CPHS Volleyball: Sandites win Highway 97 Rivalry match 2-1 against Sapulpa

The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (3-1) won its third straight match Friday afternoon at the Ed Dubie Field House, beating Sapulpa 2-1 in the Sandite Invitational. The Chieftains (1-3) won the first set 27-25 in come-from-behind fashion, but the home team won the next two sets 25-10 and 15-13.

Sand Springs led by as much as 22-17 late in the first set, but Tyla Heard scored a kill and an ace to kick off a Chieftain resurgence. Sapulpa won ten of the final thirteen rallies to upset the home team.

Game two wasn’t even close as Jacelyn Smith scored a kill and Teyha Johnson served three aces in an 8-0 start that the visitors never recovered from. Layla Lenex led the way with three kills in that set and Sapulpa committed twelve errors.

The tie-breaker round was far more competitive and Sapulpa led for most of it. After taking a 12-9 lead the Chieftains were poised for victory, but committed a pair of errors to give Sand Springs momentum. Payton Robbins served an ace and Kasidy Holland scored a kill in a five-point run. Heard notched a kill to get the ball back for Sapulpa, but a service error ended the match.

Sandite Volleyball will return to action at 5:00 p.m. in a rematch with Bixby (3-1), who dealt the Sandites a season-opening conference loss on Tuesday.