CPHS Volleyball: Sandites upset No. 7 Claremore 3-2 on Senior Night

The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team notched a 3-2 upset over Class 5A No. 7 ranked Claremore (14-14) Thursday evening on Senior Night. The Sandites won the first two sets against the Zebras, lost the next two, and won the fifth before a boisterous crowd of fans at the Ed Dubie Field House

The Sandites jumped out to a 4-0 lead with a pair of kills from Devree Youngblood before the Zebras got on the board with a service error and a kill from Danielle Meisinger. Rachel Hines kicked off a three-point run for the Sandites, but Claremore tied it up at 7-7. Youngblood scored two more kills and combined on a block with Vanessa Wyrick for an 11-7 lead, then the visitors battled back for a 15-13 advantage.

Things got heated from there as neither team won more than two rallies in a row. The set tied eight times but ultimately the Sandites prevailed 25-23 anchored by Youngblood with seven kills and Madison Burris with one kill and seven assists. Cheyenne Henry hit the lone Sandite ace in game one.

The second set started with a 5-1 Sandite lead thanks to kills from Youngblood and Hines, and an ace from Burris. Then the Zebras went on a 7-1 run for the lead with two aces from Riley Renfroe. Wyrick scored a kill and a block to tie it, then Youngblood had a pair of aces for the lead. The back and forth affair continued with an ace from Jones for the 12-10 Zebra lead. The game tied at 15 and Sand Springs took the lead at 18-17 with three-straight Zebra errors.

Jones and Briley Penny combined on a block to tie it again, but that would be the last time as the Sandites thundered ahead to a 25-21 victory. Claremore outkilled the Sandites 11-8 but the Sandites won the ace battle 5-3 and only committed five total errors.

The Zebras battled back in the third set, rallying from a 15-11 deficit to an 18-16 lead that they never surrendered. They came alive at the net with five blocks as the difference maker.

The fourth game got off to a great start for the Sandites with a 6-0 lead. The tag team duo of Burris and Youngblood combined for two blocks and two kills before the Zebras got on the board with a service error. The visitors began to rally after Youngblood came out with an injury, but McKenzie Harris and Gillian Wicker filled in well and the Zebras didn’t take their first lead till 18-17. They ran away with it from there, however, for a 25-20 victory.

Sand Springs used a three-point run for a 5-3 lead in the final set, Claremore won three to make it 6-5, Sand Springs won four to make it 9-6, Claremore won four more, then Sand Springs won five more. Claremore notched a campfire kill to try and stall the Sandite tide, but Hailey Grant hit out-of-bounds to give Sand Springs the win at 15-12.

On Tuesday the Lady Sandites fell 25-19, 25-13, and 25-18 to No. 14 Bixby (16-12, 6-3).

Sand Springs Volleyball (6-16, 4-3) will return to action Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. with a Frontier Valley Conference home match against No. 9 Broken Arrow (18-11, 7-0) who they previously fell 3-1 to at the Tigers’ home tournament.

CPHS 3 CHS 2
(25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 20-25, 15-12)
Kills: CHS 44, CPHS 42.
Blocks: CPHS 10, CHS 10.
Aces: CPHS 9, CHS 7.
Service Errors: CHS 12, CPHS 13.
Total Errors: CHS 45, CPHS 45.
(Sand Springs Stats)
Kills: Youngblood 14, Campfield 10, Hines 6, Burris 4, Wyrick 4, Harris 2, Henry 1, Mong 1.
Assists: Burris 30, Mong 5, Wyrick 1, Blaylock 1.
Solo Blocks: Campfield 1, Wyrick 1, Henry 1.
Assisted Blocks: Henry 4, Burris 4, Youngblood 3, Wyrick 3.
Aces: Burris 2, Youngblood 2, Henry 2, Campfield 1, Martin 1, Mong 1.
Digs: Blaylock 6, Campfield 5, Mong 3, Harris 1, Henry 1.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
7-0 No. 9 Broken Arrow (18-11)
6-1 No. 8 Jenks (18-15)
6-3 No. 14 Bixby (16-12)
5-2 No. 7 Owasso (21-9)
5-4 No. 17 Union (11-14)
4-3 Sand Springs (6-16)
3-5 No. 18 Bartlesville (6-18)
0-4 Booker T. Washington (5-9)
0-7 Muskogee (14-13)
0-7 Sapulpa (3-14)