CPHS Basketball: Shorthanded Sandites beat Sapulpa 57-48, Minney scores 18

Ethan Oakley made his first career start Tuesday and recorded 6 points with 7 rebounds.

The Class 6A No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (14-3, 6-3) came into Tuesday night’s conference road game minus two starters, but that didn’t stop them from rolling to a 57-48 win against Highway 97 rival Sapulpa (8-10, 3-6), snapping a four-game win streak for the Chieftains.

Jaeden Hurd had ACL surgery last week and is out for the season. Daren Hawkins went down on Friday and is expected to have season-ending surgery sometime this week. The two juniors split starting duty and average a combined 14 points and 8 rebounds. 6’3” sophomore Ethan Oakley stepped up Tuesday and contributed well with 6 points and 7 rebounds in his first career start.

The triple-headed scoring threat of Davon Richardson, Marlo Fox, and Josh Minney all posted double digits, led by Minney with 18 for his third team-high of the year. Richardson had his fifth double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Fox added 12 points and 6 boards.

Te’Zohn Taft scored the first bucket of the game from three-point range, then Fox hit back-to-back twos for the lead. Zac Altom and Hunter Hoggatt added two more goals and the Chieftains led for the remainder of the quarter.

Sand Springs came storming back with eight-straight points to start the second, but Taft tied it back up at 18-18. Sapulpa finished the half strong with a traditional three from Brandon Niyah for a 23-22 locker room advantage.

The third quarter was a back-and-forth affair with neither team leading by more than a goal, and Oakley took the final lead of the game with a free throw at 38-37. Oakley added another bucket to start the fourth quarter, kicking off a 10-2 run that Sapulpa never recovered from.

The Chieftains had two players in double-digits; Taft with 14 points and Niyah with 10.

Sand Springs will return to action with a huge conference road game against No. 7 Union (12-5, 5-3) Friday at 8:00 p.m. They previously beat the Redskins 75-74 at home in December. The Chieftains will travel to Bixby (6-9, 2-6) Friday at 7:00 p.m. They edged out the Spartans 75-73 at home in December.

CPHS 57 SHS 48
1Q: SHS 16-10.
2Q: CPHS 12-7.
3Q: CPHS 16-14.
4Q: CPHS 19-11.

Free Throws: CPHS 17-of-27, SHS 9-of-14.
Field Goals: CPHS 20-of-39, SHS 17-of-63.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 3, SHS 12.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 26, SHS 16.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 29, SHS 28.
Steals: CPHS 6, SHS 5.
Blocks: CPHS 6, SHS 2.
Fouls: CPHS 12, SHS 20.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Minney 18, Richardson 17, Fox 12, Oakley 6, Savage 3, Clark 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Oakley 2, Richardson 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 9, Fox 6, Oakley 5, Minney 3, Savage 3.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 10, Oakley 7, Fox 6, Minney 3, Savage 3.
Steals: Richardson 3, Fox 1, Savage 1, Askew 1.
Assists: Richardson 1, Fox 1, Stone 1.
Blocks: Minney 2, Oakley 2, Richardson 1, Fox 1.
Fouls: Richardson 3, Oakley 3, Minney 2, Savage 2, Fox 1, Stone 1.

(Sapulpa partial stats)
Scoring: Taft 14, Niyah 10, Hoggatt 7, Skipper 4, Altom 4, Boykin 4, Duncan 3, Courtney 2.
Fouls: Taft 4, Hoggatt 4, Skipper 3, Altom 3, Duncan 3, Niyah 1, Kimberlin 1, Duncan 1.

OSSAA 6A Boys Basketball Week 9 Rankings

Class 6A Rankings (First Place Votes) - Record.
1. Southmoore (14), 14-2.
2. Jenks (8), 15-1.
3. Booker T. Washington (3), 12-5.
4. Lawton (5), 15-2.
5. Midwest City (1), 14-3.
6. Edmond Memorial, 14-3.
7. Union, 12-5.
8. Edmond North, 14-4.
9. Sand Springs, 13-3.
10. Broken Arrow, 13-4.
11. Norman North, 14-4.
12. Putnam City North, 11-6.
13. Putnam City West, 10-9.
14. Putnam City, 10-7.
15. Edmond Santa Fe, 10-8.
16. Northwest Classen, 12-7.
17. Choctaw, 8-9.
18. Yukon, 9-8.
19. Owasso, 7-10.
20. Deer Creek, 8-10.

Conference Strength
52.9 Big Ten
51.6 Frontier Valley
40.0 Central Oklahoma
25.1 All-City

Top Offenses
(Avg. Points Scored)
72.5 Midwest City
69.4 Booker T. Washington
68.9 Choctaw
66.8 Union
66.5 Lawton
65.8 Southmoore
65.5 Edmond Memorial
64.1 Sapulpa
63.8 Sand Springs
63.8 Jenks
63.7 Edmond North
62.9 Mustang
62.9 Yukon
61.3 Norman North
61.3 Putnam West
61.2 Broken Arrow
60.4 Putnam City
60.3 Bixby
60.2 Putnam North
58.9 Ponca City
58.2 Northwest Classen
57.7 Enid
57.3 Muskogee
54.9 Norman
53.2 Westmoore
52.2 Owasso
50.3 Edmond Santa Fe
50.1 Moore
50.0 Stillwater
47.7 Deer Creek
47.3 U.S. Grant
40.4 Bartlesville

Top Defenses
(Avg. Points Allowed)
44.3 Edmond Santa Fe
47.1 Jenks
48.4 Edmond Memorial
50.8 Southmoore
51.1 Deer Creek
51.2 Putnam North
51.2 Owasso
51.5 Broken Arrow
51.6 Sand Springs
52.6 Moore
54.1 Edmond North
54.5 Lawton
55.2 Northwest Classen
56.6 Putnam City
56.8 Midwest City
56.9 Ponca City
56.9 Enid
57.9 Union
58.3 Booker T. Washington
58.5 Norman
59.0 Mustang
59.4 Norman North
59.8 Bartlesville
59.9 U.S. Grant
60.4 Muskogee
60.8 Putnam West
61.0 Yukon
61.1 Stillwater
61.4 Westmoore
61.7 Choctaw
65.1 Bixby
66.1 Sapulpa

Avg. Point Differential
17.1 Edmond Memorial
16.7 Jenks
15.8 Midwest City
14.9 Southmoore
12.2 Sand Springs
12.0 Lawton
11.1 Booker T. Washington
9.7 Broken Arrow
9.6 Edmond North
9.1 Putnam North
8.9 Union
7.2 Choctaw
6.0 Edmond Santa Fe
3.9 Mustang
3.8 Putnam City
2.9 Northwest Classen
2.0 Ponca City
1.9 Norman North
1.9 Yukon
1.0 Owasso
0.7 Enid
0.5 Putnam West
-1.9 Sapulpa
-2.5 Moore
-3.1 Muskogee
-3.4 Deer Creek
-3.6 Norman
-4.9 Bixby
-8.3 Westmoore
-11.1 Stillwater
-12.6 U.S. Grant
-19.4 Bartlesville

Conference Standings

All-City
6-1 John Marshall
5-1 Star Spencer
5-2 Classen SAS
3-1 Northwest Classen
3-4 Douglass
2-6 Southeast
1-3 U.S. Grant
0-7 Capitol Hill

Big Ten
5-1 Putnam West
4-1 Putnam City
4-1 Lawton
4-1 Midwest City
3-3 Putnam North
1-5 Enid
1-6 Choctaw
0-4 Eisenhower

Central Oklahoma
8-0 Southmoore
7-2 Edmond North
7-2 Norman North
6-2 Edmond Memorial
6-3 Edmond Santa Fe
5-4 Deer Creek
3-6 Norman
3-6 Mustang
2-6 Stillwater
2-6 Yukon
1-7 Moore
1-8 Westmoore

Frontier Valley
8-1 Booker T. Washington
7-1 Jenks
5-3 Union
5-3 Broken Arrow
5-3 Sand Springs
3-5 Owasso
3-5 Muskogee
3-5 Sapulpa
2-6 Bixby
0-9 Bartlesville

CPHS Basketball: Sandites throttle Bixby 64-49, Minney scores 19

The Class 6A No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (13-3, 5-3) snapped back from Tuesday’s upset loss with a dominant 64-49 Frontier Valley Conference win against Bixby (6-9, 2-6) Friday night at the Whitey Ford Sports Complex.

The game was a shootout between the two #23s, and Bixby’s Xavier Glenn won that battle with 23 points, but the Sandites had no shortage of stars with Josh Minney leading the way. The 6’4” senior put up 19 to lead the Sandites for the second time this season, and also had 9 rebounds. He was closely followed by Davon Richardson with 18 points and 8 rebounds, and Marlo Fox with 15 points.

The Sandites started the game on fire with a traditional three from Richardson, a steal from Minney that led to free throws, a dunk from Minney, an easy bucket from Cason Savage, then a three from Minney for the 12-0 lead. Glenn got the home team on the board with a pair of threes, but the visitors led 18-8 at the buzzer. 

Minney stayed hot in the second period with five more points, including a dunk, and was aided by Daren Hawkins and Fox with four apiece for a 33-17 halftime advantage. 

Fox kicked off the second half with a three, then Minney added a third dunk. They extended their lead to as much as 45-23 before the Spartans began a comeback attempt with eight-straight points including a dunk from Glenn. The visitors had the final say of the period with baskets from Minney and Fox to make it 49-31. 

Bixby whittled their deficit down to 12 in the fourth but Sand Springs never failed to find an answer and scored eight in a row to make it 64-44 before Glenn broke up the run. 

The Sandites will return to action with a Highway 97 Rivalry game at Sapulpa (8-9, 3-5) Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Bixby will travel to No. 20 Owasso (7-10, 3-5) Tuesday at 8:00 p.m.

CPHS 64 Bixby 49
1Q: CPHS 18-8.
2Q: CPHS 15-9.
3Q: CPHS 16-14.
4Q: Bixby 18-15.

Free Throws: CPHS 17-of-28, Bixby 5-of-10.
Field Goals: CPHS 21-of-46, Bixby 18-of-57.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 7, Bixby 10.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 21, Bixby 18.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 28, Bixby 28.
Steals: CPHS 9, Bixby 5.
Blocks: CPHS 3, Bixby 2.
Fouls: CPHS 11, Bixby 21.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Minney 19, Richardson 18, Fox 15, Hawkins 9, Savage 3.
Offensive Rebounds: Oakley 3, Minney 2, Richardson 2.
Defensive Rebounds: Minney 7, Richardson 6, Fox 4, Savage 2, Hawkins 1, Oakley 1.
Total Rebounds: Minney 9, Richardson 8, Fox 4, Oakley 4, Savage 2, Hawkins 1.
Steals: Richardson 2, Fox 2, Savage 2, Minney 1, Hawkins 1, Oakley 1.
Assists: Savage 3, Fox 2, Minney 1.
Blocks: Richardson 2, Minney 1.
Fouls: Richardson 3, Fox 3, Minney 1, Savage 1, Oakley 1, Askew 1, Stone 1.

(Bixby partial stats)
Scoring: Glenn 23, Harris 10, Friedrichsen 9, Weaver 3, Solomon 2, Crites 2.
Fouls: Harris 4, Solomon 4, Hill 4, Friedrichsen 3, Glenn 2, Loney 1, Weaver 1, #24 1, Crites 1.

Basketball: Steven Minney, Kenneth Page lead Junior High Boys to wins over Bartlesville, Bixby

Two Sand Springs junior high basketball teams won their games Thursday evening at the Ed Dubie Field House.

The Eighth-Grade Boys White team won their game 58-44 against Bixby Red with 19 points from Kenneth Page and 13 from Colin Shope. They appeared to have it in the bag after a 20-6 first quarter, but the Spartans came storming back to cut it to 29-25 at the half. Sand Springs came out of the locker room amped up and Page went off for 8 points in the third quarter. Owen Floyd hit two three-pointers in the fourth. The team was 11-of-19 at the charity stripe.

Sand Springs Scoring: Page 19, Shope 13, Lair 10, Floyd 6, Clayton 4, Roper 3, Sims 2, Stewart 1.

The Freshman Boys won their game 48-27 behind a 20-point effort from Steven Minney. The Sandites had Bartlesville on the ropes from the very beginning, winning the first quarter 10-5 and were up 22-13 at half time. Michael Foster accounted for both of the Sandites’ three-pointers, and the team was 12-of-17 from the free throw line.

Sand Springs Scoring: Minney 20, Foster 10, Morrall 8, Mallory 4, Williams 4, Marshall 2.

CPHS Basketball: Muskogee upsets Sandites, Richardson scores 22

The Frontier Valley showed Tuesday why it’s one of the toughest conferences in 6A when unranked Muskogee (7-8, 3-4) knocked off No. 7 Sand Springs (12-3, 4-3) in a low-scoring 56-54 affair at the Ed Dubie Field House. The upset snapped a four-game Rougher losing streak in the series dating back to 2017.

The conference has been plagued by circular losses this season. Top teams Jenks, Booker T. Washington, Sand Springs, and Broken Arrow all have losses to lesser-ranked teams, showing a lot of parity around the league.

Sand Springs started the season with ten-straight wins, but is 2-3 in their last five games. Meanwhile Muskogee is storming back at 4-1 in their last five after starting the year 3-7.

University of Central Oklahoma-commit Davon Richardson led all scorers with his fourth-straight double-double, scoring 22 points with 16 rebounds. Those added rebounds have come with a cost, however, as 6’6” center Jaeden Hurd injured his knee four games ago.

The Roughers were able to seriously limit another crucial playmaker in Marlo Fox, who scored eight points less than his season average. This marked the first time this season that only one Sandite scored in double digits.

The Sandites played good inside defense, allowing only four offensive rebounds and ten goals from two-point range with a season-best four blocks. But the Roughers were deadly from three-point range with the best percentage of any Sandite foe this season. Muskogee also won the turnover battle and committed only 8 fouls to the Sandites’ 17, resulting in 12 points from the charity stripe.

Jaraun Campbell hit a three to start the game, and the Sandites played from the hole for almost the entire night. Richardson briefly tied it up, but Joseph Campbell, Jaraun Campbell, and James Brown combined for a 10-3 lead and stayed out front despite buckets from Ethan Oakley, Cason Savage, Cale Askew, and Daren Hawkins.

The Sand Springs second string played much of the second quarter, but was unable to find the basket and it was Savage and Richardson combining for a meager seven points and a 27-18 halftime deficit after Muskogee scored eight in a row.

It looked like the home team was finally firing on all cylinders in the third quarter as they stormed back 22-12 to take their first and only lead with 10 seconds left in the period. Richardson scored ten points in the stanza and Josh Minney scored the go-ahead free throw.

The Roughers refused to let their hard work go unrewarded and buckled down in the fourth, scoring eight straight to reclaim the advantage. The Sandites gave up ten free throws in their attempts to slow down the clock and ultimately came up a bucket short, despite finishing strong with seven unanswered points.

The Sandites will return to action Friday at 8:00 p.m. with a conference road game at Bixby (6-8, 2-5). Muskogee will be hoping to ride their momentum into another major upset when they host No. 2 Jenks (14-1) Friday at 8:00 p.m.

MHS 56 CPHS 54
1Q: MHS 15-11.
2Q: MHS 12-7.
3Q: CPHS 22-12.
4Q: MHS 17-14.

Free Throws: MHS 12-of-16, CPHS 4-of-6.
Field Goals: MHS 18-of-46, CPHS 23-of-57.
Offensive Rebounds: MHS 4, CPHS 15.
Defensive Rebounds: MHS 16, CPHS 22.
Total Rebounds: MHS 20, CPHS 37.
Steals: MHS 11, CPHS 6.
Blocks: MHS 2, CPHS 4.
Fouls: MHS 8, CPHS 17.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Richardson 22, Fox 9, Savage 7, Minney 5, Hawkins 4, Clark 3, Askew 2, Oakley 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 8, Oakley 3, Minney 2, Fox 1, Savage 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 8, Minney 6, Oakley 3, Hawkins 2, Fox 1, Savage 1, Askew 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 16, Minney 8, Oakley 6, Fox 2, Hawkins 2, Savage 2, Askew 1.
Steals: Richardson 3, Savage 1, Clark 1, Brockman 1.
Assists: Richardson 3, Minney 2, Fox 1, Savage 1, Askew 1.
Blocks: Richardson 2, Minney 1, Savage 1.
Fouls: Savage 5, Hawkins 4, Fox 3, Oakley 2, Richardson 1, Clark 1.

(Muskogee partial stats)
Scoring: X. Brown 15, J. Brown 12, Clark 8, Jo. Campbell 8, Jav. Campbell 7, Jar. Campbell 6.
Fouls: X. Brown 3, Jav. Campbell 2, J. Brown 1, Jar. Campbell 1, Duncan 1.

OSSAA 6A Boys Basketball Week 8 Rankings

Class 6A Rankings (First Place Votes) - Record.
1. Southmoore (10), 12-2.
2. Jenks (6), 13-1.
3. Booker T. Washington (6), 9-5.
4. Lawton (6), 13-2.
5. Midwest City (3), 10-2.
6. Edmond Memorial, 13-3.
7. Sand Springs, 12-2.
8. Union, 11-4.
9. Broken Arrow, 13-2.
10. Edmond North, 13-4.
11. Norman North, 12-4.
12. Putnam City North, 11-5.
13. Putnam City, 9-5.
14. Putnam City West, 8-9.
15. Edmond Santa Fe, 9-7.
16. Northwest Classen, 11-7.
17. Choctaw, 8-8.
18. Yukon, 9-6.
19. Deer Creek, 8-9.
20. Owasso, 7-7.

Conference Strength
53.5 Big Ten
52.2 Frontier Valley
39.5 Central Oklahoma
26.6 All-City

Top Offenses
(Avg. Points Scored)
73.6 Midwest City
69.3 Choctaw
67.7 Booker T. Washington
67.1 Union
66.3 Lawton
65.6 Edmond Memorial
65.4 Southmoore
65.0 Jenks
64.5 Sand Springs
63.7 Sapulpa
63.7 Mustang
63.0 Yukon
62.5 Edmond North
62.3 Broken Arrow
61.2 Norman North
60.9 Putnam West
60.9 Bixby
60.4 Putnam City
60.4 Putnam North
59.8 Ponca City
57.9 Enid
57.7 Muskogee
57.3 Northwest Classen
55.1 Norman
53.9 Westmoore
52.5 Owasso
50.9 Edmond Santa Fe
50.4 Moore
50.0 Stillwater
48.9 Deer Creek
44.8 U.S. Grant
40.4 Bartlesville

Top Defenses
(Avg. Points Allowed)
45.1 Edmond Santa Fe
46.7 Jenks
48.6 Edmond Memorial
50.0 Broken Arrow
50.3 Putnam North
51.3 Owasso
51.4 Deer Creek
51.5 Sand Springs
51.7 Southmoore
51.9 Moore
53.4 Edmond North
54.7 Lawton
55.5 Northwest Classen
55.9 Ponca City
55.9 Putnam City
56.2 Enid
56.3 Union
56.7 Midwest City
56.8 Bartlesville
58.4 Stillwater
59.1 Mustang
59.4 Booker T. Washington
59.5 Yukon
60.6 Norman
60.8 Muskogee
60.9 Norman North
61.1 Putnam West
61.3 Choctaw
61.9 Westmoore
62.1 U.S. Grant
66.6 Bixby
69.2 Sapulpa

Avg. Point Differential
18.3 Jenks
17.0 Edmond Memorial
16.9 Midwest City
13.7 Southmoore
13.0 Sand Springs
12.3 Broken Arrow
11.6 Lawton
10.8 Union
10.1 Putnam North
9.2 Edmond North
8.4 Booker T. Washington
8.0 Choctaw
5.9 Edmond Santa Fe
4.6 Mustang
4.5 Putnam City
3.9 Ponca City
3.5 Yukon
1.8 Northwest Classen
1.8 Enid
1.2 Owasso
0.3 Norman North
-0.2 Putnam West
-1.5 Moore
-2.5 Deer Creek
-3.1 Muskogee
-5.5 Sapulpa
-5.5 Norman
-5.8 Bixby
-7.9 Westmoore
-8.4 Stillwater
-16.4 Bartlesville
-17.3 U.S. Grant

Conference Standings

All-City
6-0 John Marshall
3-1 Star Spencer
3-1 Northwest Classen
3-2 Classen SAS
3-3 Douglass
2-5 Southeast
1-3 U.S. Grant
0-6 Capitol Hill

Big Ten
4-0 Putnam City
3-1 Lawton
3-1 Midwest City
3-1 Putnam West
3-2 Putnam North
1-4 Enid
1-5 Choctaw
0-4 Eisenhower

Central Oklahoma
6-0 Southmoore
6-2 Edmond North
5-2 Norman North
5-2 Edmond Memorial
5-2 Edmond Santa Fe
5-3 Deer Creek
2-4 Stillwater
2-4 Yukon
2-5 Mustang
2-6 Norman
1-6 Moore
1-7 Westmoore

Frontier Valley
5-1 Broken Arrow
5-1 Booker T. Washington
5-1 Jenks
4-2 Sand Springs
4-2 Union
3-3 Owasso
2-4 Muskogee
1-5 Sapulpa
1-5 Bixby
0-6 Bartlesville