CPHS Baseball: Sandites win fifth straight at Tiger/Zebra Classic

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The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team (9-6) won their first three games at the Tiger/Zebra Classic this weekend, topping Booker T. Washington Claremore, and Coweta High Schools to push their win streak to five games.

Cal Watkins leads Sandites to 9-6 win over Booker T. Washington

CPHS 9 BTW 6
Hits: BTW 10, CPHS 9.
Walks: CPHS 6, BTW 4.
Strikeouts: BTW 3, CPHS 5.
Steals: CPHS 8, BTW 4.
Left on Base: BTW 11, CPHS 6.
Errors: BTW 5, CPHS 5.

Claremore, March 30, 2018 - Cal Watkins scored the first run of the tournament for the Sandites, coming in on a single from Braden Askew in the bottom of the first inning against Booker T. Washington (6-7). The Hornets tied it up with a single from Gentry Dalton to score Brysen Williams, but Kameron Adcock scored on a wild pitch to regain the lead.

The Sandites went to work in the third inning with two singles, two walks, and two runs. Tyler Ash scored on a passed ball, and Watkins scored on an error for the 4-1 advantage. The Hornets battled right back, however, with two hits in the fourth and benefited from two errors to make it 4-3. 

Watkins came up big in the bottom of the fourth, scoring Adcock and Malachi Burks on a fly ball to double the Hornets, but they had their biggest inning in retaliation to tie it at 6-6 with three runs and a walk. 

Kyler Copeland singled in Askew and Riley Rutledge, then Braden Millian scored on an error for a final score of 9-6 in the bottom of the fifth. 

John Miller (2-0) started at pitcher and served up four hits, two strikeouts, and two walks over four innings. Ty Steelman (2-0, 2-1) pitched four hits and a walk in two innings, and Seth Villines pitched the seventh for a save. He gave up two singles and a walk to load the bases, but struck out one. Rutledge and Adcock caught fly balls to seal the deal. 

Ash strikes out five in 7-2 win at Claremore

CPHS 7 CHS 2
Hits: CPHS 8, CHS 2.
Walks: CPHS 5, CHS 5.
Strikeouts: CPHS 4, CHS 6.
Steals: CPHS 5.
Left on Base: CPHS 5, CHS 5.
Errors: CPHS 1, CHS 4.

Claremore, March 30, 2018 - Tyler Ashe (1-1) picked up his first career win with a six-inning two-hit performance against Claremore (10-6). He walked five and struck out five before being relieved by Riley Rutledge.

Sand Springs jumped out to an early lead with a single from Rutledge to score Watkins in the top of the first. Askew scored on an error, and the home team never tied nor led. 

Cooper Dotson scored on a double from Jackson Martin in the bottom of the first. Watkins scored on a sacrifice by Cale Savage in the top of the third, then Garrett Wood scored on a double from Brandon Ulhorn in the bottom of the inning. 

Burks, Ash, and Wakins hit singles in the fourth and Burks and Villines added runs for a 5-2 lead. Ash and Askew scored on singles from Askew and Savage in the top of the seventh, then Rutledge struck out one as the game came to a close.

Youngblood strikes out seven in 3-0 shutout of Coweta

CPHS 3 CHS 0
Hits: CPHS 8, CHS 3.
Walks: CPHS 2.
Strikeouts: CPHS 2, CHS 7.
Steals: CPHS 2, CHS 1.
Left on Base: CPHS 7, CHS 4.
Errors: CPHS 1, CHS 2.

Pryor, March 31, 2018 - The Sandites won a 3-0 shutout against Coweta (6-9), handily outhitting the Tigers eight to three, while Brock Youngblood (1-3, 7-11) pitched his first win of the season with seven strikeouts and no walks. 

Watkins singled and scored on a hit from Askew, then Savage doubled in Askew for a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Miller hit a single in the second and scored on a hit from Watkins.

CPHS Wrestling: Head Coach Kelly Smith resigns for private sector job

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Charles Page High School lost its third Head Coach this school year when wrestling coach Kelly Smith announced his intentions to resign Friday.

Head Volleyball Coach Janna Green left Sand Springs Public Schools for a private sector coaching position after the fall season. Girls' Basketball Head Coach Dustin Morrow stepped down from coaching to spend more time with his family earlier this month, but will remain on staff as a science teacher. Now, Smith is leaving coaching and teaching to work in insurance.

Smith cited unreasonably low State teaching wages as a primary reason for his decision, along with a desire to spend more time with his family. The successful coach has spent years running a lawncare business to compliment his income, but after seventeen years as Head Coach, he has decided it's time to move on. "This is a young man's game," said Smith. "I don't have the time to be out mowing lawns all year while also putting in the hours to maintain a successful program. I have to put my family first."

Smith's family might keep him in the coaching business a little longer, at least on a part-time basis. His son, Mitchell, is a talented up and comer in the junior high circuit. But while he will still be around cheering on the Sandites from the stands, the district will have to find fresh blood to take the reigns. 

Smith led the Sandites to their first-ever Dual State Championship in 2017 and followed it up with their first State Tournament title since 1971. The pair of championships were the first for Sand Springs in any sport since 1994. Nine Sandites won individual titles under his leadership, including five in the 2017 season. Even after losing four of those five, the Sandites placed third in the 6A State Tournament this past season with a 13-4 dual record.

"I got to live the dream," said Smith. "I got to take over for my coach and mentor. It's been a dream."

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

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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

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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

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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.