. Union (1990) and Kevin King vs. Broken Arrow (1997))

• 55 interception return yards - Terry Connell vs. Nowata (1951)

• 2 forced fumbles - Gage Fain vs. Midwest City (2017) and Sango Whitehorn vs. Deer Creek (2020)

• 3 fumble recoveries - Billy Norris vs. Poteau (1951) and Jace Seals vs. Lawton (1987)

• 41 fumble return yards - Jason Shehan vs. Jenks (1993)

• 86 punt return yards - Jerald Jestice vs. Poteau (1951)

• 106 kick return yards - Trace Fleischman vs. Bixby (2015)

• 7 punts - Tony Bart vs. Jenks (1976)

• 250 punt yards - Kasey Bales vs. Bixby (2015)

• 6 PATs - Charles Hughes vs. Poteau (1951), Tanner Copeland vs. Piedmont (2024) and Dawson Puckett vs. Lawton (2023)

• 2 field goals - Doug Shinnerer vs. Idabel (1976), Jace Seals vs. Norman (1987), and Fleming Sorenson vs. Jenks (1990)

• 5 total touchdowns - Easton Webb vs. Piedmont (2025)

• 2 two-point conversions - Jacie Hill vs. Ada (1966)

All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of these records but historic records are hard to find and often conflicting depending on sources. If you see any errors, please let me know.

Sandites Host Sapulpa in District Championship Game Friday

6A-2 No. 1 Sand Springs (7-2, 6-0) will host No. 6 Sapulpa (7-2, 6-0) this Friday at 7pm in the de facto district title game. Here are 16 fast facts about the Highway 97 Rivalry and 10 facts about the Sandites’ season thus far.

Sand Springs leads the Highway 97 Rivalry 48-45-5 all-time and 5-0 in the Bobby Klinck era.

The two teams first met in 1922 and have played every single year since 1930. Sapulpa led the series from 1944 to 2021 when the Sandites finally tied it and Sand Springs has led the series since 2022.

Sand Springs has won five games in a row against Sapulpa and 10 of the last 11. Neither team has ever won six in a row in this series.

Sapulpa has not won in Memorial Stadium since 2013.

Sand Springs won 21-0 last year with Easton Webb passing for 201 yards and 3 TDs while Emory Smittick had 14 tackles to lead the defense. It was the first shutout in the series since 2003. Sapulpa hasn't been shut out in back-to-back meetings since 1938.

2023 was the highest-scoring game in series history with Sand Springs winning 64-54.

Historically, the two teams are rarely good at the same time. In seasons in which both teams finished with winning records, Sand Springs leads 11-4-2.

Trivia fun fact: Keith Hooks (1996-1998) is the only Sandite QB to beat Sapulpa four times, winning all three seasons as starter plus a playoff game in 1997.

Sand Springs is currently allowing 15.1 points per game, the fewest since 2015, and 5.8 points per district game, the fewest since 1977.

The Sandites are currently scoring 40.2 points per game and 50.5 per district game, the most in school history for each category.

We have outscored our district opponents 303-35, compared to 283-108 against the same six opponents last season.

This is our first 6-0 start to district play since 1997 and only the second such start in school history.

Sand Springs is looking for its first district championship since 1997, and its 11th district championship in school history.

With seven wins in a row, the Sandites are on their longest winning streak since 1997.

Sand Springs Football Single Game Records

This list is a work in progress and additional categories will be added in the future. These numbers are accurate through 10/26/2025.

Passing Yards

447 Easton Webb vs. Bishop Kelley - 9.20.2024
440 Easton Webb vs. Putnam City North - 11.1.2024
391 Easton Webb vs. Bartlesville - 9.27.2024
371 Cody Hale vs. Ponca City 10.5.2012
368 Easton Webb vs. Ponca City - 10.11.2024
360 Ty Pennington vs. Shiloh Christian - 9.17.2021
357 Tommy Rogers vs. Muskogee - 10.7.2005
351 Easton Webb vs. Piedmont - 11.22.2024
347 Darrack Harger vs. Stillwater - 9.23.2011
336 Darrack Harger vs. Stillwater - 9.24.2010

Rushing Yards

507 Payton Scott vs. Bartlesville - 10.27.2017
352 Payton Scott vs. Sapulpa - 9.22.2017
334 Terrance Dixon vs. Tulsa Memorial - 9.24.2009
298 Terrance Dixon vs. Stillwater - 9.11.2009
284 Payton Scott vs. Ponca City - 10.6.2017
283 Payton Scott vs. Bartlesville - 10.28.2016
251 Joel Mackey vs. Shawnee - 9.21.2018
240 Payton Scott vs. Choctaw - 9.9.2016
231 Payton Scott vs. Putnam City West - 9.15.2017
230 Josh Reed vs. Tulsa NOAH - 9.14.2007

Eli Buxton Named to All-State Large-East Team

Eli Buxton is presented with a State Runner-Up medal by CPHS Assistant Principal Ryan Bivin.

Charles Page High School senior Eli Buxton will get to represent the black and gold one last time when he suits up for the All-State game on June 2nd at David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid.

The Arizona State-bound senior was named to the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association Large-East team following a State Runner-Up season in which he went 6-3 on the mound with a 2.15 ERA in 55.1 innings pitched.

Some of Buxton’s highlight wins this season include an 11-strikeout one-hitter against Norman North, a 12-strikeout two-hitter against Bartlesville, a nine-strikeout two-hitter against Stillwater, a nine-strikeout one-hitter against Bishop Kelley in the Regional playoffs, and a win over Edmond Santa Fe in the State quarterfinals.

He was also a strong hitter for the Sandites, batting .227 with a .360 slugging percentage, 10 runs, four doubles, two home runs, and 16 RBIs.

Buxton is the 27th All-State selection from Sand Springs and this is the third year in a row the Sandites have been represented at the All-State games.

Rounding out the Large East team is Blake Aziere (Stillwater), Braxton Jones (Sapulpa), Chance Pair (Tahlequah), Lane Evans (Norman North), Garrett Shull (Enid), Caden Lesnau (McAlester), Tanner McMurray (Bishop Kelley), Weston Thomas (Piedmont), Ben Flusche (Union), Reace Martinez (Owasso), Malachi Wilson (Sapulpa), Colton Hollenbeck (Collinsville), and Camden Knutson (Union). The team will be coached by Collinsville’s Tony Reeder.

Matt Brown Moves to Admin, Scott Watkins Takes Over Sandite Baseball

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Matt Brown (left) will be the new CPHS Assistant Principal while Scott Watkins (Right) will be the new head baseball coach.

Matt Brown is going out on top, stepping down from the position of Head Coach of Sandite Baseball following an historic State Runner-Up performance just last weekend.

After a five-year stint in his first head coaching job, and eight total years with the Sandites, Brown retired with a 113-52 record after leading the Sandites to their first-ever district championship in 2023, followed by their first State Tournament appearance since 2011 and first Finals appearance since 1978 this season.

Brown will be staying with the district and stepping into an administrative role as the new Assistant Principal at Charles Page High School.

Now, longtime assistant Scott Watkins will be taking over.

Watkins is a Sand Springs native who played collegiate ball at Oral Roberts University, Seminole State College, and Oklahoma State University before a ten-year professional career highlighted by a season playing with the Minnesota Twins in 1995. He has been a Sand Springs assistant since 2004.