By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief
What a time to be a Sandite! Our football and softball teams were State Runners-Up, Cheyenne Walden won the cross country State Championship, and now we're midway through our Winter sports and there's no sign that this outstanding class of athletes has any intention of slowing down.
Both of our basketball teams won games by more than 40 points this weekend and are ranked top 15, and our wrestlers have had the craziest week in years. Last week the wrestlers (9-0) dominated #1 Broken Arrow (4-2) 33-19 to earn the top spot in the state and followed it up Tuesday with a 57-15 slaughter of Bixby (0-4).
Thursday the wrestlers traveled to Enid for the triple-header District Duals. The Sandites pulled off the highest-scoring dual possible against the Putnam West Patriots (3-6), winning all matches by pin for an 84-0 shutout. U.S. Grant (11-4) only fared slightly better, losing by 80-0 shutout, and Enid (4-4) was put down 65-6 to secure the Sandites' spot at Dual State.
Not only did the boys have to wrestle three duals in a single day, but they didn't even get a day off to rest before traveling to Yukon for the annual Jay Hancock Memorial Invitational.
The Sandites placed fourth in the tournament with nine placers and three champions. Allen, Texas, ranked 25th in the nation by Flowrestling, took first place, followed by Choctaw in second and Plainview third. Choctaw is currently ranked 2nd in Tournaments and 3rd in Duals. Plainsview is ranked #1 in both 3A categories.
The Sandites have two duals left this season. Tuesday night the boys will take on the #1 5A Collinsville Cardinals, and Thursday they'll battle the #15 Jenks Trojans.
The Sandites are still missing 106 starting freshman #7 Riley Weir (15-8), who's nursing a hand injury, but they have plenty of capable fill-ins at the lower weights.
106 Scotty Patton (3-2)- 5th Place
- teched 17-0 in 4:00 by #8 Trenton Higginbotham (Edmond North)
- pinned Bennett Siler (Westlake) in 0:49
- majored Brendan Noetzal (Southlake Carroll) 16-7
- pinned in 1:52 by #5 Braden Fowler (Yukon)
- pinned Dominic Fitzpatrick (Moore) in 5:54
113 #5 Michael Ritchey (15-13) - 4th Place
- pinned Davion Perkins (Lawton) in 1:59
- defeated Chase Slatton (Jenks) 5-1
- teched 15-0 in 4:20 by #1 Paxton Rosen (Edmond North)
- defeated Jonathan Warford (Sapulpa) 8-2
- lost 10-3 to Logan Brown (Allen)
120 #6 Blake Sargent (26-9) - 5th Place
- lost 5-0 to Jack Skudlarczyk (Westlake)
- majored Cameron Clark (Sapulpa) 12-3
- pinned Zane Everett (Yukon) in 2:43
- pinned Jaxson Roney (Plainview) in 3:54
- lost 3-0 to Jack Skudlarczyk (Westlake)
- pinned #5 Zane Taylor (Yukon) in 4:28
126 #4 Jack Karstetter (26-6) - Champion
- pinned Ibrahim Crespo (Capitol Hill) in 1:00
- pinned Kaiden Ogee (Choctaw) in 2:45
- majored #3 Clayton Seleznoff (Moore) 9-1
- defeated Zach Atencio (Plainview) 3-1 by sudden victory
132 Unattached Derek Davis (7-4) - DNP
- defeated Tre Moore (Allen) 5-4
- lost 7-2 to Dayton West (Deer Creek)
- lost 10-4 to Cole Shipman (Choctaw)
132 Daton Fix (31-0) - Champion
- pinned Andrew Day (Jenks) in 0:52
- pinned Garrett Griffin (Sapulpa) in 0:27
- teched Hunter Hershey (Westlake) 23-6 in 3:57
- teched Madison Roney (Plainview) 28-13 in 5:55
138 #2 Beau Bratcher (30-5) - Runner-Up
- pinned Joseph Smith (Moore) in 0:59
- pinned Noah Austin (Edmond North) in 1:12
- pinned David Washington (Allen) in 4:34
- lost 2-0 to #1 Jaxen Gilmore (Yukon)
145 Cody Mathis (10-11) - 6th Place
- pinned in 1:41 by Ty Lucus (Plainview)
- pinned Hunter Walsh (Edmond North) in 0:32
- pinned Dylan Waklee (Choctaw) in 3:55
- pinned in 0:38 by #1 Chase Vincent (Yukon)
- defeated 7-1 by Gabe Moreau (Westlake)
At 152 #2 Payton Scott (11-3) is also taking some time to recover before State, and the Sandite roster has less depth in the upper weights. Every tournament this season has had at least one weight class forfeited, and the team would consistently place higher were they at full strength.
160 #4 Zane Basma (22-9) - Champion
- pinned Leon Larkpor (Putnam City) in 0:38
- defeated #5 Chase King (Choctaw) 7-1
- defeated John McCabe (Allen) 5-1
- defeated Anderson Salisbury (Westlake) 3-1
170 Bryton Beck (8-13) - DNP
- defeated Keith Thierry (Lawton) 7-2
- lost 8-3 to #7 Jacob Schimmels (Deer Creek)
- majored Cameron Hanson (Moore) 12-1
- pinned in 0:51 by Eli Paul (Plainview)
182 #3 Trace Fleischman (6-6) - DNP
- pinned Tres Davis (Westlake) in 1:27
- lost 7-0 to #2 Noah Hooks (Edmond North)
- pinned #9 Jak McCall (Deer Creek) in 1:46
- lost 3-2 to #6 Jared Kerr (Bixby)
195 Zach Sims (17-18) - 4th Place
- majored Zane Bailey (Edmond North) 14-5
- defeated #4 Cody Adams (Bixby) 8-4
- lost 3-1 to Bodie Davis (Plainview)
- defeated Cole Dixon (CPHS) 6-1
- lost 3-0 to #4 Cody Adams (Bixby)
195 Unattached Cole Dixon (3-3) - 6th Place
- defeated Nathan Seaton (Edmond North) 10-4
- lost to Dalton Madole (Allen) 7-4
- pinned Bracken Campbell (Plainview) in 1:00
- pinned Jake Johnson (Southlake Carroll) in 1:31
- lost 6-1 to Zach Sims (CPHS)
- lost 8-3 to Dakota Carnes (Sapulpa)
220 Delvin Jordan (7-4) - DNP
- pinned Conner O'Neal (Plainview) in 0:49
- lost 7-3 to #1 Nic Roller (Bixby)
- pinned Colin Foster (Yukon) in 0:40
- lost 4-2 to Tyrel Bell (Choctaw)
285 Gage Fain (7-16) - DNP
- pinned in 3:23 by Dorian Fagan (Plainview)
- defeated Hunter Richard (Edmond North) 2-1
- lost 2-1 in tie-breaker to Ashraf Mohamad (Edmond North)
