CPHS Basketball: Girls improve to 6-0 in FVC with 52-41 win over Broken Arrow, Johnson scores 21

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It wasn’t the prettiest game of the season, but the Class 6A No. 9 Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (10-4) improved to 6-0 in Frontier Valley Conference play with a 52-41 Tuesday night win over Broken Arrow (2-10, 1-6). Junior standout Destiny Johnson led the way with 21 points, closely followed by University of Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter with eighteen. 

Johnson missed a pair of free throws to start the game, but took a rebound to the house to make up for it on the next possession. Kersgieter followed it up with a pair of field goals, then Isabella Regalado iced a three for a 10-0 lead.

That advantage quickly evaporated, however. Kinsey Callen and Aaliya Nascimento cut it to 10-5 by the end of the first quarter. Bree Berge hit a three-pointer to kick off the second quarter, but the Lady Tigers went on an eight-point run to tie it up. Berge scored again for the Sandites, then Callen hit another three for the Tigers’ first lead of the game, 16-15.

Johnson made a three-point play and Kersgieter hit a free throw. Callen and Kersgieter exchanges twos, then Callen hit a three for the 21-21 tie. Kersgieter hit another basket to bring her first-half total to ten, but Callen drained her fifth three of the night to take a 24-23 halftime advantage with seventeen points.

Nascimento added to the Tiger lead with back-to-back layups to start the third quarter. Johnson rebounded a blocked Regalado three to get the Sandites in the book, but the visitors held the lead for most of the period before Sand Springs closed out the stanza with eleven-straight points to end the quarter 38-33.

Sand Springs continued to pull ahead in the fourth quarter and reestablished their double-digit lead with a three-point play from Johnson. Callen hit a two, Johnson scored three more from the stripe, Jada Hvtch scored her first basket, then Kersgieter added two more free throws to finish up 52-41. 

The Sandites keyed in pretty well on Broken Arrow’s deep ball in the second half, holding the Tigers to one three-pointer on nine attempts, but Nascimento picked up the slack and finished with fourteen points. Callen managed only one basket in the second half and finished with a team-high nineteen.

Sand Springs will take a week off before taking on their biggest test of the season at No. 2 Bartlesville (12-0, 6-0). The Bruins and Sandites are the top two teams in the conference and the only undefeated teams left. Broken Arrow will return to action Thursday against 5A No. 5 Booker T. Washington (8-4) in the first round of the Jenks-Union Tournament. 

CPHS 52 BAHS 41

1Q CPHS 10-5
2Q BAHS 19-13
3Q CPHS 15-9
4Q CPHS 14-8

Free Throws: CPHS 15-of-20.
Field Goals: BAHS 17-of-34, CPHS 17-of-39.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 8, BAHS 7.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 18, BAHS 16.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 26, BAHS 23.
Steals: CPHS 12, BAHS 5.
Blocks: BAHS 2, CPHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 9, BAHS 14.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Johnson 21, Kersgieter 18, Berge 5, Taber 4, Regalado 3, Presnell 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Taber 5, Johnson 2, Burris 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Johnson 6, Kersgieter 5, Regalado 5, Taber 1, Burris 1.
Total Rebounds: Johnson 8, Taber 6, Kersgieter 5, Regalado 5, Burris 2.
Steals: Kersgieter 7, Johnson 2, Presnell 1, Taber 1, Berge 1.
Blocks: Kersgieter 1.
Fouls: Presnell 3, Taber 2, Regalado 2, Johnson 1, Burris 1.

(Broken Arrow Stats)
Scoring: Callen 19, Nascimento 14, West 3, Bowker 3, Hvtch 2.
Fouls: West 4, Hvtch 3, Gibbons 2, Bowker 2, Harding 2, Nascimento 1.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings

6-0 6A No. 2 Bartlesville (12-0)
6-0 6A No. 9 Sand Springs (10-4)
5-1 6A No. 12 Bixby (11-3)
3-3 6A No. 3 Owasso (9-3)
3-3 6A No. 19 Jenks (7-4)
3-3 6A No. 20 Sapulpa (7-7)
2-4 Union (3-9)
1-5 5A No. 20 Bishop Kelley (3-7)
1-6 Broken Arrow (2-10)
0-6 Muskogee (2-9)

Week 8 High School 6A Basketball Rankings

Girls Rankings

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

Conference Strength

1. Central Oklahoma (56)
2. Suburban (47.6)
3. Frontier Valley (43)
4. Big Ten (41.2)
5. All-City (7.7)

Top Offenses - Avg Points Scored

1. Putnam City West (75.1)
2. Westmoore (64.1)
3. Yukon (60.8)
4. Sand Springs (58.3)
5. Choctaw (57.4)
6. Edmond Santa Fe (57)
7. Jenks (55.2)
8. Midwest City (54.9)
9. Bartlesville (54.9)
10. Norman (54.2)

Top Defenses - Avg Points Allowed

1. Bartlesville (27.9)
2. Shawnee (32.2)
3. Moore (37.1)
4. Mustang (37.9)
5. Choctaw (40.7)
6. Owasso (41.1)
7. Edmond North (42.3)
8. Bixby (42.6)
9. Edmond Memorial (43)
10. Norman North (43.3)

Avg Margin of Victory

1. Putnam City West (27.6)
2. Bartlesville (27)
3. Westmoore (18.1)
4. Choctaw (16.7)
5. Yukon (14.1)
6. Shawnee (13.9)
7. Moore (12.3)
8. Sand Springs (11.4)
9. Owasso (9.7)
10. Edmond North (9.0)

Boys Rankings

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

Conference Strength

1. Big Ten (58.2)
2. Frontier Valley (52.6)
3. Central Oklahoma (44.5)
4. Suburban (40.3)
5. All-City (23.9)

Top Offenses - Avg Points Scored

1. Sapulpa (77)
2. Midwest City (72.9)
3. Putnam City West (72.5)
4. Broken Arrow (70.7)
5. Putnam City North (70.4)
6. Edmond Santa Fe (69.5)
7. Norman North (68.8)
8. Sand Springs (68.1)
9. Capitol Hill (64.6)
10. Putnam City (64.5)

Top Defenses - Avg Points Allowed

1. Stillwater (48)
2. Edmond Memorial (48.5)
3. Union (49.3)
4. Broken Arrow (50)
5. Westmoore (51.3)
6. Jenks (51.7)
7. Sand Springs (52.3)
8. Norman (54.8)
9. Edmond North (55)
10. Mustang (55.8)

Avg Margin of Victory

1. Broken Arrow (20.7)
2. Sand Springs (15.8)
3. Union (15.2)
4. Putnam City West (13.6)
5. Sapulpa (13.5)
6. Putnam City North (11.2)
7. Edmond Santa Fe (10.7)
8. Norman North (8.6)
9. Midwest City (6.9)
10. Owasso (6.7)
    Stillwater (6.7)

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: Regalado and Kersgieter score 23 apiece, girls beat Jenks 67-45

Isabella Regalado and University of Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter scored 23 points apiece Tuesday night to start off the new year with a bang. The Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School girls' basketball team (9-3) continued their undefeated start to conference play with a 67-45 win at No. 19 Jenks (6-4).

After starting the season 8-0 and claiming the top-spot in the top class, the Lady Sandites suffered three-straight losses at their Tournament of Champions debut to end 2017. They took their first step in the right direction by improving to 5-0 in the Frontier Valley Conference with a win at the Frank Herald Fieldhouse. 

Sand Springs jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead with points from Jacie Taber, Regalado, Destiny Johnson, and Kersgieter before Sydney Ellis scored the Trojans’ lone basket of the first quarter. By the start of the second stanza the Sandites were up 16-3.

The home team won the second quarter, barely, as the Lady Sandites turned to the bench and gave ten players solid game time. By the end of the half, Kersgieter had scored nearly as many baskets as the entire Jenks team with sixteen points and five rebounds. The Trojans went to the locker room trailing 31-20. 

The visitors won both periods in the second half, led by Regalado with eighteen points. After going one-of-seven from three-point range in the first half, Regalado flipped the script and went six-for-nine to tie Kersgieter and lead all scorers. Kersgieter had nine rebounds and Regalado was right behind her with seven. 

The Sandites scored seven points from the bench as Bree Berge hit two three-pointers and Darrian Jordan sank a free throw in her varsity debut. 

Haley Meely and Emma Wasson led the Trojans with eleven points apiece.

Sand Springs will travel to No. 20 Ponca City (7-4) Friday at 6:00 p.m. in a non-conference rematch of their Game One 77-61 victory. Jenks will host No. 15 Sapulpa (7-6) Friday. Both teams are 2-2 in conference action.

CPHS 67 JHS 45

1Q CPHS 16-3
2Q JHS 17-15
3Q CPHS 16-12
4Q CPHS 20-13

Free Throws: CPHS 12-of-16, JHS 9-of-14.
Field Goals: CPHS 22-of-53, JHS 15-of-55.
Offensive Rebounds: JHS 10, CPHS 9.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 25, JHS 15.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 34, JHS 25.
Steals: CPHS 7, JHS 6.
Blocks: JHS 3, CPHS 2.
Fouls: CPHS 14, JHS 11.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Kersgieter 23, Regalado 23, Johnson 9, Berge 6, Taber 5, Jordan 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Taber 2, Regalado 2, Berge 2, Johnson 1, Kersgieter 1, Burris 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 8, Regalado 5, Taber 3, Burris 3, Bunch 2, Johnson 2, Presnell 2.
Total Rebounds: Kersgieter 9, Regalado 7, Taber 5, Burris 4, Johnson 3, Presnell 2, Berge 2, Bunch 2.
Steals: Johnson 2, Taber 2, Kersgieter 1, Presnell 1, Burris 1.
Assists: Johnson 2, Taber 2, Kersgieter 1, Presnell 1.
Blocks: Kersgieter 2.
Fouls: Johnson 4, Taber 3, Presnell 2, Regalado 2, Kersgieter 1, Jordan 1, Bunch 1.

(Jenks Stats)
Scoring: Meely 11, Wasson 11, Church 8, Burch 6, Gilford 5, Watson 4.
Fouls: Sango 3, Meely 2, Wasson 2, Burch 1, Watson 1, Church 1, Brass 1.

Week 6 High School 6A Basketball Rankings

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: Sandites fall 57-55 to Holland Hall, Johnson scores 21

The Class 6A No. 1 ranked Charles Page High School girls' basketball team (8-3) finished in eighth place at their first-ever trip to the prestigious Tournament of Champions. After an 8-0 start to the season, the girls' went 0-3 at the 53rd annual invitational tournament, falling 57-55 to 3A No. 6 Holland Hall (7-4).

The Sandites were led by junior standout Destiny Johnson with 21 points and thirteen rebounds, but Holland Hall's Gabby Gregory stole the show with 41 points and eleven rebounds, ending the tournament with a tournament-record 97 points over her three games. While Gregory was the only Holland Hall player in the double digits, University of Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter had sixteen for the Sandites and Isabella Regalado contributed ten.

After five possession changes to start the game, Gregory finally hit paydirt with a three-point play for the Dutch. Sand Springs jumped out front with five-straight, Gregory scored three more, Regalado retook the lead with her fourth free throw of the morning, then the Dutch went on a nine-point run before Johnson scored her first field goal of the game to end the first period trailing 17-11.

Johnson blew up the second quarter, scoring the first two baskets and totaling thirteen in the stanza. Kersgieter was the only other Sandite to score. Holland Hall mirrored the Sandites with seven points from Gregory and a basket from Joci Lake. The Sandites led 26-25 and were draining the clock when Johnson was called for a travel and Gregory got one last shot to reclaim the lead before halftime.

Sand Springs came out hard in the second half, scoring seven-straight to close the third period 43-39 with a three-pointer and a transition layup from Jacie Taber.

Gregory tied things up at 47-47 with a three-pointer in the fourth quarter, Kersgieter reclaimed the lead, then the Dutch jumped out front once and for all with an eight-point run, mostly from the charity stripe. Trailing 55-49 with 51 seconds left, things didn't look good for Sand Springs, but they went down swinging. 

Regalado drilled a three-pointer and Kersgieter scored on a steal to make it a one-point game. Johnna Orange hit a free throw and Johnson had a shot to tie it at the line. She made her first basket, missed the second, and the Sandites look to be in good shape when Kersgieter caught the rebound. Then Kobi Thompson stripped the ball and was sent to the line for a free throw. The Sandites had the ball with 16.78 seconds and and a two-point deficit, but Carri Jones-Jackson stripped Johnson and sealed the victory.

The Sandites outperformed their foes in nearly every statistical category but accuracy, shooting 36% on field goals, which was actually their best performance of the three games. They were 9-of-19 on free throws while the Dutch were 17-of-20.

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday, January 9th at 6:30 p.m. when they travel to 6A No. 19 Jenks (4-2 overall, 2-1 conference) for a Frontier Valley matchup. The Sandites are 4-0 in conference play. Holland Hall will host 4A Lincoln Christian (2-4) on the 9th.

HHHS 57 CPHS 55

1Q HHHS 17-11
2Q CPHS 15-10
3Q CPHS 17-12
4Q HHHS 18-12

Field Goals: HHHS 17-of-39, CPHS 20-of-56.
Free Throws: HHHS 17-of-20, CPHS 9-of-19.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 17, HHHS 6.
Defensive Rebounds: HHHS 23, CPHS 18.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 35, HHHS 29.
Steals: CPHS 8, HHHS 4.
Blocks: CPHS 2.
Fouls: CPHS 15, HHHS 13.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Johnson 21, Kersgieter 16, Regalado 10, Taber 5, Presnell 3.
Offensive Rebounds: Johnson 5, Kersgieter 4, Regalado 4, Taber 2, Presnell 1, Burris 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Johnson 8, Kersgieter 3, Regalado 3, Taber 1, Burris 1.
Total Rebounds: Johnson 13, Kersgieter 7, Regalado 7, Taber 3, Burris 2, Presnell 1.
Steals: Johnson 3, Taber 2, Presnell 1, Kersgieter 1, Regalado 1.
Blocks: Johnson 1, Regalado 1.
Fouls: Taber 5, Johnson 4, Regalado 3, Presnell 2, Kersgieter 1.

(Holland Hall Stats)
Scoring: Gregory 41, Thompson 6, Orange 5, Jones-Jackson 3, Lake 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Thompson 1, Gregory 1, Orange 1, Edwards 1, Jones-Jackson 1, Mullendore 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Gregory 10, Lake 4, Orange 3, Mullendore 2, Thompson 2, Jones-Jackson 1.
Total Rebounds: Gregory 11, Lake 4, Orange 4, Thompson 3, Mullendore 3, Jones-Jackson 2, Edwards 1.
Steals: Lake 2, Thompson 1, Jones-Jackson 1.
Fouls: Orange 5, Thompson 2, Lake 2, Jones-Jackson 2, Gregory 1, Mullendore 1.