Zicker scores lone goal as Jenks dominates Lady Sandite Soccer 6-1

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By: Virgil Noah, Marketing Director
Photo by: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Losing is rare for the Charles Page High School girls soccer team (9-3), and they haven't made a habit of it as they have yet to lose back-to-back games this season. The Jenks High School girls soccer team (6-3) proved to be a very difficult adversary. The three losses for the Lady Trojans were all heart-breakers, each coming by one goal in extra time. 

University of Arkansas-commit Nayeli Perez wasted no time getting Jenks on the board. In the 4th minute, Perez turned on a throw-in and netted a goal past diving Sand Springs keeper Abigail Banks. In the 21' Perez would notch her second goal of the game on a penalty kick, again just past the hands of Banks. The Lady Sandites' usually prolific offense was shut down in the first half, failing to get off a shot on goal.  

Early in the second half the momentum took a brief change in direction though, as Lady Trojan Hannah Roth was presented her second yellow card and Jenks would be forced to play the rest of the match down one player.  

It didn't take long for Sand Springs to capitalize on the advantage. In the 58' Melina Flores passed the ball in to Kyndal Zicker who put the Sandite girls on the board with a left footed goal. Just moments later Megan Deshazo, who scored six goals in her last game, had a chance to equalize the game but her attempt to chip the keeper went wide. 

After Deshazo's miss, momentum swung back in the undermanned Lady Trojans' favor, as Megan Huth and Taylor Pugh scored a pair of goals each and Perez picked up two assists to lock the game up for Jenks. 

The Sand Springs squads return to action with home games Friday evening against Westmoore High School. The girls kick off at 6 pm. and the boys at 8 pm.  

Jake Terry's solid pitching undone by errors, Sandites edged out 5-3 by Union

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team (19-8) took a third-straight loss Monday night at Union High School as the Redskins (14-9) took advantage of solid pitching from Senior Braden Merrill and the Sandites' third-poorest hitting record this season. 

University of Oklahoma-commit Jake Terry (5-2) got the loss on the mound, despite a statistically solid pitching effort. He gave up five hits and four walks for only two earned runs. Merrill got the win for the Redskins giving up only four hits and one walk. 

The game was a slow starter as neither team landed a base hit till Union's Zach Ponio connected for a single in the bottom of the third. Terry walked two in that inning to load the bases, but a force at home and a line out to Rhett Rutledge saved the inning. Rutledge reached on an error in the top of the fourth to be the first Sandite on base, but Jake Ward, Josh Taber, and Joey Montgomery all flied out to leave him stranded. 

The Redskins finally drew first blood in the bottom of the fourth as Grady Davenport singled and Zack Doak reached on an error. Devin Layton doubled in Davenport and Kyle Simms singled in Doak and Layton for a 3-0 lead. A pair of errors in the top of the fifth allowed the Sandites to put two on base, but neither got the opportunity to score before Union was headed back in to do more damage.

Landen Wood singled, Merrill was hit by pitch, and Davenport reached on an error by Rutledge to score Wood. Ryan Farrell reached on a fielder's choice that outed Davenport at second but allowed Merrill to score for a 5-0 advantage.

Sand Springs finally began to rally in the top of the sixth as Terry and Taber singled and Montgomery doubled to score the both of them. Treyce Tolbert batted in courtesy runner Malachi Walton on a single to make it 5-3, but Tyler McCallie struck out to bring the offense to a close with two left on base.

Terry struck out Layton and Trent Robertson in the bottom of the sixth and Simms grounded out to Trevor Tolbert to give the Sandites one last shot in the top of the seventh. Union sent Robertson to the mound for the save. Trevor Tolbert flied out but Terry reached base on balls and Taber was hit by pitch. Rutledge flied out next but Ward walked to load the bases. Unfortunately for the Sandites, Montgomery struck out swinging to end the rally attempt.

Sand Springs will get their chance for payback Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm at home.

Mid-season Baseball Stats: 3 undefeated pitchers remain, Taber leads in scoring with 23 runs and 15 RBI

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The 2016 Sandite baseball season is well under way and the boys have racked up an impressive 19-7 record and a first place trophy at the Bixby Tournament.

Hunter Greathouse (2-0) has played all 26 games this season and holds a .429 batting average, a .481 slugging average, and a .506 OBP. He's scored 17 runs and 13 RBI and is 5 of 6 stealing. He's hit 26 singles, 6 doubles, 1 triple, and 5 sacrifices. He's pitched 14 innings for a .571 ERA and a 1.143 WHIP. He's faced 61 batters and given up only 7 hits, 10 runs, and 8 earned runs. He's walked 11 and struck out 29 while throwing 60% strikes.

Jake Ward (4-1) has played all 26 games this season and holds a .435 batting average, a .548 slugging average, and a .611 OBP. He's scored 17 runs and 14 RBI and is 4 of 6 stealing. He's hit 21 singles, 5 doubles, 1 home run, and 4 sacrifices. He's pitched 33 innings for a .420 ERA and a 1.560 WHIP. He's faced 151 batters and given up 35 hits, 19 runs, and 14 earned runs. He's walked 20 and struck out 37 while throwing 59% strikes.

Joey Montgomery (1-2) has played all 26 games this season and holds a .406 batting average, a .522 slugging average, and a .418 OBP. He's scored 3 runs and 12 RBI and is 2 of 4 stealing. He's hit 22 singles, 5 doubles, and 1 home run. He's pitched 19 innings for a .948 ERA and a 1.632 WHIP. He's faced 96 batters and given up 23 hits, 22 runs, and 18 earned runs. He's walked 12 and struck out 10 while throwing 55% strikes. 

Rhett Rutledge (1-1) has played all 26 games this season and holds a .342 batting average, a .513 slugging average, and a .500 OBP. He's scored 24 runs and 14 RBI and is 17 of 19 stealing. He's hit 18 singles, 4 doubles, 3 triples, 1 home run, and 7 sacrifices. He's pitched 14 innings for a .214 ERA and a .576 WHIP. He's faced 67 batters and given up 15 hits, 8 runs, and 3 earned runs. He's walked 9 and struck out 14 while throwing 58% strikes and has one save.

Josh Taber has played all 26 games this season and holds a .377 batting average, a .377 slugging average, and a .525 OBP. He's scored 23 runs and 15 RBI and is 19 of 22 stealing. He's hit 23 singles and 5 sacrifices.

University of Oklahoma-commit Jake Terry (5-1) has played in 24 games this season and holds a .238 batting average, a .405 slugging average, and a .396 OBP. He's scored 6 runs and 9 RBI and is 4 of 5 stealing. He's hit 5 singles, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, and 2 sacrifices. He's pitched 31 innings for a .319 ERA and a 1.787 WHIP. He's faced 148 batters and allowed only 29 hits, 12 runs, and 10 earned runs. He's walked 27 and struck out 38 while throwing 57% strikes.

Treyce Tolbert has played in 26 games this season and holds a .342 batting average, a .395 slugging average, and a .500 OBP. He's scored 23 runs and 17 RBI and is 9 of 11 stealing. He's hit 23 singles, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 3 sacrifices. 

Southwestern Christian University-signee Trevor Tolbert has played in 24 games this season and holds a .254 batting average, a .339 slugging average, and a .405 OBP. He's scored 8 runs and 14 RBI and is 1 of 3 stealing. He's hit 11 singles, 3  doubles, 1 triple, and 5 sacrifices. 

Ty Fain has played in 21 games this season and holds a .276 batting average, a .310 slugging average, and a .475 OBP. He's scored 7 runs and 7 RBI and is 11 of 12 stealing. He's hit 6 singles, 2 doubles, and 1 sacrifice.

Mack Thompson has played in 20 games this season and holds a .208 batting average, a .292 slugging average, and a .406 OBP. He's scored 11 runs and 1 RBI and is 4 of 6 stealing. He's hit 3 singles and 2 doubles. 

Tyler McCallie has played in 19 games this season and holds a .419 batting average, a .674 slugging average, and a .537 OBP. He's scored 17 runs and 9 RBI and is 9 of 10 stealing. He's hit 12 singles, 4 doubles, 2 home runs, and 1 sacrifice. 

Malachi Walton has played 11 games this season and holds a .167 batting average, a .167 slugging average, and a 286 OBP. He's scored 15 runs and 2 RBI, has stolen 5 bases and has hit 1 single.

Josh Cordell (2-2) has played in nine games this season and has pitched 31 innings for a .391 ERA and 1.566 WHIP. He's faced 141 batters and allowed only 35 hits, 22 runs, and 12 earned runs. He's walked 13 and struck out 25 while throwing 42% strikes.

Brock Youngblood (3-0) has played in eight games this season and holds a .250 batting average, a .250 slugging average, and a .250 OBP. He's scored 1 run and 2 RBI and has hit 1 single. He's pitched 19 innings for a .268 ERA and a 1.072 WHIP. He's faced 76 batters and allowed only 13 hits, 9 runs, and 5 earned runs. He's walked 10 and struck out 10 while throwing 62% strikes. 

Cody Motes has played six games this season and holds a .500 batting average, a .500 slugging average, and a .500 OBP. He's scored 6 runs and 1 RBI. He's stolen 4 bases and hit 1 single.

Kameron Adcock has played in four games this season and holds a .167 batting average, a .167 slugging average, and a .286 OBP with 3 runs and 1 single.

Riley Rutledge has played in three games this season and holds a .333 batting average, a .333 slugging average, and a .600 OBP. He's scored 2 runs and 1 RBI and has hit 1 single.

Conner Dennis (1-0) has played in two games this season and has pitched 7 innings for a .000 ERA and 0.643 WHIP. He's faced 23 batters and allowed only 1 hit and 0 runs. He's walked 2 and struck out 4 while throwing 64% strikes.

DeShazo dominates Putnam North with 6 goals, Lady Sandites win 9-1

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By: Virgil Noah, Marketing Director

The Charles Page High School girls soccer team (9-2) returned home to face Putnam City North High School (4-5) after a tough road loss. The Lady Sandites fell to the Union High School Lady Redskins (9-0) who are ranked #2 in the nation earlier this week, but rebounded with an impressive 9-1 victory over the Lady Panthers, their second highest win this season.

Sand Springs got things rolling quickly, scoring two goals in the first eight minutes en route to a 5-0 lead at the end of the first half. Junior Megan Deshazo got things started in the opening moments off of an assist from Kyndal Zicker. Deshazo scored the next two as well to notch a hat trick less than a quarter of the way into the game, one coming via penalty kick. Zicker got herself on the board after a free kick by Brooklyn Eardley ricocheted directly to her for a wide open shot. The Lady Panther goalie got a hand on it but not enough to stop the strike. Deshazo scored her fourth goal of the game just before the half on a misplay by the Lady Panther defense.  

The second half was nearly as lopsided as the first, though Lady Panther Courtney Tate managed to get her team on the board. Zicker and Eardley both scored for Sand Springs on penalty kicks, and Deshazo scored another two goals to put her total at an incredible six for the match.  

The back line for Charles Page was stifling, allowing just one shot on goal for the entire match. The line consisted of Jae Anthony-Wilson, Bryn Lewis, Emma Peak, and Mckinzie Horton. 

The Charles Page High School boys soccer team (2-9) came home for another tough matchup, this time against Putnam City North High School (7-4). Earlier in the week the Sandites battled hard against nationally ranked Union High School (9-1) but came up short. 

It was another hard fought nail biter for Garland Betts's team, as the match saw the visiting Panthers take an early one goal lead that they would not relinquish. Sand Springs made a number of solid runs downfield but were unable to come up with the equalizer. In the final minute Sandite of the Week Ethan Baxter dribbled deep into the box with a defender draped all over him, but couldn't manage to get the ball off of his cleat and the Sandites fell 1-0.  

Both teams will return to district play on April 12th, in Jenks. The Girls will play at 6 pm and the Boys at 8 pm. The Trojans are 2-4 and the Lady Trojans are 5-3. 

Sandites take sixth place at Edison Green and White Tournament

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Story and photo by: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School boys (2-7) settled for a sixth place finish at the Edison Green and White Tournament Saturday afternoon, falling 2-0 to the host team for a 1-2 tournament record. 

The Eagles (5-3) got off to a heavy offensive early on and the bulk of the first half was spent in Sandite territory, with shots ringing out left and right. Steven Astin got off one shot that was completely undefended and miraculously caught the goal post for the save.

Sophomore Blake Faulkner was all over the ball but took a while to get sighted in. His first shot deflected off a Sandite defender, two minutes later he sent one wide left, and two minutes after that he sent one high through the football goal posts. Finally he found his mark in the 12th minute and found an opening under triple coverage to fire a shot right to the center of the goal. 

Edison didn't stop their press there. Cameron Chamberlin took a shot just two minutes later, then Eddie Vargas bounced one off a Sandite's back a few minutes later. 

Sand Springs finally began to make some offensive moves in the 21st minute as Ethan Baxter, who just recorded a hat trick in Friday's victory over Regent Prep, made a close run at goal but was tripped up by the Eagle goalie who made a dive at the ball. 

Austin Morrison had a very close shot as he bounced a header off the ground in front of the goal and it just narrowly flew high. Alex Hernandez sent in a corner kick soon after and Kaleb Brooks sent a header high and wide. 

From there, however, the Eagles returned to the offense for the duration of the half. Vargas and Angel Torres each took long shots that sailed high. In the final minute Sand Springs tried to rally as Hernandez took a wide shot with 45 seconds left and Cade Loomin made a run at goal in the final seconds, but regulation expired with the Sandites in a 1-0 hole.

The second half was a lot slower, but Edison furthered their lead to 2-0 with a goal in the 11th minute by Jack Coon. Hernandez got off another pair of shots for the Sandites, sending one high and one wide, and Morrison got another close call as he tipped one off the post with 2:40 remaining. Unfortunately the boys were unable to rally and ran out of steam.

The Sandites will return to action Tuesday night at Union (6-0).

Andrew Morrison scores lone Sandite goal; Pryor wins 2-1 at Edison Tournament

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Story and photo by: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School boys soccer team (1-6) dropped their fifth straight in the opening round of the Edison Green and White Tournament Friday morning at LaFortune Stadium to the Pryor Tigers (5-1).

It was a slow starter with the first shot not coming till Pryor's Hayden Spencer got off a goal with 19:40 on the clock. The goal was more of an accident than anything as the ball deflected off his foot at point-blank and everyone in the box, including him, lost track of it. The ball slow-rolled to net before anyone even realized what was happening. 

David Gomez took a wide shot with 15:49 left, but the next seven minutes were spent mid-field. Sand Springs finally got on the board with 8:15 in the half as Austin Morrison headed in a goal off a Logan Jeffus assist to tie things up for the duration.

Ben Holloway nearly retook the lead for the Tigers with 3:35 left on a header that snuck slightly wide, but by halftime there was still no edge for either team.

Quint Ramsey took a wide shot two minutes into the second half, but Sand Springs put forward a strong offensive and drove back to the Pryor box where Alex Hernandez got off a super close shot that keeper Jacob Ryhmer barely deflected.

Pryor's Margareto Gomez and Juan Charqueno each got shots off in the 40th minute (tournament play was only sixty minutes per game) but Sandite keeper Edgar Soberano made great saves on each. 

With under eight minutes to play, Margareto Gomez got off a goal for the lead. Soberano snagged another another save with 1:30 to play and the Sandites were driving back to Tiger territory when Sam Watson went down with a hurt leg and disrupted the Sandite momentum. William Pelfrey got off a shot with 0:03 left but it went wide and the Tigers came out with the win.

Sand Springs will play again today at 3:00 pm against Regent Prep (0-3) who lost to Memorial in the opening round.