CPHS Soccer: Sapulpa sweeps Highway 97 Rivalry 6-1 in both matches

The Charles Page High School soccer teams suffered a pair of Highway 97 Rivalry defeats Tuesday night at the Westside Sports Complex. Sapulpa won both the boys and girls matches 6-1. 

The Sapulpa girls (4-2, 1-0) snapped a two-game losing streak to kick off district action against the Lady Sandites (3-2, 0-1). Khaige English's first goal was nullified on an offsides call, but she made up for it less than a minute later to take the lead at 6:57. Kayln Anderson added another at 8:36, and Abby Graham had a great shot at 14:50 that was saved by Alison Day. 

Julia Wolf scored with an assist from Kyle Taylor at 23:20, but it would be the only goal of the game for the visiting Lady Sandites. The Sandites trailed 2-1 at halftime and suffered a second half shutout. Stormie Ramsey scored two goals for Sapulpa, one with an assist from Graham, while Graham scored two and nearly had a third as she bounced a header off the crossbar. 

Ethan Castillo kicked off boys' action for Sapulpa (5-1, 1-0) with a goal at 3:25, then assisted Caleb Walsh a few minutes later. Jack Bratcher got the visitors on the board at 8:54. Castillo had an offside goal nullified at 10:47, then Jaden Weiser nearly tied it up at 14:14 but the shot traveled just inches over the crossbar. Castillo scored on a penalty kick at 32:24 and Jaxon Zamudio scored at 39:01 for a 4-1 halftime advantage.

In the second half Walsh scored with an assist from Tj Hale at 65:16 and Castillo made it a hat trick at 69:30. Bratcher nearly had a brace, netting a header at 66:59, but was called offsides. 

The Sandite boys (4-4, 0-1) were coming off a 3-1 win at Nathan Hale (2-2) that saw goals from Bratcher, Luke Jeffus, and Weiser. They will return to action next Tuesday with a district home game against Edmond Santa Fe (4-2, 1-0).

The Lady Sandites will play Collinsville (0-4) Thursday at 11:45 a.m. in the first round of the Stilwell Bank of Commerce Tournament. They will then play either Tahlequah (4-1) or Heavener (2-2) at 4:45 p.m.

The Sapulpa boys will play Daniel Webster (5-1) Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the first round of the Chieftain Classic. The girls will play Grove (5-1) at noon. 

CPHS Baseball: Sandites run-rule Greenway, lead Muskogee 14-0 in three-inning rainout

The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team (6-6, 0-2) is on a roll lately, winning two of their last three games by double-digit run rule. After topping Arizona teams Coconino and Greenway by ten runs apiece, they took a 14-0 lead on Muskogee (2-9, 1-3) in a return to district action Monday evening in Sand Springs. The game was rained out in the top of the third inning, but the Sandites will have to finish it later.

John Miller pitches perfect game in 10-0 victory at Greenway

CPHS 10 GHS 0
Hits: CPHS 10.
Walks: CPHS 4.
Strikeouts: CPHS 3, GHS 4.
Stolen Bases: CPHS 3.
Left on Base: CPHS 5.
Errors: GHS 2.

The Sandites finished the Best of the West Tournament with a 2-3 record, capped by a 10-0 shutout of Greenway High School (2-8) in Phoenix, Arizona. John Miller (2-0) pitched a perfect game with no hits, no walks, and four strikeouts in the five inning run-rule victory. Miller has pitched just over nine innings this season and surrendered only one hit so far. 

Sand Springs took the lead right out of the gate with a sacrifice fly from Cale Savage to score Ty Ash. Braden Millican hit a single in the third inning and scored on a wild pitch, then Savage doubled to score Cal Watkins. Riley Rutledge doubled in the fourth and scored on a sacrifice by Millican.

Most of the damage came in the top of the fifth as the Sandites loaded the bases with an error, a single, and a walk. Kyler Copeland singled in Braden Askew, Kameron Adcock singled in Rutledge and Garrett McCallie, then they reloaded the bases with a single from Millican and a walk. Adcock scored on a single from Brock Youngblood and Millican walked in for the 10-0 lead before the Demons finally caught a fly out to end the melee.

Miller pitched a strikeout, Watkins sent a groundball to Rutledge at first, and Ash caught a fly ball in center field to secure the victory.

Sandites lead Muskogee 14-0 after three innings, game postponed till Tuesday

CPHS 14 MHS 0
Hits: CPHS 7.
Walks: CPHS 9.
Strikeouts: MHS 6.
Stolen Bases: CPHS 4.
Left on Base: CPHS 2.
Errors: MHS 1.

Torrential downpour brought an early end to what was supposed to be a district double header against Muskogee High School. The game was called off in the bottom of the third, postponed till Tuesday, then postponed again on Tuesday morning. The games will have to be made up at a later time. 

Askew (1-2, 4-4) got off to a great start on the mound, striking out two in the top of the first, one in the second, and three in the third, with no hits or walks.

The Roughers walked three straight in the first inning. Askew singled in Ash and Malachi Burks, Rutledge scored Savage on a sacrifice, then Copeland singled in McCallie for a 4-0 lead.

Steelman doubled in the second and scored on an error, Savaged singled in Burks, then Rutledge doubled to score Savage. McCallie, Rutledge, Michael Miller, and Adcock walked in, then Burks hit a sacrifice fly to score Millican and Savage doubled to score Steelman and Ash to make it 14-0. 

Askew struck out the side in the third before the rain got too bad to continue. 

The Sandites will return to action Thursday at Pryor High School in the first round of the Tiger/Zebra Classic. They will play Coweta at 1:30 p.m., then will play at Claremore on Friday and Saturday. 

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.