Sandite Junior High Wrestlers Place 3rd at Home Tournament

Both the boys and girls wrestling teams took third place at the Sand Springs Junior High tournament on Saturday, December 2nd at Clyde Boyd Middle School.

The Gold team placed third, Black was 18th, and White was 23rd in the tournament with four total champions. Bristow won the boys’ tournament with 244 points, followed by Coweta with 241.5 and Sand Springs Gold with 193.

Union won the girls’ tournament with 221 points, followed by Perry with 160 and Sand Springs with 135. The Lady Sandites had eight finalists and three Champions.

Boys

Kasen McAffrey pinned all eight of his opponents in the first period. The 140-pound champion outscored his opponents 26 to 5, only allowing escape points.

Griffin Sensintaffar won the 86-pound bracket with four first-period falls and two technical falls, outscoring his opponents 61 to 4, only allowing escape points.

Jaxon Grigsby won the 126-pound bracket with four falls, outscoring his opponents 49 to 6.

Kaden Pope won the 132-pound bracket with six pins, outscoring his opponents 57 to 14, only allowing escape points.

Kayden Worthington went 6-1 at 140 pounds with four pins before falling in the finals to teammate Kasen McAffrey.

Corbin Wooley went 7-1 for third place at 155 pounds with four pins. His only loss was a 12-5 decision to Vinita’s Kolbe Bargas that he avenged with a first-period falls in the placement round rematch.

Hunter Fields went 5-3 with three pins for seventh place at 170. Andrew Price went 4-3 with two pins for seventh place at 106.

Kellen Foster went 3-4 with two pins for eighth place at 112. David Cline went 3-4 with three pins for eighth place at 195.

Rowdy Ash went 2-3 with one pin for 10th place at 80. Chandler Copeland went 2-3 with two pins for 10th place at 92. Lincoln Callis went 2-3 with one pin for 10th place at 98.

Sam Moore went 3-3 with two pins for 11th place at 119. Josh Compton went 3-3 for 11th place at 126. Jace Smith went 3-3 with three pins for 11th place at 285.

Jeffery Norton went 2-4 with two pins for 12th place at 106 pounds after injury forfeiting his final two matches.

Syrus Pratt went 4-3 with two pins for 13th place at 170. Caleb Childers went 3-3 with two pins for 13th place at 112.

Girls

Savannah Taylor won the 102-pound bracket, pinning all six of her opponents. Audrey Pride won the 126-pound bracket with five pins. Ayla Asher won the 138-pound bracket with five pins.

Kenzie Johnson went 6-1 at 89 pounds, pinning her first six opponents before falling to Berryhill’s Grace Halbert in the finals.

Bailey Copeland went 4-1, pinning her first four opponents at 96 pounds before falling to Union’s Raeya Perkins in the finals.

Faith Humble went 4-2 for second place at 117 with four pins. Liz Cline went 4-2 for second place at 126 with three pins. Addison Dinapoli went 3-3 for second place at 138 with two pins.

Camden Garrison went 5-2 for third place at 96 pounds, pinning four of her opponents, including Glenpool’s Alexis Morris in the consolation finals.

Cailey Miller went 6-2 for third place at 155 pounds, pinning six of her opponents in the first period.

Rylee Allen went 4-2 with three pins for fifth place at 117.

Lyla Waldren went 3-4 for sixth place at 102. Areli Martin went 3-4 with two pins for sixth place at 117.

Mia Bruns went 3-3 for seventh place at 126. Rowen Hull went 4-2 for seventh place at 138 with two pins.

Junior High Boys Place Second at Home Tournament

The Sand Springs girls wrestling team took 16th place in its season opener at the Jay Border Wars with three medalists.

Kelsi Hilton placed fourth at 140 pounds with two pins, Laila Mirza was sixth at 120 with two pins, and Tyreyalle Davis was sixth at 135 with four pins.

The Lady Sandites will return to action December 16th at the Cleveland Tournament while the boys will open the season Thursday with home duals against Duncan and Rogers Heritage.

Junior High

The boys wrestling team took second place with two champions and four runners-up at its 51st annual home tournament. The girls program placed 11th in its first year.

Riley Kester won the heavyweight bracket with five pins and a technical fall, outscoring his opponents 35-5. In the finals he won a 5-0 decision over Marley Branscum.

Corbin Wooley picked up his fourth win of the season at 132 pounds, making a comeback after an overtime loss in pool play.

After falling 8-6 to Cameron Bowman in sudden victory, Wooley won his next five matches without giving up a single point, defeating Stillwater’s Caden Johnson 6-0 in the finals.

Jaxon Grigsby was runner-up at 98 pounds, recording five pins and a technical fall, outscoring his first six opponents 60-3 before falling 5-0 to defending junior high State champion Aiden Jalajel in the finals.

Matthew Moore was runner-up at 126, pinning six opponents before falling in a 5-2 decision to defending State champion Legend Ellis in the finals.

Isaac Sensintaffer was runner-up at 155 with four pins, falling 10-0 to State champion Jakoby Petree in the finals.

Hudson Sheppard was runner-up at 170, outscoring his first six opponents 17-0 while pinning each of them in an average time of only 39 seconds. He had to medical forfeit his finals match to Haydan Yocham.

Kaden Pope finished third at 119 with four pins, outscoring his opponents 52-9. His only loss was a 3-0 decision to defending State champion Justus Heeg.

Other top-ten finishers were: Gage Gunn (4th), Hunter Spencer (5th), Kasen McAffrey (5th), Caleb Childers (6th), Colt Chambers (6th), Josh Compton (8th), David Cline (8th), and Brody Wilson (9th).

Camben Garrison led the girls with a third-place finish at 96 pounds with two pins and Rylee Allen was fifth at 117 with four pins.

Ananiah King and Lyla Waldren placed 5th, Cassidy Cypert was 8th, and Cailey Miller was 10th.

Youth

The Keystone Kids placed sixth at the Owasso Takedown Classic with six champions.

Jase Morgan won 49 pounds with four pins; Jett Galloway won at 55 with two pins; Holden Yingst won at 66 with one pin; Ryker Dawes won at 64 with three pins; Collin Randall won at 82 with three pins; and Hunter Sims won at 76 pounds with three pins.

Rixon Hathaway, Jayde Parks, and Na’Kya Canady were also finalists.