November 17, 2016

Daton Fix becomes fourth Division One commit in CPHS Class of 2017, more are possible

November 17, 2016/ Scott Emigh

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Charles Page High School is on a roll lately with talented athletes in all areas, and has signed seven to play at the collegiate level this week. Four of those are going to NCAA Division One schools, and we haven't even got to winter and spring sports yet.

Senior three-time State Champion Daton Fix signed with No. 1 Oklahoma State University as the number one most sought-after recruit in the nation. He's a ten-time Freestyle National Champion, three-time Folkstyle National Champion, three-time Greco-Roman National Champion, Freestyle and Greco Pan-American Champion, and two-time World Championship Freestyle Bronze Medalist.

Senior pitcher Jake Terry signed with the No. 21 University of Oklahoma to play baseball after committing to the program in 2015. He finished last season with a 5-4 record and 3.88 ERA and is currently recovering from shoulder surgery with his Senior year still ahead of him.

Senior pitcher/short-stop Sydney Pennington signed with the No. 31 Oklahoma State University softball team after committing to the program in 2014. She finished last season with a 6-0 record, 1.41 ERA, and .543 batting average and is also the leading scorer on the Lady Sandite Basketball team.

Senior seven-time State Champion Cheyenne Walden signed with the No. 15 Oklahoma State University cowgirls after committing to the program in October. She finished her Cross Country career with four State Titles and looks to the Spring track season where she already holds three State Titles in two distances.

Senior four-time State Qualifier Alexis Davis signed with the NCAA Division II Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She finished her career as the first ever Lady Sandite (along with Walden) to ever qualify for State all four years. She took 21st in the State this fall and will continue to show off this spring in Track.

Senior All-State outfielder Jessica Collins signed with NJCAA Division I Connors State. She finished last season with a .316 batting average and was named to the All-District, All-Region, and All-State teams. She will join the Lady Sandite basketball team this winter before finishing her high school career with Spring slow pitch.

6'6" Senior center Kyle Keener signed with the NCAA Division II University of Central Oklahoma basketball team after committing to the program in September. He finished his junior year as the number three scorer on his team with 11 points and 6 rebounds per game.

The only other Sand Springs student currently committed to a college is Class of 2018 volleyball player Gloria Mutiri, who verbally committed to Ohio State University in September, but there are several other Seniors expected to go to the next level.

CPHS wrestling coach Kelly Smith says he has two or three other seniors who are more than capable of wrestling at the Division One level if they can get the exposure necessary.

Sandite Pride's most eligible senior recruits are:

Wrestling
Jack Karstetter (73-15, 132 State Runner-Up)
Beau Bratcher (87-23, 138 State Runner-Up)
Zane Basma (62-25, 160 State Third-Place)
Delvin Jordan (31-12, 220 Regional Champ)
Michael Ritchey (29-24, 113 Regional Champ)
Derek Davis (17-12, 132)
Cody Mathis (18-14, 145)

Cross Country
Jacob Garbey (5K time 17:36)
Ian Baustert (5K time 18:36)

Football
Delvin Jordan (6'0" 224 LB)
Lincoln Adams (6'3" 300 OL/DL)
Hunter Greathouse (6'3" 180 QB)
Nathan Simonton (6'2" 256 OL/DL)
Kasey Bales (5'10" 165 WR/K)
Dalton Morgan (6'0" 190 RB/LB)
Josh Taber (5'11" 160 DB/WR)
Danny Ropp (5'11" 253 OL/DL)
Treyce Tolbert (5'10" 170 DB)
Brett Freeman (6'2" 174 DB)

Mens Soccer
Alex Hernandez (2 goals last season)

Mens Basketball
Mack Thompson (5'10" 7 points per game)

Volleyball
Baylee Mudd (167 digs last season)
Lee Leslie (68 kills, 131 digs last season)

Womens Soccer
Megan Deshazo (13 goals last season)
Kyndal Zicker (12 goals last season)
Melina Flores
Brooklyn Flores

Baseball
Hunter Greathouse (.405 AVG, 3.73 ERA)
Josh Taber (.363 AVG)
Treyce Tolbert (.306 AVG)
Mack Thompson (.238 AVG)
Josh Cordell (3.91 ERA)

November 16, 2016

National Champion Daton Fix signs to No. 1 Oklahoma State University wrestling

November 16, 2016/ Scott Emigh

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Charles Page High School senior and internationally renown wrestler Daton Fix has officially announced his college commitment, and it didn't come as much of a surprise for Oklahoma State fans. While the highly sought-after recruit has been open about letting the process play out, and hadn't previously given any indication of where he was leaning, fans of the No. 1 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys (1-0) had good reason to expect the Sand Springs student to come their way.

Not only was Fix's father, Derek Fix, a successful Oklahoma State wrestler, but so was his coach, Kelly Smith, and his best friend Kaden Gfeller recently announced his commitment to the Orange earlier this summer. Fix has been raised an Oklahoma State fan and several of his classmates have also announced their intentions to compete for OSU, namely: Sydney Pennington for Softball and Cheyenne Walden for Cross Country and Track.

Fix announced his short list earlier this summer, limiting his choices to North Carolina (0-0), No. 2 Penn State (2-0), No. 4 Ohio State (0-0), No. 7 Nebraska (0-0), and his ultimate choice.

OSU is currently ranked first in the nation, something Fix and his soon-to-be school have in common. He is currently ranked first in the nation at 132 pounds by Flowrestling, who was on-hand to live-stream his college decision. He is third on the pound-for-pound rankings behind 126 Spencer Lee and 145 Yianni Diakomihalis, both of whom he has split decisions with in the past. Intermatwrestle also has Fix at number one, and has Charles Page High School as a team ranked 27th in the nation, third in the state, and second in Class 6A.

Fix will bring quite the resume with him. The three-time undefeated State Champion doesn't slow down when the high school season ends. He's also a Pan-American Champion, National Champion, Olympic Silver Medalist, and two-time World Bronze Medalist. He has competed in numerous countries, including China, Brazil, Spain, France, Slovakia and more.

Fix says he's comfortable taking a redshirt if that's what his coach wants, but he won't be likely to stop with his summer freestyle competition. He plans on continuing to look at Senior level tournaments in the near future and will be defending his undefeated record this winter.

November 15, 2016

CPHS Senior Kyle Keener signs with University of Central Oklahoma Basketball

November 15, 2016/ Scott Emigh

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Charles Page High School senior Kyle Keener officially signed to play for the University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos Tuesday morning at Ed Dubie Field House.

The Bronchos are an NCAA Division Two school, competing the the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association conference. They finished last season with a 16-14 overall record, 11-11 in conference, and 10-5 at home. They went 1-1 in last season's MIAA post-season tournament, defeating the University of Central Missouri 94-64 before falling 67-61 to Fort Hays State. The Bronchos are led by second-year head coach Tom Hankins who spent the prior 15 years as a Division One assistant coach at Oral Roberts University.

Keener has been a crucial component in the turnaround program at Sand Springs, averaging 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks per game last season. He held a 62% field goal percentage and 77% free throw percentage over the season and posted two double-doubles with a career-high 22 points against Tulsa NOAH. The 6'6" center led his team in scoring on four separate occasions. He is a member of the Vype Oklahoma Top 50, was nominated for Tulsa World Mr. Inside, and was named to the Coffeyville All Tournament Team last season.

November 15, 2016

CPHS senior Michael Ritchey takes first place at Joe Zamora Open

November 15, 2016/ Scott Emigh

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Several members of the Sand Springs wrestling team traveled to Broken Arrow this past weekend for the Joe Zamora/Skyler Holman Open, and seven wrestlers took first place.

Charles Page High School senior Michael Ritchey competed in the high school division at 126 pounds and took first place with a 4-0 record. He won his first match 3-0 over Ernie Chavez of Jenks, then majored Garrett Jarvis of Broken Arrow 8-0. In the semifinals he won another 3-0 decision, this time over Owasso's Tristan Herrera, and wrapped it up with a close 3-2 win over Chase Slatton of Jenks.

Rhett Peak competed in the sixth-seventh grade division at 80 pounds and finished 4-1 for third place. He lost his opening round in a 6-0 decision to Aiden Boyd (Claremore), but finished strong with a 20-10 major decision over Jaden Mathis (Pryor), then pinned his next three opponents in a cumulative 1:27. Kaleb Burns (Sallisaw) went down in 0:12, Denton Degner (Bristow) fell in 0:36, and Bradley Vanblaricom (McAlester) lost in 0:39.

Ryder Barnes competed in the sixth-seventh grade division at 98 pounds and finished 3-0 for first place. He won his opening match with a 10-5 decision over Bradley Saucedo (Broken Arrow), then pinned Rashaud Morgan (Vinita) in 3:26. His final match was a close 2-0 decision over Brock Mattioda (Broken Arrow).

Chase White competed in the sixth-seventh grade division at 113 pounds and finished 2-1 for second place. He won his opening bout with a 1:13 pin over Drake Norfleet (Broken Arrow), then defeated Carson Young (Claremore) by 5-0 decision before falling in 3:56 to Isaac Xiong (Oologah) in the finals.

Luke Burdette competed in the sixth-seventh grade division at 126 pounds and finished 5-1 for third place. He won his opening match with an 1:21 before falling in 1:53 to Gustabo Ramirez (Bixby). He won out with a 9-3 decision over Jarahmy Blakely (Oologah) and a 2-1 decision over Connor Linam (Oologah), before pinning Jon Lane (Muskogee) in 2:41 and Daltyn Jory (Jay) in 1:21.

Carter Young competed in the junior high division at 89 pounds and finished 3-0 for first place. He won his opening match 9-3 over Blazik Perez (Broken Arrow) then pinned Grant Edwards (Oologah) in 3:00. The final match was won with a 16-4 major decision over Garett Strickland (Collinsville).

Caden Vaughn competed in the junior high division at 113 pounds and finished 3-1 for third place. He won his opening match with a 1:16 pin of Dayton Hill (Broken Arrow) before giving up a 9-0 major decision to teammate Josh Taylor. He rebounded with a 2-0 decision over Christian Knight (Broken Arrow) and wrapped the tournament up with a 6-1 decision over Kolby Encinas (Pryor).

Josh Taylor competed in the junior high division at 113 pounds and finished 4-0 for first place. He won his opening match with a 2:57 pin of Kaelan Drake (Broken Arrow), then majored Blake Salt (Oologah) 11-1 and Caden Vaughn 9-0 before pinning Pason Dotson (Sallisaw) in 1:38.

Tyler Rush competed in the junior high division at 126 pounds and finished 4-1 for third place. He was pinned in 2:33 in his opening match by Kohlin Garriott (Jenks), but rebounded with a 1:00 pin over Gunnar Spence (McAlester) and a 1:34 pin of teammate Jared Jenkins. From there he won a close 4-1 decision over Jared Douglas (Cascia Hall) and a 5-2 decision over Christian McIntosh (Pryor).

Caleb Phillips competed in the junior high division at 126 pounds and finished 3-0 for first place. He won his opening match with a 1:02 pin of Eric Wilson, then majored Nate Shaw (Metro Christian Academy) 11-0. In the finals he took down Garrett Weis (Jenks) 8-4.

Christopher Kirby competed in the junior high division at 140 pounds and finished 3-0 for first place. He won his opening match with an 0:31 pin of James Cothran (Bixby), then pinned Devon Vazquez (Broken Arrow) in 0:36. In the finals he majored Caleb Buzzard (Jay) 16-6.

Teagan Campbell competed in the junior high division at 175 pounds and finished 3-1 for third place. He won his opening match with an 0:28 pin of Jonathan Navarro (Broken Arrow), before giving up a 10-3 decision to Bryce Jackson (Oologah). The next two rounds were close, but Campbell prevailed 4-3 over Tyler Bachman (Bixby) and 3-0 over Matt Roach (Bristow).

Kaden Glass competed in the junior high division at 200 pounds and finished 4-0 for first place. He won his opening match in an 0:12 pin of Zach Garrison (Pryor), then won an 8-2 decision over Aaron Lytle (Sapulpa). He finished out with pins of 3:17 over Cameron Johnson (Broken Arrow) and 1:27 over Chad Tinney (Bixby).

November 15, 2016

CPHS Senior Jessica Collins signs with Connors State College Softball

November 15, 2016/ Scott Emigh

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Charles Page High School senior Jessica Collins signed with Connors State College Cowgirl Softball team Tuesday morning at the Ed Dubie Field House.

Connors State is a public college located in Warner, Oklahoma and participates in the National Junior College Athletics Association Division I. They finished last season with a 36-18 overall record, and were 20-12 in conference. Michael Deese is in his first year as the interim Head Coach, replacing Rick Carbone who took over the head coaching position at Muskogee High School in May.

Collins is a three-time All District Honorable Mention and was named to the All-District, All-Region, and All-State teams this year after helping her team to their third State Tournament appearance during her time at CPHS.

She was one of the top batters on the team this past fall, batting .316 for a .342 slugging average and .447 on-base percentage. She landed 29 singles, 7 doubles, and 19 sacrifices for 39 runs and 22 RBI on 114 at-bats. She was five of six on base stealing and was in one one double play.

The Lady Sandites finished the season 30-8, 11-3 for second place in their district and first in Regionals They made the State Championship two years in a row and finished as State Runners-Up in 2015.

November 15, 2016

CPHS Senior Alexis Davis signs with SWOSU Cross Country

November 15, 2016/ Scott Emigh

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Charles Page High School senior Alexis Davis signed a letter of intent to run Cross Country and Track for Southwestern Oklahoma State University Tuesday morning at Ed Dubie Field House.

SWOSU is a public university located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and competes in NCAA Division II and Great American Conference. The SWOSU Cross Country season recently came to a close at the Central Region Championship where the team placed 24th. They took third at the Conference Championship and sixth at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree. Head Coach Shane Brookshire is in his third year at the program.

Davis, along with Oklahoma State commit Cheyenne Walden, is the first Lady Sandite in town history to qualify for the State Championship all four years. She took 59th place her freshman year, 21st place her sophomore year, 45th place her junior year, and 21st place her senior year. She also took 21st place this year at the Meet of Champions, which matches top runners from all divisions. Her 5K personal record is 19:53 and her one-mile PR is 6:11. She has been named to the All-Conference Cross Country team twice and was selected to the Meet of Champions Senior All-Star Team.

Last year in Track she set PRs of 2:49.20 in the 800 meter run, 5:57.43 in the 1600m, and 13:19.50 in the 3200m.

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Daton Fix becomes fourth Division One commit in CPHS Class of 2017, more are possible

National Champion Daton Fix signs to No. 1 Oklahoma State University wrestling

CPHS Senior Kyle Keener signs with University of Central Oklahoma Basketball

CPHS senior Michael Ritchey takes first place at Joe Zamora Open

CPHS Senior Jessica Collins signs with Connors State College Softball

CPHS Senior Alexis Davis signs with SWOSU Cross Country

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