CPHS Basketball: Boys throttle Ponca City 83-40, Girls fall 65-55

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The Class 6A No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (11-2, 4-1) took a break from tough Frontier Valley Conference play and traveled to Ponca City (2-11) Friday night for a staggering 83-40 victory, their biggest win since the 77-34 season-opener, also against Ponca.

University of Central Oklahoma-commit Colt Savage led all scorers with 25 points, but three other Sandites also broke double digits. Davon Richardson scored sixteen, Cole Durkee scored fourteen, and Matt Price had ten. Nine total Sandites made their way into the scorebook and fifteen saw action.

The visiting Sandites jumped out to a quick 21-11 lead in the first quarter, led by Durkee and Richardson with six points apiece. By halftime they were up 37-20 thanks to a seven-point second-quarter from Savage. Sand Springs led 57-30 after the third quarter and had their most explosive period in the fourth with 26 points, including eight from Savage.

CPHS: Colt Savage 25, Richardson 16, Durkee 14, Price 10, Cale Savage 8, Williams 3, Fox 3, Minney 2, Anderson 2.

POHI: Shymansky 13, Matson 9, Thompson 7, Seals 4, Gazaway 3, Crandall 2, Tawkawty 2.

Varsity Girls’ action was a far different story as the No. 20 ranked Ponca City underdogs (9-4) upset No. 8 Sand Springs (9-4) 65-55 to avenge a 77-61 loss in the season-opener. The Wildcats won their fifth-straight game while dealing the Lady Sandites their fourth loss in the past five games.

The Sandites started out well, leading 17-10 after the first quarter thanks to an eight-point performance from Destiny Johnson. The second quarter was a total reversal, however, and the home team flipped the script for a 28-24 halftime lead.

The Sandites fought hard in the third quarter with eighteen points, but it was also the Wildcats’ best quarter of the game with twenty. Ponca won the final stanza as well, 17-13.

University of Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter led all scorers with seventeen points, closely followed by Johnson with sixteen. Isabella Regalado had eleven to put three Sandites in double digits. Ponca City was led by Baylee Fincher with fifteen, while Madison Birnbaum and Julissa Garcia had fourteen apiece.

POHI: Fincher 15, Birnbaum 14, Garcia 14, Jennings 9, Crowder 5, Beard 3, Branstetter 3, Badley 2.

CPHS: Kersgieter 17, Johnson 16, Regalado 11, Taber 7, Burris 3, Berge 1.

The Sandites will return to conference action Tuesday when they host the Broken Arrow Tigers. The Broken Arrow girls’ team is 2-8 overall, 1-3 in FVC. The boys, however, will be the Sandites’ toughest match of the season. Ranked first in Class 6A, the Tigers are 10-1 overall and 5-0 in the FVC.

CPHS Basketball: Davon Richardson posts 24 points in 64-45 win at Jenks

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Davon Richardson has been a consistent top-scorer for Sand Springs since transferring from Tulsa Central this year, but until Tuesday night he had yet to crack the twenty-point personal record he set as a freshman. The 6'4" sophomore finally had his breakout game in black and gold, tallying a game-high 24 points and ten rebounds in a 64-45 victory at Jenks.

The Class 6A No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School varsity basketball team improved to 10-2 overall and 4-1 in conference play with the dominant win over the Trojans (4-6, 0-4). 

The Sandites jumped out to a quick double-digit lead with baskets from Cale and Colt Savage, Richardson, and Matthew Price to make it 11-0 before the Trojans used a timeout to get their heads in the game. Richardson took a steal to the house to make it 13-0 before the home team closed out the first period with four-straight free throws from Eli Harris.

Harris continued to cut into the deficit with back-to-back layups in the second quarter and set the tone for an 18-17 Trojan win that still left the visitors with a 30-22 advantage to start the second half. That would be the only quarter the home team would win.

The Trojan offense stalled out in the third quarter, tallying only ten points, while Cale Savage scored seven and Richardson added four. Gage Fisher came off the bench to score two, and Josh Minney added one in the stanza.

The fourth quarter belonged wholly to Richardson and Colt Savage. The University of Central Oklahoma-committed elder son of Head Coach Eric Savage scored six points to finish the night with eighteen total, as well as five rebounds, five steals, and two assists. Richardson added ten points in that stanza alone and put the cap on his first double-double of the season.

Harris had the team-high for Jenks with nineteen points and was the only Trojan in double digits. Cale Savage scored eleven for the Sandites. 

Sand Springs will take a break from conference action Friday at 8:00 p.m. when they travel to Ponca City (1-9), who they devastated 77-34 in the season opener. Jenks will host No. 7 Sapulpa (8-2, 2-2) as they look for their first conference win. 

CPHS 64 JHS 45

1Q CPHS 13-4
2Q JHS 18-17
3Q CPHS 18-10
4Q CPHS 16-13

Free Throws: JHS 11-of-15, CPHS 15-of-22.
Field Goals: CPHS 22-of-48, JHS 15-of-47.
Offensive Rebounds: JHS 8, CPHS 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 20, JHS 13.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 26, JHS 21.
Steals: CPHS 10, JHS 6.
Blocks: JHS 4, CPHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 16, JHS 18.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Richardson 24, Colt Savage 18, Cale Savage 11, Price 5, Durkee 3, Fisher 2, Minney 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 4, Colt Savage 1, Minney 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 6, Colt Savage 4, Price 3, Durkee 2, Williams 2, Fisher 2, Cale Savage 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 10, Colt Savage 5, Price 3, Durkee 2, Williams 2, Fisher 2, Cale Savage 1, Minney 1.
Steals: Colt Savage 5, Richardson 2, Durkee 2, Cale Savage 1.
Assists: Colt Savage 2, Richardson 2, Williams 1.
Blocks: Durkee 1.
Fouls: Minney 4, Cale Savage 3, Durkee 3, Price 2, Richardson 2, Williams 1, Fox 1.

Week 6 High School 6A Basketball Rankings

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Girls

1. Putnam City West (9-2)
2. Bartlesville (8-0)
3. Choctaw (6-2)
4. Edmond Santa Fe (8-2)
4. Mustang (7-1)
4. Westmoore (8-3)
7. Sand Springs (8-3)
8. Owasso (5-2)
9. Edmond Memorial (6-2)
10. Norman North (8-2)
11. Deer Creek (7-2)
12. Edmond North (7-3)
13. Bixby (7-2)
14. Midwest City (7-4)
15. Sapulpa (6-4)
16. Norman (6-1)
17. Shawnee (7-3)
18. Yukon (6-3)
19. Jenks (5-2)
19. Stillwater (5-5)

Conference Rating

  1. Central Oklahoma (57.5)
  2. Big Ten (45.2)
  3. Suburban (45)
  4. Frontier Valley (43.1)
  5. All-City (8.5)

Boys

  1. Putnam City North (7-2)
  2. Broken Arrow (7-0)
  3. Norman North (7-1)
  4. Midwest City (8-3)
  5. Edmond Santa Fe (6-2)
  6. Union (5-3)
  7. Norman (6-2)
  8. Putnam City West (8-3)
  9. Sand Springs (9-2)
  10. Sapulpa (6-1)
  11. Choctaw (7-1)
  12. Westmoore (6-4)
  13. Edmond North (4-4)
  14. Edmond Memorial (4-3)
  15. Southmoore (5-4)
  16. Owasso (4-3)
  17. Putnam City (6-5)
  18. Deer Creek (3-5)
  19. Lawton (3-4)
  20. Shawnee (3-5)

Conference Rating

  1. Big Ten (60.3)
  2. Frontier Valley (49.6)
  3. Central Oklahoma (46.5)
  4. Suburban (39.5)
  5. All-City (28.9)

CPHS Basketball: Boys place third at Duncan Tournament, Colt Savage makes All-Tournament team

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The Class 6A No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School boys' basketball team (9-2) competed at the Duncan Holiday Invitational over Christmas Break and took third place after suffering only their second loss of the season.

The Sandites steamrolled U.S. Grant (1-4) in the first round, jumping out to a 21-8 first quarter lead and 36-26 halftime advantage. The Sandites won the first and third quarters while the Generals won the second and fourth. 

The Sandites' five-straight winning streak came to a close against 4A No. 5 Heritage Hall (5-3) in a 54-48 defeat. Heritage went on to place second in the tournament, falling 51-46 to 5A No. 3 Northwest Classen (12-0) in the finals. The Sandites led 12-8 after the first quarter, the Chargers tied it at 27-27 before halftime, then Sand Springs jumped back out to a 37-35 advantage in the third quarter before falling apart in the final stretch. 

In the final game of the tournament the Sandites handily dispatched Guthrie (2-5) 64-42 for third place. The Sandites jumped out to a 17-11 first quarter lead and were up 30-19 when they headed to the locker room. The second half wasn't any closer and the Sandites had their highest-scoring quarter in the fourth with 23 points. 

Colt Savage led his team in all three games, averaging 22.6 points per outing, and was named to the all-tournament team. 

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday at 8:00 with a conference road game against Jenks (2-5). Sand Springs is 3-1 in conference play while the Trojans are 0-3. 

CPHS (75): Colt Savage 27, Richardson 14, Durkee 13, Minney 6, Cale Savage 6, Williams 6, Fox 2, Fisher 1.
US Grant (59): Mitchell 27, Steven 10, Vargas 9, Phillips 8, Winters 3, Alexander 2.

HH (54): Matthews 19, McDonald 16, Alexander 13, Smitherman 4, Williams 2.
CPHS (48): Colt Savage 16, Durkee 11, Richardson 8, Price 6, Williams 3, Minney 2.

CPHS (64): Colt Savage 22, Richardson 10, Durkee 9, Price 7, Cale Savage 6, Fox 4, Minney 2, Boyles 2, Williams 2. 
GHS (42): Ward 13, Brackett 8, Ramps 8, Doolittle 4, Honeycutt 3, Bryson 3, Wilkerson 2, Whorton 1.

OSSAA Class 6A Wrestling & Basketball Rankings: Week of December 18

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OSSAA 6A Boys Basketball (Week 5)

  1. Putnam City North (22) 4-0
  2. Broken Arrow (7) 6-0
  3. Union 4-2
  4. Norman North 6-1
  5. Edmond Santa Fe 5-2
  6. Midwest City 5-3
  7. Norman 5-2
  8. Sand Springs 7-1
  9. Putnam City West 4-3
  10. Westmoore 4-3
  11. Choctaw 6-1
  12. Edmond Memorial 4-3
  13. Edmond North 4-3
  14. Owasso 1-2
  15. Putnam City 4-3
  16. Sapulpa 5-1
  17. Deer Creek 3-3
  18. Southmoore 3-2
  19. Mustang 3-4
  20. Lawton 3-4

Conference Strength Rating

  1. Big Ten (57.6)
  2. Frontier Valley (49.6)
  3. Central Oklahoma (48)
  4. Suburban (38.5)
  5. All-City (29.3)

OSSAA 6A Girls Basketball (Week 5)

  1. Sand Springs (13) 8-0
  2. Putnam City West (8) 5-2
  3. Bartlesville (6) 6-0
  4. Choctaw (1) 5-2
  5. Westmoore 5-2
  6. Mustang 6-1
  7. Edmond Memorial 5-2
  8. Deer Creek 5-2
  9. Edmond Santa Fe 5-2
  10. Norman North 5-2
  11. Bixby 5-1
  12. Midwest City 6-2
  13. Norman 5-1
  14. Owasso 1-2
  15. Edmond North 4-3
  16. Shawnee 5-2
  17. Yukon 5-2
  18. Sapulpa 4-2
  19. Jenks 4-1
  20. Ponca City 4-3

Conference Strength Rating

  1. Central Oklahoma (55.5)
  2. Big Ten (44.7)
  3. Suburban (44.3)
  4. Frontier Valley (43.9)
  5. All-City (9.9)

OSSAA 6A Dual Wrestling (Week 4)

  1. Broken Arrow (14) 4-1
  2. Choctaw (10) 1-0
  3. Edmond North 2-0
  4. Sand Springs 2-0
  5. Mustang 6-1
  6. Yukon 1-1
  7. Deer Creek 3-2
  8. Ponca City 2-1
  9. Jenks 5-0
  10. Owasso 1-4
  11. Edmond Memorial 2-3
  12. Putnam City 3-0
  13. Westmoore 1-1
  14. Union 0-2
  15. Norman 1-0

OSSAA 6A Tournament Wrestling (Week 4)

  1. Broken Arrow (13)
  2. Choctaw (12)
  3. Edmond North
  4. Mustang
  5. Sand Springs
  6. Yukon
  7. Ponca City
  8. Deer Creek
  9. Edmond Memorial
  10. Owasso
  11. Jenks
  12. Norman
  13. Putnam City
  14. Shawnee
  15. Stillwater

CPHS Basketball: Colt Savage scores 34 in 72-64 win over Owasso

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Sand Springs senior Colt Savage went off for 34 points in a 72-64 victory over Owasso. (Photo: Morgan Miller).

Sand Springs scored first, last, and did most of the scoring in between to easily handle the Class 6A No. 14 ranked Owasso Rams (1-2 overall, 1-2 conference) Tuesday night at the Ed Dubie Field House.

The No. 8 Sandites (7-1, 3-1) jumped out to a five-point advantage with back-to-back baskets from Cole Durkee and never gave up the lead. By the end of the first quarter they were up 16-9 after a Josh Minney putback and five points from Colt Savage.

Hayden Peterson and Seth Pomeroy combined for five to start the second quarter in Owasso's favor, but Davon Richardson hit two free throws, Colt Savage hit two field goals, and Cale Savage sank a three to make it 25-14. Owasso scored four, Colt Savage scored three, then Peterson and Isaiah Jacobs hit free throws to end the half 28-20.

The third period was the highest-scoring for both teams but once again it was Sand Springs with the edge, expanding their lead to 51-40 by the end of the quarter. Colt Savage had twelve points in that stanza alone and Richardson had seven.

Owasso managed to win the fourth quarter, but not by enough to catch a lead. The Rams cut it as close as six points multiple times, but Sand Springs was always ready with a rally to keep things comfortable. Matt Price sank two free throws to end the game at 72-64. 

Colt Savage led all scorers with 34 points, just one shy of the career-best performance he had against Redemption Life World Academy this weekend. Richardson scored eleven points for the Sandites and had a team-high eight rebounds. Peterson led the Rams with 21 points, followed by Pomeroy with thirteen and Courte Alexander with twelve.  

Sand Springs will return to action Wednesday, December 27th, against U.S. Grant (1-3) in the first round of the Duncan Holiday Classic at 5:30 p.m. The Rams will travel to Jefferson City, Missouri to play Helias Catholic (5-0) in the first round of the Joe Machens Great 8 Classic Thursday, December 28th at 5:30 p.m.

CPHS 72 OHS 64

1Q CPHS 16-9
2Q CPHS 12-11
3Q CPHS 23-20
4Q OHS 24-21

Free Throws: OHS 26-of-32, CPHS 22-of-33.
Field Goals: CPHS 24-of-42, OHS 17-of-53.
Offensive Rebounds: OHS 13, CPHS 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 19, OHS 13.
Total Rebounds: OHS 26, CPHS 25.
Steals: OHS 9, CPHS 3.
Blocks: OHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 20, OHS 26.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Colt Savage 34, Richardson 11, Cale Savage 7, Minney 7, Durkee 6, Price 5, Fox 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Colt Savage 3, Durkee 1, Richardson 1, Minney 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 7, Colt Savage 3, Durkee 3, Minney 3, Price 1, Williams 1, Fisher 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 8, Colt Savage 6, Durkee 4, Minney 4, Price 1, Williams 1, Fisher 1.
Steals: Colt Savage 1, Cale Savage 1, Richardson 1.
Assists: Price 1, Cale Savage 1.
Fouls: Richardson 5, Colt Savage 4, Price 3, Cale Savage 3, Durkee 2, Minney 2, Fox 1.

(Owasso Stats)
Scoring: Peterson 21, Pomeroy 13, Alexander 12, Thompson 6, Downs 6, Jacobs 5, Mason 1.
Fouls: Thompson 5, Peterson 4, Jacobs 4, Killion 4, Alexander 3, Mason 3, Pomeroy 2, Downs 1.