Wrestling Roundup: Junior High Lady Sandites Place 2nd at Home Tourney, Keystone Kids 2nd at State

Chanute, Kansas edged out No. 5 Westmoore 211.5 to 207 to win the second annual Sand Springs girls high school wrestling tournament Saturday at Clyde Boyd Middle School.

The defending champions, Springdale Har-Ber, slipped to 17th this year while host No. 10 Sand Springs placed 21st in the field of 42 teams.

In junior high action the Sandites finished runner-up to Norman by a margin of 228 to 214.5 after calling down a pair of varsity freshmen. Defending junior high champion Perry tied for third place with Bixby at 173 points. 37 schools participated in the junior high tournament.

Sand Springs went 3-1 in the finals while Norman was 1-2, but the Tigers had the edge in consolation with seven top-five placers to the Sandites’ five.

High School Girls

Kelsi Hilton led the varsity team with a fourth place finish at 140 pounds, with both of her losses coming to Har-Ber’s Kinalisa Lokot. Hilton previously pinned Lokot for first place at the Diamond State Invitational in December, but the junior State placer got the upper hand this time with a pair of second period falls.

Laila Mirza went 5-2 at 115 for fifth place, with all of her wins coming via fall. Trinity Owens placed eighth at 110, Audree Robinson placed 10th at 125, and Emily Ambriz placed 10th at 235.

Junior High Girls

Kenzie Johnson won at 89 pounds with two falls and an 8-7 semifinal decision. In the finals she pinned Ponca’s Bailey Ward in 4:10.

Bailey Copeland won at 96 pounds, pinning her first four opponents before dominating Cleveland’s Hannah Stephenson 8-0 in the finals.

Ambrielle Chambers won at 102 pounds, pinning all five of her foes. In the finals she stuck Norman’s Rylie Hillis in 2:41.

Copeland and Chambers, both freshmen, usually wrestle with the varsity team.

Rylee Allen was runner-up at 117, pinning her first four opponents before getting pinned by Norman’s Claire Lancaster in the finals.

Kyla Crittenden placed third at 73, Faith Humble placed sixth at 117, Collby Garrison placed seventh at 145, Lyla Waldren placed eighth at 102, Cailey Miller placed eighth at 155, Brylee Smith placed ninth at 145, Audrey Pride placed ninth at 117, Rowen Hull placed tenth at 138, Savannah Taylor placed 11th at 110, and Sawyer Briscoe placed 12th at 102.

Junior High Boys

The junior high boys competed at the 82nd annual Ted Anderson tournament in Edmond and took fifth place with two champions.

Griffin Sensintaffar won at 86 pounds for his fourth title of the season. He pinned his first three opponents before closing out with a pair of decisions. In the finals he wont 3-0 against Broken Arrow’s Bryson McQueen in a rematch of last week’s semifinals. Sensintaffar pinned McQueen last weekend en route to a tournament title at Perry.

Freshman Jaxon Grigsby won at 126 pounds with two pins and two decisions before taking down Edmond North’s Brooks McCollom in the finals. Grigsby scored a takedown with 15 seconds left to tie it at 3-3. He scored a takedown in overtime but McCollom had a pair of escapes to tie it at 5-5 before Grigsby scored a reversal in the third overtime period for the 7-5 win.

Kasen McAffrey placed third at 140, Kaden Pope placed fifth at 132, Rowdy Ash placed sixth at 80 pounds, Corbin Wooley placed sixth at 155, and Hunter Fields placed sixth at 170.

Youth Wrestling

The Keystone Kids Wrestling Club competed at the OKUSA State Championship and took first place in Division I and Division II and second place overall. Head coach Kyle Waag was named the OKUSA Coach of the Year for the east side of the state.

Madden Moore, Jett Galloway, and Raylee Dawes won gold in Division I and Holden Yingst was runner-up.

Patrick Sanchez and Hagan Wolfenberger won gold in Division II, Hudson Waag was runner-up, and Maddix Spencer placed fourth.

In Division III Ty Galloway and Autumn Foust placed third and Sutton Hawley placed fourth.

Maddox Pope won gold In Division IV while Karson Waag and Bryson Pope were runners-up. Wes Wilson and Zander Pope placed fourth.

Kayden Worthington won gold in Division V.

In the Novice divisions: Landon Replogle and Carter Randall won gold; Gage Fadenrecht and Maverick Spencer placed third; and Hunter Sims, Brayden Replogle, Nakona Eaglin, and Joseph Satoe placed fourth.

Keystone Kids Place 3rd at Coweta with 9 Champions

The Keystone Kids wrestling club took third place at the Rumble in the Jungle tournament in Coweta this weekend, bringing nine tournament titles back to Sand Springs.

Girls Results

Raylee Dawes won the 49-pound bracket in 6U, pinning both of her opponents in under a minute.

Saylor Eaglin won the 55-pound bracket in 8U, pinning both of her opponents in a combined 50 seconds.

Kambyr Lee won the 145-pound bracket in 12U with two decisions.

Boys Results

Jayce Parks won the 61-pound bracket in 10U-Novice, pinning all three of his foes in a round-robin.

Kason Wolfe won the 70-pound bracket in 10U-Open with three pins and a decision. He also wrestled up to 12U-Open and won a 4-2 decision over Broken Arrow’s Briggs Mattson in the finals.

Ryder Richardson won the 73-pound bracket in 12U-Open with two pins and an 11-3 major decision in a round robin.

Kayden Worthington won the 145-pound bracket in 15U-Open with two pins and an 11-0 major decision against Coweta’s Jes Mason.

Carter Randall won the 105-pound bracket in 8U-Novice with two pins and also finished as runner-up in the Open division with a 17-second pin.

Daxten Freeman was runner-up at 37 pounds in 6U-Novice, winning two decisions before falling in the finals.

Matthew Parks was runner-up at 46 pounds in 8U-Novice with one pins before falling in the finals.

Juan Holmes was runner-up at 52 pounds in 8U-Novice with one pin.

Derek Brix was runner-up at 61 pounds in 8U-Novice with two pins and an 11-0 major decision before falling in a close 9-7 sudden victory finals match against Collinsville’s Luke Minihan.

Declan Todd was runner-up at 67 pounds in 8U-Open with two decisions before falling in the finals.

Landon Replogle was runner-up at 70 pounds in 8U-Novice with three first-period falls before falling in a close 4-2 decision to Coweta’s Christopher Villanueva.

Kydon Harness was runner-up at 140 pounds in 12U-Open with one pin.

Wes Wilson placed third at 64 pounds in 12U-Open, going 2-2 with two decisions in a round-robin.

Mason Londo placed third at 64 pounds in 10U-Open, winning three consecutive first-period falls after losing his first match in a decision.

Rixon Hathaway lost his first match in a 4-3 decision in the 10U-Open 67-pound bracket but bounced back with two pins for third place.

Legend Dentis placed third at 75 pounds in 8U-Open with one pin.

Brayden Replogle placed third at 90 pounds in 10U-Novice with three consecutive wins and two first-period falls after losing a 4-0 decision to open the day.

Ty Galloway placed third at 110 pounds in 10U-Open with two pins and a 7-5 decision against teammate Rylan Hamby in the consolation finals, only losing a close 6-2 decision in the semifinals. Hamby placed fourth with three first-period falls.

Ryker Dawes went 2-2 for fourth place at 70 pounds in 10U-Open with one pin.

Royce Hefele went 2-2 for fourth place at 105 pounds in 8U-Novice with one pine.

Virginia Beach Duals

Three Keystone Kids competed on Team Oklahoma at the VACW Elementary School National Holiday Duals in Virginia Beach this weekend.

Oklahoma went 1-3 in Pool H and was relegated to the Copper bracket where the Outlaws went 5-2 for fourth place.

Hagan Wolfenberger went 9-1 at 52 pounds with six pins. Karson Waag went 8-2 at 60 pounds with three pins. Hudson Waag went 4-6 at 48 pounds with two falls.

Keystone Kids Place Fourth at Owasso Ram Rumble with 8 Champions

The Keystone Kids wrestling club took fourth place out of 35 teams at the Owasso Ram Rumble on December 2nd with eight first-place finishes.

Girls

Jersey Skaggs won the 10U 65-pound bracket with three first-period falls and a 3-0 decision against Sapulpa’s Melody Anderson in the finals.

Autumn Foust was runner up in 10U at 55 pounds with one pin.

Boys

Karson Waag won the 12U division at 64 pounds with three pins, including two in under 30 seconds.

Hunter Sims won the 12U-Novice 64-pound bracket with two first-period falls. He was also runner-up in the Open division with one pin.

Carsten Reiss won the 10U division at 70 pounds, pinning three opponents and winning a 12-2 major decision in the other match.

Maverick Spencer won the 6U-Novice division at 55 pounds with two major decisions, a technical fall, and a first-period pin in the finals.

Landon Replogle won the 8U-Novice division at 70 pounds with three first-period falls, needing only 21 seconds to pin his opponent in the finals.

Brayden Replogle won at 90 pounds in 10U-Novice, pinning all three of his opponents.

Kambyr Lee won 12U-Novice at 160 pounds with two pins in under a minute.

Ruger Disbrow was runner up at 70 pounds in 10U-Novice with two pins.

Brenntly Taylor was runner-up in 8U-Novice at 58 pounds with two first-period falls, only losing a close 4-2 decision in sudden victory overtime in the finals.

Holden Yingst was runner-up in 6U at 66 pounds with one fall.

Ryker Dawes was runner-up at 70 pounds in 10U, pinning his first three opponents before falling in the finals.

Zander Hefele was runner-up in 10U-Novice at 76 pounds with a pin and an 8-1 decision before falling in the finals.

Kydon Harness was runner-up at 140 pounds in 12U with one pin.

Drake McCutcheon placed third in 15U at 92 pounds with one pin.

Bennett Thayer placed third in 8U at 64 pounds with a major decision.

Maddix Spencer placed third in 8U at 67 pounds with a fall and two decisions.

Landon Millikin placed third in 12U at 100 pounds with a major decision.

Legend Dentis placed third in 8U at 75 pounds with a 52-second pin.

Rylan Hamby placed third in 10U at 110 pounds with a decision and a 26-second pin.

Tripp Neal placed fourth in 10U-Novice at 76 pounds with two pins in under a minute each.

Gage Fadenrecht placed fourth in 8U-Novice at 46 pounds with a 13-3 major decision in the consolation semifinals.

Bentley Yingst placed fourth in 12U at 67 pounds with a 5-4 decision in the consolation semifinals.

Jayce Parks placed fourth in 10U-Novice at 61 pounds with two pins in under a minute each.

Caemon Young placed fourth in 10U at 64 pounds with a 29-second pin.

Joseph Satoe placed fourth in 6U-Novice at 60 pounds with three first-period falls and a major decision.

Maddox Tucker placed fourth in 10U-Novice at 87 pounds with two pins and two decisions.

Keystone Kids Crown 5 Champions at Battle for the Buckle

Five members of the Keystone Kids wrestling club won their divisions at the Battle for the Buckle tournament in Tuttle last weekend.

Hudson Waag won the 43/46-pound bracket in the 8U division handily, pinning two opponents while majoring two others, including a 10-0 shutout of Chickasha’s Ivan Torres in the finals.

Jett Galloway won the 60/66-pound bracket in the 6U division, pinning two of his three foes in the first minute while notching a 17-7 major decision in the semifinals. In the finals he pinned Cashion’s Grey Edgeman in only 49 seconds for his second tournament title in the past two weeks.

Sutton Hawley won the 64-pound bracket in 10U, pinning his first opponent in only 36 seconds before winning a 14-0 major decision in the semifinals. In the championship match he pinned Myles Turner in 2:21 for his third gold medal in the past two weeks.

Kasen McAffrey won the 15U 145-pound bracket with two falls and a major decision, pinning Denymn Friday in 33 seconds in the finals.

Maverick Spencer placed second at 55 pounds in 6U Open, pinning one opponent while losing a close 10-8 decision to the other. He took first place in the Novice division, pinning his first two opponents before winning a 16-2 major decision against Blanchard’s Tucker Dickerson in the finals.

Maddix Spencer placed second at 67 pounds in 8U, winning a 2-0 decision in the semifinals before falling a close 4-0 to Mustang’s Brady Boles.

Kason Wolfe placed second at 70 pounds in 10U with an 18-2 tech fall and a third-period pin before losing a 6-2 decision to Zeke Jansing in the finals.

Mason Londo placed third in 10U at 67 pounds with two falls and a decision, pinning Bronc Fletcher in 1:27 in the placement round.

Carsten Reiss placed third in 10U at 70 pounds, losing his first match before winning out with two falls and a decision. In the placement round he pinned teammate Ryker Dawes in 1:06.

Dawes pinned his first foe in only 38 seconds. He suffered a semifinal fall but eked out a 1-0 decision against Guthrie’s Maverick Knox before falling to Reiss.

Ty Galloway placed third at 110 pounds in 10U, losing his first match before earning a 7-5 decision and pinning teammate Rylan Hamby in the placement round. Hamby pinned his first opponent in 1:20 en route to the consolation finals.

Brody Wilson placed third in 15U at 120 pounds, going 1-2 with a 9-3 decision in the second round of the round-robin.

Karson Waag placed fourth at 64/67 pounds in 12U, winning a decision before falling in the semifinals. He pinned his first-round consolation opponent before falling 6-0 in the placement round.

Sand Springs Boys Post Top-Ten Finish at Holland Hall Cross Country Meet

Rafi Huff and Dallas Potter led the Charles Page High School boys’ cross country team to a 10th place finish out of 20 teams at the 30th Annual Holland Hall Invitational Saturday morning in Tulsa.

Huff finished the 5K run in 18:57.98 for 33rd place, closely followed by Potter in 19:03.17 for 35th.

The girls didn’t have a full varsity team but Kelsi Hilton turned in a strong performance for a Sandite, finishing the 5K in 20:53.2 for 14th place.

The JV boys placed 14th, led by Gavin Corbin in 55th place with a time of 22:20.59.

The junior high boys placed ninth out 20 teams in the two-mile run, led by Cole Higgins in 11th place with a time of 11:37.87

Mya Wagers led the junior high girls with a time of 14:44.99 for 47th place.

The elementary boys placed ninth out of 12 teams in the one-mile run, led by Karson Waag in 29th place with a time of 7:06.37.

The elementary girls placed 11th out of 16 teams, led by Kinley Snow in 41st place with a time of 7:55.64.

The Sandites will return to action at the Owasso Invitational on Thursday, September 28th at O’Brien Park in Tulsa. The meet will begin with junior high girls at 4:00 p.m. with varsity action starting at 5:30 p.m.

Boys Varsity 5K
33rd - Rafi Huff - 18:57.98
35th - Dallas Potter - 19:03.17
57th - Anshun Syong - 19:37.43
99th - Kordel Hartmann - 20:55.01
107th - Jessen Cox - 21:11.34

Boys JV 5K
55th - Gavin Corbin - 22:20.59
82nd - Dax Wilcox - 23:02.85
89th - Gabriel Baker - 23:16.18
112th - Malachi Waldrup - 24:26.65
126th - Rhys Foster - 25:38.98

Boys Junior High 2-Mile
11th - Cole Higgins - 11:37.87
25th - Corbin Wesson - 12:28.84
53rd - Wyatt Shaw - 13:14.6
66th - Canyon Carnahan - 13:27.95
91st - Presley Gunnery - 13:51.78
132nd - Brier Hartman - 14:53.17

Boys Elementary 1-Mile
29th - Karson Waag - 7:06.37
50th - Wyatt Snow - 7:30.48
59th - Hudson Waag - 7:43.39
82nd - Rylan Snow - 8:04.7
86th - Mark Garner - 8:15.85
104th - Wyatt Goode - 8:26.34
114th - Gage Fadenrecht - 8:42.12

Girls Varsity 5K
14th - Kelsi Hilton - 2:053.2
92nd - Laila Mirza - 26:58.46

Girls JV 5K
27th - Blakelee Meeker - 26:19.39

Girls Junior High 2-Mile
47th - Mya Wagers - 14:44.99
97th - Lexi Boone - 16:07.71
101st - Rowen Hull - 16:15.62
176th - Vivien Wentzel - 18:29.96

Girls Elementary 1-Mile
41st - Kinley Snow - 7:55.64
75th - Starr Corbin - 8:25.26
90th - Anna Voight - 8:37.73
98th - Scout Hartmann - 8:45.26
105th - Nola Chambers - 9:03.34
111th - Melanie Kinser - 9:14.01
123rd - Kyall Mcaffrey - 9:30.79
143rd - Katherine Stuckey - 10:08.92
154th - Ashlyn Snow - 10:41.57
167th - Gigi Harrisfitch - 11:27.98
170th - Brinley Mckinney - 11:32.89

Sandite Cross Country Opens Season at Sapulpa, Kelsi Hilton and Cole Higgins Place 2nd

After dropping out of the Owasso Ram Relays on August 25th, the Sand Springs cross country program finally kicked off the season Saturday morning in Sapulpa.

The Lady Sandites didn’t have enough runners to earn a team place, but Kelsi Hilton placed second out of 73 runners with a time of 12:48.27 in the two-mile.

The varsity boys also didn’t have a full lineup, but Rafi Huff turned in an impressive time of 11:42.37 for 14th place out of 86 runners in the two-mile race.

The junior varsity boys placed fourth out of five teams, led by Kordel Hartmann with a two-mile time of 12:26.41 for 11th place out of 86 runners.

The junior high boys made a strong showing in the one-mile, finishing in fourth place out of 16 teams with an average time of 6:18.11. Cole Higgins took second place out of 198 runners with a time of 5:22.03 to lead the Sandites.

Anderson Schools, also located in Sand Springs, took 10th place in the junior high boys race, led by Jonathan Reeve with a 6:09.74 time for 33rd place.

Anderson’s junior high girls team took seventh place out of 13 teams, led by Tindle Smith in 6:21.74 for 12th place out of 167 runners.

The Sand Springs junior high girls didn’t have enough runners to earn a team place in the one-mile run, but Mya Wagers turned in an impressive time of 6:47.14 for 26th place.

The Sand Springs elementary boys placed sixth out of 12 teams in the one-mile run with an average time of 7:18.77, led by Kellen Adkins with a time of 6:34.86 for ninth place out of 160 runners.

Anderson Elementary took eighth place in the boys run with an average time of 7:30.31. Ezra Gibson led the Trojans with a time of 6:39.17 for 13th place.

Anderson took fifth place out of 11 teams in the one-mile elementary girls run with an average time of 8:03.16, led by Carlin Gibson in 14th place with a time of 7:31.78.

The Sand Springs elementary girls took 10th place with an average time of 8:47.79. Kinley Snow led the little lady Sandites with a time of 7:51.18 for 29th place out of 151 runners.

Sandite Cross Country will return to action at the Booker T. Washington Invitational on Thursday at O’Brien Park. Varsity girls will start the meet at 3:30 p.m., followed by varsity boys, junior varsity, and middle school.

The Anderson junior high will return to action Friday at Claremore at 10:30 a.m.

Sand Springs Varsity Boys
14th - Rafi Huff - 11:42.37
16th - Dallas Potter - 11:43.92
19th - Anshun Syong - 11:49.85

Sand Springs Junior Varsity Boys
11th - Kordel Hartmann - 12:26.41
26th - Jessen Cox - 13:17.53
28th - Dax Wilcox - 13:25.65
31st - Jaxon Perry - 13:35.55
36th - Gavin Corbin - 13:53.40
38th - Gabriel Baker - 13:59.03
47th - Malachi Waldrup - 14:29.02
62nd - Rhys Foster - 16:23.80

Sand Springs Varsity Girls
2nd - Kelsi Hilton - 12:48.27
40th - Blakelee Meeker - 16:17.10

Sand Springs Junior High Boys
2nd - Cole Higgins - 5:22.03
16th - Corbin Wesson - 5:40.99
25th - Kade Sargent - 6:02.67
43rd - Presley Quinnelly - 6:17.90
149th - Dean Ernest - 8:06.95

Sand Springs Junior High Girls
26th - Mya Wagers - 6:47.14
66th - Rowen Hull - 7:36.82
129th - Vivian Farr - 9:03.69

Sand Springs Elementary Boys
9th - Kellen Adkins - 6:34.86
31st - Karson Waag - 7:10.23
42nd - Stu Grona - 7:23.28
46th - Wyatt Snow - 7:36.21
58th - Hudson Waag - 7:49.28
73rd - Rylan Snow - 7:59.42
75th - Wyatt Goode - 8:02.95
89th - Mark Garner - 8:13.39
105th - Dante Alvarez - 8:34.93
132nd - Gage Fadenrecht - 9:36.87
141st - Noah Tackett - 10:24.82
146th - Liam Kinman - 10:51.80
152nd - Fisher Abbott - 11:06.80

Sand Springs Elementary Girls
76th - Starr Corbin - 8:42.47
80th - Makenna Cox - 8:49.79
91st - Anna Voight - 9:11.45
97th - Melanie Kinser - 9:24.05
102nd - Scout Hartmann - 9:37.97
105th - Kyall Mcaffrey - 9:48.23
108th - Katherine Stuckey - 10:04.15
124th - Brekyn Isham - 10:34.27
142nd - Ashlyn Snow - 11:36.21
151st - Claire Pilk - 12:24.38

Anderson Junior High Boys
33rd - Jonathan Reeve - 6:09.74
48th - Joshua Deeringwater - 6:21.03
110th - Jack Mundy - 7:20.88
111th - Gage Berkowitz - 7:21.06
113th - Jackson Mercy - 7:23.08
114th - Alex Roy - 7:23.08
179th - Camden Bartell - 9:21.39

Anderson Junior High Girls
12th - Tindle Smith - 6:21.74
13th - Brooklynn Bozone - 6:22.45
14th - Avery Mercy - 6:25.26
85th - Emily Logan - 8:01.43
92nd - Lyla Hansen - 8:07.14
140th - Bella Steelman - 9:31.89
143rd - Maddie Burke - 9:49.86
159th - Tatum Frits - 11:15.36

Anderson Elementary Boys
13th - Ezra Gibson - 6:39.17
39th - Elliott Gibson - 7:21.78
52nd - Wyatt Lightle - 7:44.40
60th - Michael Gragg - 7:51.26
66th - Cooper Lisicki - 7:54.93
85th - Zander Hefele - 8:09.93
92nd - Cain McCalip - 8:17.54
94th - Waylon Lightle - 8:21.88
103rd - Kiptyn Reeve - 8:30.74
104th - Grayson Shoopman - 8:31.22
109th - Lincoln Bozone - 8:38.42
115th - Joseph Parsell - 8:52.40
138th - Jaxon Couffer - 10:18.95
143rd - Elijah Ray - 10:39.24
145th - Colton Bartell - 10:50.66
154th - Vandon Flynn - 11:21.57
156th - Praxton Flynn - 11:31.36
159th - Royce Hefele - 12:05.58

Anderson Elementary Girls
14th - Carlin Gibson - 7:31.78
26th - Catherin Mundy - 7:44.89
33rd - Sterling Reeve - 7:58.39
45th - Saylor Harmon - 8:11.17
78th - Josaline Reeve - 8:49.57
84th - Beighly Ray - 8:56.46
99th - Lilly Martin - 9:29.39
115th - Sophia Reyna - 10:13.22
141st - Presley Graham - 11:31.62
148th - Hallie Graham - 12:15.00