CPHS Basketball: Kersgieter and Johnson named All-Conference First Team

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Charles Page High School juniors Destiny Johnson (left) and Holly Kersgieter (right) were named to the Frontier Valley Conference First Team for the 2017-2018 season. (Photo: Scott Emigh).

The Charles Page High School girls' basketball team recently wrapped up a successful 18-8 season with a 3-1 post-season record and State Tournament appearance. The team, which didn't include a single senior, had two players named to the All-Frontier Valley Conference First Team, and received two honorable mentions. 

University of Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter and Destiny Johnson, who also has Division One offers, were both First Team honorees. Isabella Regalado and Jacie Taber were given honorable mentions. All four are juniors. Taber is a University of Northern Iowa softball commit. 

The Sandites started the season with an eight game win streak and won the Bishop Kelley Invitational for the third-straight season. The girls hit a rough patch from there, going winless at the Tournament of Champions as part of a 5-7 run before getting back on track with a five-game win streak on their way to the OSSAA 6A State Tournament. 

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2017-2018 Lady Sandite Season Statistics

The No. 13 ranked Lady Sandites won their Regional Tournament 60-51 over the host team, No. 10 Bixby, then upset previously undefeated FVC Champions No. 2 Bartlesville 53-42 at Area before falling 51-38 to the defending State Champions from No. 6 Choctaw in the State quarterfinals. They also finished third in conference action with an 11-3 record, and were 6-1 at home. 

Top-Ten Lady Sandite Performances (Points)
31 - Johnson 11/28 vs. Ponca City
29 - Kersgieter 12/12 vs. Union
28 - Kersgieter 12/5 vs. Sapulpa
27 - Kersgieter 12/9 vs. Norman North
26 - Johnson 1/30 vs. Bixby
25 - Johnson 12/12 vs. Union
25 - Johnson 2/22 vs. Stillwater
23 - Regalado 1/9 vs. Jenks
23 - Johnson 2/6 vs. Jenks
23 - Kersgieter 1/9 vs. Jenks
23 - Kersgieter 2/2 vs. Sapulpa

Frontier Valley Conference Results
14-0 Bartlesville (26-2)
11-3 Owasso (26-3)
11-3 Sand Springs (18-8)
10-4 Bixby (20-8)
7-7 Sapulpa (12-12)
6-8 Jenks (11-13)
5-9 Union (8-16)
4-10 Broken Arrow (6-18)
2-12 Bishop Kelley (5-18)
0-14 Muskogee (2-22)
 

6A Conference Performances

The Frontier Valley Conference had the best post-season performance, amassing a 15-10 record. Bartlesville, Sand Springs, and Owasso won their Regional tournaments, while Bixby came in Runner-Up to advance four to Area. Sand Springs and Owasso won Area Championships while Bixby and Bartlesville won Area Consolation brackets to place four teams in the State Tournament. Owasso won their second State Title ever, and first since 1990.

The Big Ten went 11-9 in the post-season. Putnam City West and Choctaw won Regional Tournaments while Midwest City came in Runner-Up. Putnam City West won the Area Championship and Choctaw won the Area Consolation bracket. Both won their quarterfinal games at State, then Putnam West topped Choctaw to advance to the finals, falling 53-51 to Owasso. 

Shawnee, in their first year at 6A, was the only top-division team from the Suburban Conference. They represented their mostly-5A conference well, coming in Runner-Up in both Regionals and Area Consolation. 

Central Oklahoma went 15-19 in the post-season and had the most Area performances of any conference. Westmoore, Edmond Memorial, and Edmond Santa Fe won Regional Championships, while Deer Creek, Norman North, Norman, Mustang, and Edmond North came in Runner-Up for eight Area Qualifiers. Edmond Santa Fe won the Area Championship and Edmond Memorial won the Consolation bracket. Santa Fe advanced to the Semifinals and fell 48-43 to Owasso.

U.S. Grant and Capitol Hill went 0-2 as the only two 6A teams from the All-City Conference.

Top Offenses (Avg. Points Scored)
71.8 Putnam City West
62.5 Westmoore
57.5 Edmond Santa Fe
57.3 Ponca City
56.5 Choctaw
55.5 Sand Springs
54.7 Jenks
54.3 Bartlesville
54.0 Yukon
53.8 Deer Creek

Top Defenses (Avg. Points Allowed)
33.0 Shawnee
35.6 Bartlesville
39.4 Moore
39.6 Owasso
41.0 Ponca City
41.3 Mustang
41.4 Choctaw
41.7 Edmond Memorial
42.8 Edmond North
44.2 Bixby

Avg. Margin of Victory
25.3 Putnam City West
18.6 Bartlesville
16.3 Ponca City
15.1 Choctaw
13.6 Shawnee
13.3 Westmoore
13.1 Owasso
9.8 Moore
9.5 Edmond North
8.3 Sand Springs

Winningest Teams
26-2 Bartlesville
26-3 Owasso
24-4 Putnam City West
22-5 Shawnee
23-6 Choctaw
21-6 Westmoore
21-7 Edmond Santa Fe
20-8 Edmond Memorial
20-8 Bixby
18-8 Sand Springs

CPHS Soccer: Sandites split at Edison, boys win 3-2 in shootout

Jack Bratcher scored the first goal of the night in a 3-2 shootout win over Tulsa Edison. (Photo: Scott Emigh).

The Charles Page High School girls' soccer team (2-1) suffered their first defeat of the season Tuesday evening at LaFortune Stadium, falling 5-0 to Edison Preparatory School (3-3) in a non-district match. The Sandite boys (3-3) won an overtime shootout to avenge last Friday's 2-0 tournament loss.

Cassie Lopez scored in the thirteenth minute with an assist from Jade Belauste, then Claudia Garcia scored on a corner kick with an assist from a strong headwind. 

Freshman keeper Alison Day notched a pair of impressive saves in the 31st minute, but Garcia struck again with 26 seconds left for a 3-0 halftime lead.

Things didn't improve much in the second half as Belauste kicked things off with a goal at 42:10. The Sandites averted any further goals, but Lopez was fouled in the box in the 78th minute and Caroline Fualkner made the penalty kick for the final score. 

The boys' team got off to a great start with a goal from Jack Bratcher at 14:40. Fernando Saldana was pushed down from behind in the middle of a great run and made his penalty kick at 15:35 for the 2-0 advantage. 

Edison (2-3) began to rally from there. William Dedios sent a high-sailing free kick that bounced off a Sandite's head and nearly went in, had it not been for a diving save from freshman keeper Xander Quiroga. Matthew Cuellar scored the first Eagle goal at 18:13 to make it a one-point game.

Luke Jeffus had a beautiful free kick that was well out of reach of the keeper, but it barely nicked the post and spit back out. Instead, Danny Morales tied it up with two seconds left in the half. 

The second half went scoreless for both teams, and Ethan Tippit recorded a save with nine seconds remaining to send the match into a shootout. 

Jeffus and Saldana notched the first two kicks for Sand Springs, while Cuellar and Nathan Ronquillo tied it up for the Eagles. Bratcher's kick was blocked, but Tippit made a one-handed play on Tucker Falling's ball to keep the teams all knotted up. David Fancher scored for the Sandites, John Holder sent his kick over the top of the goal, and Cameron Summerton sealed the victory. 

Sand Springs will return to action Thursday with non-district home matches against Nathan Hale High School. Edison will host Siloam Springs on Thursday. 

CPHS Baseball: Sandites win third straight, 2-1 over Bixby

The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team (4-3) improved to a winning record for the first time this season with a 2-1 non-district victory over Bixby (4-2). 

Braden Askew (1-1, 4-3) got the win on the mound, pitching seven hits, five strikeouts, and two walks over seven innings. Stevie Owings (1-1) got the loss for the Spartans, pitching six hits, five strikeouts, and two walks over six innings. 

Both teams stranded a runner in the first inning, neither put anyone on base in the second, then the Spartans scored their lone run in the top of the third. Blake Williams walked, Tucker Pawley reached on a fielder's choice, then Jaxson Crull singled to load the bases. Matthew Henderson sent a line drive into left field to score Williams, but Jake Bennett struck out and Crull was tagged out on his way to third to strand loaded bases.

The Sandites nearly tied it up in the bottom of the third as Kameron Adcock and Tyler Ash singled. Adcock was caught stealing home, however, and the Spartans made a fresh offensive. Bixby also hit a pair of singles but Pawley struck out swinging to strand the runners in the top of the fourth.

Sand Springs finally hit pay dirt in the bottom of the sixth after Askew singled and courtesy runner Braden Millican scored on an error to tie it up. Riley Rutledge reached second on that same error, took third on a wild pitch, then scored on another error for the lead. 

The Spartans got a walk in the top of the seventh, but were unable to advance and Ash caught a foul ball in center field to seal the victory. 

The Sandites will travel to Arizona for Spring Break to compete at the Best of the West Tournament against teams from Phoenix and Peoria, starting with Thunderbird High School Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Bixby will play a tournament in Edmond beginning Friday, March 23rd against Class A No. 2 ranked Roff High School (3-1).

CPHS Soccer: Sandites place fourth at Edison Tournament

The Charles Page High School boys' soccer team (2-3) took fourth place at the Edison Green and White Tournament Saturday afternoon, falling 8-2 to Bartlesville (3-2) at LaFortune Stadium. 

The Sandites defeated Northwest Classen 1-0 in an overtime shootout, then fell 2-0 to the host team before meeting the Bruins in the placement match. They will get a rematch with the Edison Eagles Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at LaFortune.

Bartlesville came out firing on all cylinders and scored five minutes into the match with a goal from Nate Ramsey. Ethan Tippit picked up a pair of diving saves, but Ramsey notched a second goal at 15:35, then notched an assist less than two minutes later. 

Trailing 5-0, Fernando Saldana got the Sandites on the board with forty seconds left in the first half. Caleb Brooks notched a goal just eighteen seconds into the second half, and it looked like the Sandites might stage a comeback, but the Bruins rattled off three more goals for the victory, despite several impressive saves from Xander Quiroga. 

CPHS Track: Sandites compete at Texas Border Brawl, Baughman wins 800

Nelson Yazzie ran the third leg of the 4x800 relay, helping set the third-best time in school history. 

The Charles Page High School track and field team traveled to Mansfield, Texas Saturday to take part in a Border Brawl pitting the five Mansfield high schools against four members of the Frontier Valley Conference. 

Broken Arrow, Sand Springs, Jenks, and Union took on Mansfield High School, Mansfield Lake Ridge, Mansfield Legacy, Mansfield Summit, and Mansfield Timberview. The home town defended its turf handily as Mansfield Lake Ridge edged out Union for the men's title, and dominated the women's competition with nearly as many points as the next two teams combined. 

Aden Baughman won the 800-meter run handily in 1:55.32, followed by Jaelyn Jackson in second place with a personal record of 2:00.99. Ian Baustert placed fifth in the 1600 with a PR 4:43.46, Nelson Yazzie set a PR of 4:52.65 for tenth place, and Jacob Smith placed twentieth with a PR of 5:11.43. Smith also smashed his PR in the 3200, finishing fifth in 10:32.14.

Joel Mackey placed fourth in the 100 and fifth in the 200 with times of 11.37 and 22.56, respectively. Joseph Mattison placed sixteenth in the 100 with a PR of 11.85 and twentieth in the 200 with a PR 23.85.

The boys' relay teams continued to improve. Payton Scott, Mattison, Ben Nortey, and Mackey placed ninth in the 4x100 in 44.33 seconds, the best Sandite performance in several years. Jackson, Baustert, Yazzie, and Baughman ran the 4x800 and nearly broke the school record, placing second in 8:18.66, only 1.4 seconds behind the 2013 Regional Championship team. 

Malonn Moyer crushed his previous PR in the discus throw, placing fourth with a distance of 131'09.00". He also placed ninth in shot put with a distance of 43'02.50".

Elizabeth Watts finished eleventh in the 300 hurdles with a PR 53.7 seconds. Tiqvah Soap placed fifth in the 800 run with a PR 2:36.79 and eleventh in the 400 dash with a PR 1:06.73. 

Sandite Boys Results

4x100 Relay - 44.33 - 9th
4x800 Relay - 8:18.66 - 2nd
110 Hurdles
17.59 - Mason Shipman - 16th
300 Hurdles
44.13 - Mason Shipman - 14th
100 Dash
11.37 - Joel Mackey - 4th
11.85 - Joseph Mattison - 16th
11.89 - Payton Scott - 18th
200 Dash
22.56 - Joel Mackey - 5th
23.85 - Joseph Mattison - 20th
24.56 - Payton Scott - 23rd
800 Run
1:55.32 - Aden Baughman - 1st
2:00.99 - Jaelyn Jackson - 2nd
1600 Run
4:43.46 - Ian Baustert - 5th
4:52.65 - Nelson Yazzie - 10th
5:11.43 - Jacob Smith - 20th
3200 Run
10:32.14 - Jacob Smith - 5th
11:00.67 - Danny Murray - 12th
Long Jump
17'11.50" - Joseph Mattison - 14th
Shot Put
43'02.50" - Malonn Moyer - 9th
36'02.00" - Mitchell Mefford - 17th
33'04.00" - Riley Magee - 19th
Discus Throw
131'09.00" - Malonn Moyer - 4th
103'10.00" - Mitchell Mefford - 10th
99'09.00" - Riley Magee - 14th

Boys Team Scores

108 - Mansfield Lake Ridge
105.5 - Union
99 - Mansfield Timberview
98.5 - Mansfield Legacy
91.5 - Mansfield
81 - Jenks
69.5 - Mansfield Summit
48 - Sand Springs
41 - Broken Arrow

Lady Sandite Results

300 Hurdles
53.70 - Elizabeth Watts - 11th
400 Dash
1:06.73 - Tiqvah Soap - 11th
800 Run
2:36.79 - Tiqvah Soap - 5th
1600 Run
6:46.00 - Erika Baker - 19th
7:00.74 - Sara Abbet - 20th
7:07.86 - Chezney Kelley - 21st
3200 Run
14:21.58 - Erika Baker - 10th
14:41.44 - Sara Abbet - 11th
14:49.32 - Chezney Kelley - 12th
High Jump
4'08.00" - Elizabeth Watts - 9th

Girls Team Scores

206 - Mansfield Lake Ridge
107.3 - Mansfield
100.3 - Union
76 - Mansfield Legacy
74.75 - Jenks
71 - Mansfield Summit
50.5 - Mansfield Timberview
40.08 - Broken Arrow
2 - Sand Springs
 

CPHS Baseball: Sandites run rule Tulsa Memorial 10-1 in five innings

In their best offensive showing of the season thus far, the Charles Page High School varsity baseball team (3-3) rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Tulsa Memorial Chargers (1-4) Saturday afternoon, securing the win via run rule after five innings.

The Sandites recorded eight hits, three sacrifices, and six stolen bases with only one strikeout, while picking up seven walks from the pitching-challenged Chargers, who went through four players on the mound. Conner Dennis (1-0, 2-0) handled the pitching for Sand Springs, throwing five strikeouts while only surrendering one hit.

The visitors wasted no time in taking the lead as Tyler Ash doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly from Cale Savage, who made his season-debut after a State Tournament basketball appearance just two days prior. Cal Watkins drew a walk, then scored on a wild pitch for a 2-0 first inning lead.

The host team scored their only run in the bottom of the first as Trent Wilkerson reached on a fielder's choice, took second on an error, then scored on a single from Zane Carter.

Sand Springs loaded the bases in the top of the third with walks from Savage and Lucas Adcock and a double from Braden Askew. Senior pitcher Matthew Erz walked in Savage for a free run, then Kameron Adcock hit a sacrifice fly to score Askew for the 4-1 lead.

Most of the damage came in the top of the fifth as Askew, Lucas Adcock, Malachi Burks, Watkins, and Savage all hit singles. Errors, wild pitches, and a sacrifice fly from Seth Villines contributed to the melee, and the Chargers had one last shot to make a comeback. 

Erz drew a walk, but Eli Harp flied out and Noah Tow grounded into a double play as Villines made a pass to Watkins at second who found John Miller at first to bring the game to a close.

The Sandites will return to action Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. when they host the Bixby Spartans (4-1). Memorial will take on Skiatook (1-4) in a district home game Monday at 4:30 p.m.

CPHS 10 MHS 1
Hits: CPHS 8, MHS 1.
Walks: CPHS 7, MHS 3.
Strikeouts: CPHS 1, MHS 5.
Stolen Bases: CPHS 6.
Errors: MHS 1, CPHS 3.
Double Plays: CPHS 1.