CPHS Football: Sandites to host Edmond Deer Creek Friday in Playoffs

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The Class 6A-II No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School football team (6-4) has a series of firsts in store for Friday. They will make their first playoff appearance since 2017, they will host a playoff game for the first time since 2013, and they will meet No. 9 Edmond Deer Creek (4-5) for the first time in school history.

Sand Springs is one of only three schools in Class 6A-II to play a full ten games this season. Almost every other school had COVID-related cancellations. Because of this, a new play-in round was added to the postseason, and schools could opt in regardless of their record.

With a 4-3 district record, Sand Springs would have qualified for the playoffs even in a regular season. But they would be traveling to undefeated No. 2 Stillwater (8-0) for a game in which they would be at least a 20-point underdog. Instead, Stillwater will get a first-round bye and Sand Springs will host Deer Creek, who went 3-4 for fifth in their district.

Sand Springs started the season 4-1 before suffering three-straight losses to Booker T. Washington, Bixby, and Choctaw. They finished strong with a 21-14 win over Bartlesville, and steamrolled Putnam City West 51-13 after taking a 44-0 lead in the first half.

Deer Creek is also peaking at the right time. They went 2-1 in non-district play, just like Sand Springs, but lost four games in a row once district action started. However, in-between those four losses, they had a cancelation against Northwest Classen, who they were the odds-on favorite to beat. Two weeks ago they got a big 20-18 win over Lawton, then they stormed past U.S. Grant 51-6 in the regular season finale.

Sand Springs ranks 8th in offense, 10th in defense, and 9th in margin of victory in Class 6A-II. Deer Creek ranks 12th in offense, 14th in defense, and 13th in margin of victory.

The Sandites are in their first season under Head Coach Bobby Klinck, who holds a 19-16 record in his career. The Antlers are led by Wade Standley, who is 17-22 in his four seasons with the program, and is 64-61 in his career. Both coaches have led their past teams to District titles and State Championship finals appearances.

The Sandites

Junior quarterback Ty Pennington is 118-of-231 passing for 1903 yards and 13 touchdowns with only four interceptions. He also has 148 carries for a team-best 494 yards and 11 more touchdowns.

Blake Jones has 87 carries for 410 yards and six touchdowns, Jamon Sisco has 35 carries for 119 yards, and Tyyee Atkison has 28 carries for 106 yards and a touchdown.

Keaton Campbell is the top receiver with 46 catches for 601 yards and seven scores. Sisco has 29 catches for 574 yards and three scores, and Jacob Blevins has 21 catches for 504 yards and two scores.

Zach Heinen remains perfect kicking PATs this season at 26-of-26, and he is 2-of-3 on field goals with a long of 36. Heinen averages 33 yards per punt, and Greg Reed averages 45 yards per kick.

Sango Whitehorn (78), Landon Hendricks (77), Brooks Dudley (69), and Drake Fain (68) lead the team in total tackles. Hendricks (18.5), Whitehorn (18), and Lane Webster (14) lead the team in tackles for loss. Hendricks (5), Whitehorn (4.5), and Webster (2) lead the team in sacks.

Brycen Peterman leads the team with two interceptions, and Fain, Dylan Sallis, Bryson Chase, Caden Harris, Dudley, and Micah Calico all have one pick apiece.

Hendricks leads the team in fumble recoveries with five, followed by Peterman with four. Chase, Darren Hawkins, Brody Rutledge, Trevor Stone, Dominic Ornelas, Braylon Flores, Conner Light, and Fain all have one apiece.

The Antlers

Junior quarterback Brett Pense is 94-of-198 passing this season for 1,210 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 13 interceptions. He also has 67 carries for 81 yards and two more scores on the ground.

Berkley Dalton leads the receiving corps with 14 catches for 299 yards and two touchdowns, followed by Logan Ward with 18 catches for 252 yards and four touchdowns. Taylor Tomlin has 18 receptions for 187 yards and two scores, and Hunter Holley has nine catches for 176 yards and a score.

Will Hinton leads the team on the ground with 107 carries for 765 yards and five touchdowns, followed by Michael Holley with 45 carries for 214 yards and a score.

Reed Eden, Andre Bruner, Eli Dunn, Asher Blue, and Joseph Davies lead the team in tackles per loss. Blue, Davies, and Denver Hanna have two sacks apiece. Jevion Jones has a team-best two interceptions, and Johnny Osborne has a team-best two fumble recoveries.

Ward handles the team’s kicking duties and is 16-of-18 on PATs this year. He is 4-of-5 on field goals with a long of 42, and he averages 30 yards per punt.

Around The State

No. 14 U.S. Grant (2-6) and No. 16 Putnam City West (0-8) have both opted out of the playoffs and will be playing each other in what is being dubbed the OKC Metro Bowl. The two teams are in rebuilding years, with rosters less than half as deep as most of their opponents. Rather than ending the year with what would likely be lopsided defeats, they have decided to give their seniors a winnable game to go out on, and a trophy has been created to commemorate the event.

No. 15 Northwest Classen (1-4) started the year with a win but canceled five-straight games due to COVID before losing to U.S. Grant. They forfeited their last three games for non-COVID reasons, which disqualified them from postseason competition. They still have the option to schedule a non-playoff game at any point prior to the conclusion of the postseason, if they can find a willing opponent.

No. 1 Bixby, No. 2 Stillwater, and No. 4 Choctaw all received byes in the first round. Stillwater has lost only two games in three seasons, both to Bixby, both in the State Championship finals. Choctaw is riding a four-game win streak, and their only in-state loss was to Bixby when they held the Spartans to a season-low scoring performance of 24-13. Bixby has won 33-consecutive games over three seasons, and is coming off a nationally-televised 70-21 win over Booker T. Washington on ESPN.

No. 5 Putnam City North (7-2) will host No. 12 Bartlesville (3-7), No. 8 Del City (3-5) will host No. 11 Ponca City (3-5), No. 3 Midwest City (6-2) will host No. 13 Muskogee (0-6), and No. 6 Booker T. Washington (6-3) will host No. 10 Lawton (4-4).

Class 6A-II Football Rankings - Week 12

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Class 6A-II Sandite Pride Week 11 Football Rankings

1. Bixby (8-0) - Last week 70-21 vs. Booker T. Washington.
2. Stillwater (8-0) - Last week 40-14 vs. Putnam City North.
3. Midwest City (6-2) - Last week canceled vs. Northwest Classen.
4. Choctaw (7-3) - Last week 61-21 vs. Bartlesville.
5. Putnam City North (7-2).
6. Booker T. Washington (6-3).
7. Sand Springs (6-4) - Last week 51-13 vs. Putnam City West.
8. Del City (3-5) - Last week 35-22 vs. Lawton.
9. Deer Creek (4-5) - Last week 51-6 vs. U.S. Grant.
10. Lawton (4-4).
11. Ponca City (3-5) - Last week canceled vs. Muskogee.
12. Bartlesville (3-7).
13. Muskogee (0-6).
14. U.S. Grant (2-6).
15. Northwest Classen (1-3).
16. Putnam City West (0-8).

OSSAA 6A-II Football District Rankings

District 1
1. Stillwater (5-0)
2. Midwest City (4-1)
3. Putnam City North (3-2)
4. Del City (2-3)
5. Deer Creek (2-4)
6. Lawton (1-4)
7. U.S. Grant (0-4)

District 2
1. Bixby (5-0)
2. Choctaw (6-1)
3. Booker T. Washington (4-2)
4. Sand Springs (4-3)
5. Ponca City (2-4)
6. Bartlesville (2-5)
7. Muskogee (0-3)
8. Putnam City West (0-5)

CPHS Football: Sandites rout Putnam City West 51-13, eight Sandites score touchdowns

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The Class 6A-II No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School football team (6-4, 4-3) rolled to a dominant 51-13 district win over No. 16 Putnam City West (0-8, 0-5) in the regular season finale Friday night at Patriot Stadium, and the game was safely out of reach for Putnam after the first half.

Sand Springs jumped out to a 44-0 lead before letting the Patriots on the board in their best first-half performance since the 2015 season opener against Nathan Hale. They scored on six consecutive possessions, and were poised for a seventh before Jaheim Butler intercepted a 50/50 ball in the end zone and ran it back 32 yards as time expired. Butler also scored Putnam’s lone touchdown of the half on a 47-yard run with only 1:20 remaining to avert the halftime shutout.

Braylon Flores and Brody Rutledge recovered a pair of muffed kicks and the Sandites took a 14-0 lead before the Patriot offense ever stepped onto the field. Blake Jones scored the first touchdown on a one-yard run, then Ty Pennington tossed a 35-yard scoring strike to Jacob Blevins.

The Patriots actually marched as far as the Sandite 8-yard line on their first possession, but Nate Caseboldt made an end zone interception for the touchback to set up an eight-play march and nine-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to Keaton Campbell.

Sand Springs took a 21-0 lead into the second quarter and scored on a fourth-down 35-yard pass from Pennington to Jamon Sisco. Pennington juked two Patriot defenders before getting the pass off to Sisco, who ran it in from the 15.

Gabe Brown made a tackle for a turnover on downs in Patriot territory, and Tyyee Atkison scored a two-yard touchdown run soon after. Atkison suffered what was supposedly a season-ending hip injury against Bishop Kelley earlier this year, but healed up ahead of schedule and carried the ball 12 times for 78 yards in his return to action.

Putnam West gave the Sandites a free safety late in the half when a bad hike traveled past the punter and out of the end zone. The Sandites followed it with a six-play 38-yard march and five-yard touchdown run from Ryan Shoemaker to make it 44-0.

The second half utilized a running clock, and the Sandites ran the ball on all but one play. Rutledge took over at quarterback and scored his first varsity touchdown from three yards out in the fourth quarter. Butler added a 44-yard scoring run for the Patriots and Saul Olvera Jr. kicked the final point of the game.

Conner Light and Trevor Stone made fumble recoveries for the Sandites in the second half, and Stone’s averted a likely Patriot score from the 8-yard line. Kesean Sadler got an interception for the home team.

Pennington ended the game 18-of-29 for 253 yards and three scores. Sisco was his top receiver with seven catches for 115 yards, followed by Campbell with five catches for 55 yards. Blake Jones had six carries for 34 yards. Heinen was 7-for-7 kicking PATs and is a perfect 26-of-26 this season.

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CORRECTION: Putnam City West announced Saturday, November 7th, that they will be playing a non-playoff post-season home game against No. 14 U.S. Grant (2-6) Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Grant has also opted out of the playoffs. Due to COVID-19-related cancelations this season, the OSSAA has ruled that teams who didn’t play a full ten games in the regular season have the option to play extra games through December 5th. The game will be billed the OKC Metro Bowl.

Next Friday Sand Springs will likely get to host a playoff game for the first time since 2013 due to the changes in typical playoff structure. In a normal year the Sandites would be traveling to No. 2 Stillwater to take on the District 1 Champions. However, if more than four teams from District 1 decide to play in the postseason, then the Sandites will get to host the No. 5 seed, which will likely be either No. 10 Lawton (4-4) or No. 9 Deer Creek (4-5).

CPHS Football Preview: Sandites travel to Putnam City West Friday

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The Class 6A-II No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School football team (5-4, 3-3) will wrap up the regular season Friday night in Oklahoma City with a district game at No. 16 Putnam City West (0-7, 0-4).

The Sandites will be making their first-ever appearance at Patriot Stadium, which first opened in 2019. Up until last year, the Patriots have shared a stadium with Putnam City and Putnam City North. The new $8 million, 3,500-capacity facility is located at 8500 Northwest 23rd Street.

The two teams have only met twice, and Sand Springs owns the series 2-0. They won the first-ever meeting 29-24 in 2016 at home, then won 28-14 on the road in 2017.

Sand Springs is coming off a 21-14 win over Bartlesville, and is one victory away from its first winning season since 2016. They already have as many wins this year as they did in the past two years combined. Putnam West has suffered 23-straight losses and has only won two games in four seasons.

Bobby Klinck is in his first season with the Sandites, and owns a 18-16 record as a head coach. Craig Maynard is in his second year with the Patriots and is 5-29 in his career.

Sand Springs is currently ranked fourth in the district, and Putnam West is eighth. The Sandites have the 9th ranked offense and 11th ranked defense in Class 6A-II. The Patriots have the No. 16 offense and No. 14 defense.

The Sandites

Junior quarterback Ty Pennington is 100 of 202 passing this season for 1650 yards and ten touchdowns with only three interceptions. In his career he is 215-433-3085-6 with 23 scores. He has emerged as a running threat this season with 139 carries for 494 yards and 11 touchdowns, including a career-best 147-yard performance against Bartlesville.

Keaton Campbell is 41-546 receiving with six touchdowns this season, and is 86-1239 in his career with nine scores. He also averages 7.1 yards per punt return and 13 yards per kick return.

Jamon Sisco is 22-459 receiving with three touchdowns this season, and is 37-697 with seven scores in his career. He is also 33-106 rushing this season and averages 22.7 yards per kick return with one touchdown. He has also blocked three kicks.

Jacob Blevins is 19-456 receiving with one score. Ryan Shoemaker is 13-158 receiving. Blake Jones is 81-377 rushing for five touchdowns.

Zach Heinen is 19-of-19 on PATs and 2-of-3 on field goals with a long of 36. He also averages 33.2 yards per punt. Greg Reed is averaging 48 yards per kickoff.

Sango Whitehorn has 76 tackles, 18 for loss, six sacks, and two blocked kicks. Landon Hendricks has 74 tackles, 17.5 for loss, five sacks, five fumble recoveries, and two forced fumbles.

Drake Fain has 67 tackles, 6.5 for loss, one sack, an interception, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble. Brooks Dudley has 67 tackles, 19 for loss, 1.5 sacks, an interception, and a forced fumble.

Brycen Peterman has five fumble recoveries, two interceptions, and a forced fumble. Micah Calico, Bryson Chase, Daren Hawkins, Dominic Ornelas, and Dylan Sallas have all made takeaways.

Class 6A-II Football Rankings - Week 11

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Class 6A-II Sandite Pride Week 11 Football Rankings

1. Bixby (7-0) - Last week 59-0 vs. Ponca City.
2. Stillwater (7-0) - Last week 31-10 vs. Midwest City.
3. Midwest City (6-2)
4. Putnam City North (7-1) - Last week forfeit from Northwest Classen.
5. Choctaw (6-3) - Last week 55-12 vs. Putnam City West.
6. Booker T. Washington (6-2) - Last week canceled vs. Muskogee.
7. Sand Springs (5-4) - Last week 21-14 vs. Bartlesville.
8. Del City (1-5) - Last week 47-8 vs. U.S. Grant.
9. Deer Creek (3-5) - Last week 20-18 vs. Lawton.
10. Lawton (4-3)
11. Ponca City (3-5)
12. Bartlesville (3-6).
13. Muskogee (0-6)
14. U.S. Grant (2-4)
15. Northwest Classen (1-3)
16. Putnam City West (0-7)

OSSAA 6A-II Football District Rankings

District 1
1. Stillwater (5-0)
2. Midwest City (4-1)
3. Putnam City North (4-1)
4. Del City (2-3)
5. Lawton (1-3)
6. Deer Creek (1-4)
7. U.S. Grant (1-3)

District 2
1. Bixby (4-0)
2. Choctaw (5-1)
3. Booker T. Washington (4-1)
4. Sand Springs (3-3)
5. Ponca City (2-4)
6. Bartlesville (2-4)
7. Muskogee (0-3)
8. Putnam City West (0-4)

CPHS Football: Pennington has career night in 21-14 win over Bartlesville

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The Class 6A-II No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School varsity football team (5-4, 3-3) snapped a three-game district losing streak with a big 21-14 Senior Night win over No. 11 Bartlesville (3-6, 2-4) Friday at Memorial Stadium, securing their position at No. 4 in the district.

The game was a battle of dual threat quarterbacks, and both signal callers led their teams in rushing yardage. Bruin senior Paxton Bradford was 9-of-25 for 201 yards passing with one touchdown and one interception, and also had a team-high 60 yards on six carries.

6’3” junior Ty Pennington, the second-year Sandite starter, had a career night with 22 carries for 142 yards and two scores. It was his first time passing the century mark on the ground. He also aired it out with 12 completions on 20 attempts for 180 yards to four different receivers. The game pushed him over the 3,000 career passing mark.

The Bruins scored on their opening possession, marching 65 yards on seven plays, capped by a six-yard touchdown run from Braeden Winters. Dylan McCoy kicked the PAT and the visitors had an early lead.

A Sandite block in the back on the kick return, followed by a pair of false starts, pinned the home team in with a series of plays from the one-yard line, and ultimately gave the visitors great field position at the Sandite 41 on their next drive.

Bartlesville wouldn’t capitalize on it, however, as Landon Hendricks made his sixth fumble recovery of the year on a third-and-one play at the 16-yard line. That turnover set up a six-play 81-yard march that saw Pennington completions of 14, 41, and seven yards before running it in from the four. Zach Heinen’s PAT tied it up, and the Sandites never trailed again.

Pennington ultimately completed six straight passes over two drives, and made run plays of 19, 21, and a 15-yard scamper for the go-ahead score. Bartlesville tried a fourth down pass attempt as the half entered its final minute, but Bryson Chase snagged his first pick of the year.

Both teams had touchdowns called back for holding in the second quarter. Bradford found Caden Davis for a 97-yard would-be score with 5:54 left in the half. Then Sisco made a wild catch after juggling it several times, and made his way downfield for a wish-it-were 62-yarder with two minutes to play. Both drives ultimately ended in punts.

Blake Jones padded the Sandites’ lead with a six-yard run up the middle on the opening drive of the second half. The junior running back ended the evening with eight touches for 43 yards.

Bartlesville threatened with a 13-play 59-yard march that ended at the 1-yard line. Winters converted a fourth-down run earlier in the drive, but his next fourth-down attempt was stopped short in a goal-line stand to end the third quarter 21-7.

The Bruins found themselves fourth-and-goal once again in the fourth quarter, and this time they were successful with a seven-yard pass from Bradford to McCoy. McCoy’s kick would be the final point of the game.

Sand Springs ate up the final 5:41, picking up four first downs, all on the ground, before assuming victory formation at the Bruin 30.

Even with his near-97-yarder called back, Davis still managed to lead all receivers with four catches for 123 yards. Jacob Blevins was the top Sandite with three catches for 87 yards, and Keaton Campbell had seven catches for 77 yards. Sophomore Brody Rutledge made a 14-yard first-down catch on his first-ever varsity target.

Up next for the Sandites is a district road trip to Warr Acres on Friday against No. 16 Putnam City West (0-7, 0-4). Bartlesville will travel to No. 5 Choctaw (6-3, 5-1) Friday at 7:00 p.m.

CPHS 21 Bartlesville 14
First Downs: CPHS 19, Bartlesville 16.
Fumbles/Lost: CPHS 0/0, Bartlesville 3/1.
Penalties: CPHS 14-84, Bartlesville 9-68.
C-A-Y-I: CPHS 12-20-180-0, Bartlesville 9-25-201-1.
Rushing: CPHS 33-185, Bartlesville 34-115.
Offense: CPHS 53-365, Bartlesville 59-316.