CPHS Football Preview: Sandites ride six-year win streak into Ponca City meeting

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University of Central Oklahoma freshman Payton Scott ran for 284 yards and five touchdowns on only 25 carries in last year’s lopsided 42-7 victory.

The Class 6A-II No. 11 ranked Charles Page High School football team (1-5, 0-3) is still looking for their first district win, though at this point they’ll need to win out to make the playoffs.

The Sandites will have a good shot at snapping their four-game losing streak when they travel to a winless Ponca City (0-6, 0-3) Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Sullins Stadium
927 North 5th Street
Ponca City, OK 74601

OSSAA 6A-II District 2 Standings
3-0 Bixby (44 district points)
2-1 Booker T. Washington (16)
2-1 Sapulpa (-9)
2-1 Muskogee (23)
2-1 Shawnee (-9)
1-2 Bartlesville (-18)
0-3 Sand Springs (-18)
0-3 Ponca City (-29)

Last Week

The Sandites had homecoming spoiled 29-27 by Bartlesville despite owning a 20-7 lead by the end of the first quarter. Caden Pennington led the offense with a 6-13-138-1 passing performance for three touchdowns and a 13-95 run game. Daren Hawkins caught four passes for 90 yards and two scores and Braden Foster caught two throws for 48 yards and a touchdown. Joel Mackey carried 10-69 for one touchdown and Jaden Weiser was three-for-three on extra point kicks. Luke Bratcher had a forced fumble, Kaden Glass had a recovery, and Mackey blocked a PAT.

Ponca had their second-biggest offensive showing of the season, scoring twenty points against Bixby, but also gave up 57 in their worst defensive allowance.

This Season

The Sandites started strong, despite an opening week loss to a strong Texas program. They easily handled a still winless Putnam City team, but things took a downward turn from there. After an unsurprising loss to a powerhouse Arkansas team they suffered three come-from-behind losses. They have no problem scoring and no problem getting stops, but both sides of the ball have a hard time finishing.

Ponca is riding an eleven game losing streak that that Sandites kicked off last year. They’ve played a fairly tough schedule including two undefeated 5A teams and average 13.5 points per game.

No. 11 Sand Springs (1-5, 0-3)

28-41 vs. Mansfield Summit (3-2)
45-24 @ Putnam City (0-6)
13-49 @ Greenwood (5-1)
23-23, OT @ Shawnee (2-4)
27-45 vs. Muskogee (4-2)
27-29 vs. Bartlesville (2-4)

No. 15 Ponca City (0-6, 0-3)

13-20 vs. Enid (1-5)
14-28 @ Guthrie (6-0)
0-28 vs. Collinsville (6-0)
27-32 @ Shawnee (2-4)
7-16 @ Muskogee (4-2)
20-57 vs. Bixby (5-1)

Average Sandite Box Score
Opponent 35 CPHS 27
First Downs: Opp 18, CPHS 16.
Fumbles/Lost: Opp 1/1, CPHS 2/1.
Penalties: Opp 8-74, CPHS 7-49.
Passing: Opp 12-18-159-0, CPHS 9-16-125-0.
Rushing: Opp 41-229, CPHS 41-243.
Offense: Opp 59-388, CPHS 57-368.

The Programs

Sand Springs is coming off a 5-6 season, led by twelfth year Head Coach Dustin Kinard with a 61-65 record. They are riding an all-time program best streak of six-straight seasons with playoff berths. They have been in Class 6A-II since its inception in 2014. The Sandites hold one gold ball, winning the 2A State title in 1966.

Ponca City coming off a 1-9 season and is led by first-year Head Coach Scott Harmon with a 127-55 record in sixteen seasons at lower classifications. The Wildcats haven’t had a winning season since 2005. They have never won a football title.

The Series (Sand Springs 25-18-1)

The Ponca City series was an exciting one from the very beginning. The first installment was in 1952 when the Wildcats knocked Cecil Hankins’s District Champions out of the playoffs in a home Thanksgiving Day battle. The next year resulted in a 7-7 tie. In 1954, with future MLB 3X World Series champion Jerry Adair at quarterback, the Sandites rallied from a 20-0 deficit to a 21-20 victory.

The series took a hiatus until 1961, when Ponca won handily, then stalled again till 1978. Sand Springs became the first team to win back-to-back meetings in 1981 with a 31-24 triple overtime win on the road.

The Wildcats won three in a row from 1984 to 1986, then Sand Springs won four in a row from 1987 to 1990, including the series’ first shutouts of 20-0 in 1988 and 28-0 in 1990. The Sandites won another streak of four from 1996-1999, then Ponca dominated from 2000 to 2005.

The Wildcats scored 40+ points in three-straight games during the dark ages of Sandite football. Sand Springs lost 28-straight games from 2001-2004, including a 41-0 shutout in 2004 and the Wildcats’ most lopsided victory at 48-2 in 2003.

Brad Odom’s Sandites snapped the losing streak in 2006 with a 21-0 shutout and they won five-straight from there. 2008 saw a wild 45-42 Sandite shootout victory. Sand Springs went 1-9 in 2010, but found their lone victory 35-28 against Ponca.

The Wildcats’ last victory came in 2011, and the Sandites are riding a six-game win streak. Sand Springs scored a series-best 57-7 win in 2013, and the highest-scoring meeting between the two teams came in 2016 at 56-35. Last year Payton Scott scored five touchdowns in a 42-7 road win.

1952: Ponca City 27-9
1953: Tie 7-7
1954: Sand Springs 21-20
1961: Ponca City 35-6
1978: Sand Springs 25-18
1979: Ponca City 30-9
1980: Sand Springs 17-13
1981: Sand Springs 31-24, 3OT
1982: Ponca City 28-12
1983: Sand Springs 13-2
1984: Ponca City 28-14
1985: Ponca City 14-13
1986: Ponca City 26-14
1987: Sand Springs 14-13
1988: Sand Springs 20-0
1989: Sand Springs 22-15
1990: Sand Springs 28-0
1991: Ponca City 21-13
1992: Sand Springs 17-10
1993: Ponca City 14-7
1994: Ponca City 30-14
1995: Ponca City 17-14
1996: Sand Springs 35-16
1997: Sand Springs 20-6
1998: Sand Springs 19-7
1999: Sand Springs 26-0
2000: Ponca City 28-10
2001: Ponca City 42-14
2002: Ponca City 41-22
2003: Ponca City 48-2
2004: Ponca City 41-0
2005: Ponca City 38-12
2006: Sand Springs 21-0
2007: Sand Springs 21-19
2008: Sand Springs 45-42
2009: Sand Springs 31-10
2010: Sand Springs 35-28
2011: Ponca City 35-31
2012: Sand Springs 47-17
2013: Sand Springs 57-7
2014: Sand Springs 31-7
2015: Sand Springs 44-21
2016: Sand Springs 56-35
2017: Sand Springs 42-7

2018 Stat Leaders

Passing
51-94-707-2, 9TD Pennington
1-1-41-0 Foster

Receiving
16-276, 5TD Hawkins
15-173, 2TD Snodgrass
5-102, 1TD Foster
4-68, 1TD Roberts
4-53 Mackey

Rushing
96-749, 7TD Mackey
74-350, 4TD Pennington
58-265, 3TD Wilkerson
5-42 McCallie
7-23 Jones

Kick Returns
7-90 Snodgrass
2-59 Mackey
2-38 McCallie
2-26 Jones
2-22 Roe

Kick-Avg
30-34 Weiser

Punt-Avg
2-39 Pennington
9-34 Smith
1-16 Weiser

PAT
16/19 Weiser

Field Goals
1-26 Weiser

Tackles
74 Cramer
32 Bratcher
24 Haley
21 Glass
20 Peterman

For Loss
5-12 Cramer
5-9 Glass
4-8 Bratcher
4-8 Peterman
2-10 Myers

Sacks
1-6 Myers
1-5 Bratcher
1-3 Cramer
1-3 Peterman

Breakups
3 Adcock
2 Bratcher

Interceptions
1 Dudley

Forced Fumbles
1 Bratcher
1 Cramer

Fumble Recoveries
2 Glass
1 Peterman
1 Rutledge

Blocked Kicks
1 Mackey