CPHS Dance: Sandites need your help to win free airfare to Nationals

The Charles Page High School Varsity Dance Team needs your help to get to Nationals, and you can get them there with the click of a button.

Sandite Dance will be traveling to Orlando, Florida on February 1st for the Dance Team Union National Championship. This year the DTU is holding a Team Spirit Contest on Instagram, with the winning team receiving free airfare.

Fifty teams have made it to the semifinal round of the Instagram competition. Each team has posted a team photo with the hashtag #dtuteamspiritSEMIS, and the ten teams with the most likes will advance to the finals.

At press time, the Sandite post has more than 4,100 likes. Thompson Middle School in Alabaster, Alabama leads the contest with more than 41,000 likes. Westmoore High School from Moore, Oklahoma has over 18,000 for second place in the contest. The Westmoore Sabercats are the defending National Champions in Varsity Jazz and were the Runners-Up in Hip Hop. 

Sand Springs is currently eighth in the standings, and should advance to the next round if nobody leapfrogs them, but every vote is an extra layer of security. The Semifinal round of the competition ends on Wednesday, August 8th at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.

Click here to find the Sandites on Instagram, and click here to visit their Facebook.

Team Spirit Unofficial Standings
41,000 Thompson Middle School
18,000 Westmoore High School
8,300 Broken Arrow High School
5,700 Dakota High School
5,200 Raymore Peculiar High School
5,000 Holly High School
4,300 Mount Si High School
4,100 Charles Page High School

Sand Springs Summer Wrestling: Fix punches ticket to World Championship in Slovakia

Three Sandites competed at the USA Wrestling Freestyle National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota this week.

Oklahoma State University freshman and Charles Page High School graduate Daton Fix won a best-of-three series against Arizona State freshman Brandon Courtney, a three-time undefeated high school State Champion.

Fix dealt his foe a pair of technical falls at 11-0 and 10-0 to secure his spot on the Junior World Team. The defending Junior Freestyle World Champion, Fix attempted to dethrone Senior World Silver Medalist Thomas Gilman last month. Gilman won the two matches 6-3 and 2-1.

While Gilman represents the United States in Budapest, Hungary in October, Fix will aim to repeat his Junior Championship in Trnava, Slovakia in September.

CPHS sophomore Carter Young (45-9) got off to a great start at 113 pounds in the Cadet competition, winning his first three matches by technical fall before falling 12-6 to nationally ranked No. 12 Anthony Noto. Christian Forbes (14-2) competed at 94 pounds and went 4-2.

The Cox Business Center in Tulsa recently hosted the Junior National Duals.

The Oklahoma Outlaws placed second in the nation in the Greco-Roman Junior National Duals despite losing two bouts. They placed second in the D Pool, defeating Florida 49-17 and Kansas 40-23 before falling 42-24 to Washington. In the Gold Pool they defeated Ohio 40-27, California 35-30, and Iowa 39-27 before falling 44-21 to Illinois in the finals. Washington fell 44-23 to Illinois in pool play and topped Ohio 35-32 in the 3rd Place Match.

The Outlaws placed fourth in the nation in Junior Freestyle. They started the tournament with five straight wins before falling in the Gold Pool. Oklahoma defeated Georgia 47-16, Pennsylvania 33-31, Nebraska 46-20, Washington 43-22, and North Dakota 44-25. Ohio ended the streak at 38-30 and Illinois won the placement round 50-15. Ohio edged out Minnesota 33-32 for the title. Young went 3-1 in the freestyle competition with two technical falls.

Oklahoma placed sixth at the Cadet Freestyle Nationals in Spokane, Washington, defeating North Carolina Red 78-0, Washington B 64-12, Florida 58-23, and Washington 43-31. They fell 39-35 to Minnesota, 55-20 to Pennsylvania, 44-35 to Illinois, and 40-38 to Kansas. Pennsylvania won the tournament 45-29 over Minnesota.

The Cadet Greco Roman team also placed sixth, defeating Utah 48-33, Colorado 47-28, and Georgia 39-27. They fell 41-38 to Minnesota, 48-27 to Washington, 42-31 to Kansas, and 40-38 to Pennsylvania. Illinois won the tournament 39-36 over Washington.  

Young (35-2 GR) also competed with the Cadet team and finished 4-1 in Freestyle with three tech falls and a pin. His only loss came on criteria. In Greco he went 5-1 with two techs and a pin.

Oklahoma Blue placed fifth at the Schoolboy Freestyle Duals in Indianapolis, Indiana. They defeated South Carolina 82-3, Nebraska 58-22, Minnesota 62-17, Georgia 59-21, and Ohio 42-37. Michigan topped the Okies 41-40, Illinois won 43-33, and Pennsylvania won 45-36. In the placement match the Oklahomans edged out Washington 39-37. Illinois steamrolled Michigan 55-25 for the title.

Team Big wrestler Clayton Giddens-Buttram (17-0) went undefeated with seven technical falls and two pins, outscoring his opponents 83-6. Abraham Flores (17-5) and Ethan White (23-11) won two tech falls apiece.

Oklahoma Red finished sixteenth overall with wins over Tennessee and Maryland. Rhett Peak (19-10) won four of his five matches with two tech falls and a pin. Josey Jernegan (5-6) won three tech falls. Jim Mullin (6-2) won two tech falls.

Oklahoma Red placed ninth in Greco Roman and Oklahoma Blue finished seventeenth. Giddens (9-1) recorded four tech falls and a pin and only lost one decision. Flores (13-8) won one pin and one tech fall, Ethan White (14-4) won three pins, and Peak (13-8) won one tech fall.

The Charles Page High School wrestling facilities are open from 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. this summer on Tuesdays and Thursdays to all ages. The Sandites have been a top-three team at the OSSAA 6A State Tournament for the past four years, including a State Title in 2017. They will return two State Champions in 2018 under first-year Head Coach Jarrod Patterson.

Wrestling: Daton Fix to take on defending Silver Medalist for ticket to World Championships

Daton Fix concluded his high school career in 2017 as a four-time undefeated State Champion with a 168-0 record. 

Oklahoma State University freshman and Charles Page High School Class of 2017 graduate Daton Fix (15-3) is back in the spotlight as the Final X Senior World Team Trial approaches. On Saturday, June 9 Fix will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska to take on Thomas Gilman in the last rung of the ladder to the World Championships.

In April Fix placed second at the U.S. Open, outscoring his first three opponents 24-0 with two first-period technical falls before falling 2-2 to University North Carolina assistant coach Tony Ramos. The former NCAA National Champion was awarded the win on criteria, but Fix got a rematch in May and made up for the loss.

At the Senior World Team Trials three weeks ago, Fix again made quick work of his pre-finals opponents. He teched former Oklahoma State All-American Eddie Klimara 14-2 in 2:07, topped former Illinois All-American Zane Richards 9-2, then teched former Minnesota All-American Zane 10-0 in 2:00. Fix won a best-of-three finals series against Ramos with 4-3 and 10-3 decisions.

On Saturday Fix will attempt to upset Gilman, who won Silver at the 2017 World Championship in Paris, France. While Gilman was coming in Runner-Up in France, Fix was going the distance for Gold at the Junior Championships in Tampere, Finland.

Fix has an extensive international resume at the Junior level, including Worlds Bronze in 2016, but is still relatively new to the Senior scene. He swept the Under 23 World Team Trials in October but was eliminated in the first round at Poland.

Fix made his debut at No. 15 in the FloWrestling International Freestyle rankings after topping Ramos. Gilman dropped from seventh to thirteenth in those same rankings after falling to Cuba’s Reineri Ortega in the Pan-American Championships.

The first round of the trials will kick off at 6:00 p.m. Central Time in Bob Devaney Sports Center at the University of Nebraska. Fix and Gilman will be the fifth of seven matches on the card. Round two will begin approximately at 7:15 and the final round will be at 8:30.

Also defending their spots on the Mens’ World Team are 70 KG Silver Medalist James Green, 74 KG Champion Jordan Burroughs, and 97 KG Champion Kyle Snyder.

This year’s World Championship will be held in Budapest, Hungary October 20-28.

In Other Wrestling News:

The Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club brought home ten gold medals from the OKUSA State Tournament last month in Cushing, finishing fourth out of seventy-seven teams in total standings.

The Sandites placed third in Schoolboy Freestyle and Cadet Freestyle, and secured a team State title in Schoolboy Greco-Roman.

Threestyle Wrestling, based out of Catoosa and Owasso, won the tournament overall with 667 points. Edmond’s Oklahoma Wrestling Academy came in runner-up with 332, Prodigy Wrestling scored 250, and Sand Springs scored 246.

Grady Mittasch (25-6 FS, 17-7 GR) took first place in both styles, competing in Novice at 78 pounds, with three technical falls.

Christian Forbes (11-0 FS, 8-0 GR) swept both styles for a pair of 94 pound Cadet titles with four tech falls and a pin.

Carter Young (38-6 FS) won both styles for a pair of 113 pound Cadet titles with five techs and a pin.

Ethan White (21-8 FS, 8-2 GR) won the Schoolboy Greco title at 136 pounds with a pin and a tech, and placed second in Freestyle with a pin and a tech.

Abraham Flores (14-3 FS, 10-3 GR) won the Schoolboy Greco title at 114 pounds with a pin and a tech fall, and placed third in Freestyle with a tech.

Clayton Giddens-Buttram (8-0) took first place at the Schoolboy Freestyle tournament at 77 pounds with a 10-0 technical fall and a 4-3 finals decision.

Bryce Fisher (25-2) won the Schoolboy Freestyle title at 149 pounds with a pin and two decisions.

Josey Jernegan (2-1 FS, 2-1 GR) placed second in Schoolboy in both styles at ninety pounds with three technical falls and a fall.

TJ Long (5-2 FS, 6-3 GR) placed second in Junior Freestyle and fourth in Greco with two tech falls.

Cameron White (9-9 FS) placed third in Schoolboy in both styles at 110 pounds with one pin and two tech falls.

Several Team Big wrestlers represented Team Oklahoma at the Southern Plains Regional in Dodge City Kansas this past weekend.

Mittasch won both styles at Novice 78 with three pins and a tech. Balance Johnson (3-1 FS, 4-0 GR) won both styles at Novice 160 with three pins. Long placed second in freestyle and third in Greco at Novice 126.

CPHS Fishing: Mack Taylor and Reese David qualify for National Tournament

The 2017-2018 Oklahoma Bass Nation High School season came to a close Sunday afternoon at Fort Gibson Lake, and two Sand Springs teams placed top ten in the final trail event.

Mack Taylor and Reese David finished seventh on Sunday with five fish weighing 13.15 pounds for fourth place in the final State standings. 362 points punched their ticket to the National Tournament at Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee. The event will be held August 2-4.

Hayden King and Collin Brady came in runner-up with the best finish of their career, catching four fish weighing 14.7 pounds. They finished the season 46th in State standings with 188 points. 

Seth Kearns and Cole Scott placed 24th at the final event with two fish weighing 5.13 pounds. They finished the season with 243 points for 31st place.

Braden Millican and Ty Steelman ended their senior season in 21st place overall with 279 points after a 31st place finish on Sunday. They caught two fish weighing 3.92 points. 

Noah Daczewitz and Hunter Hilger placed 47th on Sunday with a 2.06 catch and 38th overall with 217 points.

Kyle and Kale Hilligoss finished the season sixteenth with 300 points. John Miller and Caden Pennington finished the year 44th with 202 points. Jerret Haley and Dalton Duvall finished the year 61st with 154 points. Austin Smith and Joe Nelson finished 71st with 137 points. Corbin Williams and Montana McCarty placed 114th with 44 points.

136 teams competed in the 2017-2018 season.

CPHS Track: Sandites send seven to State, set three personal records

The Charles Page High School boys' track and field team sent seven athletes to the 6A State Championship in Yukon this weekend. They competed in nine events and two set personal records.

Senior Malonn Moyer wrapped up his high school career with style, setting personal records in both shot put and discus. He threw 48'03.50" in shot put for tenth place and 160'09.00" for seventh in discus.

Junior Regional Champion Joel Mackey set a personal record in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 10.68 seconds for ninth place. He also finished tenth in the 200 meter with a time of 22.79.

Defending State Champion Aden Baughman settled for fifth place in the 800-meter run, finishing in 1:59.76, less than a second behind the new champion. Jaelyn Jackson placed tenth in 2:01.05. 

Colby Community College-signed senior Ian Baustert finished his high school career with a 4:50.34 finish in the 1600 run for fourteenth place. 

Mason Shipman placed fifteenth in the 300 hurdles in 43.99 seconds. 

The Regional Champion team of Jackson, Baustert, Baughman, and Nelson Yazzie combined for a sixth place finish in the 3200 relay with a time of 8:23.02. They previously set the school record at 8:08.99 at Regionals.

Edmond Memorial High School won both the men's and women's track meets.

State Records:

• Bixby senior Brandee Presley broke a nine year old record in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.44. 
• Putnam City West junior Jesse Porter broke a 38-year-old 100 meter dash record with a time of 10.33. Mustang senior Damian Close also beat the existing record in 10.34 for second place.
• The Union 4x200 relay team beat Jenks's 2014 record with a time of 1:26.04.
• Westmoore junior Anthony Riley handily beat his own State record in long jump, topping his prior year's distance at 25'01.00". 
  • Moore senior Patrick Larrison beat his own shot put record with a throw of 65'07.00" to beat his last year's score. He also beat a nine year old record in discus with a distance of 210'09.00" and was 41 feet better than the runner up. 
• Charles Page Class of 2017 graduate Cheyenne Walden's State record of 4:57.07 survived the 1600 meter competition.

OSSAA 6A Boys' State Champions
400 Relay - Union - 41.55
800 Relay - Union - 1:26.04
1600 Relay - Union - 3:20.23
3200 Relay - Edmond Memorial - 8:11.18
110 Hurdles -  Raymond Brass (Jenks) 14.43
300 Hurdles - Raymond Brass (Jenks) 38.34
100 Dash - Jesse Porter (Putnam City West) 10.33
200 Dash - Jesse Porter (Putnam City West) 21.46
400 Dash - Zachary Tucker (Norman North) 49.16
800 Run - Jed Helker (Edmond Memorial) 1:58.78
1600 Run - Jed Helker (Edmond Memorial) 4:32.92
3200 Run - Jed Helker (Edmond Memorial) 10:01.37
High Jump - Chris Banks (Edmond North) 6'08.00"
Pole Vault - Tate McDonald (Norman) 16'00.00"
Long Jump - Anthony Riley (Westmoore) 25'01.00"
Shot Put - Patrick Larrison (Moore) 65'07.00"
Discus Throw - Patrick Larrison (Moore) 210'09.00"

Team Scores
98 - Edmond Memorial
90 - Union
53 - Mustang
47 - Jenks
42 - Midwest City
39 - Norman
36 - Deer Creek
34 - Moore
28 - Putnam City West
26 - Shawnee
24 - Edmond North
24 - Bixby
21 - Westmoore
21 - Yukon
15 - Bartlesville
12 - Norman North
11 - Muskogee
11 - Broken Arrow
8 - Choctaw
4 - Sand Springs
3 - Putnam City
2 - Edmond Santa Fe
2 - Putnam City North

OSSAA 6A Girls' State Champions
400 Relay - Southmoore - 47.91
800 Relay - Southmoore - 1:41.06
1600 Relay - Broken Arrow - 3:55.85
3200 Relay - Broken Arrow - 9:42.47
100 Hurdles - Analya Miller (Southmoore) 14.51
300 Hurdles - Tahlor Brown (Edmond North) 45.29
100 Dash - Brandee Presley (Bixby) 11.44
200 Dash - Brandee Presley (Bixby) 24.62
400 Dash - Tianna Holmes (Moore) 55.82
800 Run - Ally Ryan (Jenks) 2:11.72
1600 Run - Rilee Rigdon (Bartlesville) 5:05.58
3200 Run - Rilee Rigdon (Bartlesville) 11:30.72
High Jump - Bailey Golden (Choctaw) 5'06.00"
Pole Vault - Chandler Branum (Norman) 11'06.00"
Long Jump - India Morgan (Putnam City West) 18'11.50"
Shot Put - Kendra Gillespie (Westmoore) 40'07.75"
Discus Throw - Hannah Bradford (Moore) 138'08.00"

Team Scores
82 - Edmond Memorial
72 - Edmond North
69 - Southmoore
41 - Midwest City
32 - Bartlesville
28 - Westmoore
27 - Moore
25 - Deer Creek
23.5 - Mustang
23 - Jenks
20 - Bixby
19 - Norman
18 - Choctaw
16 - Lawton
14 - Yukon
12 - Owasso
10 - Putnam City West
8 - Enid
6 - Norman North
6 - Ponca City
4 - Putnam City
3 - Shawnee
2 - Muskogee
1.5 - Sapulpa

CPHS Tennis: Lady Sandites send four to State Tournament

The Charles Page High School varsity tennis team sent four athletes to the OSSAA 6A State Tournament last week for the first time in school history.

Abigail McGehee qualified in #1 Singles and Delaney Blaylock qualified in #2 Singles. Madison Blaylock and Lindsey Smith qualified in #2 Doubles.

Bixby won the tournament overall and Jenks came in Runner-Up. 

The Boys' State Tournament will be held May 11-12 at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center. Sand Springs did not qualify any athletes.