CPHS Football: Sandites roll Ponca 35-14, Pennington scores four TDs

(Ponca City) - The Class 6A-II No. 11 ranked Charles Page High School football team (2-5, 1-3) picked up their first district win against No. 15 Ponca City (0-7, 0-4) Friday night at Sullins Stadium.

Both of the Wildcats’ touchdowns came in the final seconds of the halves, and the Sandites dominated on all fronts.

Sand Springs scored on five of nine possessions with an average drive of 43 yards in only six plays. They only punted once and gave up a turnover on downs, a fumble, and an interception that resulted in a scoring drive from Ponca. The Wildcats only mustered six plays for eighteen yards per possession, scoring twice on ten drives with four punts and three turnovers on downs. The Sandite defense allowed only 3.5 yards per play, while the offense racked up 7.2 in a balanced offense.

Ponca punted their first two drives and the Sandites gave up a turnover on downs before scoring on a twenty-yard quarterback keeper from Caden Pennington. Jaden Weiser made the extra point kick for a 7-0 first quarter lead.

Ponca almost had a successful drive early in the second quarter, making it as far as third-and-two at the Sandite thirteen-yard line, but a fumbled handoff resulted in a scoring Sandite possession. Sand Springs marched seventy yards and scored on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to Jacob Snodgrass.

The Wildcats made the mistake of going for a fourth-and-one from their own 46, and Jerret Haley bagged the quarterback for a turnover at the Ponca 40-yard line. Pennington made a forty-yard pass to Justin Roe on the first play and Weiser put the visitors up 21-0 with 4:36 in the half.

Sand Springs’s stellar defense gave up only three yards before forcing another punt, and the Sandites marched 35 yards before Pennington threw an interception to Justin Andrews.

Ponca City averted the first-half shutout with a six-play 53-yard march and scored on a thirteen-yard keeper from Andrews. Spencer Ball kicked the PAT for the final points of the half.

Trey Wilkerson scored on the opening drive of the second half with a 32-yard run, then Pennington scored on a one-play, one-yard drive after a muffed punt for a 35-7 lead to end the third quarter.

Ponca once again scored in the final moments of the half, traveling 53 yards in nine plays, capped by a one-yard keeper.

Pennington led the offense with a 14-22-165-1 passing performance and 8-64 ground game for four total touchdowns. Wilkerson was the leading rusher with eight carries for 75 yards. Snodgrass and Braden Foster both had five catches for 51 yards each. Hayden Cramer and JT Bristow led the defense in tackles.

The win was the Sandites’ seventh-straight against Ponca City and they hold a 26-18-1 series record. In the last seven meetings they’ve won by an average score of 45-15, including a 42-7 drubbing last year.

The Sandites will return to action with a Thursday home game against No. 2 Bixby (6-1, 4-0). The Sandites are all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs after a rough 0-3 start, but can technically still make it to the post-season if they win out. They’ll need a pair of big upsets against the top-ranked team in the district and the defending State Champions to do so, however.

Week 7 Class 6A-2 Results
Del City 46-7 Putnam City
Muskogee 35-26 Shawnee
Sand Springs 35-14 Ponca City
Stillwater 23-20 Lawton
Midwest City 35-9 Deer Creek
Bixby 65-6 Bartlesville
Booker T. Washington 20-3 Sapulpa
Choctaw 35-7 Putnam West

District 2 Standings
4-0 Bixby (59 district points)
3-1 Muskogee (32)
3-1 Booker T. Washington (31)
2-2 Shawnee (-18)
2-2 Sapulpa (-24)
1-3 Bartlesville (-33)
1-3 Sand Springs (-3)
0-4 Ponca City (-44)

CPHS Football Halftime Report: Sandites lead Ponca City 21-7 at halftime

The Class 6A-II No. 11 ranked Charles Page High School football team (1-5, 0-3) is off to a hot start against No. 15 Ponca City (0-6, 0-3) with a 21-7 halftime lead.

The Wildcats didn’t score their first touchdown till there was only twenty seconds left in the half, set up by a Caden Pennington interception.

Sand Springs gave up only four yards on the home team’s opening drive and marched their corresponding possession to the Wildcat 31-yard line before giving up a turnover on downs. Ponca once again recorded only four yards on their second possession, and this time the Sandites hit pay dirt on their next drive.

Pennington and Trey Wilkerson put together a seven-play 76-yard drive and scored on a twenty-yard keeper with 2:21 in the first quarter. Jaden Weiser kicked the point-after for a 7-0 lead.

The Wildcats put together their first semi-successful drive spanning the first two quarters, marching 49 yards in twelve plays to the Sandite red zone before an unsportsmanlike penalty pushed them back to fourth and fifteen at the 27. A fumbled handoff resulted in a turnover on downs at the 30.

Sand Springs made another triumphant trip to the end zone, traveling seventy yards in ten plays, capped by a 23-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to Jacob Snodgrass. Weiser’s kick made it 14-0 with 6:02 to play.

The Wildcats made the mistake of going for a fourth-and-one from their own 46, and Jerret Haley bagged the quarterback for a turnover at the Ponca 40-yard line. Pennington made a forty-yard pass to Justin Roe on the first play and Weiser put the visitors up 21-0 with 4:36 in the half.

Sand Springs’s stellar defense gave up only three yards before forcing another punt, and the Sandites marched 35 yards before Pennington threw an interception to Justin Andrews.

Ponca City averted the first-half shutout with a six-play 53-yard march and scored on a thirteen-yard keeper. Spencer Ball kicked the PAT for the final points of the half.

Snodgrass made an incredible 42-yard kick return on the next play, but the Sandites were pushed back to their own 33 on a holding call and ended the half without a snap.

Pennington was 8-15-114-1 in the first half and led the ground game with four carries for 47 yards.

The Sandites are riding a six-year win streak against Ponca City and hold a 25-18-1 series record. In the last six meetings they’ve won by an average score of 46-16, including a 42-7 drubbing last year.

Skordle Halftime Scores from across 6A-2.
Muskogee 14-0 Shawnee
Midwest City 28-6 Deer Creek
Lawton 7-6 Stillwater
Del City 34-0 Putnam City
Bixby 30-0 Bartlesville
Booker T. Washington 7-3 Sapulpa

CPHS Softball: Sandites fall to Edmond North at State Tournament, but win Academic State Title

(Shawnee) - The No. 4 offense in the state was too much for the Charles Page High School softball team (23-9), though they held their own for eight innings before falling 10-5 to Edmond North (28-3). The Lady Sandites were eliminated in the first round of the OSSAA Class 6A State Tournament, but won the Academic State Title with the best cumulative GPA of any of the State-qualifying teams.

The Lady Sandites took an early lead with a 2RBI double from Cameron Clemons in the bottom of the second inning, scoring Madelyn Blair and Felicity Horn, but Emily Demarus tied it up in the top of the third with a home run.

The Huskies jumped out front in the top of the fifth, loading the bases with a double and two walks. Kaitlyn Jones scored Kamri Heath on a single and Rachel Matthews walked in before Blair caught a pair of pop flies, throwing one to second for a double play.

Drew Hawkins scored on a single from Sabrina Usher in the fifth and caught a fly ball to strand loaded bases in the sixth. The Sandites stranded loaded bases in the bottom of the sixth, but got another shot in the seventh and made the most of it. Usher drew a walk, stole second, and scored on an error to force extra innings.

The Huskies stranded a walk in the eighth but went to town in the top of the ninth with six singles, a walk, and a double for the 10-4 lead.

Usher, Blair, and Jacie Taber retaliated with three-straight singles in the bottom of the inning, and Taber scored Usher for the final run of the game before the Huskies sealed the victory with a pair of fly outs.

Taber (6-1, 35-11) picked up her first loss of the season, throwing fourteen hits, five strikeouts, and seven walks in nine innings.

Edmond North will play the winner of Yukon (22-8) vs. Broken Arrow (32-5) Friday. Deer Creek (28-3) won 6-5 over Stillwater (21-11) and Westmoore (30-5) prevailed 5-3 against Owasso (25-10) on the north side of the bracket. Both semifinal games will be played at 1:30 p.m. The Championship game will be played at 6:30 p.m. The Tournament is held at the Ballfields at Firelake in Shawnee.

EDN 10 CPHS 5
Hits: EDN 14, CPHs 10.
Walks: EDN 7, CPHS 5.
Strikeouts: CPHS 3, EDN 5.
Stolen Bases: CPHS 2.
Errors: EDN 2, CPHS 2.
Double Plays: CPHS 1.
Left on Base: EDN 11, CPHS 11.

CPHS Volleyball: Sandites end season 7-18 with Regional loss to Broken Arrow

The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (7-18) took on the Frontier Valley Conference Champions from No. 9 ranked Broken Arrow (20-13) Tuesday evening at Owasso High School.

The Lady Sandites fell in sets of 25-23, 25-11, and 25-12 in the first round of the Regional Championship to end their season.

Macy Blackburn scored the first kill for Broken Arrow, the Tigers made a service error, then scored on a kill from Mackenzie McGuire. The Sandites rattled off four straight wins from there for a 5-2 lead. Madison Blaylock made an impressive dig that the Tigers let fall undefended. Cheyenne Henry made a kill, then combined on a block with Rachel Hines.

The teams traded blows till the Tigers dug themselves into an 11-7 deficit with three-straight errors. A quick timeout to adjust and they rattled off five straight points with four kills. Devree Youngblood tied it at 12-12, Cloe Campfield tied it at 13-13, and Henry tied it at 14-14 before the Sandites put together a three point run for the 18-15 lead with a kill from Henry and a block from Henry and Youngblood.

Sand Springs stayed out front till 20-17, then the Tigers rattled off four straight. The set tied three more times before Kiana Clark and Gracie Daniels combined on a block for the 25-23 victory. Henry was the star of the game with five kills and two blocks.

Broken Arrow buried Sand Springs in an early 13-5 deficit in set two with a 10-1 run and the Sandites never recovered. Sand Springs committed ten errors with only three kills, and the Tigers cleaned up their serve game with four aces and half as many service errors in the 25-11 beat down.

Game three started as another back and forth affair. Broken Arrow started to pull ahead at 8-5, then committed four errors to give the Sandites the lead. Olivia Boss tied it at 9-9, Vanessa Wyrick killed for the lead, then the Tigers got back into their groove with eight straight rallies to knock the Sandites out of contention.

The Tigers, who went undefeated in conference action this season, were defeated 3-0 by the hosting Rams in the Regional finals. Owasso and Jenks are the lone FVC teams to advance to the State Tournament.

BAHS 3 CPHS 0
(25-23, 25-11, 25-12)
Kills: BAHS 35, CPHS 15
Blocks: BAHS 5, CPHS 3.
Aces: BAHS 6.
Service Errors: CPHS 3, BAHS 8.
Total Errors: BAHS 28, CPHS 29.
(Sand Springs Stats)
Kills: Henry 6, Youngblood 4, Campfield 3, Burris 1, Wyrick 1.
Assists: Burris 11, Mong 3.
Assisted Blocks: Henry 3, Hines 1, Youngblood 1, Burris 1.
Digs: Blaylock 12, Burris 2, Youngblood 1, Mong 1, Hines 1.

Regional Champions
No. 1 Edmond Santa Fe (29-3)
No. 2 Stillwater (26-5)
No. 3 Edmond Memorial (24-8)
No. 4 Deer Creek (23-7)
No. 5 Norman North (25-8)
No. 6 Jenks (21-15)
No. 7 Edmond North (22-10)
No. 8 Owasso (25-9)

CPHS Cross Country: Sandite boys place 4th at Owasso, girls 9th

The Charles Page High School Cross Country teams competed at the Owasso Invitational Thursday.

The Lady Sandites placed ninth of fifteen schools in the varsity 5K, and the varsity boys took fourth of seventeen schools.

The junior varsity boys placed tenth of twelve teams, while the JV girls didn’t have a full squad.

The senior-laden varsity boys’ team placed two in the top fifteen, led by Jacob Smith with a 17:25 finish for eleventh. Aden Baughman was just a second behind him for thirteenth. Chezney Kelley was the leading Lady Sandite with a 23:20 finish for 39th place. Erika Baker and Sara Abbet also cracked the top-fifty.

The Sandites will return to action Wednesday at the Frontier Valley Conference Championship in Bartlesville. Varsity girls will kick the meet off at 4:00 p.m. at Madison Middle School at 5900 Southeast Baylor Drive.

Varsity Girls 5K Results
23:20.0 Chezney Kelley - 39th
23:40.7 Erika Baker - 49th
23:43.0 Sara Abbet - 50th
24:11.3 Jazmin Lopez - 51st
25:10.8 Teagan Smith - 67th
26:21.7 Victoria Baker - 84th
27:30.4 Wanageeska Williams - 96th

JV Girls 5K Results
27:34.2 Haylee Alford - 46th
33:48.9 Abby Cotton - 78th

Varsity Boys 5K Results
17:25.5 Jacob Smith - 11th
17:26.6 Aden Baughman - 13th
17:57.3 Nelson Yazzie - 24th
18:26.1 Jaelyn Jackson - 38th
19:09.3 Danny Murray - 58th
20:02.8 Alejandro Lopez - 79th
21:43.4 Caleb James - 101st

JV Boys 5K Results
20:52.6 Keagan Murray - 79th
20:53.1 Sam English - 80th
22:41.9 Matt Wilkerson - 129th
23:04.1 Chandler Blake - 143rd
23:18.5 Dalton Wilcox - 150th
23:52.5 Rhett Record - 158th
24:01.8 David Rigsby - 161st
24:46.7 Jonathon Taylor - 173rd
24:58.8 Christian West - 183rd
28:22.6 Nicholas Sango - 205th
30:03.8 Caleb Garzone - 209th

CPHS Football Preview: Sandites ride six-year win streak into Ponca City meeting

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University of Central Oklahoma freshman Payton Scott ran for 284 yards and five touchdowns on only 25 carries in last year’s lopsided 42-7 victory.

The Class 6A-II No. 11 ranked Charles Page High School football team (1-5, 0-3) is still looking for their first district win, though at this point they’ll need to win out to make the playoffs.

The Sandites will have a good shot at snapping their four-game losing streak when they travel to a winless Ponca City (0-6, 0-3) Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Sullins Stadium
927 North 5th Street
Ponca City, OK 74601

OSSAA 6A-II District 2 Standings
3-0 Bixby (44 district points)
2-1 Booker T. Washington (16)
2-1 Sapulpa (-9)
2-1 Muskogee (23)
2-1 Shawnee (-9)
1-2 Bartlesville (-18)
0-3 Sand Springs (-18)
0-3 Ponca City (-29)

Last Week

The Sandites had homecoming spoiled 29-27 by Bartlesville despite owning a 20-7 lead by the end of the first quarter. Caden Pennington led the offense with a 6-13-138-1 passing performance for three touchdowns and a 13-95 run game. Daren Hawkins caught four passes for 90 yards and two scores and Braden Foster caught two throws for 48 yards and a touchdown. Joel Mackey carried 10-69 for one touchdown and Jaden Weiser was three-for-three on extra point kicks. Luke Bratcher had a forced fumble, Kaden Glass had a recovery, and Mackey blocked a PAT.

Ponca had their second-biggest offensive showing of the season, scoring twenty points against Bixby, but also gave up 57 in their worst defensive allowance.

This Season

The Sandites started strong, despite an opening week loss to a strong Texas program. They easily handled a still winless Putnam City team, but things took a downward turn from there. After an unsurprising loss to a powerhouse Arkansas team they suffered three come-from-behind losses. They have no problem scoring and no problem getting stops, but both sides of the ball have a hard time finishing.

Ponca is riding an eleven game losing streak that that Sandites kicked off last year. They’ve played a fairly tough schedule including two undefeated 5A teams and average 13.5 points per game.

No. 11 Sand Springs (1-5, 0-3)

28-41 vs. Mansfield Summit (3-2)
45-24 @ Putnam City (0-6)
13-49 @ Greenwood (5-1)
23-23, OT @ Shawnee (2-4)
27-45 vs. Muskogee (4-2)
27-29 vs. Bartlesville (2-4)

No. 15 Ponca City (0-6, 0-3)

13-20 vs. Enid (1-5)
14-28 @ Guthrie (6-0)
0-28 vs. Collinsville (6-0)
27-32 @ Shawnee (2-4)
7-16 @ Muskogee (4-2)
20-57 vs. Bixby (5-1)

Average Sandite Box Score
Opponent 35 CPHS 27
First Downs: Opp 18, CPHS 16.
Fumbles/Lost: Opp 1/1, CPHS 2/1.
Penalties: Opp 8-74, CPHS 7-49.
Passing: Opp 12-18-159-0, CPHS 9-16-125-0.
Rushing: Opp 41-229, CPHS 41-243.
Offense: Opp 59-388, CPHS 57-368.

The Programs

Sand Springs is coming off a 5-6 season, led by twelfth year Head Coach Dustin Kinard with a 61-65 record. They are riding an all-time program best streak of six-straight seasons with playoff berths. They have been in Class 6A-II since its inception in 2014. The Sandites hold one gold ball, winning the 2A State title in 1966.

Ponca City coming off a 1-9 season and is led by first-year Head Coach Scott Harmon with a 127-55 record in sixteen seasons at lower classifications. The Wildcats haven’t had a winning season since 2005. They have never won a football title.

The Series (Sand Springs 25-18-1)

The Ponca City series was an exciting one from the very beginning. The first installment was in 1952 when the Wildcats knocked Cecil Hankins’s District Champions out of the playoffs in a home Thanksgiving Day battle. The next year resulted in a 7-7 tie. In 1954, with future MLB 3X World Series champion Jerry Adair at quarterback, the Sandites rallied from a 20-0 deficit to a 21-20 victory.

The series took a hiatus until 1961, when Ponca won handily, then stalled again till 1978. Sand Springs became the first team to win back-to-back meetings in 1981 with a 31-24 triple overtime win on the road.

The Wildcats won three in a row from 1984 to 1986, then Sand Springs won four in a row from 1987 to 1990, including the series’ first shutouts of 20-0 in 1988 and 28-0 in 1990. The Sandites won another streak of four from 1996-1999, then Ponca dominated from 2000 to 2005.

The Wildcats scored 40+ points in three-straight games during the dark ages of Sandite football. Sand Springs lost 28-straight games from 2001-2004, including a 41-0 shutout in 2004 and the Wildcats’ most lopsided victory at 48-2 in 2003.

Brad Odom’s Sandites snapped the losing streak in 2006 with a 21-0 shutout and they won five-straight from there. 2008 saw a wild 45-42 Sandite shootout victory. Sand Springs went 1-9 in 2010, but found their lone victory 35-28 against Ponca.

The Wildcats’ last victory came in 2011, and the Sandites are riding a six-game win streak. Sand Springs scored a series-best 57-7 win in 2013, and the highest-scoring meeting between the two teams came in 2016 at 56-35. Last year Payton Scott scored five touchdowns in a 42-7 road win.

1952: Ponca City 27-9
1953: Tie 7-7
1954: Sand Springs 21-20
1961: Ponca City 35-6
1978: Sand Springs 25-18
1979: Ponca City 30-9
1980: Sand Springs 17-13
1981: Sand Springs 31-24, 3OT
1982: Ponca City 28-12
1983: Sand Springs 13-2
1984: Ponca City 28-14
1985: Ponca City 14-13
1986: Ponca City 26-14
1987: Sand Springs 14-13
1988: Sand Springs 20-0
1989: Sand Springs 22-15
1990: Sand Springs 28-0
1991: Ponca City 21-13
1992: Sand Springs 17-10
1993: Ponca City 14-7
1994: Ponca City 30-14
1995: Ponca City 17-14
1996: Sand Springs 35-16
1997: Sand Springs 20-6
1998: Sand Springs 19-7
1999: Sand Springs 26-0
2000: Ponca City 28-10
2001: Ponca City 42-14
2002: Ponca City 41-22
2003: Ponca City 48-2
2004: Ponca City 41-0
2005: Ponca City 38-12
2006: Sand Springs 21-0
2007: Sand Springs 21-19
2008: Sand Springs 45-42
2009: Sand Springs 31-10
2010: Sand Springs 35-28
2011: Ponca City 35-31
2012: Sand Springs 47-17
2013: Sand Springs 57-7
2014: Sand Springs 31-7
2015: Sand Springs 44-21
2016: Sand Springs 56-35
2017: Sand Springs 42-7

2018 Stat Leaders

Passing
51-94-707-2, 9TD Pennington
1-1-41-0 Foster

Receiving
16-276, 5TD Hawkins
15-173, 2TD Snodgrass
5-102, 1TD Foster
4-68, 1TD Roberts
4-53 Mackey

Rushing
96-749, 7TD Mackey
74-350, 4TD Pennington
58-265, 3TD Wilkerson
5-42 McCallie
7-23 Jones

Kick Returns
7-90 Snodgrass
2-59 Mackey
2-38 McCallie
2-26 Jones
2-22 Roe

Kick-Avg
30-34 Weiser

Punt-Avg
2-39 Pennington
9-34 Smith
1-16 Weiser

PAT
16/19 Weiser

Field Goals
1-26 Weiser

Tackles
74 Cramer
32 Bratcher
24 Haley
21 Glass
20 Peterman

For Loss
5-12 Cramer
5-9 Glass
4-8 Bratcher
4-8 Peterman
2-10 Myers

Sacks
1-6 Myers
1-5 Bratcher
1-3 Cramer
1-3 Peterman

Breakups
3 Adcock
2 Bratcher

Interceptions
1 Dudley

Forced Fumbles
1 Bratcher
1 Cramer

Fumble Recoveries
2 Glass
1 Peterman
1 Rutledge

Blocked Kicks
1 Mackey