CPHS Softball: Sandites run-rule Norman 13-1 at Regional Playoffs

MOORE - Kimi Presnell, Sabrina Usher, and Jensen Arnold each hit home runs Wednesday afternoon to advance the Sandites to the second round of the playoffs.

The Class 6A No. 17 ranked Charles Page High School slow-pitch softball team (9-11) throttled Norman High School (5-12) with a 13-1 run rule-victory in only four innings.

The Lady Tigers came ready to play with two singles and a walk to load the bases in the top of the first. Sara Massey scored on a sacrifice fly and Triniti Crump walked to reload, but Arnold struck out Raven Fulks to strand three.

Arnold's solo homer tied it up in the bottom of the second, and the Sandites took the lead in the third. Kimi Presnell doubled in Drew Hawkins, then Usher's homer scored Presnell and Jacie Taber for a 5-1 advantage.

Sand Springs scattered seven hits for eight runs in the bottom of the fourth. Taber batted in Madelyn Blair. Felicity Horn and Hawkins scored on an error, then Taber came in on Presnell's homer. Makenna Skaggs singled in Usher for the ten-run lead, then scored on Arnold's second homer to seal the victory. 

Sand Springs wasn't so fortunate in their next game, taking on No. 3 Southmoore (23-5) who topped Norman 12-0 in game two to eliminate the Tigers from contention. The Sabercats shutout Sand Springs 11-0 in game one of a three-game series.

The host team out-hit the Sandites fourteen to five with home runs from Karli Petty, Hannah Seals, and Mikayla Smith. 

Southmoore scored four in the first, two in the third, three in the fourth, and two in the fifth for the run-rule victory. 

Usher doubled in the first, Luttrell singled in the third, and Arnold singled in the fourth. Cameron Clemons and Hawkins singled in the fifth, but Hawkins was outed on a fielder's choice to end the game.

Sand Springs will now have to beat the Sabercats in back-to-back games to punch their ticket to State. 

CPHS Softball: Lady Sandites upset No. 6 Broken Arrow and No. 10 Jenks

The Class 6A No. 17 ranked Charles Page High School slow pitch softball team (8-10) ended the regular season on a high note with a pair of quality upsets over top-ten opponents Thursday. The Lady Sandites bested No. 6 Broken Arrow 7-6 and No. 10 Jenks 25-4. 

Sand Springs narrowly overcame Broken Arrow (10-8), using a pair of errors in the top of the seventh for the final lead of the game.

Broken Arrow took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first with five singles, but the Sandites tied it up in the top of the third as Kimi Presnell scored on an error and Jensen Arnold singled in Makenna Skaggs. 

Felicity Horn gave Sand Springs their first lead in the top of the fourth, reaching on an error and scoring on a line out by Drew Hawkins. The Lady Tigers tied it back up with a pair of singles and an error in the bottom of the inning.

Arnold scored on a single from Madison Lee in the top of the fifth and Payton Hayes scored on an error in the bottom of the inning. Kinsey Skaggs scored on an error in the sixth and Sabrina Usher singled to score Presnell. 

Broken Arrow scattered several big hits in the bottom of the sixth. Morgan Kerr, Evie Herring, and McKenzie Carney hit doubles and Mary Collins drilled a triple to tie it at 6-6.

Blair reached on an error, took second on a hit from Elizabeth Luttrell, and scored on an error in center field for the final run of the game. 

In game two the Lady Sandites throttled Jenks (18-10), dealing the Trojans their second-largest loss of the season and biggest since the first game of the year. 

Sand Springs recorded 26 hits, led by Usher with two triples and four RBI. Hawkins, Arnold, and Luttrell batted in three apiece to avenge a 20-19 loss at the Haskell Tournament earlier this month.

Sand Springs Softball will return to action Tuesday in Moore at their Regional Tournament bracket. The Lady Sandites will play a double-elimination tournament against No. 3 Southmoore (21-5) and Norman (4-11) beginning at noon.

Youth Wrestling: Sand Springs brings home five gold medals from Owasso

Five wrestlers from the Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club won their brackets at the USAOK tournament in Owasso this past weekend. 

Next weekend will be the Oklahoma National Team Qualifier at Union High School in Tulsa. 

Junior

Riley Weir (19-4) won the 126-pound Freestyle bracket with a 10-0 technical fall against Luke Collett.

Schoolboy

Abraham Flores (8-1 FS, 8-1 GR) won the 114-pound Greco bracket and placed third in Freestyle. In Greco he teched Brady Benham 12-2, Payton Thomas 14-2, and Ryan Trickett 13-2. In Freestyle he lost his opening match 10-0 to Jim Mullin, but pinned Kai Shultz in 2:55 and Chad Herbert in 0:44 before topping Levi Smith 14-7.

Bryce Fisher (20-1) throttled the 187-pound Freestyle bracket with five technical falls and a cumulative score of 53-1 against Mason Harris, Micah Sorrels, Jesse Newby, Landon Kuhn, and John Roberts.

Clayton Giddens-Buttram (3-0) handily won the 77-pound Freestyle bracket with 10-0 technical falls against Dylan Abbott and Terrance Branam.

Cameron White (5-5 FS, 5-5 GR) placed third in both styles at 106 pounds. He teched Caden Pollard 10-0 in both styles.

Novice

Adrian Flores (5-18 FS, 5-16 GR) placed first in Greco and third in Freestyle at 135 pounds. He won a best-of-three against JD Sigman in Greco with a 10-0 tech fall and a fall in 3:21. In Freestyle he teched Sigman 11-0, but was pinned by Frankie Esparza.

Grady Mittasch (15-6) placed third in Freestyle at 82 pounds, teching Rich Xiong and Katelyn Stokes 10-0 before falling to Cory Velasquez and Ryder Seago.

Youth Wrestling: Eight Sandites win gold at Team Big Tournament

The Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club made a strong showing at their recent home tournament, crowning eight champions and winning eleven brackets at Clyde Boyd Middle School. 

Junior

Skylar Galloway (2-1) placed second in Freestyle at 132 pounds, teching Madison Dekker 14-3 and Jared Davis 13-0 before falling 10-0 to Jakob Lyons.

Camrin Pfluger (2-1) placed second in Freestyle at 160 pounds, pinning Michael Kirmer in 0:40 and Dalton Mitchell in 3:52 before falling 10-0 to Tate Picklo.

Cadet

Christian Forbes (3-0 FS, 4-0 GR) won both styles at 106 pounds. He dominated the Greco bracket, pinning Kaden Smith in 3:40, Bronson Burcham in 0:39, and Trent Clements in 0:18. In Freestyle he teched Jayce Caviness 11-0 and Noah Agcaoili 10-0 and defeated Tristan Stafford 6-2.

Kaden Glass (2-0 FS, 4-0 GR) won both styles at 182 pounds. In Freestyle he pinned Coleman Lecoq in 1:23 and teched Emmanuel Skillings 11-0. In Greco he teched Bryce Jackson and Brayden Dillow, and pinned Tristan Wolfer in 0:18 and William Martin in 1:37.

Schoolboy

Ethan White (17-5 FS, 5-2 GR) won both styles at 136 pounds. He teched Jance Sommers 10-0 in both styles, pinned Sean Mahoney in under a minute in both styles, and defeated Kaleb Owen 10-3 in Freestyle.

Abraham Flores (5-0 FS, 5-1 GR) placed first in Freestyle and second in Greco at 125 pounds. In Freestyle he won a best-of-three series against Ryan Tricket 14-2 and 7-2, and defeated Tricket 14-2 in Greco as well.

Bryce Fisher (15-1) smoked the Freestyle competition at 149 pounds, scoring 10-0 technical falls against Clay Lewis, Eddie Cortez, Max Skolnick-Schur, and Bobby Felts. He also recorded a 12-6 decision against Cameron Jackson.

Cameron White (4-3 FS, 3-3) took third place in both styles at 106 pounds, scoring tech falls against Caden Pollard in both brackets.

Novice

Grady Mittasch (13-4 FS, 8-7 GR) took first place in Freestyle and second in Greco at 82 pounds. He scored technical falls against Ryder Seago and Garrett Salt and pinned Ryan Swain in Freestyle. In Greco he fell to Seago by pin but teched Swain 12-0.

Balance Johnson (1-1 FS, 2-0 GR) won the 160-pound Greco Roman bracket and came in runner-up in Freestyle. He scored technical falls against Jackson Dyer and Adrian Flores in Greco and against Flores in Freestyle. Dyer got the upper hand in Freestyle with a pin.

Nation Johnson (2-3 FS, 2-2 GR) came in runner-up in Greco Roman and placed fourth in Freestyle at 92 pounds. In Greco he pinned Garritt Hunt and Cash Bray, but fell to Teyton Chandler. He defeated Hunt 16-8 and pinned Tyler McCall in 47 seconds in Freestyle.

Adrian Flores (4-17 FS, 3-16 GR) placed second in Greco and third in Freestyle at 160. He teched Jackson Dyer in both styles but fell to teammate Balance Johnson in both styles.  

Intermediate

Promised Johnson (2-0 FS, 1-2 GR) took first place in Freestyle and second in Greco at 77 pounds. He scored technical falls against Brody Mills and Hunter Miner in Freestyle, but drew only one competitor in Greco and had to wrestle a best-of-three against Mills. Mills won the first match 22-10, Johnson won the second 25-12, and Mills won the third by fall.

CPHS Soccer: Norman Soccer sweeps Sand Springs

The Charles Page High School varsity soccer teams made the long trip to Norman Thursday night for a pair of district matches at Gordon Drummon Field.

The Norman High School Boys (5-8, 3-3) won a 3-0 bout against the Sandites (4-8, 0-5) and the Lady Tigers clenched the district title with a 10-0 shutout.

Ethan Tippit saved a shot from Cole Powers five minutes into the boys’ game but Powers made a header on a corner kick just seconds later. Lenni Arrens put back goal two in the 48th minute in the middle of a mad six-man scramble in the box.

Grady Wade had a goal called offside in the 57th minute but Arrens made a brace with a header on a corner kick in the 76th minute.

Nate Holladay collected a pair of beautiful shots from Luke Jeffus midway through the second half and Jaden Weiser was aggressive throughout the game.

The Lady Sandites (7-6, 1-5) suffered their third-straight shutout, falling by mercy rule in 42:49. The Norman Girls (12-1, 6-0) clinched the district title with their fifth shutout and biggest win of the season.

Sand Springs Soccer will return to action Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in the final matches of the season against Capitol Hill.

CPHS Baseball: Sapulpa wins Highway 97 Rivalry 9-4 over Sand Springs

Ty Steelman was two for two at the plate with one run and one RBI.

The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team (20-9, 6-4) hit a bit of a slump last week, failing to bat over .200 in a game since their fourteen-win streak came to a close a week ago.

The Sandites dropped two district games to Jenks (15-12, 7-2), won two against Muskogee (3-25, 1-11), then lost a 9-4 Highway 97 Rivalry bout with Sapulpa (20-7) Friday at home.

The Sandites kept the score fairly close Friday considering they were out-hit thirteen to four and committed three errors. They picked up seven walks, and both teams stranded seven runners throughout the game.

Wyatt Sellers kicked off the game with a first inning triple and scored on a ground ball from Hayden Casey to put the Chieftains out front.

Gage Williams hit a three-run homer for a 4-0 lead then Coleson Coffey hit a double to score Kyle Alcorn in the third inning. 

Sapulpa continued the melee in the top of the fifth, scoring on singles from Coffey and Sellers before the Sandites began to rally.

Two walks and a single loaded the bases, Lucas Adcock scored on a fielder's choice, and Ty Steelman made it in on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fifth.

The Chieftains responded immediately with two doubles and a single for a 9-2 lead in the sixth. 

Steelman singled in Kameron Adcock and Tyler Ash singled in Lucas Adcock in the bottom of the sixth for the final runs of the game.

Brock Youngblood (3-4, 9-12) got the start and the loss on the mound, pitching nine hits, one strikeout, and two walks in four innings. Seth Villines (1-0) pitched four hits, two strikeouts, and one walk in relief.

Sand Springs Baseball will close out district action this week with a pair of games against Southmoore (7-23, 2-7). Sand Springs will travel to Moore Monday at 6:00 p.m. and will host the Sabercats Tuesday. 

SHS 9 CPHS 4
Hits: SHS 13 CPHS 4.
Walks: CPHS 7, SHS 3.
Strikeouts: SHS 3, CPHS 7.
Steals: CPHS 2, SHS 1.
Errors: CPHS 3.
Left-on-Base: CPHS 7, SHS 7.

District 6A-3 Standings
10-0 Enid (24-4)
7-2 Jenks (15-12)
6-4 Sand Springs (20-9)
6-4 Broken Arrow (14-14)
3-7 Ponca City (9-20)
2-7 Southmoore (7-23)
1-11 Muskogee (3-25)