Sandite of the Week: Julia Wolf scores hat trick in 4-0 shutout

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Charles Page High School sophomore forward Julia Wolf had the best Sandite Soccer performance of the season last week, scoring a hat trick against Nathan Hale (0-4) in a 4-0 non-district match. Libby Colson added the fourth goal for the Lady Sandites' second shutout of the season. 

Wolf leads her team in scoring this season with five goals, despite missing a game and a half due to an injury. Wolf scored two goals in a season-opening 6-0 shutout against East Central, and is the only player to score more than two goals in a single match this year. 

Sand Springs is 3-1 this year and will kick off district action Tuesday in a Highway 97 Rivalry match at Sapulpa (3-2). 

CPHS Baseball: Sandites run-rule Coconino 12-2 at Phoenix Tournament

The Charles Page High School baseball team (5-6) traveled to Arizona for Spring Break and dropped their first three games at the Best of the West tournament before snapping the streak with a 12-2 run-rule victory.

The Sandites fell 13-3 to Thunderbird High School and 7-1 to Sunnyslope High School, both from Phoenix, then 3-1 to Sunrise Mountain High School in Peoria before topping Flagstaff's Coconino High School in six innings. 

Kameron Adcock hits home run in 13-3 loss at Thunderbird

THS 13 CPHS 3
Hits: THS 15, CPHS 6.
Walks: THS 6, CPHS 6.
Strikeouts: THS 2, CPHS 5.
Stolen Bases: CPHS 1.
Left on Base: THS 3, CPHS 7.
Errors: THS 1.
Double Plays: THS 1, CPHS 1.

Saturday, March 17 - The Sandites loaded the bases with two singles and an error in the first inning against Thunderbird (6-2). A strikeout and a double-play brought an end to their hopes for a fast start, and instead it was the Chiefs who hit four singles and scored a run for the first lead of the game. 

Kameron Adcock hit a lead-off home run to start the second inning, but Sergio Hoyos hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning to regain the Thunderbird advantage. Sasha Sneider singled in Jonathan Buhl and Haydn McGeary in the third, then Hoyos scored on a single from Michol Pavlik in the fourth. 

D'Angelo Bacchus walked five in the fifth inning and gave Ty Steelman and Cal Watkins free runs and cut the deficit to 5-3, but the Chiefs brought the rain in the bottom of the inning with four singles, two doubles, and five walks for a double-digit lead to secure the win by run-rule. 

Brock Youngblood (0-3, 6-11) got the loss on the mound, pitching twelve hits, nine runs, two strikeouts, and four walks. Riley Rutledge (0-0) pitched three hits, four runs, and three walks in the final inning. 

Sunnyslope outpitches Sandites in 7-1 loss

SHS 7 CPHS 1
Hits: SHS 9, CPHS 6.
Walks: SHS 6.
Strikeouts: SHS 3, CPHS 7.
Stolen Bases: SHS 2, CPHS 2.
Left on Base: CPHS 6, SHS 7.
Errors: SHS 1, CPHS 1.
Double Plays: CPHS 1.

Monday, March 19 - Sand Springs went through four pitchers and never could find a groove, while Tommy Bonetto got down with six strikeouts and no walks for the Vikings (5-9). 

Drew Bond singled to start the morning, made second on the throw, then scored on a single from Casey Markham. Bonetto struck out two in the first inning and the Vikings came right back in for more damage. Ben Wallace doubled to score Spencer Hochstein, Bond scored one, and Markham scored Wallace to make it 4-0. Hochstein scored again in the fourth, then Larry Cohen scored Casey Carlton on a home run in the fifth for the 7-0 lead. Braden Askew scored Watkins with a single in the sixth to avert the shutout. 

Tyler Ash (0-1) got the loss on the mound, pitching eight hits, one strikeout, and three walks over four innings. John Miller (1-0) pitched one strikeout, Seth Villines (0-0) pitched two walks, and Cale Savage (0-0, 1-1) pitched one hit, one strikeout, and one walk.

Sandites go down swinging at Sunrise Mountain

SMHS 3 CPHS 1
Hits: SMHS 7, CPHS 7.
Walks: CPHS 2.
Strikeouts: SMHS 4, CPHS 6.
Stolen Bases: CPHS 3.
Left on Base: SMHS 3, CPHS 8.
Errors: SMHS 1.
Double Plays: CPHS 1, SMHS 1.

Monday, March 19 - Askew (1-2, 4-4) had a solid outing against Sunrise Mountain High School (13-3), pitching four strikeouts with no walks in his six innings on the mound, but the Mustangs landed seven hits for the 3-1 victory. 

The Sandites loaded the bases in the first inning with a walk, an error, and a single from Ash, but a double-play and fly out stranded three runners. Tyler Pruitt doubled and scored on a fly out to take the lead once and for all in the bottom of the first. Pruitt scored again on a ground out from Ethan Snodgrass in the third. 

Sand Springs went on a run in the fourth with singles from Askew, Rutledge, Adcock, and Kyler Copeland, but stranded loaded bases once again. Andy Moreno scored the final run of the game on a single in the fifth inning.

Sand Springs hammers Coconino with eighteen hits

CPHS 12 CHS 2
Hits: CPHS 18, CHS 5.
Walks: CPHS 3, CHS 2.
Strikeouts: CHS 2, CPHS 4.
Stolen Bases: CPHS 5, CHS 1.
Left on Base: CPHS 6, CHS 4.
Errors: CPHS 1, CHS 3.
Double Plays: CHS 2, CPHS 2.

Tuesday, March 20 - Watkins singled in the top of the first, stole second, then scored on an error to give the Sandites the first lead of the game. The Panthers (5-7) retaliated immediately with a double, a single, and two walks for their only lead of the game, then the Sandites put the game away in the third inning.

Steelman hit a single, stole second, and scored on a single from Ash to tie it up. Ash scored on a single from Askew, then Adcock doubled to bring in Askew and Rutledge. Copeland scored Adcock and Miller doubled to bring in Copeland for a 7-2 advantage. 

Watkins scored on an error in the fourth, then Askew scored on a single from Rutledge to make it 9-2. Ash batted in Garrett McCallie and scored on a single from Savage in the fifth, then Miller singled in Rutledge in the sixth for a double digit lead. The Panthers hit fly balls to Ash, Youngblood, and Steelman to bring the game to a close.

Conner Dennis (2-0, 3-0) got the win on the mound, pitching five hits, two strikeouts, and two walks.

The Sandites will return to action Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. against Greenway High School (2-7) in Phoenix in the last game of the tournament.

CPHS Softball: Sandites go 1-2 at Kellyville Festival, run-rule Okmulgee 13-0 in two innings

The Class 6A No. 13 ranked Charles Page High School slow pitch softball team (1-2) made their season debut last week, placing third out of four teams at the Kellyville Festival.

The Lady Sandites fell 15-11 to 5A No. 7 Kellyville (8-2) and 12-8 to 5A No. 2 Heavener (7-0) before winning a 13-0 shutout against Okmulgee (0-5) on Tuesday. 

Felicity Horn doubled to score Madelyn Blair, Rachel Jones scored Makenna Skaggs, and Kimi Presnell scored Horn in the second inning against Kellyville. Presnell hit a home run to score Jensen Arnold in the fourth, then Arnold hit a homer in the top of the fifth. Horn doubled again to score Skaggs in the fifth and the girls went runless in the sixth. Skaggs singled in Arnold and Elizabeth Luttrell in the seventh, but it wasn't enough and the Ponies prevailed 15-11. 

Heavener worked up a 9-0 lead with three home runs by the time the Sandites got on the board in the bottom of the fourth. Jacie Taber hit a solo home run to kick things off, then Sabrina Usher scored Kinsey Skaggs and Presnell in the fifth. Luttrell scored Usher and Madelyn Blair scored Drew Hawkins to cut the gap to 9-5. Heavener hit two more homers for a seven-run lead, and it came down to the bottom of the seventh. Arnold homered in Taber, then Luttrell hit a homer for the final run of the game before the comeback attempt fell short.

The final round of the festival was a slaughter as Okmulgee fell 14-0 in only two innings. Presnell and Usher hit back-to-back home runs on the first two pitches of the game to set the tone for the battle to come. Arnold doubled in Taber, Jones walked on loaded bases, Hawkins scored two on a single, then Mackenzie Bechtold scored a sacrifice for a 7-0 lead. In the second inning Arnold scored a 3RBI homer to put the game in double-digits, Bechtold and Taber batted in runs, and the Bulldogs went runless in the second inning to end the game by run-rule. 

CPHS Softball: Kimi Presnell commits to Rogers State University

Charles Page High School junior Kimi Presnell recently announced her commitment to play collegiate softball at Rogers State University. 

RSU is an NCAA Division II program based in Claremore, Oklahoma that currently competes in the Heartland Conference. Heartland is slated to dissolve in the 2019 season, at which point the Hillcats will join the Lone Star Conference.

The Hillcats went 28-24 in 2017 and finished seventh in conference standings. At press time the 2018 Hillcats are 23-5. Head Coach Andrea Vaughan is in her third year leading the program, taking over in 2016 after the team went 14-31. She is 68-64 overall and led the 2017 team to their first winning record since 2013. 

Presnell batted an incredible .522 during the 2017 fall fast pitch season with a .761 slugging average and .532 on-base percentage. She hit thirty singles, fifteen doubles, two triples, one home run, sixteen RBI, and seven sacrifices. She also stole twelve bases and scored 32 runs. 

A three-year varsity team member, Presnell has seen the OSSAA 6A State Tournament all three years. The Lady Sandites made it as far as the Finals in 2015, falling 4-3 to Choctaw in the Championship. She also plays for the Tulsa ELITE amateur softball organization.  

CPHS Softball: Cameron Clemons commits to Southern Arkansas University

Charles Page High School junior Cameron Clemons on Wednesday announced her commitment to play collegiate softball for Southern Arkansas University. 

The SAU Muleriders are an NCAA Division II program based in Magnolia, Arkansas, competing in the Great American Conference which includes six Arkansas schools and six Oklahoma schools. 

Head Coach Jason Anderson is in his fourth year at SAU, holding a 125-53 record with the Muleriders, and a 432-126 record over ten years of coaching. In the 2017 season the Muleriders went 46-18 and finished second in conference play. They went 1-2 in last season's NCAA Central Region Tournament. At press time, the 2018 program is 21-3 overall and 10-2 in conference.

Clemons batted .271 in the 2017 fast pitch season with a .386 slugging average and .326 on-base percentage. She hit thirteen singles, five doubles, one home run, thirteen RBI, and eleven sacrifices, and scored twenty runs. 

A three-year varsity team member, Clemons has seen the OSSAA 6A State Tournament all three years. The Lady Sandites made it as far as the Finals in 2015, falling 4-3 to Choctaw in the Championship. She also plays for the Tulsa ELITE amateur softball organization.  

CPHS Basketball: Colt Savage named All-Conference First Team, Eric Savage Coach of the Year

Cale, Colt, and Eric Savage celebrate after qualifying for the Sandites' first State Tournament appearance in half a century. (Photo: Morgan Miller).

The Charles Page High School boys' basketball team is still celebrating their most successful season in more than half a century. After making their first State Tournament appearance since 1963, the Sandites saw their leading scorer named to the Frontier Valley All-Conference First Team, and their Head Coach named the Conference Coach of the Year. 

Eric Savage, in his fifth season at the helm of the Sandite program, was named Frontier Valley Conference Coach of the Year after taking the boys to a 19-8 record. The three-time 5A State Champion coach came from Tulsa Memorial High School with a 305-93 record to take over a program that had gone 1-21 the year prior. Since then he has gone 65-62 overall and 6-9 in the playoffs. 

Savage's sidekick through the past four years was his eldest son, University of Central Oklahoma-committed senior Colt Savage, who was named to the All-Conference First Team. Sophomore standout Davon Richardson was also key to the Sandites' success, and was named to the All-Conference third Team.

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The Sandites finished the season ranked tenth in Class 6A. They went undefeated at the Tulsa Memorial Invitational, placed third at the Duncan Holiday Classic, second at the Regional Tournament, and won the Area Consolation Championship 55-53 over No. 8 Owasso. They gave No. 2 Norman North a run for their money before falling 51-44 in the State Quarterfinals. The Sandites finished fourth in conference standings.

Top Ten Sandite Performances (Points)
44 Richardson 2/9 vs. Owasso
35 Savage 12/15 vs. Redemption
34 Savage 12/19 vs. Owasso
31 Savage 1/30 vs. Bixby
28 Savage 12/5 vs. Sapulpa
27 Savage 12/27 vs. U.S. Grant
25 Richardson 2/16 vs. Bishop Kelley
25 Savage 1/12 vs. Ponca City
25 Savage 2/2 vs. Sapulpa
25 Savage 2/13 vs. Jenks
25 Savage 2/24 vs. Jenks

Frontier Valley Conference Results
13-1 Broken Arrow (25-3)
12-2 Union (22-5)
11-3 Owasso (21-6)
9-5 Sand Springs (19-8)
6-8 Muskogee (9-15)
6-8 Sapulpa (14-10)
4-10 Bishop Kelley (13-14)
4-10 Bartlesville (9-17)
3-11 Jenks (8-16)
2-12 Bixby (7-17)

The Central Oklahoma Conference went 19-18 in the post-season and had the most first-round success of any conference. Norman North, Edmond Santa Fe, and Edmond Memorial won Regional Championships while Edmond North, Westmoore, Norman, Southmoore, and Deer Creek came in runner-up. Norman North and Edmond Santa Fe won Area titles and Edmond Memorial won Area Consolation. Norman North made it to the State semifinals and Santa Fe came in State Runner-Up.

The Big Ten went 11-9 in the posts-season. Putnam City West and Putnam City North won Regional Championships and Midwest City came in Runner-Up to place three in Area. All three lost their first-round Area games. The Putnam schools won the Consolation brackets and North went on to win the State Tournament 65-58 over Edmond Santa Fe.

Frontier Valley went 13-12 in the post-season with Regional Champions in Broken Arrow, Union, and Owasso. Sand Springs came in Runner-Up at Regionals and won the Area Consolation bracket 55-53 over Owasso. Broken Arrow and Union won Area titles and Broken Arrow advanced to the semifinals at State.

Shawnee, the only 6A team in the Suburban Conference, went 0-1 in their first season at the highest division. U.S. Grant and Capitol Hill went 0-2 as the only 6A teams in the All-City Conference.

Top Offenses (Avg. Points Scored)
74.2 Putnam City West
73.6 Midwest City
71.1 Putnam City North
69.4 Edmond Santa Fe
68.3 Broken Arrow
60.0 Norman North
67.8 Sapulpa
67.1 Capitol Hill
66.7 Owasso
66.3 Putnam City

Avg. Margin of Victory
18.0 Broken Arrow
15.7 Union
13.9 Putnam City West
12.9 Norman North
12.1 Owasso
11.5 Putnam City North
10.8 Midwest City
9.8 Edmond Santa Fe
7.0 Sand Springs
6.2 Putnam City

Top Defenses (Avg. Points Allowed)
50.2 Union
50.2 Broken Arrow
50.3 Edmond Memorial
51.1 Stillwater
54.3 Westmoore
54.5 Sand Springs
54.6 Owasso
55.1 Norman North
55.3 Mustang
55.9 Edmond North

Winningest Teams
25-3 Broken Arrow
25-3 Norman North
25-5 Putnam City North
22-5 Union
21-6 Owasso
22-7 Edmond Santa Fe
20-7 Putnam City West
19-8 Midwest City
19-8 Sand Springs
15-9 Norman