Drew Turner and Gunner Beasley Earn Anglers of the Year on OBN Trail

The Charles Page High School fishing teams wrapped up the Oklahoma Bass Nation trail with a strong finish at the Ft. Gibson tournament on April 7th.

Gabe Castellano and Ean Williams took fifth place out of 66 teams with a haul of 15.52 pounds, finishing the season 18th in the overall standings. They also had the sixth largest fish of the tournament at 5.11 pounds.

Drew Turner and Gunner Beasley placed 12th with 12.04 pounds to secure the crown of Anglers of the Year, finishing first out of the 85 teams this season.

Nate Griffin and Caden Strawn placed 14th at Ft. Gibson with 9.94 pounds and finished eighth in the AOY standings.

Eli Rogers placed 21st with 8.84 pounds, finishing fifth overall on the season.

Jessen Cox and Rylan Matherly caught 6.94 pounds for 29th place and finished the season 29th overall.

Decana Strawn and Abby Tabor caught 3.85 pounds for 38th place at Ft. Gibson and were 37th on the season.

Zane Downey and Tyler Barnes didn’t fish the Ft. Gibson tournament but placed 49th on the season. Jonathan Isley and Jaxon Trotter placed 50th in the AOY standings while Hayden Lowrance and Hunter Spencer placed 59th.

Next up for the Sandites is the two-day State Championship tournament at Grand Lake on April 20-21.

Drew Turner & Gunner Beasley Lead Sandites at Pine Creek Tournament

Charles Page High School students Drew Turner and Gunner Beasley took second place at the Oklahoma Bass Nation high school trail event on Pine Creek Lake Sunday, March 17th.

The duo caught a haul of 14.52 pounds for a 0.1-pound margin over the third-placers and were 0.54 pounds behind the champions.

Turner and Beasley were already second in the state in the yearly standings and should overtake the top spot when the next set of rankings is released.

Jessen Cox and Rylan Matherly placed 15th out 57 boats with a haul of 12.92 pounds and also had the fourth-largest fish of the tournament at 3.59 pounds.

Nate Griffin and Caden Strawn placed 22nd with 12.02 pounds and Eli Rogers placed 23rd with 12.02 pounds.

Jonathan Isley and Jaxon “Scout” Trotter placed 28th with 11.59 pounds and had the largest single fish at 4.89 pounds to win the Big Bass prize.

Gabe Castellano and Ean Williams placed 34th with 10.93 pounds, Hayden Lowrance and Hunter Spencer placed 35th with 10.6 pounds, and Decana Strawn and Abby Tabor placed 45th with 8.88 pounds.

There is one last high school trail event on the calendar, set for April 7th at Fort Gibson’s Taylor Ferry North Ramp.

Eli Rogers Wins OBN Tournament at Lake Texoma

For the first time since 2021, Sand Springs brought home the gold from an Oklahoma Bass Nation fishing tournament.

Eli Rogers, fishing solo, hauled in 20.6 pounds during the two-day event on Lake Texoma, October 7-8th, 2.6 pounds more than the runner-up duo. His largest bass was 5.12 pounds, the third-largest of the event.

The win marks a first on the OBN trail for Sand Springs since March of 2021 when Cruz Norris and Gunnar Casey won on Grand Lake. It was Rogers’s second top-five finish of the year.

Drew Turner and Gunner Beasley turned in their second top-ten performance of the season, catching 13.6 pounds for 10th place out of 63 teams.

Decana Strawn and Abby Tabor placed a season-best 15th with 11.01 pounds.

Nate Griffin and Caden Strawn placed a season-best 17th with 10.32 pounds for their second top-20 finish of the year.

Zane Downey and Tyler Barnes placed 38th with 5.37 pounds; Gabriel Castellano and Ean Williams placed 49th with 2.42 pounds; and Jessen Cox and Rylan Matherly placed 50th with 1.95 pounds.

Turner and Beasley are now second overall in the Athletes of the Year standings, followed by Rogers in third out of 84 teams.

Griffin and Caden Strawn are 12th; Castellano and Williams are 30th; Cox and Matherly are 33rd; Decana Strawn and Tabor are 41st; Downey and Barnes are 43rd; Jonathan Isley and Jaxon Trotter are 58th; Hayden Lowrance and Hunter Spencer are 69th; and Christian Orcutt and Diego Voight are 83rd.

The Lake Texoma event was the last of 2023 for Bass Nation. The OBN Trail will resume on March 17th at Pine Creek Lake in McCurtain County. Some of the Sand Springs teams may also return to Texoma for the Student Angler Federation event on October 21st.

Drew Turner & Gunner Beasley Lead Sandite Fishing at Grand Lake Tournament

Drew Turner and Gunner Beasley led the Sandite fishing team at the OBN Grand Lake tournament on October 1st. The duo caught 10.4 pounds for sixth place out of 85 teams.

Nate Griffin and Caden Strawn caught 8.77 pounds for 18th place; Jonathan Isley and Jaxon Trotter caught 7.36 pounds for 26th place; Eli Rogers caught 6.73 pounds for 33rd place; Gabriel Castellano and Ean Williams caught 6.69 pounds for 34th place; Zane Downey and Tyler Barnes caught 5.43 pounds for 42nd place; Hayden Lowrance and Hunter Spencer caught 4.26 pounds for 49th place; Decana Strawn and Abby Tabor caught 3.08 pounds for 54th place; and Jessen Cox and Rylan Matherly caught 2.91 pounds for 55th place.

The one-day tournament was the second of the season on the Oklahoma Bass Nation high school trail. Boaters launched from Wolf Creek Ramp with a five-fish limit.

Next up for the Sandites will be an October 7-8th two-day OBN tournament on Lake Texoma, launching from Catfish Bay near Kingston.

Eli Rogers Places 4th at Keystone Lake Fishing Tournament

The Charles Page High School bass fishing teams got off to a strong start in the season opener on Sunday, August 20th at Keystone Lake. Junior Eli Rogers led a fleet of seven boats from Sand Springs, turning in a haul of 8.83 pounds for fourth place as a solo angler.

Drew Turner and Gunner Beasley took 14th place in the field of 56 with a haul of 6.42 pounds.

Jonathan Isley and Jaxon Trotter caught 6.36 pounds for 15th place; Nate Griffin and Caden Strawn caught 5.06 pounds for 30th; Jessen Cox and Rylan Matherly caught 3.73 pounds for 39th; Gabe Castellano and Ean Williams caught 3.33 pounds for 42nd; and Hayden Lowrance and Hunter Spencer caught 1.89 pounds for 49th place.

The one-day tournament. launched from Prairie View Ramp, was the first of five events on the Oklahoma Bass Nation high school tour. The event had a three-fish limit.

Next up for the tour will be an October 1st trip to Grand Lake where the Sandites will fish out of Wolf Creek Ramp in Grove. That tournament will have a five-fish limit.

Sandite Sports Weekly Roundup: Softball Goes 3-0 to End Regular Season

Sandite softball (23-14) went 3-0 in the final week of the regular season, winning 6-0 against Sperry, 8-3 against Sapulpa, and 7-2 against Collinsville.

They also received their Regional assignment and will return to action Tuesday, October 4th, at Broken Arrow with a first round game at 2:00 p.m. against Muskogee (14-22). On the other side of the bracket is Broken Arrow (25-9) vs. Putnam City North (8-23).

Sand Springs has yet to play Muskogee this season but lost a close 7-5 meeting with Broken Arrow at the Tigers’ home tournament, and beat Putnam North 1-0 twice in district action.

The Sandites have won 17 Regional titles and are aiming to return to the State Tournament for the first time 2019.

On Monday Addison Hughes tossed seven strikeouts with only four hits in the shutout at Sperry (23-10). Kenzie King went 3-of-4 at the plate with one run and one RBI.

The Sandites haven’t lost a Highway 97 Rivalry game in over a decade and this time it was Kelsi Hilton who led the charge against the Chieftains (14-17) with a seventh-inning grand slam while tossing eight strikeouts. Jaden Jordan also hit a home run.

In the final game of the regular season Hughes tossed eight strikeouts and three hits against Collinsville (9-22). The Cardinals took an early 2-0 lead but Jordan tied it with a two-run double in the third and Mikena Stephens hit the go-ahead RBI single in a five-run fourth inning.

Volleyball

The 16th ranked Sandite volleyball team (16-16, 3-5) went 5-2 last week, splitting a pair of conference matches before going 4-1 at the Southmoore Invitational.

The team won a 3-0 sweep of Muskogee on Tuesday but fell 3-1 to Booker T. Washington on Thursday. They put up a great fight against the Hornets, however, losing close sets of 25-17, 28-26, and 25-22 after winning the first 28-26.

In Moore the girls lost 2-1 to conference foe Bartlesville, but won 2-1 against No. 12 Moore, 2-1 against Bishop Kelley JV, 3-0 against Shawnee, and 3-1 against Southmoore.

The Sandites have one last regular season match Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. against No. 1 Jenks (26-4, 7-0).

Cross Country

Josie Grona took first place in the elementary meet at Kiefer Saturday morning, running the one-mile in 6:14.92. Sophie Grona finished fifth in 7:05.26 and the team took eighth.

The elementary boys also placed eighth, led by Kellen Adkins with a 6:30.74 mile for tenth place.

Shooting

Caden Shea won the Muscogee Nation Trap Shoot Wednesday with a score of 24.

Fishing

Gabriel Castellano and Ean Williams took 22nd place at the Oklahoma Bass Nation season opener Saturday on Ft. Gibson Lake. The duo caught five fish weighing 7.32 pounds. Nate Griffin and Eli Rogers placed 31st, Caden Strawn and Drew Turner placed 46th, Decana Plummer and Gunner Beasley placed 47th, and Jonathan Isley and Jaxon Trotter placed 49th.