CPHS Basketball: Sandites brutalize Ponca City 84-44, Fox scores 15

The Class 6A No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team improved to 11-2 on the season with their second-straight forty-point victory Saturday evening at the Ed Dubie Field House. The Sandite juggernaut overcame a slow start and powered forward for an 84-44 win over Ponca City.

The Sandites were commanding in the first quarter, jumping out to a 14-3 advantage, but Ponca rattled off thirteen straight and took their first lead at 20-18 with a steal and layup from Justin Thompson. Cale Savage and Travaughn Tupton traded three-pointers and Marlo Fox hit a pair of free throws to tie it at 23-23. 

Anthony Gazaway put the visitors back out front one last time, but Jaden Hurd kicked off a 22-point run and Coke Durkee sank a buzzer beater to close the half at 40-23. The streak was aided by a pair of technical fouls and the ejection of second-year Ponca Head Coach Keenan Curry. Davon Richardson scored ten points in the first half alone. 

Sand Springs pushed their lead to 57-35 by the end of the third, riding another impressive run of fifteen points into the fourth quarter. Tupton scored on a steal, but Fox responded, Quier driller a three, and Daren Hawkins scored on another steal to make it 73-37. Kason Hughes scored on back to back possessions from both two and three point range, then Hawkins hit back-to-back layups from there.

Fox scored a career-high fifteen points and led his team for the first time. Richardson finished with fourteen, Minney scored twelve, and Cale Savage added ten to put four players in double digits. All ten Sandites who played made their way into the scorebook.

The game was the Sandites’ second-straight forty-point win and their second straight 84-point performance. They also had their best field goal percentage of the season at 66%.

Sand Springs will put its undefeated 5-0 Conference record on the line Tuesday when they travel to No. 3 Sapulpa (7-1, 3-0) in the Chieftains’ first game of the new year. Tip off will follow the girls’ varsity game at approximately 8:00 p.m.

CPHS 84 PoHi 44
1Q: CPHS 18-10
2Q: CPHS 22-14
3Q: CPHS 17-11
4Q: CPHS 27-9
Free Throws: CPHS 13-of-17, PoHi 10-of-15.
Field Goals: CPHS 31-of-47, PoHi 16-of-44.
Offensive Rebounds: PoHi 8, CPHS 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 23, PoHi 9.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 29, PoHi 17.
Steals: PoHi 8, CPHS 7.
Blocks: CPHS 2.
Fouls: CPHS 13, PoHi 17.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
5-0 No. 7 Sand Springs
3-0 No. 3 Sapulpa
3-1 No. 4 Booker T. Washington
3-1 No. 11 Union
3-1 No. 10 Jenks
1-2 No. 20 Bartlesville
1-3 No. 17 Owasso
1-4 Muskogee
0-4 Bixby
0-4 Broken Arrow

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Fox 15, Richardson 14, Minney 12, Cale Savage 10, Durkee 9, Hurd 8, Hawkins 6, Hughes 5, Quier 3, Cason Savage 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 2, Minney 2, Fox 1, Durkee 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 5, Durkee 5, Minney 4, Cason Savage 3, Hawkins 2, Cale Savage 1, Hurd 1, Quier 1, Hughes 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 7, Durkee 6, Minney 6, Cason Savage 3, Hawkins 2, Cale Savage 1, Fox 1, Hurd 1, Quier 1, Hughes 1.
Steals: Richardson 2, Cale Savage 2, Fox 2, Hawkins 1.
Assists: Richardson 3, Minney 2, Durkee 2, Cale Savage 1, Fox 1, Cason Savage 1, Quier 1.
Blocks: Hurd 1, Hawkins 1.
Fouls: Fox 3, Hurd 3, Richardson 1, Cale Savage 1, Minney 1, Durkee 1, Cason Savage 1, Hawkins 1, Quier 1.

(Ponca City)
Scoring: Seals 13, Gazaway 11, Tupton 10, Tonkoyty 4, Thompson 4, Matson 2.

CPHS Basketball: Boys hammer Bixby 84-43, Savage scores 22

A fourteen-point streak in the first quarter and a 22-point performance from Cale Savage led to a dominant 84-43 victory for the Sand Springs Sandites Friday night at the Ed Dubie Field House. The Class 6A No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (10-2, 5-0) rolled over Bixby (1-5, 0-4) to remain undefeated in Frontier Valley Conference action with their second-biggest win of the season.

Braden Weaver was first on the board, but Savage hit a three to tie it and Davon Richardson dunked for the lead. Marlo Fox was next to score, followed by Josh Minney with a pair of free throws and Savage with another three. Minney drained two more free throws before Connor Schiffli broke up the fourteen point run. Cole Durkee hit back to back threes for Sand Springs, but Sean Carter scored in the paint to end the quarter 20-7.

Savage continued his onslaught in the second period, scoring the Sandites’ first three goals of the stanza. He ended the first half six-for-six from three-point range with eighteen points. The Sandites had their best first half lead of the season at 46-24 and their second highest-scoring period of the season with 26 points in the second.

Sand Springs used a six-point run in the third to push their advantage to 59-28 before the Spartans got hot with six of their own. Daren Hawkins scored next and Richardson dunked to end the period 63-34.

Five Sandites finished in double digits. Richardson, Durkee, and Hawkins scored eleven apiece, a career-high for Hawkins. Minney finished with his third double-double of the season with ten points and eleven rebounds. Jaeden Hurd scored eight points all in the fourth quarter, and Jonathan Quier posted a career-high seven points.

The Sandites will return to action Saturday at the Ed Dubie Field House at 6:30 p.m. against Ponca City (2-5), who they throttled 68-46 in their season opener.

CPHS 84 BHS 84
1Q: CPHS 20-7
2Q: CPHS 26-17
3Q: CPHS 17-10
4Q: CPHS 21-9
Free Throws: BHS 9-of-13, CPHS 7-of-11.
Field Goals: CPHS 33-of-59, BHS 16-of-48.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 6, BHS 3.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 30, BHS 17.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 36, BHS 20.
Steals: CPHS 12, BHS 3.
Blocks: CPHS 6, CPHS 2.
Fouls: CPHS 13, BHS 11.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
5-0 No. 7 Sand Springs
3-0 No. 3 Sapulpa
3-1 No. 4 Booker T. Washington
3-1 No. 11 Union
3-1 No. 10 Jenks
1-2 No. 20 Bartlesville
1-3 No. 17 Owasso
1-4 Muskogee
0-4 Bixby
0-4 Broken Arrow

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Cale Savage 22, Richardson 11, Hawkins 11, Durkee 11, Minney 10, Hurd 8, Quier 7, Fox 4.
Offensive Rebounds: Hawkins 2, Richardson 1, Durkee 1, Savage 1, Quier 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Minney 11, Richardson 5, Hurd 4, Hawkins 3, Quier 2, Fox 2, Durkee 1, Cale Savage 1, Cason Savage 1.
Total Rebounds: Minney 11, Richardson 6, Hawkins 5, Hurd 4, Quier 3, Fox 2, Durkee 2, Cale Savage 2, Cason Savage 1.
Steals: Richardson 5, Fox 2, Quier 2, Minney 1, Cale Savage 1, Hughes 1.
Assists: Minney 3, Cason Savage 2, Hawkins 1, Cale Savage 1, Fox 1, Richardson 1.
Blocks: Richardson 2, Durkee 2, Minney 1, Cale Savage 1.
Fouls: Richardson 2, Minney 2, Hawkins 2, Quier 2, Fox 1, Durkee 1, Cale Savage 1, Cason Savage 1, Hurd 1.

Bixby Scoring: Glenn 20, Schiffli 6, Bresee 5, Weaver 3, Loney 3, Surman 2, Carter 2, Crites 2.

OSSAA 6A Basketball Week 5 Rankings

OSSAA 6A Boys’ Basketball Rankings

1. Edmond Santa Fe (8-0)

2. Midwest City (8-0)

3. Sapulpa (7-1)

4. Booker T. Washington (7-1)

5. Edmond Memorial (7-1)

6. Norman North (6-1)

7. Sand Springs (9-2)

8. Putnam City West (7-5)

9. Deer Creek (7-1)

10. Jenks (7-1)

11. Union (3-2)

12. Edmond North (5-3)

13. Putnam City (7-4)

14. Southmoore (5-3)

15. Stillwater (4-3)

16. Putnam City North (4-4)

17. Owasso (3-3)

18. Norman (4-6)

19. Shawnee (4-4)

20. Bartlesville (3-3)

SPN Conference Strength Ratings
52.8 Big Ten
51.0 Frontier Valley
50.0 Central Oklahoma
33.3 Suburban
32.3 All-City

Top Boys’ Offenses (Point Average)
83.8 Sapulpa
79.9 Midwest City
75.5 Booker T. Washington
72.1 Norman North
70.5 Enid
69.8 Edmond Memorial
69.5 Putnam City West
68.9 Putnam City North
67.4 Putnam City
67.1 Deer Creek

Top Boys’ Defenses
45.1 Edmond Memorial
47.6 Norman North
48.8 Deer Creek
50.1 Jenks
50.5 Bartlesville
52.9 Edmond Santa Fe
53.5 Shawnee
53.6 Bixby
54.3 Sand Springs
55.2 Lawton

Highest Avg Margin of Victory
24.6 Edmond Memorial
24.6 Norman North
22.8 Midwest City
18.4 Deer Creek
16.9 Sapulpa
14.0 Edmond Santa Fe
13.9 Jenks
12.3 Booker T. Washington
10.7 Sand Springs
8.2 Union

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OSSAA 6A Girls’ Basketball Rankings

1. Edmond Memorial (10-1)

2. Putnam City West (11-1)

3. Norman North (10-0)

4. Shawnee (10-0)

5. Edmond Santa Fe (9-2)

6. Deer Creek (6-2)

7. Edmond North (7-4)

8. Sand Springs (6-2)

9. Union (6-0)

10. Moore (4-2)

11. Ponca City (4-2)

12. Bartlesville (7-2)

13. Midwest City (8-3)

14. Choctaw (5-2)

15. Booker T. Washington (6-3)

16. Mustang (8-2)

17. Norman (4-3)

18. Bixby (6-3)

19. Sapulpa (5-3)

20. Jenks (4-4)

SPN Conference Strength Ratings
57.5 Central Oklahoma
48.3 Suburban
37.7 Big Ten
33.6 Frontier Valley
11.5 All-City

Top Girls’ Offenses
74.7 Putnam City West
71.8 Sand Springs
64.0 Mustang
63.5 Ponca City
62.1 Booker T. Washington
62.0 Choctaw
61.1 Norman
59.7 Midwest City
58.5 Jenks
57.9 Shawnee

Top Girls’ Defenses
31.7 Union
34.6 Shawnee
37.6 Edmond Memorial
38.0 Norman North
39.1 Bartlesville
39.7 Bixby
41.5 Deer Creek
42.1 Choctaw
42.9 Mustang
43.5 Moore

Top Avg. Margin of Victory
26.2 Putnam West
23.3 Shawnee
21.1 Mustang
20.6 Sand Springs
19.9 Choctaw
17.7 Norman North
16.6 Booker T. Washington
16.1 Edmond Memorial
15.7 Bixby
14.9 Norman

CPHS Basketball: Sandites place second at Duncan Invitational, Heritage Hall wins 26th-straight

Class 4A No. 2 ranked Heritage Hall (8-0) won their 26th-straight game Saturday night at the Duncan Holiday Invitational, edging out 6A No. 8 Sand Springs 64-57 in the tournament finals. The Sandites dropped to 9-2 on the season and came in Runner-Up for the second time in three years.

Sand Springs led by one at the half and only trailed by two to start the final stretch before the defending State Champions finally pulled away.

Both of the Sandites’ losses this season came with missing starters against Championship-caliber teams, and they are undefeated in both Frontier Valley Conference and Class 6A action. Josh Minney was absent during Saturday’s seven-point loss. The 6’4” junior averages 9.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest this season and is a crucial cog in the vertically-challenged Sand Springs machine.

The Chargers took a 12-10 lead in the first quarter with eight points from Trey Alexander, a sophomore with more than a dozen NCAA Division I offers. Senior forward Will McDonald contributed four points in the stanza. Four Sandites made it on the board in that period.

The Heritage offense stalled out in the second period with only three field goals, while junior standout Davon Richardson scored eight points for a thirteen-point first half. Cale Savage scored a three-pointer and Daren Hawkins added two for the 23-22 advantage.

Sand Springs scored seventeen points in both the third and fourth periods, but the Chargers scored twenty in the third and 22 in the fourth. Jack Spanier got hot in the third with two three-pointers, but McDonald and Alexander were the bulk of the Charger offense, combining for 49 points.

Foul trouble was a heavy contributor to the loss as the Sandites out-fouled the Chargers 24-17. Both Richardson and 6’6” sophomore Jaeden Hurd fouled out in the fourth period, but not before scoring seven points apiece in the second half.

Alexander led all scorers with 25, followed by McDonald with 24, but only five Chargers made their way into the scorebook. Six Sandites put points on the board, led by Richardson with twenty and Savage with fourteen.

Sand Springs will kick off the new year with a return to Conference action, taking on Bixby (1-4, 0-3) Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the Ed Dubie Field House. The Sandites lead the Frontier at 4-0 thus far.

HH 64 CPHS 57
1Q: HH 12-10
2Q: CPHS 13-10
3Q: HH 20-17
4Q: HH 22-17
Free Throws: CPHS 15-of-20, HH 20-of-28.
Fouls: HH 17, CPHS 24.

Scoring:
(Sand Springs) Richardson 20, Savage 14, Fox 8, Hurd 7, Durkee 6, Hawkins 2.
(Heritage Hall) Alexander 25, McDonald 24, Spanier 6, McLaughlin 5, Swingle 4.

CPHS Basketball: Sandites upset No. 4 Northwest Classen 83-69, Richardson scores 26

The Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (9-1) is headed to the Duncan Holiday Tournament finals for the second time in three years after knocking off 5A No. 4 Northwest Classen (7-3) Friday evening.

Junior standout Davon Richardson scored a season-best 26 points in the 83-69 victory. The game was the Sandites’ biggest offensive output of the season and four players scored in double digits.

The Sandites held a close 19-17 lead after the first quarter but blew the game wide open in the second period for a 42-29 halftime advantage. Richardson scored fourteen points in the first half and Cale Savage got hot with three three-pointers in the second period alone.

The Knights scored nearly as many points in the third period as they did in the entire first half, but could only close the deficit by a single point. Jaeden Hurd led the Sandites with seven points in that stanza and Marlo Fox added six. Richardson had another double-digit quarter with ten points in the fourth.

Savage scored nineteen in the game with five three-pointers and a four-for-four performance at the charity stripe. Fox finished with a career-high fourteen points and Cole Durkee added eleven.

The Sandites were over 80% at the free throw line for the third-straight game and were 17 of 21 on Friday. They also got in foul trouble in the fourth period with both Savage and Hurd fouling out.

Sand Springs has won four-straight games since their only loss of the season, which came at the hands of an internationally-recruited private school with an average height of 6’6”. They were also without Richardson during that game. The team wins by an average margin of sixteen when all five starters are healthy and they are undefeated in the Frontier Valley Conference.

Sandite Basketball will return to action Saturday at 8:30 p.m. against the winner of 4A No. 2 Heritage Hall (6-0) vs. 5A No. 10 Santa Fe South (8-1). No. 5 Heritage Hall beat Sand Springs 54-48 last season in the semifinals. The Sandites made it to the finals in 2016 but fell 62-47 to No. 6 Westmoore.

CPHS 83 NWC 69
1Q: CPHS 19-17
2Q: CPHS 23-12
3Q: NWC 24-23
4Q: CPHS 18-16

Scoring:
(CPHS) Richardson 26, Savage 19, Fox 14, Durkee 11, Hurd 9, Hawkins 2, Minney 2.
(NWC) Warden 20, Wiggins 19, Elliott 12, Moore 9, Patton 7, Cyrus 2.

CPHS Basketball: Sandites throttle Altus 78-36 at Duncan tournament

The Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (8-1) won their third-straight game Thursday afternoon in Duncan with a brutal 78-36 pummeling of Altus High (2-6) in the first round of the Duncan Holiday Classic.

The game was the highest-scoring of the season for Sand Springs and they had their biggest margin of victory in nearly a year at 42 points. Six Sandites got on the board in their biggest first period of the season, led by Davon Richardson with six points in a 21-5 rout.

Things slowed down in the second period, with Sand Springs edging out the Bulldogs 11-10 for a 32-15 lead, their best first half of the season. Altus did their best to keep up in the third period with three pointers from Carson Pickett and Tyler Bush, but still trailed 47-27 at the buzzer.

The final stanza was the highest-scoring period of the season with eight Sandites combining for 31 points. Kason Hughes scored a career-high eleven points, all in the fourth quarter, with three three-pointers.

Davon Richardson led the Sandites for the fourth time this season with seventeen points. Marlo Fox scored twelve, Cole Durkee added eleven. Jaeden Hurd recorded his first double-double with a career high ten points and fifteen rebounds.

The Sandites will return to action Friday against the winner of 5A No. 4 Northwest Classen (6-2) vs. Classen SAS (3-6). Sand Springs placed third in the tournament last season and were runners-up two years ago.

Scoring:
(Sand Springs) Richardson 17, Fox 12, Durkee 11, Hughes 11, Hurd 10, Cale Savage 5, Minney 5, Cason Savage 3, Hawkins 2, Quier 2.
(Altus) Filer 12, Bush 10, Pickett 5, Bostic 4, Olivas 3, Shenz 2.