Lady Sandite Soccer season comes to an end at Deer Creek

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School Girls' Soccer Team (9-6) traveled to Edmond Thursday night for their season finale against Deer Creek High School (11-3) and fell 5-2 to cap a disappointing end to a season that started with lots of promise. 

The girls started the year with a bang, racking up a 3-1-1 record in preseason scrimmages, including winning the Stillwater preseason tournament. In the season-opener at East Central they dominated their opponents with a 10-0 mercy rule shutout in only 23 minutes. Over the course of the season they racked up six shutouts and a championship trophy at the Edison Green and White Tournament.

The girls' six-straight win streak came to an end with a 6-0 loss to Union, who is currently ranked number one in the nation with a 30-game win streak. They rebounded with a dominating 9-1 performance against Putnam City North, which saw Megan DeShazo score six goals. From there, however, they lost the final four of the season and failed to make the playoffs.

Things started out fairly close as Deer Creek held a 3-1 lead after the first half, with the lone Sandite goal coming from Kyndal Zicker.

DeShazo narrowed the gap to 3-2 on a penalty kick exactly four minutes into the second half, but Megan Neilson returned the favor seven minutes later for the two-point advantage. 

Oral Roberts University-signee Taylor Reed added to the lead on a high-sailing free kick from 27 yards out that sailed just over Sandite goalie Abigail Banks's head into the top right corner with 21 minutes to play.

With a 5-2 lead and 17 minutes left, the Lady Antlers pulled their starting lineup and sent in the second string. That evened things out quite a bit, but even the youngsters from an annual powerhouse like Deer Creek are above average players and the two teams were evenly matched for the duration and regulation expired before either team could score again. 

With the bulk of the ladies' wins coming against non-district foes, the girls settled for sixth in the district and failed to make the playoffs. Despite the heavy losses at the end of the season, the girls still outscored their opponents by an impressive 46-26 overall this season.

DeShazo led her team in scoring with 13 goals, followed by Zicker with 12, Kayla Foster with 10, Brooklyn Eardley with 9, and Kylie Taylor with 2.

Foster, who is signed to play with Missouri University of Science and Technology next season, led for much of the season, scoring two hat tricks in the first four games, but was sidelined for half a dozen games after sustaining an injury against Bixby. 

DeShazo, a junior, opened the season with a hat trick against East Central, and had the highest single-game performance for the girls with her six goals against Putnam North. 

The girls will be losing McKinzie Horton, Marissa Doll, Bryn Lewis, Taylor Coyle, Ashley Marino, and Alexis Slabby plus four players who are signed to play at the collegiate level. Eardley is headed to ORU, Kylee Cramer is headed to Oklahoma Baptist University, and Madison Dye will be playing for Northeastern State University. 

This season's soccer gallery can be found at https://sanditepride.smugmug.com/2016-Soccer

Clayton Giddens and Bryce Fisher take first at Bixby Tournament

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Sand Springs sent three wrestlers to the recent Bixby USAOK Tournament earlier this month. 

Charles Page High School senior Sage Singleton placed 3rd in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman with an overall record of 3-2. Only four wrestlers competed in the 126 pound Junior division. In Freestyle, Brendan Clarke narrowly defeated Singleton by a 19-14 decision, but Singleton received a forfeit from Dalton Major in the consolation finals. In Greco Roman Singleton was pinned in 0:42 by Clarke, but defeated Major with back-to-back decisions of 8-3 and 18-12.

In Novice Greco-Roman, Clayton Giddens took first place with a trio of wins over Ethan Peterson of Sapulpa. He pinned his opponent twice, once in 1:08 and once in 1:36, and scored a 4-0 decision for the victory. He also placed first in Freestyle with a pair of pins over Camden Wicson in 1:44 and 1:29.

Bryce Fisher placed first in Novice Freestyle with a pair of pins at 120 pounds. He defeated Jayce Hitt in 0:59 and Luke Burdette in 0:57.

 

Cheyenne Walden sweeps OBU Invitational, girls place 8th

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School Track and Field teams traveled to Shawnee last week for the Oklahoma Baptist University Bison Invitational. The girls placed 8th with 34 points and the boys placed 16th with 3 points.

The girls came in third in the 4x800 relay with a time of 10:39.24 and the boys placed sixth at 8:48.63. In the 4x100 relay the boys placed eight at 46.95.

Girls

  • Sara Abbet placed 21st in both the 800m run and 1600m with times of 3:12.32 and 7:02.24 respectively.

  • Madelynn Adams placed 32nd in the 100m dash at 13.92 and 28th in the 200m at 31.46. Both times were season-bests.

  • Senior Alexis Mosley placed 32nd in the 200m with a season-best 33.02 and 38th in the 100m at 15.69.

  • Junior Cheyenne Walden placed first in both the 800m run and the 3200m with times of 2:24.45 and 10:46.22 respectively.

  • Freshman Lauren Barkdull placed 20th in the 1600m at 7:01.54.

  • Sophomore Nia Byrd placed 12th in the 1600m with a season-best 6:22.97.

  • Junior Erindira Cuevas placed 29th in the 100m with a season-best 13.75.

  • Junior Alexis Davis placed 5th in the 1600m with a season-best 5:57.43.

  • Freshman Majasty Lapsley placed 14th in the 100m with a season-best 12.94.

  • Junior Julia Lewis placed 30th in the 200m at 31.72.

  • Sophomore Stacy Logan placed 13th in the 100m with a season-best 12.70.

  • Sophomore Adrianna Tapp placed 12th in the 100m with a season-best 12.69.

  • Freshman Elizabeth Watts placed 9th in the 300m hurdles at 55.95. 

  • Junior Kaileeann Worthington placed 36th in the 200m at 34.37.

Boys

  • Freshman Jaelyn Jackson placed 8th in the 400m dash at 53.37 and 32nd in the 1600m at 5:28.31.

  • Junior Dalton Morgan placed 30th in the 100m at 12.30 and 17th in the 200m at 24.45.

  • Freshman Aden Baughman placed 6th in the 1600m run at 4:55.88.

  • Junior Ian Baustert placed 26th in the 800m at 2:20.00.

  • Freshman Phillip Elleman placed 35th in the 1600m at 5:32.95.

  • Senior Jacob Fortune placed 18th in the 100m with a season-best 11.94.

  • Freshman Landin Green placed 13th in the 800m with a season-best 2:12.76.

  • Brayden Hardesty placed 27th in the 200m at 25.41.

  • Cooper Lynch placed 37th in the 1600m at 5:39.38.

  • Danny Murray placed 30th in the 1600m with a season-best 5:27.41.

  • Chance Powell placed 38th in the 800m at 2:35.96.

  • Sophomore Payton Scott placed 21st in the 100m at 12.07.

Cheyenne Walden sweeps Stillwater, Underclassmen impress

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School Track and Field teams traveled to Stillwater earlier this month for the Pioneer Relays. The boys placed 8th with 14 points and the girls placed 9th with 21 points. The boys placed 7th in the 4x100m relay with a time of 46.82 and 4th in the 4x800 at 8:57.28. The Freshman class continues to show up big time for both teams, leaving the future of the sport bright at CPHS.

Girls

  • Madelynn Adams placed 20th in the 100m dash with a time of 14.78 and 13th in the 200m at 32.19.

  • Junior Erindira Cuevas placed 34th in the 100m with a time of 17.58 and 23rd in the 200m at 38.36.

  • Junior Alexis Davis placed 7th in the 800m run at 2:49.20 and 11th in the 1600m at 6:04.87.

  • Junior Cheyenne Walden placed 1st in the 1600m with a time of 5:10.87 and 1st in the 3200m with a season-best 10:45.43.

  • Freshman Elizabeth Watts placed 6th in the 100m hurdles at 19.15 and 7th in the 300m hurdles at 54.06.

  • Freshman Lauren Barkdull placed 12th in the 800m run at 2:59.04.

  • Freshman Majasty Lapsley placed 12th in the 100m at 13.98.

  • Junior Julia Lewis placed 9th in the 200m at 30.64.

  • Sophomore Stacy Logan placed 9th in the 200m with a season-best 13.63.

  • Senior Alexis Mosley placed 25th in the 100m at 15.12.

  • Sophomore Adrianna Tapp placed 14th in the 100m at 14.15.

  • Junior Kaileeann Worthington placed 16th in the 200m at 33.47.

Boys

  • Freshman Aden Baughman placed 4th in the 1600m with a season-best 4:52.63 and 5th in the 3200m with a season-best 10:48.89.

  • Freshman Landin Green placed 8th in the 800m with a season-best 2:15.14 and 9th in the 1600m with a season-best 4:58.87.

  • Junior Dalton Morgan placed 17th in the 100m with a season-best 11.91 and 9th in the 200m at 24.58.

  • Junior Ian Baustert placed 10th in the 800m at 2:20.20.

  • Senior Jason Cooper placed 15th in the 300m hurdles at 50.43.

  • Senior Jacob Fortune placed 16th in the 400m at 1:00.66.

  • Sophomore Jacob Garby placed 12th in the 1600m at 5:02.68.

  • Brayden Hardesty placed 11th in the 200m at 25.07.

  • Freshman Jaelyn Jackson placed 3rd in the 400m at 54.66.

  • Junior Delvin Jordan placed 28th in the 100m at 12.71.

  • Geno Lopez placed 16th in the 300m hurdles at 52.53.

  • Austin McCaskey placed 11th in the 3200m at 11:34.61.

  • Sophomore Payton Scott placed 10th in the 100m at 11.61.

  • Caleb Wash placed 20th in the 200m at 26.09.

Cheyenne Walden sweeps Holland Hall Track Meet: Girls take 7th, Boys take 14th

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School varsity track teams traveled to Holland Hall High School in Tulsa for their first meet of the season last month. The boys came in 14th of 19 schools with 9 team points. The girls came in 7th of 19 schools with 32 team points.

The girls placed 4th in the Girls' 4x800m relay with a time of 10:37.07, while the boys came in 6th with a time of 8:43.02. Three girls finished top-20 in the 100m dash.

Cheyenne Walden came in first in the 3200 run with a 10:51.87 time and first in the 1600 in 5:16.77. 

Stacy Logan tied for 15th at 13.66 in the 100m dash.

 Adrianna Tapp finished 18th in 13.71 in the 100m dash.

Nia Byrd tied for 19th in the 100m dash in 13.73. She tied for 18th in the 1600 with a time of 6:30.06.

Elizabeth Watts placed 14th in the 300m hurdles in 54.87. She came in 4th in the High Jump at 4'06.00". 

Tiakeya Palmer finished 31.31 for 39th place in the 200m dash.

Alexis Mosley finished 34.40 for 54th place in the 200m dash.

Kaileeann Worthington finished 34.84 for 55th place in the 200m dash.

Aden Baughman came in 5th in the 3200 run with a time of 10:52.80. He finished 12th in the 1600 in 4:53.16.

Ian Baustert came in 12th in the 800m run with a time of 2:16.35. He placed 54th in the 400m dash in 1:03.03.

Landin Green came in 14th in the 800m run with a time of 2:18.28.

Dalton Morgan came in 17th in 12.10 in the 100m dash. He took 12th place in the 200m dash in 24.35.

Brayden Hardesty came in 32nd in 12.41 in the 100m dash. He came in 17th in the 200m dash in 24.87.

Caleb Wash came in 37th in in the 100m dash in 12.70.

Jaelyn Jackson came in 6th in the 400m dash at 53.32.

Timothy Calvert placed 61st in the 400m dash with a time of 1:09.38. 

Colton Washington placed 4th in the Long Jump at 18'09.00"

Ethan Baxter Golden Goal seals Highway 97 victory for Sandites

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By: Virgil Noah, Marketing Director
Photo: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Neither the Charles Page High School boys soccer team (3-11) or the Sapulpa High School boys (2-10) are having season to brag about, but when the two face each other the Highway 97 Rivals are always playing for something to brag about.  

Sapulpa came storming out of the gates as Senior Paige McCracken raced up the right line and took a shot that bent straight across the front of the goal. Sand Springs came right back with a chance of their own as Logan Jeffus sent a ball high over the defense and into the box. Sapulpa Goalkeeper Ethan Tanton came out in an attempt to grab the ball but Ignacio Garcia was able to get his head on the ball and chip it over Tanton to give the Sandites the first goal of the game. Moments later Garcia took a shot from well outside the box that dipped at the last moment and struck the crossbar and was cleared by the Sapulpa defense. 

Sapulpa was able to equalize the game when a cross was sent into the Sandite box and a cluster of players blocked Sand Springs goalie Edgar Soberano's vision and allowed Colten Broughton to tap in the goal. Sapulpa would have a couple more chances to score but both shots went just high over the bar. 

The second half started out slow but picked up about halfway through, when a Chieftain corner found the head of Jesse Evans but his shot hit the crossbar and Soberano blocked away the shot attempt that followed. Soberano made another save right after that to keep the game level.  

The Sandites then took back control of the momentum as Cade Loomin dribbled all the way down the left line and into the box but Tanton made an impressive save on the shot. Ignacio Garcia then made a run of his own but crossed the ball back post to Simon Hollekve who first timed a shot that went barely wide. Then Loomin found himself wide open for another shot opportunity but his attempt hit the post and bounced away. 

Neither team was able to score before the end of regulation and the game was sent into extra time tied 1-1. The first few minutes were uneventful but then a Chieftain defender played the ball back to Tanton whose clear went directly to Ignacio Garcia. Garcia took a shot that Tanton was able to dive and save, but it ricocheted straight to Ethan Baxter who stroked the ball to back post for the game-winning golden goal. 

The Sandites will end the regular season Thursday night in Edmond against Deer Creek (11-1) while Sapulpa will take on Westmoore (1-12) Friday night on the road.