CPHS Volleyball: Sandites topple undefeated North Rock Creek 3-0

The Class 6A No. 18 ranked Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (10-9) got back to a winning record Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 sweep of North Rock Creek High School (6-1), earning their way into their opponent’s history books in the process. The Sandites are the first team to ever defeat the Cougars, who are in their first ever season. 

North Rock Creek is a 3A dependent school district in Shawnee, whose 9-10th grade high school has only existed for a few years. Although their undefeated start to the year came to a close at the Sandites’ hands, the six-straight wins to launch the program was undeniably impressive. 

The Cougars were riding high after a dominant 3-0 sweep of 5A No. 14 McAlester (5-11) in the previous match, but the Sandites caught them off guard and rolled to a 25-6 win in game one. Payton Robbins’s first attack traveled just a hair out of bounds on the opening volley, but she made up for it on the very next play to kick off a nine-point run that saw three aces from Jacelyn Smith. Robbins, Olivia Dewitt, and Charley Fahland also served aces in the set, and the team only committed two errors compared to the Cougars’ 13. 

The visitors settled down in set two, and the Sandites committed 11 errors, six of which came on the serve. Although things were definitely more competitive than game one, the Sandites still pulled off a 25-17 win behind a four-kill performance from Smith and an excellent blocking record from the whole team. 

Hope Hannah scored the opening kill for Rock Creek in set three, but Smith and Robbins tied it with a block and Smith scored an ace for the lead. Hannah tied it at 3-3 with an ace, but the Sandites won six in a row with two aces and a kill from Robbins. Fahland scored two more aces in a seven-point run for the 18-7 lead. Smith had a hot streak with a kill and back-to-back aces as the home team coasted to the 25-11 win.

Robbins scored eight kills, three aces, and three blocks, and Smith had five kills, six aces, and three blocks. Teyha Johnson recorded ten assists, and Madison Blaylock made nine digs. Chloe Kasterke paced the Cougars with five kills, and Abigail Smith scored four kills and a block.

Sandite Volleyball will return to action Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. when they host No. 17 Bartlesville (7-4, 2-1) in Frontier Valley Conference action. The Sandites are 1-3 in league play. North Rock Creek will travel to Oklahoma Christian Academy (0-2) Thursday at 6:00 p.m.

CPHS 3-0 NRC (25-6, 25-17, 25-11)
Kills: CPHS 24, NRC 12.
Blocks: CPHS 7, NRC 1.
Aces: CPHS 13, NRC 2.
Errors: CPHS 19, NC 31.

(Sand Springs)
Kills: Robbins 8, Smith 5, Singleton 4, Holland 3, Horton 2, Hughes 1, Lenex 1.
Assists: Johnson 10, Hughes 3, Wright 3, Blaylock 1.
Assisted Blocks: Lenex 4, Singleton 4, Smith 3, Robbins 3.
Digs: Blaylock 9, Fahland 7, Dewitt 6, Johnson 5, Robbins 2, Holland 2, Smith 1, Morrow 1, Hughes 1.
Aces: Smith 6, Fahland 3, Robbins 3, Dewitt 1.

(North Rock Creek)
Kills: Kasterke 5, Abigail Smith 4, Balmes 1, Hanna 1, Molly Smith 1.
Solo Blocks: Abigail Smith 1.
Aces: Terrell 1, Hanna 1.