Sandite Recruiting: Jace Arnold Commits to Allen County & More

Sophomore QB Easton Webb received his first Division I offer from UNLV.

Charles Page High School senior Jace Arnold recently announced his commitment to play baseball at Allen County Community College in Iola, Kansas.

“I’m excited to announce I’m committing to play baseball at Allen County,” tweeted Arnold. “I’d like to thank my family, coaches, and teammates for all their support!”

The right-handed pitcher went 3-1 last season on the mound as the Sandites won their first district championship in school history and finished the season 29-9 overall.

The Red Devils compete in the NJCAA and went 25-29 last season under now-seventh-year head coach Clint Stoy.

Senior Taiona “Yonnie” Morris announced she has received two offers to play basketball - at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton and at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.

Eastern competes in the NJCAA and went 17-13 last season, going 1-1 in the playoffs under fourth-year head coach Al Davis.

Coffeyville went 21-13 in the NJCAA last season, also going 1-1 in the playoffs. The Red Ravens are in their fifth season under Tony Turner

Sophomore quarterback Easton Webb, currently an Oklahoma State University baseball commit, recently received his first offer to play Division I football.

Webb announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he has been offered by the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. UNLV competes in the Mountain West Conference of the FBS and is in its first season under head coach Barry Odom.

Notably, UNLV Director of Player Personnel Brad Odom was formerly the head football coach at Charles Page from 2004-2006, leading the Sandites out of a 28-game losing streak. He went 12-18 during his time at CPHS.

UNLV went 5-7 last year and is 1-1 thus far under Barry Odom with its only loss coming to No. 2 ranked Michigan.

Sophomore lineman Ryley Kester was also offered by UNLV, as well as by the University of Houston.

Houston is currently 1-1 in its first season as a member of the Big 12. Last year the Cougars went 8-5 overall while competing in the American Conference. Houston is coached by Dana Holgorsen in his fifth season

Kester also holds previous offers from Tulsa, Georgia Tech, and Texas Tech.

Nathan Estrada makes claim to fame in professional wrestling

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

Sand Springs has a long history of wrestling greatness in the high school arena, but Charles Page High School 2012 graduate Nathan Estrada is making a name for himself on a different kind of mat.

Every Friday night the spandex-clad Spanish Fly entertains a packed house of professional wrestling fans at Tulsa’s premier wrestling arena. Located at 49th and Sheridan inside the Perfect Practice Athletic Center, Compound Pro Wrestling promises an electric atmosphere with WWE-level entertainment.

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The Oklahoma X-Division Champion is frequently the star of the show, but it hasn’t always been that way. His first appearance at Compound wasn’t in the ring, it was in the crowd. When Estrada was about twelve years old he attended his first match and was instantly hooked. Raised on WCW and WWE, there was nothing like a live match to draw him into the life for good.

About a year after graduating CPHS, Estrada heard a radio promo on 103.3 The Eagle for Compound Wrestling and decided to try out. He made his debut in March of 2014 under the name The Spanish Fly. From there he met tag-team partner Michael Wolf, and together Spanish Wolf was born.

Estrada spent a lot of time earning his way up through the trenches before becoming a headliner, and at times it wasn’t pretty. In his first ever Heavyweight title match he broke his thumb and was unable to finish the match. Another time he received a gnarly gash above the eye after being hit with a crutch, and it wasn’t even his match. He was an innocent bystander when the crutch went flying.

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Wrestling has changed Estrada’s life in many ways. Not only does he spend more than twenty hours a week in training and developing new moves, it also led him to love.

Estrada first met Skylar Slice in 2014 and the two were engaged in September the next year. By March of this year they were married, but you wouldn’t know it from watching them in the ring. While they’ve been tag-team partners at times, they’ve also been known to end up in opposite corners too.

The duo have done quite a bit of traveling for the sport as well, competing in Lawton, Oklahoma City, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Louisiana.

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The long hours and constant practice paid off when Estrada laid claim to the Oklahoma X Division Belt two years after his debut. For six months, Killista Deva held the belt before being defeated by Slice in December of 2015. This past April, Killista won it back from Slice, but didn’t hold it for long. That same night, Estrada pinned Killista for the Championship.
Since then he’s defended the belt against Skyler Fayden, Abel, Wade Argento, Giganto, and more.

The goal is to one day wrestle for WWE, and Estrada is taking the next step toward that goal in the summer of 2017. The couple already has plans to move to Houston, Texas to train at Booker T. Huffman’s Development Camp. Under the direction of 2013 WWE Hall of Fame inductee Booker T, Estrada aims to prepare for the next level at the Reality of Wrestling Development Camp.