CPHS Cross Country: Sandites place 12th at Broken Arrow, host Case Invitational Saturday

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The Charles Page High School Cross Country program competed at the Broken Arrow Tigers XC Meet this weekend and both varsity teams took twelfth place. 

The Lady Sandites were twelfth of fourteen schools, led by Chezney Kelley with a time of 24:19 for 61st place. The youthful squad has a bright future with only one senior in the top-five and two freshmen. Bishop Kelley won the team title and Broken Arrow freshman Payton Hinkle took gold with a time of 18:53. 

A senior-laden boys' team placed twelfth of eighteen schools, led by Nelson Yazzie in 17:35 for eleventh place. Freshman Alejandro Lopez made his way into the scoring squad with an 87th place finish in 20:22. The host team secured the title, led by senior champion Blake McConkay in 16:48. 

Sand Springs will return to action this Saturday with their first ever home meet. The Inaugural Case Cross Country Invitational will coincide with the annual Conner's Classic 5K. The Conner's Classic is open to the public as a fundraiser for youth and special needs running. 

Conner's Classic will begin at 7:00 a.m. followed by an Elementary one-mile race at 8:00 a.m. Varsity Girls will run the 5K at 9:00 a.m, followed by Varsity Boys, JV Girls, and JV Boys at thirty-minute intervals. Junior High Girls will run a two-mile at 11:00 a.m. and Junior High Boys will run at 11:30 a.m.

The course will begin and end in the field next to Case Community Center. The 5K course will run south and east to the park's terminus behind the BMX track, then will return atop the levee, giving the runners a unique elevated view of the park and river.

Varsity Girls 5K
24:19 - Chezney Kelley - 66th
24:29 - Sara Abbet - 69th
24:57 - Jazmin Lopez - 72nd
26:01 - Teagan Smith - 74th
26:07 - Erika Baker - 83rd
26:28 - Wanageeska Williams - 88th
27:37 - Elizabeth Watts - 95th

Junior Varsity Girls 5K
27:34 - Annaston Wiseley - 51st
29:47 - Haylee Alford - 73rd
31:09 - Victoria Baker - 84th
33:25 - Abby Cotton - 91st

Junior High Girls 2.5K
14:13 - Ty Davis - 115th

 

Varsity Boys 5K
17:35 - Nelson Yazzie - 11th
18:19 - Jacob Smith - 33rd
19:50 - Danny Murray - 80th
20:07 - Aden Baughman - 83rd
20:22 - Alejandro Lopez - 89th
20:50 - Caleb James - 98th
21:26 - Kaegan Murray - 104th

Junior Varsity Boys 5K
22:00 - Dalton Wilcox - 102nd
22:57 - Chandler Blake - 128th
23:55 - Christian West - 143rd
24:01 - Sean Kuehn - 145th
26:35 - Colton Sanders - 175th
28:27 - Jonathon Taylor - 183rd
33:05 - Noah Hanlon - 194th

Junior High Boys 2.5K
10:53 - Kodah Gregory - 52nd
13:57 - Garrett Sorenson - 134th
17:42 - Preston Robinson - 155th

Sand Springs Soccer Complex renamed in honor of late Roger S. Bush

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With the completion of the Case Community Park remodel, the former Inez Kirk Soccer Complex received a face-lift, a few additions, and a new name to go with them.

While Inez Kirk was a beloved City Manager in Sand Springs, she had no direct ties to the soccer subculture of the town. Her name will now be attached to a more fitting monument in the City Garden Park across the street from the Sand Springs Municipal Building. 

The soccer facilities will be renamed as the Roger S. Bush Soccer Complex in honor of one of the founding members of the Sand Springs Soccer Club. Bush passed away in September of 2016 at the age of 69.

"This request by the Club was granted in memorial honor of one of the Board members that helped bring this club into existence," said SSSC President Jeremy Herrington.

"Roger S. Bush's influence and legacy continues on today through his children: Roger P. Bush, West Side Alliance Director of Coaching and Head Women's Coach at Oral Roberts University; Catherine (Bush) Grona, SSSC/WSA Youth Development Director; Ryan Bush, WSA Assistant Director of Coaching and Head Men's Coach at Oral Roberts University; and Cherlyn (Bush) Cunningham. The Bush family's soccer legacy has now entered its third generation, and we felt it only fitting that this complex be named in his honor; a name that means something special to our Soccer Community and our Sand Springs Community."

The Soccer facilities received new fields and a paved parking lot as part of Case Community Park's $6 million renovation. Brand new state-of-the-art playgrounds have also been installed next to the Soccer Complex concession stand. 

The park has remained open throughout its remodel, but will celebrate the official re-opening with an all-day festival Saturday, September 9th.