CPHS Soccer: Season ends in 2-0 quarterfinal loss to nationally-ranked No. 2 Jenks

The Charles Page High School Boys Soccer Team (13-3) fell short in their quarterfinal playoff match at nationally-ranked No. 2 Jenks High School (17-0) Friday night by a final score of 2-0.

Jenks got on the board five minutes in when University of Tulsa-commit Will Edwards collected a loose ball and got a shot off that skipped past Sandite keeper Ethan Tippit and rolled just inside the far post.

Jenks dominated possession for the majority of the first half and started to piece things together with about eight minutes left in the half. A shot from Luke Jeffus nearly resulted in a goal as the Jenks goalie struggled to handle it, and a Kaiden Cox free kick was tipped just enough to send it off the crossbar.

The second half featured more of the same with Sand Springs dominating possession to start and earning a multitude of corner kicks, but they were unable to find pay dirt.

The Trojans put the game out of reach at the 10:39 mark when Tippit found himself off his line and was forced to bat a ball away outside the box, resulting in a yellow card. Backup goalkeeper Xander Quiroga was able to stop the shot from the impending free kick, but the ricochet fell to the feet of Edwards who laid it off to Eric Quiroz for the final goal.

Jenks went on to notch a 1-0 victory against Westmoore (11-7) in the semifinals and will play the defending State Champions from No. 12 Union (13-2) Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Tulsa. Both teams are in pursuit of their sixth State title, and the Trojans are looking for their first since 2006.

The Sandites wrapped up a historic season, starting the year on a ten-game win streak with an Edison Green and White Tournament title. They went 5-2 in district action to earn a home playoff game, and beat Enid 1-0 in the first round.

Sand Springs will graduate eleven seniors Saturday, including Santiago Martines, Tippit, Josh Pardue, Cox, Aaron McKnight, Dawson Quinton, Gustavo Saldana, Weslee Calhoun, Kaleb Brooks, Gustavo Franco, and Braden Hart. The Class of 2019 accounted for 18% of the team’s scoring power this season.

Saldana ended his varsity career with seven goals and four penalty kicks. Cox scored two goals and a PK. McKnight and Calhoun had two goals apiece while Quinton, Brooks, and Franco had one goal each.

Sophomore standout Fernando Saldana was the leading scorer on the team this season with fourteen goals and four PKs, including two hat tricks. Next up was Gustavo Saldana with five goals and two PKs, and Jack Bratcher with seven goals.

Season Scoring

Goals
14 Fernando Saldana
7 Bratcher
5 Gustavo Saldana
4 Jeffus
1 Munoz
1 Cox
1 Esparza
1 Franco
1 Quinton
1 Summerton
1 Brooks

PKs
4 Fernando Saldana
3 Fancher
2 Jeffus
2 Gustavo Saldana
1 Cox
1 Summerton

Total Scoring
18 Fernando Saldana
7 Bratcher
7 Gustavo Saldana
6 Jeffus
3 Fancher
2 Cox
2 Summerton
1 Munoz
1 Esparza
1 Franco
1 Quinton
1 Brooks

CPHS Basketball: Boys win Regional Championship, Richardson scores 18

The Class 6A No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School boys basketball team (17-7) defeated No. 11 Southmoore (17-8) 60-51 in a physical back and forth affair Saturday night at the Ed Dubie Field House. Davon Richardson led the way for the Sandites finishing with a double-double, scoring eighteen points and grabbing fourteen rebounds, including nine offensive boards.

The first quarter was a stalemate with both teams trading baskets throughout. Junior Sabercat guard Jordan Thompson kicked off the scoring by hitting a three on the game’s first possession, part of his seven point first quarter en route to a team high thirteen points. Sandites Josh Minney, Cole Durkee, and Cale Savage all hit threes of their own leading to a 12-12 tie after one quarter.

The second frame saw Sand Springs build a lead they would never relinquish, holding the visitors scoreless for the first 6:32 of the quarter, with Savage and Richardson each accounting for four points in the period including a buzzer beating triple from Richardson.

Southmoore trimmed the Sandite lead to eight heading into the final quarter, but Richardson took the game over scoring the first nine Sand Springs points of the period. The Sabercats managed to come as close as three points in the last stanza after back to back threes from Domingo Ward, but quality free throw shooting from Cason Savage and the rest of the Sandites kept Southmoore at bay and Richardson capped off the victory with a one-handed put-back dunk in the waning seconds.  

Both Sand Springs and Southmoore will advance to the Area playoffs. Sand Springs will only need to win one game in Area to advance to State, and can afford to lose once, while Southmoore will need to win twice and will be eliminated with a loss.

CPHS 60 SHS 51
1Q: All 12-12.
2Q: CPHS 13-4.
3Q: SHS 12-11.
4Q: CPHS 24-23.
Free Throws: CPHS 22-of-31, SHS 15-of-22.
Field Goals: CPHS 16-of-44, SHS 15-of-41.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 14, SHS 15.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 25, SHS 20.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 39, SHS 35.
Steals: CPHS 4, SHS 5.
Blocks: CPHS 4, SHS 4.
Fouls: CPHS 16, SHS 20.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Richardson 18, Durkee 12, Cale Savage 10, Cason Savage 7, Minney 6, Hurd 5, Fox 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 9, Minney 3, Hurd 2.
Defensive Rebounds: Fox 6, Richardson 5, Cale Savage 5, Hurd 4, Durkee 3, Minney 2.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 14, Fox 6, Hurd 6, Minney 5, Cale Savage 5, Durkee 3.
Assists: Richardson 3, Cale Savage 3, Durkee 2, Minney 1.
Steals: Richardson 1, Cale Savage 1, Minney 1, Cason Savage 1.
Blocks: Richardson 3, Minney 1.
Fouls: Fox 4, Minney 3, Richardson 2, Cale Savage 2, Durkee 2, Cason Savage 2, Hurd 1.

(Southmoore Scoring): Thompson 13, Godwin 10, Ryan 8, Ward 8, Kline 6, Jackson 4, Scott 2.

CPHS Basketball: Boys advance to Area finals with 67-63 win over Bartlesville

Cale Savage led his team with a career-high fourteen points against Bartlesville. (Photo: Morgan Miller).

The Class 6A No. 10 ranked Charles Page High School boys basketball team (18-7) came away with a 67-63 win over No. 20 Bartlesville High School (9-16) in a very gritty matchup that came down to the final few seconds of the first-round Area playoffs.

The game was very back and forth from the start with both teams trading baskets much of the first quarter. Cale Savage started the scoring off with a pair of free throws followed by seven straight points by the Bruins. Bruin guards Tayo Dina and Jaylin Oliver got on the board early and often for their squad, leading the game in scoring with 25 and 21 points respectively.

Colt Savage drained a pair of his own free throws and Matthew Price tied the game with a three pointer. Davon Richardson scored five points in the quarter for the Sandites, but the Bruins held the lead 17-16 after a deep buzzer-beater three from Oliver. 

The Sandites began to pull away in the second quarter, with Cale Savage scoring six of his team-high, career-high fourteen points in the period. Two three-pointers by Kendrick Williams and a pair of free throws by Cole Durkee sealed a seven-point lead at the break for Sand Springs.  

The third quarter continued the trend of the Sandites pulling away with balanced team scoring, despite Oliver and Dina doing everything they could to keep their squad in the game scoring thirteen of the sixteen Bruin points in the stanza.  

Boasting an eleven-point lead as the final quarter began, a basket by Josh Minney and a Durkee free throw pushed the lead to the largest of the game at fourteen. Then Bartlesville began chipping away, applying a full court press to force a multitude of Sandite turnovers. With just 9.8 seconds left the Bruins had cut the lead to 3, but missed their opportunity to tie the game, and a Cale Savage free throw sealed the victory for Sand Springs.  

The Sandites will return to action Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. when they play No. 8 Owasso (21-5) at Tulsa Memorial High School. The winning team will advance to the State Tournament, while the loser will end their season. The Sandites trumped the Rams 72-64 in December, but Owasso repaid the loss 97-77 in February.

CPHS 67 BHS 63

1Q BHS 17-16
2Q CPHS 22-14
3Q CPHS 20-16
4Q BHS 16-9

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Cale Savage 14, Colt Savage 12, Richardson 11, Price 10, Williams 9, Durkee 7, Fisher 2, Minney 2. 
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 3, Durkee 1, Fisher 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Colt Savage 5, Durkee 4, Richardson 3, Cale Savage 2, Fisher 2, Williams 1, Price 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 6, Colt Savage 5, Durkee 5, Fisher 3, Cale Savage 2, Price 1, Williams 1.
Steals: Richardson 3, Price 2, Williams 2, Durkee 1, Colt Savage 1, Cale Savage 1.
Assists: Richardson 4, Colt Savage 2, Cale Savage 1, Fisher 1.
Blocks: Richardson 2, Colt Savage 1, Durkee 1, Fisher 1.
Fouls: Richardson 5, Colt Savage 4, Durkee 2, Price 1.

CPHS Basketball: Destiny Johnson scores 31 points to knock off No. 11 Ponca City

Destiny Johnson guards a Shawnee player during the 2016-2017 season. (Photo: Morgan Miller).

The No. 3 ranked Charles Page High School Lady Sandite basketball team jumped out to an early lead over No. 11 Ponca City in their season-debut Tuesday night, and the Wildcats were never able to bounce back. The Sandites prevailed 77-61 over their visitors at the Ed Dubie Field House. 

CPHS 77 PoHi 61

1Q CPHS 22-10
2Q All 21-21
3Q PoHi 16-15
4Q CPHS 19-14

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Johnson 31, Regalado 18, Kersgieter 16, Burris 7, Presnell 3, Taber 2.
Rebounds: Johnson 7, Regalado 7, Kersgieter 6, Taber 4, Burris 3, Berge 2, Presnell 1.
Steals: Kersgieter 4, Johnson 1, Regalado 1, Presnell 1, Berge 1. 
Assists: Taber 5, Regalado 3, Johnson 2, Berge 2, Burris 1, Kersgieter 1. 
Blocks: Johnson 1, Regalado 1.
Fouls: Kersgieter 5, Taber 5, Johnson 4, Regalado 3, Burris 3, Presnell 2, Berge 1.

Three Lady Sandites scored in double figures led by Destiny Johnson's 31 points. Holly Kersgieter and Isabella Regalado contributed sixteen points and eighteen points respectively. Regalado tied her previous best performance, while Johnson surged past her prior record of twenty. 

Johnson's big night got off to a fast start as she scored the first six points of the game for Sand Springs. The two teams traded baskets for a few possessions before the Lady Sandites went on a 14-2 run to end the first quarter, sparked by a pair of three-pointers by Regalado. Sand Springs held a 22-10 lead to end the first quarter and saw their lead cut to single digits only once for the remainder of the game.

The second quarter was a dead draw 21-21 with both squads alternating baskets for much of the quarter. Ponca forward Jalissa Garcia scored eleven of her team high 22 points in the second to keep things close and send the Lady Sandites to the half leading 43-31. 

The third quarter turned into the Johnson and Kersgieter show, as the two combined to score all fifteen Sand Springs points. Kersgieter scored nine points in the stanza, seven of them coming from the foul stripe. Ponca trimmed a single point off the lead heading into the final period. 

Kersgieter was called for her fifth personal foul early in the fourth quarter leaving the majority of the scoring duties to Johnson who was more than capable, scoring eleven points to seal the win for her squad. 

Both teams are coming off State Tournament appearances in their prior season, and the game was reminiscent of the Lady Sandites' season-debut in 2016 when they easily handled a top-ten ranked Bartlesville 51-34 and went on to win fourteen-straight.

Sand Springs will host 5A No. 17 Bishop Kelley for the Comets' season-debut Friday at 6:00 p.m. The game will mark the kickoff of Frontier Valley Conference play, and the Lady Sandites are the defending FVC Champions. Ponca City will travel to 5A No. 3 El Reno (1-0) who knocked off No. 8 Piedmont 44-29.

CPHS Boys' Soccer falls 2-1 to Jenks, Cody Gurley scores lone goal

CPHS senior forward Cody Gurley leads the Sandites with six goals this season. (Photo: Scott Emigh).

By: Virgil Noah, Staff Writer

The Charles Page High School boys soccer team (4-6, 1-3) entered their matchup with Jenks High School (5-5, 2-1) looking to get to the .500 mark both overall and in district play. The Sandites came in fresh off a 4-1 loss to Putnam City North High School (8-3, 3-2).

Sand Springs notched their first district victory of the season the game prior, defeating Enid High School (1-6, 0-3) in a wild comeback 3-2 on three late goals from Ignacio Garcia, Cody Gurley, and Gustavo Saldana. Despite fighting hard for 80 minutes and keeping it close the Trojans ultimately prevailed 2-1.

There was relatively little action for the initial 37 minutes of the game but the 38th saw a pair of goals just 11 seconds apart. Trojan midfielder Gabriel Tiefenthaler split the middle of the Sandite defense and got off a shot that Sand Springs goalkeeper Edgar Soberano managed to get his hands on, but couldn't deflect enough to stop from scoring. Just 11 seconds later though, Gurley managed to roll a ball past Trojan keeper Jason Dausses to the back post for the equalizer.

It took less than three minutes for the Trojans to net what would be the winning goal. Kap Dong was on the receiving end of a ball over the top of the defense, and scored despite Soberano's diving efforts. Soberano managed to make several impressive saves before coming off the field injured in the 58th minute, replaced by sophomore Ethan Tippit. Tippit managed to keep Jenks off the scoreboard for the remainder of the match, notching four saves.

The Sandite offense pushed up the field on several occasions, crossing in balls that the Jenks defense easily cleared out without allowing a shot on goal.

The Sandite boys will be back in action Friday when they face Westmoore High School (5-7, 0-3) at 8:00 p.m.

CPHS Lady Sandite Soccer falls 9-1 to Jenks, Deshazo scores lone goal

CPHS junior Madison Metcalfe scored the lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Putnam City North last week. (Photo: Scott Emigh).

By: Virgil Noah, Staff Writer

The Charles Page School girls soccer team (1-9, 0-3) came into their matchup with Jenks High School (7-3, 2-1) having fallen in each of their first two district games. The Lady Sandites fell 2-1 to Putnam City North (6-6, 1-4) with Madison Metcalfe scoring her first goal of the season. Enid High School (5-5, 2-1) defeated the Sandite girls as well 4-0. The woes would continue against Jenks as they fell by a final score of 9-1.

The Lady Trojans got things going early, nearly scoring in the 1st minute when a header off of a corner kick struck post. The Lady Sandite defense was able to keep the game scoreless until the 14th minute when Haley Ledford scorched a ball from well outside the box for the 1-0 advantage. A goal from Ashlynn Kitterman and a deflected own goal made the score 3-0 in favor of visiting Jenks.

The Sand Springs offense showed signs of life before the half. Megan Deshazo would get Sand Springs on the board with their lone goal in the 34th minute on a penalty kick and at the half the lead was just 3-1.

The Lady Trojans were having none of the Sand Springs comeback however, netting 6 goals in a 16 minute span before substituting, led by a brace from Senior Nayeli Perez.

The Lady Sandites will return to action on Friday when they face Westmoore High School (5-6, 2-1) at 6:00pm.