Sandite Alumni Report: Jabe Schlehuber Pitches First College Win

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2023 Charles Page High School alum Jabe Schlehuber opened his college career with a bang on Friday, pitching a shutout in the second game of the season for Northern Oklahoma College at Enid (4-0).

Schlehuber earned the win on the mound, tossing four hits, one walk, and two strikeouts in 4.1 innings of a 3-1 victory over Southeast Arkansas College.

NOC beat Southeast 6-1, 3-1, 13-4, and 10-9 in a four-game series Thursday and Friday.

The Jets will return to action February 10th with a double-header against Northeast Community College.

2019 alum Kyler Copeland is in his junior year at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, which opened the season with three straight wins against Colorado Springs. The Savage Storm won 10-1 on Thursday and 5-4 and 11-4 in a Friday double-header.

2021 alum Kaden Young opened his sophomore season at Randall University on Friday. The Saints fell 17-0 and 21-10 at Sterling (2-0). He didn’t see action in the first game, but went 1-of-3 at the plate in game two, scoring two runs and two RBI with a single and a walk.

2019 alums Cale Savage and Cal Watkins opened their season at Washburn University this week, losing 9-8 to Lynn University on Thursday before winning 7-4 against Palm Beach Atlantic on Friday.

Wakins went 0-for-3 on Thursday with a sacrifice hit, but was 2-of-5 on Friday with two runs, a double, and an RBI.

Savage was 1-of-4 on Thursday and 1-of-5 on Friday, scoring the go-ahead run in extra innings.

Washburn will travel to Barry University (0-2) Saturday at 4:00 p.m.

Sandite College Report

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Men’s Basketball

2021 CPHS alum Marlo Fox is in his junior year at Rogers State University (2-2). He played two minutes in a season-opening 82-58 loss to Minot State but didn’t see action in the past three games. The Hillcats will return to action Saturday afternoon against Fort Hays State (5-1).

Football

Pittsburg State University backup quarterback Ty Pennington (2021) saw his season come to an end in a 24-21 loss to No. 2 Grand Valley State (11-1) in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs.

The seventh-ranked Gorillas (11-2) took a 21-14 lead into the fourth quarter but gave up 10 unanswered points, including the go-ahead touchdown with 35 seconds remaining, to end their season.

Pennington ended his redshirt-freshman year 46-of-69 passing for 447 yards, six touchdowns, and one interception with another 359 yards and four touchdowns on 76 carries.

Cheer

Ashley Blake (2022) is in her sophomore year at Oklahoma Baptist University and Coleman Wright (2020) is in his senior season at Nichols College.

Softball

Drew Hawkins (2021) is gearing up for her junior season next spring at Northeastern State University. The starting outfielder had a flawless defensive record last season while batting .235 while the RiverHawks went 30-21.

Jordyn Pearson (2021) will look to pick up some additional playing time in her junior year at Missouri Baptist University after playing two games last season in a 35-18-1 Spartan campaign. Pearson holds a 3.82 ERA and .333 career batting average after two seasons.

Shooting Sports

Gunnar Casey (2021) and Sammy Naugle (2021) are in their junior season at Connors State College. Casey recently posted a top-20 finish at the Ft. Hayes tournament in double skeet.

Baseball

Kyler Copeland (2019) will kick off his junior year this spring at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant. Copeland is in his second year with the Savage Storm after previous stints at College of the Ozarks and Dodge City Community College.

Kaden Young (2021) is expected to play at Randall University in Moore this spring after a two-year stint at Oklahoma Wesleyan.

2023 graduates Jabe Schlehuber and Dominic Ornelas will start their college careers at Northern Oklahoma College at Enid this spring.

2019 graduates Cale Savage and Cal Watkins will play their junior years together at Washburn University. Watkins played two years at Seminole State College while Savage played two years at NOC-Enid before the two reunited last season.