NCAA Wrestling: Undefeated freshman Daton Fix wins Reno Tournament of Champions

Charles Page High School Class of 2017 graduate Daton Fix has continued his undefeated career at Oklahoma State University with a second-consecutive Reno Tournament of Champions title, improving to 17-0 as a redshirt freshman.

Fix racked up eleven takedowns in a 24-9 technical fall against Cal Baptist sophomore Vince Zavala in only 6:26, and led Oregon State sophomore Devan Turner 12-3 before the Beaver was disqualified with four stalling penalties. In the quarterfinals he teched Old Dominion junior Steven Simpson 18-2 in only 2:52 with three takedowns and twelve nearfall points.

In the semifinals Fix took on former teammate, North Carolina senior Gary Wayne Harding, who, like Fix, was a four-time Oklahoma State Champion in high school. The Cowboy scored takedowns in all three periods for a 10-2 major decision.

In the finals Fix easily easily handled two-time NCAA qualifier, Michigan State senior Anthony Tutolo with four takedowns for a 10-4 decision.

Oklahoma State won the team title with seven champions and 204.5 points. Nick Piccinini (125), Kaden Gfeller (149), Chandler Rogers (165), Jacobe Smith (174), Dakota Geer (197), and Derek White (285) secured titles for OSU while Dustin Hone (149), Jonce Blaylock (157) and Joseph Smith (174) settled for silver. Michigan State placed second with 150.5 points and one champion.

Last month Fix knocked off 2017 NCAA Finalist No. 8 Ethan Lizak 6-1 in a dual with Minnesota, then won 3-0 against No. 12 ranked All-American Montorie Bridges from Wyoming.

Two weeks ago the Cowboys dominated Oklahoma 41-2 in their biggest Bedlam win in 26 years. Fix teched Anthony Madrigal 20-5 in 6:27. In their latest dual the Cowboys blanked Northern Colorado 47-0, aided by a 16-1 Fix tech fall against Sean Cannon, a three-time Nevada State Champion.

Oklahoma State is currently ranked No. 3 in the country with a 5-0 overall record and 4-0 Big Twelve record. FloWrestling has Fix ranked seventh in the 133-pound weight class.

The Cowboys will return to action January 1st at the Southern Scuffle tournament in Chattanooga, against powerhouse programs like No. 1 Penn State, No. 7 NC State, and No. 14 Virginia Tech. No. 4 Tariq Wilson, No. 10 Austin Gomez, No. 17 Roman Bravo-Young, and No. 20 Sean Nickell could all present tough competition for Fix at that event.

On the horizon for Fix is a potential matchup with No. 2 Nick Suriano when the Cowboys travel to No. 25 Rutgers (6-1) after the new year. The two set the world record for longest high school folkstyle match at the FloWrestling Who’s Number One event in 2014. Suriano ultimately won 3-1 at the 31:12 overtime mark.

CPHS Wrestling: Undefeated Sandites thump Stillwater 40-17

The Class 6A No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School wrestling team improved to 3-0 on the season with a dominant 40-17 win against No. 10 Stillwater (2-2) Tuesday evening at the Ed Dubie Field House.

Sand Springs won nine matches to five, and picked up falls at three weight classes.

The Sandites got off to a hot start, winning their first four matches before Stillwater won the biggest showdown of the night.

Christian Forbes (7-2) decisioned Gabe Fontanez 9-6, Brendon Wiseley (6-2, 20-10) pinned Henry Warren in 2:20, Dylan Luker (1-1) received a forfeit, and Seth Jones (6-2) won a 13-4 major decision against Cade Nicholas for a 19-0 Sandite lead.

The hottest match of the season thus-far pitted two-time State Champion Riley Weir (1-1, 92-28) against sophomore State Champion Carter Young. Young went 40-1 last season as a Sandite, but transferred to Stillwater over the summer. In only his second match of the season, Weir took a 2-0 lead with a first period takedown, but Young tied it up in the second period and added two more takedowns in the third for a 6-4 decision.

Freshman Blake Jones (7-1) got the Sandites back on track with a 10-4 decision over Skylar Lancaster, but Dax Hughes won a 7-3 decision for the Pioneers over Caleb Phillips (1-4, 3-11).

Scott Patton (8-1, 43-23) edged out Tanner Robinson 8-6, and Chris Kirby (6-2, 28-12) topped Brett Black 5-4, but Christian McCutcheon secured Stillwater’s only fall in 2:49 against Braden Dahl (0-1, 1-4).

Riley Magee (4-2, 9-7) made easy work of Devin Alcantara, taking a 9-0 lead into the second period with three sets of back points. He added two more takedowns and a trio of nearfall points before pinning his foe in 3:53.

Freshman standout Kaden Glass (3-0) pinned Camron Kirker in only 1:09 after scoring three takedowns against the Pioneer.

Robbie Parrish (0-3, 2-15) held tough against State Qualifier Sam Smith, but gave up an escape in the third period for a 1-0 loss.

Both teams will return to action Friday at the Thirteenth Annual Kansas City Stampede. Sand Springs placed 29th last year at the prestigious event and the program’s best finish was third place in 2016. They will face teams like Nationally-ranked No. 12 Tuttle and No. 22 Park Hill, as well as 6A No. 4 Edmond North, 5A No. 2 Collinsville, and 3A No. 1 Perry. Carter Young is the only returning tournament champion from either team.

CPHS Basketball: Sandites outlast Muskogee 58-42, Savage scores 16

The Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (7-1, 4-0) continued their undefeated Frontier Valley Conference streak with a dominant 58-42 win over Muskogee Tuesday night. Cale Savage led all scorers with sixteen points, followed by Cole Durkee with fourteen and Marlo Fox with eleven.

The Sandites missed their first ten shots, mostly put-back attempts, and gave up five points to James Brown before hitting paydirt on a layup from Davon Richardson. But after briefly trailing 7-2, they surged ahead with seven-straight points. Fox rattled off three for their first advantage, Marcus Newton tied it, but Durkee scored from two and three-point range to end the first period up 16-12.

Fox kicked off the second period with a layup but Muskogee kept it tight with a layup from Jordan Bradley and a deep ball from Kaunor Ashley. Savage made his way into the books with a three, but the Roughers reclaimed the lead with seven-straight before Durkee hit a three to tie it at 24. Brown drained the clock before scoring and Muskogee took a 27-24 advantage into the locker room.

Savage gave his team the lead with back-to-back threes in the third, but the team took a loss when Richardson drew a fourth foul early on. Minney scored two and assisted Jaden Hurd, then Savage pulled up for another three for their first two-score lead of the game. Sand Springs ended on a six-point run with goals from Durkee and Fox.

Up 43-35 to start the final stanza, Minney added a pair of free throws for their first double-digit lead, then sent a pass to Daren Hawkins for three. Fox hit a two and Savage scored four-straight free throws for their biggest lead of the night at 56-40. Brown added two more from the charity stripe, then Durkee capped the night off.

Sand Springs will return to action at the Duncan Holiday Invitational, while the Roughers (2-5, 1-3) will take the rest of the year off before facing No. 13 Jenks (6-1, 2-1) after the new year.

CPHS 58 MHS 42
1Q: CPHS 16-12
2Q: MHS 15-8
3Q: CPHS 19-8
4Q: CPHS 15-7
Free Throws: MHS 5-of-5, CPHS 9-of-10.
Field Goals: CPHS 21-of-44, MHS 16-of-53.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 10, MHS 7.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 29, MHS 10.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 39, MHS 17.
Steals: MHS 4, CPHS 3.
Blocks: CPHS 4.
Fouls: CPHS 14, MHS 14.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Savage 16, Durkee 14, Fox 11, Minney 8, Richardson 4, Hawkins 3, Hurd 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Minney 6, Richardson 2, Fox 1, Durkee 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Minney 8, Richardson 6, Fox 4, Savage 4, Durkee 3, Hawkins 2, Quier 1, Hurd 1.
Total Rebounds: Minney 14, Richardson 8, Fox 5, Savage 4, Durkee 4, Hawkins 2, Quier 1, Hurd 1.
Steals: Savage 1, Durkee 1.
Blocks: Richardson 2, Minney 2.
Assists: Richardson 2, Minney 2, Durkee 2, Savage 1.
Fouls: Richardson 4, Fox 4, Minney 3, Savage 2, Hurd 1.

(Muskogee Scoring): James Brown 12, Newton 11, Xavier Brown 10, Bradley 6, Ashley 1.

CPHS Basketball: Lady Sandites struggle in Muskogee but prevail 55-39, Johnson scores 16

Destiny Johnson led all scorers Tuesday with sixteen points against Muskogee. (Photo: Scott Emigh).

The Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (6-2, 4-0) played a lackluster game against Muskogee (1-5, 0-4) Tuesday evening on the road, but prevailed 55-39 to remain undefeated in Frontier Valley Conference action.

The Lady Sandites struggled to find rhythm as Head Coach Tobey Nightingale experimented with her lineups, but ultimately won by double digits, despite their closest bout with the Roughers in three seasons.

Both teams turned over their opening possessions, but Holly Kersgieter got the visitors on the board with a pair of free throws. Tea Myers laid up for Muskogee, Isabella Regalado laid up for Sand Springs, then Destiny Johnson, Lonnesha Hill, and Kersgieter traded free throws to make it 8-4 in the Sandites’ favor.

Dissatisfied with her starters’ defensive efforts, Nightingale sent in the second string just three minutes into the game. Things stalled out from there and neither team scored till the final minute. By the end of the first quarter, the Lady Sandites had put more players on the court than points on the board, leading only 9-6, a stark difference from the 36-8 opening stanza in the two teams’ first meeting, just a few weeks prior.

The starters returned to the game in the second period. Kersgieter and Johnson scored on quick steals, but the Roughers continued to hang tight and rattled off six straight to make it a one-point game. Jacie Taber briefly put her team back out front by a single point, but Madison Maxwell gave the Roughers their first and only lead of the night soon after.

The Sandites finally began to hit their stride with a deep ball from Kersgieter and a follow up from Johnson. Patton went 1-of-2 at the charity stripe, then Darrian Jordan rebounded for a long pass to Johnson and a 23-18 halftime advantage.

Just two weeks prior, the Sandites led the Roughers 57-16 at the half, but they shot only 5-of-20 on Muskogee’s home court and gave up five steals for a meager five-point advantage.

D’Asia Brown got hot in the early third period, scoring the Roughers’ first seven points to keep up with three-point baskets from Regalado and Padilla. Regalado had eight points in the quarter, but the Sandites could’t manage to pull away.

Kersgieter hit a layup to start the final stretch up 37-30, but Muskogee rattled off four more before the Sandites finally began to look like themselves and pull away. Johnson scored on a pair of steals and Madison Burris made her way into the scorebook with a three for their first double-digit advantage of the night. McKenzie Harris scored on a steal shortly before the buzzer.

The Lady Sandites will get a nearly three-week Christmas Break before returning to action Thursday, January 4th against No. 15 Bixby (4-2, 2-1) at home.

CPHS 55 MHS 39
1Q: CPHS 9-6
2Q: CPHS 14-12
3Q: All 12-12
4Q: CPHS 20-9
Free Throws: CPHS 15-of-25, MHS 8-of-13.
Field Goals: MHS 13-of-38, CPHS 17-of-52.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 15, MHS 7.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 19, MHS 13.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 34, MHS 20.
Steals: CPHS 20, MHS 11.
Blocks: CPHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 13, MHS 16.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Johnson 16, Kersgieter 14, Regalado 13, Padilla 5, Burris 3, Harris 2, Taber 1, Hughes 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 5, Taber 4, Jordan 2, Regalado 2, Johnson 1, Solis 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Taber 4, Kersgieter 4, Padilla 3, Cheney 2, Jordan 2, Johnson 1, Burris 1, Regalado 1, Bunch 1.
Total Rebounds: Kersgieter 9, Taber 8, Jordan 4, Padilla 3, Regalado 3, Johnson 2, Cheney 2, Burris 1, Solis 1, Bunch 1.
Steals: Johnson 6, Kersgieter 3, Taber 2, Regalado 2, Hughes 2, Burris 1, Hampton 1, Solis 1, Bunch 1, Harris 1.
Blocks: Regalado 1.
Assists: Taber 2, Burris 1.
Fouls: Regalado 4, Johnson 2, Kersgieter 1, Taber 1, Hampton 1, Solis 1, Bunch 1, Cheney.

(Muskogee Scoring): Maxwell 9, Brown 9, Myers 6, Patton 6, Hill 4, Wilson 4, Whitaker 1.

CPHS Basketball Preview: Sand Springs at Muskogee

The Charles Page High School boys and girls basketball teams will return to the court Tuesday evening in Muskogee. The game will be the last of the year for the girls, while the boys still have one holiday tournament left. Both Sandite squads remain undefeated in Frontier Valley Conference action.

The No. 8 ranked Sand Springs boys (6-1, 3-0) suffered their first loss of the season at the Memorial Veteran’s Arena Invitational, 71-50 against Southwest Christian Academy, but defeated the Wichita Defenders 76-65 and the HFC Warriors 70-65 in overtime. On Tuesday they also rolled over Bartlesville 64-42.

Muskogee (2-4, 1-2) played only one game last week and fell 77-50 to undefeated Sapulpa. The Sandites edged out Muskogee 57-52 earlier this year.

James Brown has been the leading scorer for Muskogee this season, and the Rougher put up 23 points against the Sandites in their first meeting this season. Peyton Clark and Cameron Clemmons also broke double digits against Sand Springs.

Davon Richardson leads the Sandites in scoring with 15.8 points per game, but three other Sandites are also averaging double digits. Cale Savage averages 13.3, Josh Minney has 11.1, and Marlo Fox has 11.

The Sandites are fourteenth in 6A defensively and fifteenth offensively, winning by an average score of 63 to 55. Muskogee is 25th offensively and twentieth defensively, losing their games by an average of 59 to 51.

Head Coach Eric Savage (376-156) is 5-3 against Muskogee in his time at Sand Springs, but only 1-3 on the Roughers’ home court. Last year was the first time his Sandites won in Muskogee.

Muskogee (2-4)
L 52 - 57 No. 8 Sand Springs
W 52 - 44 Bixby
L 43 - 64 No. 4 Northwest Classen
W 60 - 31 Capitol Hill
L 50 - 78 No. 18 Norman
L 50 - 77 No. 2 Sapulpa

Sand Springs (6-1)
W 68 - 46 Ponca City
W 57 - 52 Muskogee
W 54 - 45 Broken Arrow
W 64 - 42 No. 19 Bartlesville
W 76 - 65 Wichita Defenders
L 50 - 71 SW Christian Academy
W 70 - 65 HFC Warriors

The No. 8 Lady Sandites (5-2, 3-0) should have little trouble in their rematch with Muskogee (1-4, 0-3) after throttling the Lady Roughers 109-39 earlier this season. Just last week they knocked off the defending Conference Champs from Bartlesville 66-48. Muskogee is coming off a 74-44 loss to Sapulpa.

The Sandites host an array of Division I talent, led by Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter with 24.3 points per game. Destiny Johnson is also averaging double digits at 14.3. Mashyla Swain was the only Lady Rougher to break double digits in their earlier meeting with Sand Springs, scoring ten.

The Lady Sandites hold the No. 2 offense in 6A with 74 points per game and have the fourth-largest margin of victory at 21.3 points. Muskogee is thirtieth in offense and 31st in defense, losing by an average score of 74-38.

Sand Springs is 4-0 against Muskogee since 2016 and their last three meetings have been won by thirty points or more.

Muskogee (1-4)
L 39 - 109 No. 8 Sand Springs
L 24 - 78 No. 15 Bixby
L 25 - 74 No. 10 Tahlequah
W 59 - 34 Tulsa Central
L 44 - 74 No. 19 Sapulpa

Sand Springs (5-2)
L 62 - 74 No. 11 Ponca City
W 109 - 39 Muskogee
W 89 - 56 Broken Arrow
W 75 - 34 Tulsa Memorial
L 43 - 57 No. 5 Shawnee
W 75 - 62 No. 20 Jenks
W 66 - 48 No. 12 Bartlesville

Frontier Valley Conference Standings

Boys
3-0 No. 8 Sand Springs
2-0 No. 2 Sapulpa
2-0 No. 10 Union
2-1 No. 16 Jenks
1-1 No. 6 Booker T. Washington
1-2 No. 17 Owasso
1-2 Muskogee
1-2 No. 19 Bartlesville
0-2 Broken Arrow
0-3 Bixby

Girls
3-0 No. 8 Sand Springs
2-0 No. 10 Booker T. Washington
1-0 No. 18 Union
2-1 No. 12 Bartlesville
2-1 No. 15 Bixby
1-1 No. 19 Sapulpa
1-2 No. 20 Jenks
0-2 Broken Arrow
0-3 Owasso
0-3 Muskogee

CPHS Basketball: Cale Savage scores 33 points in 70-65 overtime victory

The Hoops For Christ Warriors committed 31 fouls, Sand Springs scored 31 points from the free throw line, and Cale Savage scored a career-best 33 points to secure the 70-65 overtime victory Saturday evening at the Tulsa Memorial Veterans Arena Invitational

Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School (6-1) was without their inside man in Davon Richardson. They trailed 33-20 at halftime and didn’t manage to take the lead till overtime.

Marlo Fox scored the opening basket, but the Sandites came up dry on their next five possessions before Fox scored again, and trailed 10-4. Free throws kept the Sandites in contention, going 6-for-6 at the stripe and 3-for-13 in the field. Cale Savage gave his team a spark with a steal and layup late in the quarter, but they trailed 23-12 at the buzzer.

The second period was no friendlier to the Sandites. Josh Minney hit a layup and a trio of free throws. Savage made a three-point play, and the Warriors took a 33-20 lead into the locker room. Sand Springs went 0-of-10 from outside the arc in the first half and was out-rebounded 23 to 9. 6’6’” junior Traejon Davis led all scorers with sixteen points in the half.

Minney kicked off the second half with a steal and pass to Cole Durkee for two, then Durkee assisted Savage with a three. Minney put back another three-point attempt from Savage to cut the gap to 37-27, then Fox scored through a foul to get it back in single-digit territory.

Durkee was next to score from outside the arc, then Jaden Hurd added two from the charity stripe to make it a one-score game before Davis broke up the nine-point run. Savaged hit another deep ball, then Daren Hawkins scored on a steal for the first tie score since 2-2.

Davis put his team back out front with a three-point play, but the Warriors took a loss when 6’0” senior Jayden Hill fouled out with 1:21 left in the third quarter. By the end of the stanza the Warriors led only 46-41.

Davis kicked off the fourth period with a layup, Durkee and Fox hit back-to-back threes, then Hurd fouled out with 4:47 left, giving Davis a four-point play. It was a game of free throws for the duration, and Savage tied it up at 56-56 with four-straight. Trailing 59-57, Savage hit a layup and Davis missed a long three to force overtime.

Fox scored the first OT basket on a steal for the team’s first lead since the opening basket of regulation, then Davis fouled out with 1:28 left and Riley Banks fouled out with 1:10 left. Hawkins came up with a crucial steal that led to a pair of free throws from Fox, Jacob Daffron scored a three-pointer, then Fox fouled out with 6.7 left. The Sandites ended on a three-point run to end the festival on a high note.

Sand Springs went 2-1 at the Memorial tournament, failing to go undefeated for the first time since they began attending in 2015. However, their only loss came at the hands of a team that took 5A No. 1 Memorial into overtime, and they were without Richardson in that game as well.

The Sandites will return to action Tuesday with a conference road game against Muskogee (2-4). They previously defeated the Roughers 57-52 in the season opener.

CPHS 70 HFC 65
1Q: HFC 22-12
2Q: HFC 11-8
3Q: CPHS 21-13
4Q: CPHS 18-13
OT: CPHS 11-6
Free Throws: CPHS 31-of-47, HFC 21-of-29.
Field Goals: CPHS 17-of-40, HFC 21-of-39.
Offensive Rebounds: HFC 10, CPHS 7.
Defensive Rebounds: HFC 20, CPHS 12.
Total Rebounds: HFC 30, CPHS 19.
Steals: CPHS 10, HFC 4.
Blocks: CPHS 1, HFC 1.
Fouls: CPHS 23, HFC 31.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Cale Savage 33, Durkee 12, Fox 11, Minney 10, Hurd 2, Hawkins 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Durkee 2, Minney 2, Fox 1, Cale Savage 1, Hawkins 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Minney 3, Cale Savage 2, Hurd 2, Durkee 2, Fox 1, Quier 1, Cason Savage 1.
Total Rebounds: Minney 5, Durkee 4, Cale Savage 3, Hurd 2, Fox 2, Quier 1, Hawkins 1, Cason Savage 1.
Assists: Cale Savage 2, Durkee 1, Cason Savage 1.
Steals: Hawkins 3, Cale Savage 2, Minney 2, Fox 2, Durkee 1.
Blocks: Hurd 1.
Fouls: Fox 5, Hurd 5, Hawkins 4, Durkee 3, Cale Savage 3, Minney 2, Quier 1, Cason Savage 1.

(HFC Scoring)
Davis 30, Chippeaux 16, Dempsey 6, Daffron 6, #30 4, Miller 2, Banks 1, Veal 1.