Lady Sandite Wrestling Wins First-Ever Dual 36-24 at Oologah

The Charles Page High School girls wrestling team (1-0) won its first dual ever Tuesday night, winning six out of ten matches for a 36-24 victory against Oologah-Talala (0-1).

Bailey Copeland and Ambrielle Chambers kicked the dual off at 105 pounds, each pinning Samantha Mayfield for a 12-0 start.

Trinity Owens pinned Emerica Wells in 21 seconds at 115 pounds and Laila Mirza pinned Payton Berglund in 56 seconds at 120 to make it 24-0.

Macy Gorczynski got the Mustangs on the board with a pin of Gracie Gifford at 125 pounds but Audree Robinson responded with a pin of Berglund in 1:38.

Jayden Ellenburg fell in the second period of the 140-pound match to Yara Lester but Kelsi Hilton pinned Celtriya Xiong in 1:19 for a 36-12 advantage at 145.

That would be the last victory for Sand Springs as Jaylee Sanders and Piper Morton won a pair of falls at 155 pounds against Tessa Urrey.

The Lady Sandites are ranked No. 15 out of 70 teams in Class 6A this week and also placed 16th at the Jay Border Wars this past weekend.

Mirza placed sixth at 120 with two falls, Tyreyalle Davis placed sixth at 135 with four falls, and Hilton placed fourth at 140 with two falls.

Sand Springs will return to action Thursday at 6:00 p.m. with a double-header dual at 5A No. 11 Skiatook (0-0) against the Bulldogs and Glenpool (1-1).

Sandites Win Highway 97 Rivalry 51-20 Against Sapulpa

The Sand Springs boys wrestling team is right where it wants to be heading into Christmas break.

The No. 8 Sandites are 3-0 in duals following a 51-20 victory against 5A No. 10 Sapulpa (1-2) Tuesday night at the Ed Dubie Field House.

Sand Springs won nine out of fourteen matches with six pins in its seventh-straight Highway 97 Rivalry win.

“Anytime you can beat your rivals it’s a good evening,” said first-year head coach Ty Bowling.

“Good start to December for us so far. We’re not in February yet so we’ve got plenty of time to get better and keep getting better every single week.”

Sapulpa won the opening match with a 3-0 decision by Christian Cue over Dawson Briscoe, but a forfeit at 113 put the Sandites ahead for the remainder of the evening.

Colt Hood pinned Jackson Mills in 28 seconds and Brady Moore won a 7-0 decision against Jackson Willingham before the Chieftains won their next match.

Kyle Brooks eked out a back-and-forth 6-4 decision over Preston Reyna, but the Sandites responded with three more bonus point wins

Jayden Pait and Jesse Moore pinned their opponents and Mitchell Smith received a forfeit to make it 33-6.

Blake Hurt won an 8-7 upset against Jaxon Trotter at 157 pounds, but Ethan White answered with a 32-second pin of Trey Henderson to clinch the dual for Sand Springs.

“It’s Ethan’s senior year,” said Bowling. “We’re working real hard to get him to the state tournament this year, hopefully to the podium.”

“He’s been putting in extra work and that’s his goal this year is to get to the state tournament and make a little noise there.”

Sapulpa won at 190 and 215, but Hudson Sheppard pinned Mason Williams in 38 seconds and Mason Harris pinned Taylor Anderson in 29 seconds to wrap up the evening.

“This year we’re working on our toughness and I think every single week we’ve gotten a little bit tougher,” said Bowling.

“We had two duals a couple of weeks ago then we rolled into a long two-day tournament. We dealt with sickness and soreness and getting our weight down, but we battled through things and each week we’re getting tougher and tougher and that’s kind of our theme for this year.”

Prior to the boys dual, Ty Davis pinned Elizabeth Corveler in a girls exhibition match.

The Sandites will return to action December 29th at the Diamond State Duals in Springdale, Arkansas.