CPHS Golf: Sandites place 16th in off week at Bailey Ranch

The Charles Page High School Boys' Golf team had a rough time at last week's Owasso Invitational, placing sixteenth out of sixteen teams and 200 strokes behind the tournament champions from Edmond North.

Playing their first 36-hole tournament of the season at Bailey Ranch Golf Course, the Sandites shot 393 on day one and 405 on day two. They were also without Mikey Carper.

Carson Griggs tied for 48th out of 84 competitors with an overall score of 172. He shot 81 in the first round and was tied for 24th, but shot 91 in the second round and ended up 33 strokes behind Austin Eckroat, the Champion from Edmond North.

Kyler Gaylor shot a 91 and a 94 to finish tied for 67th place with 185 total strokes. Kasey Bales shot a 108 and a 107 to finish tied for 77th place with 215 total strokes. JT Bristow shot a pair of 113s to finish 82nd with a total score of 226.

The Sandites handily rebounded from their off week, however, finishing 12th of 19 Tuesday at LaFortune. Griggs placed eighth, Gaylor placed 23rd, Carper placed 76th, Bristow placed 77th, and Bales placed 85th out of 100 competitors.

SEE RELATED: Carson Griggs places 8th at Bishop Kelley Invitational, Sandites take 12th overall

The Sandites will return to action Monday in Broken Arrow for the Frontier Valley Conference Championship at Indian Springs Country Club.

CPHS Boys' Soccer falls 2-1 to Jenks, Cody Gurley scores lone goal

CPHS senior forward Cody Gurley leads the Sandites with six goals this season. (Photo: Scott Emigh).

By: Virgil Noah, Staff Writer

The Charles Page High School boys soccer team (4-6, 1-3) entered their matchup with Jenks High School (5-5, 2-1) looking to get to the .500 mark both overall and in district play. The Sandites came in fresh off a 4-1 loss to Putnam City North High School (8-3, 3-2).

Sand Springs notched their first district victory of the season the game prior, defeating Enid High School (1-6, 0-3) in a wild comeback 3-2 on three late goals from Ignacio Garcia, Cody Gurley, and Gustavo Saldana. Despite fighting hard for 80 minutes and keeping it close the Trojans ultimately prevailed 2-1.

There was relatively little action for the initial 37 minutes of the game but the 38th saw a pair of goals just 11 seconds apart. Trojan midfielder Gabriel Tiefenthaler split the middle of the Sandite defense and got off a shot that Sand Springs goalkeeper Edgar Soberano managed to get his hands on, but couldn't deflect enough to stop from scoring. Just 11 seconds later though, Gurley managed to roll a ball past Trojan keeper Jason Dausses to the back post for the equalizer.

It took less than three minutes for the Trojans to net what would be the winning goal. Kap Dong was on the receiving end of a ball over the top of the defense, and scored despite Soberano's diving efforts. Soberano managed to make several impressive saves before coming off the field injured in the 58th minute, replaced by sophomore Ethan Tippit. Tippit managed to keep Jenks off the scoreboard for the remainder of the match, notching four saves.

The Sandite offense pushed up the field on several occasions, crossing in balls that the Jenks defense easily cleared out without allowing a shot on goal.

The Sandite boys will be back in action Friday when they face Westmoore High School (5-7, 0-3) at 8:00 p.m.

CPHS Lady Sandite Soccer falls 9-1 to Jenks, Deshazo scores lone goal

CPHS junior Madison Metcalfe scored the lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Putnam City North last week. (Photo: Scott Emigh).

By: Virgil Noah, Staff Writer

The Charles Page School girls soccer team (1-9, 0-3) came into their matchup with Jenks High School (7-3, 2-1) having fallen in each of their first two district games. The Lady Sandites fell 2-1 to Putnam City North (6-6, 1-4) with Madison Metcalfe scoring her first goal of the season. Enid High School (5-5, 2-1) defeated the Sandite girls as well 4-0. The woes would continue against Jenks as they fell by a final score of 9-1.

The Lady Trojans got things going early, nearly scoring in the 1st minute when a header off of a corner kick struck post. The Lady Sandite defense was able to keep the game scoreless until the 14th minute when Haley Ledford scorched a ball from well outside the box for the 1-0 advantage. A goal from Ashlynn Kitterman and a deflected own goal made the score 3-0 in favor of visiting Jenks.

The Sand Springs offense showed signs of life before the half. Megan Deshazo would get Sand Springs on the board with their lone goal in the 34th minute on a penalty kick and at the half the lead was just 3-1.

The Lady Trojans were having none of the Sand Springs comeback however, netting 6 goals in a 16 minute span before substituting, led by a brace from Senior Nayeli Perez.

The Lady Sandites will return to action on Friday when they face Westmoore High School (5-6, 2-1) at 6:00pm.

Sand Springs wrestling club brings home 13 gold medals from Bixby Tournament

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Oklahoma USA Wrestling spring season kicked off earlier this month and several Sand Springs wrestlers made it out to opening weekend at Bixby High School. While wrestlers spend the winter competing in Folkstyle competition, which is mostly native to American high schools and colleges, in the summer they get to hone their skills in the two Olympic styles: Freestyle and Greco-Roman. 

The Team BIG wrestling club meets and trains in the Charles Page High School wrestling room and is coached by Derek Fix, Chris Forbes, TeDon Fleischman, and Kyle Waag. They have put forward several international wrestlers in recent years, including Youth Olympic Silver Medalist Daton Fix, Pan-American Champion Carter Young, and Pan-American Silver Medalists Christian Forbes and Jack Karstetter just to name a few.

Junior

CPHS senior Michael Ritchey (2-0 FS) competed in his first event since the 2017 OSSAA State Tournament in February and took first place at 138 pounds in Junior Freestyle with a pair of technical falls.

Jenks junior Austin Daniels joined Team BIG and took third place at 145 lbs in Junior Freestyle with a pin and two tech falls.

Cadet

Skiatook 8th grader Brian Pollard competed at 170 lbs Cadet in both styles and took first in each. He won Freestyle with three tech falls and a thirty second pin, then won Greco with a tech fall and a twelve second pin.

Clyde Boyd Middle School 8th grader Carter Young (3-0 FS, 2-0 GR) competed at 106 lbs Cadet in both styles and took first in each. He won freestyle with two tech falls and a pin and won Greco with a tech fall and a forfeit.

Skiatook 8th grader Josh Taylor competed at 126 lbs Cadet in both styles and took second in each. He won a tech fall in Freestyle and pinned Union sophomore State Qualifier TJ Long (Team NEO) in 1:32 in Greco.

Mannford freshman State-qualifier Colby Jerome competed at 182 lbs Cadet in both styles and took third in each. He won a tech fall in Freestyle and received a forfeit in Greco.

Schoolboy

Ryker Collins (2-0 FS, 2-1 GR) competed at 160 lbs Schoolboy in both styles and took first in each. He won Freestyle with a tech fall and a decision. In Greco he drew only one opponent but won the best-of-three series for first place with a pair of decisions.

Braden Anderson (1-1 FS, 1-1 GR) competed at 112 lbs Schoolboy in both styles and place second in each with a pair of close decisions.

Clay Gates (0-2 FS) competed at 91 lbs Schoolboy in Freestyle and lost a pair of close decisions.

Intermediate

Nation Johnson (2-0 FS, 3-1 GR) competed at 80 lbs Intermediate in both styles and medaled in each. He took first place in Freestyle with a forfeit and a tech fall, then placed second in Greco with a pin, a tech fall, and a forfeit.

Promised Johnson (3-1 FS, 2-2 GR) competed at 70 lbs Intermediate in both styles and medaled in each. He came in second in Freestyle with two decisions and a technical fall, then placed third in Greco with a tech fall and a pin.

Novice

Clayton Giddens (2-0 FS) competed at 70 lbs Novice in Freestyle and took first place with one forfeit and one tech fall.

Robert Burke (2-0 FS, 1-1 GR) competed at 65 lbs Novice in both styles but drew only one competitor for each. He defeated Christopher Kiser twice by decision for first place in Freestyle, but Kiser won in Greco.

Balance Johnson (1-1 FS, 2-0 GR) competed at 112 lbs Novice in both styles. He placed second in Freestyle with a tech fall and a loss to teammate Abraham Flores, but defeated Flores twice in a best-of-three for first place in Greco.

Grady Mittasch (3-0 FS, 2-2 GR) competed at 75 lbs Novice in both styles and medaled in each. He took first place in Freestyle with two pins and a tech fall, then took third in Greco with two tech falls.

Abraham Flores (2-0 FS, 0-2 GR) competed at 112 lbs Novice in both styles. He won Freestyle with a tech fall and a decision over teammate Balance Johnson, but Johnson the best-of-three in Greco.

Carson Griggs places 8th at Bishop Kelley Invitational, Sandites take 12th overall

The Charles Page High School Boys' Golf team competed in the Bishop Kelley Invitational Tuesday morning at Lafortune and took twelfth of nineteen teams with one top-ten finisher.

Carson Griggs led the Sandites with a score of 75, just six strokes behind the tournament champion, tying for eighth place. Not far behind him was Kyler Gaylor with 80 strokes to tie for 23rd place.

Mikey Carper took 76th place in 99 strokes, J.T. Bristow tied for 77th place in 100 strokes, and Kasey Bales tied for 85th place in 108 strokes. There were 100 total individuals in the tournament and only the top three finished below the 72-stroke par.

Holland Hall took first place in the tournament in 299 strokes, followed by Owasso with 303 and Sapulpa with 309. The Sandites combined for 354.

The Sandites will return to action Monday in Broken Arrow for the Frontier Valley Conference Championship at Indian Springs Country Club.

Sandite Bass Fishing sees success at Eufala tournaments

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Hunter Hilger and Noah Daczewitz placed top-ten both days and first on Saturday. SUBMITTED.

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Several fishing teams from Charles Page High School competed at the Oklahoma Bass Nation High School tournaments on Lake Eufala this weekend. Two teams placed top-ten on both days and one team took first place Saturday in a crowded competition with more than a hundred boats in the water.

Noah Daczewitz and Hunter Hilger placed first out of 108 boats on Saturday, catching four fish totaling 16.15 pounds, for the first Sandite  victory ever and the heaviest Sandite catch ever. On Sunday they placed seventh out of 114 teams with four fish totaling 11.09 pounds.

Seth Kearns and Cole Scott placed ninth on Saturday, catching four fish totaling 11.22 pounds, then took tenth on Sunday with four fish totaling 10.35 pounds. 

John Miller and Caden Pennington placed 26th on Saturday, catching two fish totaling 6.31 pounds, and 18th on Sunday with four fish totaling 9.16. 

Kyle and Kale Hilligoss placed 30th on Saturday with one fish. Fortunately for them, it was the biggest fish caught by anyone Saturday at 5.09 pounds. 

Jerret Haley and Corbin Williams placed 21st on Saturday, catching three fish totaling 7.66 pounds.

Braden Millican and Ty Steelman couldn't make it out Saturday due to a baseball tournament, but placed 26th on Sunday. They caught four fish totaling 7.94 pounds. 

The Sandites will return to action on the 30th at Lake Tenkiller for the OBN State Championship.