CPHS Softball: Sandites beat Muskogee 11-3 on Senior Night, Hawkins hits home run
/The Charles Page High School varsity softball team (19-4, 6-2) celebrated its seniors with an 11-3 district win over Muskogee (0-12, 0-9) Tuesday on Senior Night. The Sandites amassed 18 hits in the rout and Drew Hawkins hit her second home run of the season.
Raegan Rector scored the first runs of the game with a two-RBI double in the bottom of the first, then came in on a ground out from Aliyah Taff. Avery Tanner, Drew Hawkins, and Brooklyn Harper hit back-to-back-to-back doubles, and Madison Lee hit an RBI single for the 6-0 lead before the inning came to a close with loaded bases.
Taff pitched the first two innings, but Rector came in for the third and loaded the bases with walk, a hit-by-pitch, and a single. Rector walked in two free runs on loaded bases before Taff returned to strike out the last two batters and strand three. Olivia Alexander, Lee, and Jolee McNally loaded the bases in the bottom of the evening but were all three stranded.
Muskogee nearly loaded the bases again in the fourth, but stranded two and scored none after McNally fielded a single in left field and made the throw to third for an out. The Sandites came back in for another explosive demonstration. Taff tripled to start things off, then scored on a ground out from Tanner. Hawkins hit another triple and scored on a bunt from Harper, then Alexander hit a double and scored on an error to make it 9-2.
Rector returned to the circle in the fifth inning and the Roughers loaded the bases again and walked in another free run before Taff returned to toss a couple of strikeouts. Jaden Jordan singled in the bottom of the inning and came in on Hawkins’s home run for the final scores of the game.
Taff (12-4, 29-18) threw four hits, eight strikeouts, and one walk with no runs in 6.1 innings, while Rector (1-0) tossed three hits and six walks in 0.2 innings. Katlyn Clark tossed 18 hits, two strikeouts, and one walk for the loss.
Sandite Softball will return to action Wednesday evening at 5:00 p.m. with a home district makeup game against Owasso (19-3, 7-1). Muskogee will play Verdigris (18-6) Thursday at 10:00 a.m. in the Inola Tournament.
