Sandite Recruiting Report: Dallas Elifrits Offered by Bethel College

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Dallas Elifrits (left) was recently offered by Bethel College. (Photo by Charity Emigh).

Charles Page High School senior Dallas Elifrits recently announced that he has received his first offer to play college football.

The defensive end was fifth on the team in total tackles this season with 64 and had a team-leading 10 tackles for loss to earn All-District honors following an 8-4 season.

Elifrits was offered by Bethel College, an NAIA program competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Threshers went 6-5 last season under second-year head coach A.B. Stokes.

In addition to Elifrits, nine other Sandites have received offers to play at the next level, including senior lineman/TE Evan Williams (5’10”, 215 pounds) who committed to play at Bethel College on November 10th.

Senior offensive lineman Tyler “Tank” Smith (5’10” 285 pounds) holds offers from McPherson College and Hendrix College.

Senior offensive lineman Marcus Sims (6’0”, 265 pounds) has received offers to play at Langston University and Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Sophomore quarterback Easton Webb (6’3” 175 pounds) is committed to playing baseball at Oklahoma State University, but he also holds a Division I football offer from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Sophomore lineman Ryley Kester (6’4” 270 pounds) has received offers from UNLV, Houston, Tulsa, Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, and Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Sophomore receiver Brock O’Dell (5’10” 170 pounds) holds one college offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Senior linebacker Owen Floyd (6’0” 190 pounds) has earned two offers this season from Hendrix and Oklahoma Wildcats Prep.

Senior running back Kenneth Page (6’0” 190 pounds) holds one offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Junior receiver Kooper Kelly holds one offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Softball

Junior RHP/IB/OF Addison Hughes holds offers from Oklahoma Wesleyan University and Coffeyville Community College.

Senior RHP/INF Kelsi Hilton signed an LOI with Southern Nazarene University on November 8th.

Baseball

Senior RHP/OF Cole Pearson (6’2” 150 pounds) is committed to playing at McPherson College next season.

Six Sandite baseball players signed letters of intent to play college ball on November 8th.

Senior INF/RHP Jackson Stewart (5’11” 195 pounds) signed with McPherson College.

Senior RF/LHP Kayden Campbell (5’9” 165 pounds) signed with Cowley County Community College.

Senior right-handed pitcher Eli Buxton (6’6” 185 pounds) signed with Arizona State University.

Senior OF/LHP Miller Tavaglione (6’2” 190 pounds) and senior INF/RHP Jace Arnold (6’2” 180 pounds) signed with Allen County Community College.

Senior INF Wyatt Rutledge (6’2” 170 pounds) signed with Northern Oklahoma College at Enid.

Girls Basketball

5’10” senior small forward Kiaryn Taylor holds offers from Cleveland Community College, Western Texas College, Ranger College, and Lincoln Trail College.

5’3” senior guard Sakauri Wilson signed a letter of intent to play at Southwestern Oklahoma State University on Wednesday, November 8th.

5’7” senior guard Taiona “Yonnie” Morris recently announced her commitment to play at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

Boys Basketball

6’4” junior guard Deke Thompson recently announced his first college offer from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Golf

Senior Mason Ward announced his commitment to Coffeyville Community College on Monday, November 13th.

Soccer

Two senior soccer players signed LOIs on November 8th.

Senior Ava Watts signed to play Division I soccer at Texas A&M-Commerce.

Senior Kate Webb signed to play at University of the Ozarks.

Coaches, players, and parents can send recruiting updates to sanditepridenews@gmail.com.

Sandite Recruiting Report: Addison Hughes Offered by Coffeyville Community College

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Addison Hughes announced on X Wednesday that she has received her second offer to play softball at the collegiate level.

The junior RHP/IB/OF visited Coffeyville Community College in Kansas and was officially offered by the Ravens.

Coffeyville is an NJCAA program competing in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. The Red Ravens went 6-38 last season under first-year head coach Meredith Smith.

Hughes was an All-District selection this past season as the Lady Sandites went 19-15 overall and finished as Regional Runners-Up. She went 12-7 in the circle, finishing the year with two perfect games, 115 strikeouts, and a 2.89 ERA.

She also holds one offer from Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

Senior RHP/INF Kelsi Hilton signed an LOI with Southern Nazarene University on November 8th.

Baseball

Senior RHP/OF Cole Pearson (6’2” 150 pounds) is committed to playing at McPherson College next season.

Six Sandite baseball players signed letters of intent to play college ball on November 8th.

Senior INF/RHP Jackson Stewart (5’11” 195 pounds) signed with McPherson College.

Senior RF/LHP Kayden Campbell (5’9” 165 pounds) signed with Cowley County Community College.

Senior right-handed pitcher Eli Buxton (6’6” 185 pounds) signed with Arizona State University.

Senior OF/LHP Miller Tavaglione (6’2” 190 pounds) and senior INF/RHP Jace Arnold (6’2” 180 pounds) signed with Allen County Community College.

Senior INF Wyatt Rutledge (6’2” 170 pounds) signed with Northern Oklahoma College at Enid.

Football

Senior offensive lineman Tyler “Tank” Smith (5’10” 285 pounds) holds offers from McPherson College and Hendrix College.

Senior lineman/TE Evan Williams (5’10”, 215 pounds) committed to play at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas on November 10th.

Senior offensive lineman Marcus Sims (6’0”, 265 pounds) has received offers to play at Langston University and Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Sophomore quarterback Easton Webb (6’3” 175 pounds) is committed to playing baseball at Oklahoma State University, but he also holds a Division I football offer from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Sophomore lineman Ryley Kester (6’4” 270 pounds) has received offers from UNLV, Houston, Tulsa, Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, and Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Sophomore receiver Brock O’Dell (5’10” 170 pounds) holds one college offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Senior linebacker Owen Floyd (6’0” 190 pounds) has earned two offers this season from Hendrix and Oklahoma Wildcats Prep.

Senior running back Kenneth Page (6’0” 190 pounds) holds one offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Junior receiver Kooper Kelly holds one offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Girls Basketball

5’10” senior small forward Kiaryn Taylor holds offers from Cleveland Community College, Western Texas College, Ranger College, and Lincoln Trail College.

5’3” senior guard Sakauri Wilson signed a letter of intent to play at Southwestern Oklahoma State University on Wednesday, November 8th.

5’7” senior guard Taiona “Yonnie” Morris recently announced her commitment to play at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

Boys Basketball

6’4” junior guard Deke Thompson recently announced his first college offer from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Golf

Senior Mason Ward announced his commitment to Coffeyville Community College on Monday, November 13th.

Soccer

Two senior soccer players signed LOIs on November 8th.

Senior Ava Watts signed to play Division I soccer at Texas A&M-Commerce.

Senior Kate Webb signed to play at University of the Ozarks.

Coaches, players, and parents can send recruiting updates to sanditepridenews@gmail.com.

Undefeated Hutchinson Tops Cloud County, Armstead Surpasses 200 Career Assists

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Photo Courtesy of Andrew Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information.

The No. 11-ranked Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team won a convincing 77-50 Jayhawk Conference victory over the Cloud County Thunderbirds (6-5) on Wednesday at the Arley Bryant Gym.

The Blue Dragons won their 11th consecutive game to start the season and remain unbeaten in Jayhawk Conference play at 5-0.

The Blue Dragons raced out to a 23-9 lead, then went through a 6-minute, 36-second scoring drought and Cloud County pulled within 23-18. A Hailey Jackson three-point play ended the drought and sparked the Blue Dragons to a 15-3 run to close the half and take a 36-21 lead at halftime.

Jackson was one of two Blue Dragons to score in double figures with 11 points. She also had eight rebounds, a career-high five assists and two steals. Journey Armstead finished with nine points, seven rebounds and four assists.

Jackson graduated Charles Page High School in 2023 and Armstead is a 2022 Sand Springs alum.

The Blue Dragons came out cold in the second quarter as Cloud County chipped away with a 9-0 run over the first 5:28 of the period. Hutchinson's scoreless streak ended at 7 minutes, 16 seconds when Jackson scored inside and was fouled with 3:34 to play in the quarter.

The Dragons' largest lead of the game was 29 at 77-48 after an Armstead free throw with 2:09 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Armstead has 26 assists in her last four games and surpassed the career 200-assist mark with 206 assists.

Hutchinson closes out the first semester on Saturday with a 5:30 p.m. matchup against Cowley (7-5) at the Sports Arena.

Kiaryn Taylor Leads Sandites to 58-24 Win over Edison Prep

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Walking pneumonia didn’t stop Kiaryn Taylor from walking all over the Edison Eagles Thursday morning in the first round of the Bishop Kelley Invitational.

Despite being just a day into her run of antibiotics, the uncommitted senior power forward put together a career-best performance with 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 steals to power the Sandites to a 58-24 victory.

“We’ve been needing her to do that all year long,” said head coach Josh Berry. “We’re going to need her to be consistent on doing that and she will be. She’s really been under the weather since the start of the season.”

“She’s been battling through some things and for her to go ahead and have a game like that I think is good for her confidence and good for the team confidence.”

No Sakauri Wilson? No problem. The Sandites’ leading scorer rode the bench for some recovery time against the outmatched Eagles after taking some bangs and bruises over the past two weeks.

Her absence led to a slow start for the Sandites, who fell into a 12-0 deficit after missing their first 14 field goal attempts.

Taylor got the Sandites on the board with a free throw and a Patience Pearce putback ended the drought in the field, igniting a 29-0 run.

“We didn’t finish early and we didn’t play hard,” said Berry. “In the second quarter I guess we just decided we wanted to play harder.”

After ending the first quarter down 12-5, Taylor dialed in to open the second quarter, stealing three consecutive possessions away from the Eagles. In the second quarter alone she scored 13 points with 5 steals, picking off Eagle passes at will while dominating the paint.

“She had a big quarter,” said Josh Berry. “Somebody was going to have to step up with Kauri being out.”

“I thought (Taiona Morris)’s intensity on the defensive end and her disruptiveness kind of helped us with that, along with Kiaryn, and everyone else just kind of followed their lead.”

Micah Musick finally broke that streak in the final minute of the half but the Sandites didn’t slow down, taking a 34-16 advantage into the locker room.

Edison was equally outmatched in the third quarter as the Sandites extended their lead to 51-21, taking a 30-point advantage into the fourth quarter for the second time this week. Sand Springs finally eased off the gas in the final eight minutes.

Taylor’s 23 points were a career high and enough to lead the Sandites. Taiona Morris added 12 points with 6 rebounds, 8 steals, and 4 assists, and freshman Tianna Butler also had a career night with 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists.

“(Tianna)’s one of the most talented freshmen in the state,” said Berry. “She’s offensively skilled and talented enough to do whatever she wants to do out there on the court.”

“She can really shoot it, she can get to the basket, and she can rebound and finish when she makes her mind up. As soon as she gets that part of it, that’s going to help us out too.”

Sand Springs had more offensive rebounds against the Eagles than they had in their first three games combined while also coming away with an impressive 21 steals.

“We’re not going to be able to out-rebound a lot of groups, but if we can get a lot of pressure, if we can get steals, deflections, and takeaways, then we can offset some of the rebounding problems that may occur,” said Berry.

Following a tough 53-45 loss at Owasso last week, the Sandites have responded by outscoring their last two opponents 118 to 55 even while severely shorthanded.

The Sandites are still waiting for OSSAA clearance for Claremore transfer Hope Bump. They also lost Abigaile Martin to a season-ending injury and they’re still waiting for Calla Fueshko to return from an ACL tear last season. When those two pieces work their way into the lineup, Sand Springs should be especially dangerous.

Edison was led by Musick with 14 points as the only Eagle in double digits. They will head to the consolation bracket Friday at 10:00 a.m. against Tulsa Central (1-3).

Sand Springs will play in the semifinals Friday at 7:00 p.m. against the host Comets (2-1) who defeated Tulsa Central 47-34 in their first-round game. Sand Springs defeated Kelley 51-44 last year en route to their fifth championship at the tournament.

CPHS 58 Edison 24

1Q: Edison 12-5.
2Q: CPHS 29-4.
3Q: CPHS 17-5.
4Q: CPHS 7-3.
Free Throws: CPHS 8-of-11, Edison 4-of-13.
Field Goals: CPHS 22-of-64, Edison 10-of-26.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 18, Edison 5.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 15, Edison 15.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 33, Edison 20.
Steals: CPHS 21, Edison 8.
Blocks: CPHS 3, Edison 1.
Fouls: CPHS 10, Edison 7.

Sand Springs Statistics

Scoring: Taylor 23, Morris 12, Ti. Butler 10, Pearce 6, Ta. Butler 5, Garrison 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Pearce 5, Morris 4, Ta. Butler 3, Taylor 3, Ti. Butler 2, Crain 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Taylor 5, Ti. Butler 5, Morris 2, Pearce 1, Garrison 1, Crain 1.
Total Rebounds: Taylor 8, Ti. Butler 7, Morris 6, Pearce 6, Ta. Butler 3, Crain 2, Garrison 1.
Steals: Morris 8, Taylor 6, Ta. Butler 2, Garrison 2, Ti. Butler 1, Pearce 1, Crain 1.
Assists: Morris 4, Ta. Butler 3, Ti. Butler 3, Taylor 1.
Blocks: Ta. Butler 1, Ti. Butler 1, Crain 1.
Fouls: Pearce 2, Garrison 2, Morris 1, Taylor 1, Ta. Butler 1, Ti. Butler 1, Crain 1.

Edison Statistics

Scoring: Musick 11, Lyons 4, Galbreath 4, Brown 3, Peel-Thompson 2.
Fouls: Lyons 2, Musick 2, Chatman 2, McIntosh 1.

Sandite Recruiting Report: Cole Pearson Commits to McPherson College

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Charles Page High School senior RHP/OF Cole Pearson (6’2” 150 pounds) recently announced on X that he has committed to playing baseball at McPherson College next season.

McPherson is an NAIA program competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Bulldogs went 37-16 overall and 26-7 in conference play last season.

The program is led by Chris Dawson in his first year.

Pearson didn’t crack the varsity lineup last season but that will change during his senior year this spring.

During his summer campaign with the Crucial Angels he batted .302 with a .471 slugging percentage and a .958 fielding percentage.

He will have at least one familiar face at McPherson in senior INF/RHP Jackson Stewart (5’11” 195 pounds), who signed with the Bulldogs last month.

Five other Sandite baseball players also signed letters of intent to play college ball on November 8th.

Senior RF/LHP Kayden Campbell (5’9” 165 pounds) signed with Cowley County Community College.

Senior right-handed pitcher Eli Buxton (6’6” 185 pounds) signed with Arizona State University.

Senior OF/LHP Miller Tavaglione (6’2” 190 pounds) and senior INF/RHP Jace Arnold (6’2” 180 pounds) signed with Allen County Community College.

Senior INF Wyatt Rutledge (6’2” 170 pounds) signed with Northern Oklahoma College at Enid.

Football

Senior offensive lineman Tyler “Tank” Smith (5’10” 285 pounds) holds offers from McPherson College and Hendrix College.

Senior lineman/TE Evan Williams (5’10”, 215 pounds) committed to play at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas on November 10th.

Senior offensive lineman Marcus Sims (6’0”, 265 pounds) has received offers to play at Langston University and Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Sophomore quarterback Easton Webb (6’3” 175 pounds) is committed to playing baseball at Oklahoma State University, but he also holds a Division I football offer from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Sophomore lineman Ryley Kester (6’4” 270 pounds) has received offers from UNLV, Houston, Tulsa, Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, and Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Sophomore receiver Brock O’Dell (5’10” 170 pounds) holds one college offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Senior linebacker Owen Floyd (6’0” 190 pounds) has earned two offers this season from Hendrix and Oklahoma Wildcats Prep.

Senior running back Kenneth Page (6’0” 190 pounds) holds one offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Junior receiver Kooper Kelly holds one offer from Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Girls Basketball

5’10” senior small forward Kiaryn Taylor holds offers from Cleveland Community College, Western Texas College, Ranger College, and Lincoln Trail College.

5’3” senior guard Sakauri Wilson signed a letter of intent to play at Southwestern Oklahoma State University on Wednesday, November 8th.

5’7” senior guard Taiona “Yonnie” Morris recently announced her commitment to play at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

Boys Basketball

6’4” junior guard Deke Thompson recently announced his first college offer from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Golf

Senior Mason Ward announced his commitment to Coffeyville Community College on Monday, November 13th.

Softball

Senior RHP/INF Kelsi Hilton signed an LOI with Southern Nazarene University on November 8th.

Junior RHP/IB/OF Addison Hughes holds one offer from Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

Soccer

Two senior soccer players signed LOIs on November 8th.

Senior Ava Watts signed to play Division I soccer at Texas A&M-Commerce.

Senior Kate Webb signed to play at University of the Ozarks.

Coaches, players, and parents can send recruiting updates to sanditepridenews@gmail.com.

Lady Sandites Dominate Pacers 60-31 on the Road

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Sand Springs quickly overcame a slow start Tuesday night at Enid and steamrolled the Pacers 60-31 in a district battle.

It was the first meeting between Charles Page High School (2-1, 2-1) and Enid (0-2, 0-2) since 2010 and it was a memorable one as three different Lady Sandites scored in double digits while dominating the home team in almost every statistical field.

Sand Springs never trailed after a 4-0 start behind layups from Sakauri Wilson and Kiaryn Taylor. Enid got as close as 6-5 before the Sandites closed the quarter on an 11-2 run and never looked back.

By halftime the Sandites led 31-18 but they did the bulk of their damage in a 23-6 third quarter and scored 14 points in a row from the third into the fourth.

A free-throw from Tianna Butler gave them their biggest lead at 57-24 before a late rally against the Sand Springs’ reserves got the Pacers back within 30.

Wilson led the team for the third time this season with 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 assists while shooting 6-of-9 in the field and 5-of-7 at the stripe.

Freshman Tianna Buttler had a breakout performance with 11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 assists, and 2 blocks and Taiona Morris had 13 points with 3 boards.

Sand Springs will return to action Thursday at 10:00 a.m. against Edison Prep (0-2) in the first round of the Bishop Kelley Invitational. The Sandites are the defending tournament champions and have won the invitational five times since 2015.

CPHS 60 Enid 31

1Q: CPHS 17-7.
2Q: CPHS 14-11.
3Q: CPHS 23-6.
4Q: Enid 7-6.
Free Throws: CPHS 14-of-19, Enid 8-of-13.
Field Goals: CPHS 21-of-54, Enid 10-of-56.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 7, Enid 11.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 29, Enid 18.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 36, Enid 29.
Steals: CPHS 10, Enid 9.
Blocks: CPHS 4, Enid 1.
Fouls: CPHS 13, Enid 21.

Sand Springs Statistics

Points: Wilson 18, Morris 13, Ti. Butler 11, Taylor 8, Ta. Butler 4, Pearce 3, Garrison 2, Simone 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Wilson 3, Ti. Butler 2, Morris 1, Ta. Butler 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Taylor 7, Ti. Butler 5, Wilson 4, Ta. Butler 4, Morris 2, Simone 2, Pearce 2, Garrison 2, Crain 1.
Total Rebounds: Wilson 7, Taylor 7, Ti. Butler 7, Ta. Butler 5, Morris 3, Simone 2, Pearce 2, Garrison 2, Crain 1.
Steals: Wilson 3, Ti. Butler 3, Morris 1, Taylor 1, Ta. Butler 1, Simone 1.
Assists: Wilson 3, Ti. Butler 3, Simone 2, Taylor 1, Ta. Butler 1.
Blocks: Taylor 2, Ti. Butler 2.
Fouls: Wilson 3, Morris 3, Ta. Butler 2, Ti. Butler 2, Taylor 1, Pearce 1, Garrison 1.