CPHS Softball: Sandites beat Shawnee 7-1 in district action, Usher hits home run

The Charles Page High School fast pitch softball team (8-7, 4-1) got back to a winning record Thursday evening in Shawnee with a 7-1 district victory over the Wolves (6-9, 2-2). Sabrina Usher hit her sixth home run of the season and scored three runs. 

The Sandites only outhit their hosts 7-4 but benefited from four errors and five walks. Aliyah Taff (4-4, 8-10) got the win in the circle with no walks, no earned runs,  and four strikeouts. 

Felicity Horn scored the first run of the evening on an error in the second inning thanks to an overthrown pickoff attempt by the catcher. Madison Lee reached on an error in the third inning and scored on Usher’s home run for the 3-0 lead. Horn and Makenna Skaggs both hit doubles, but Skaggs was caught advancing to home on Horn’s hit to end the inning. 

Usher was hit by pitch in the fifth and came in on a sacrifice hit from Skaggs. Taff hit a 2RBI single in the sixth to score Lee and Rachel Jones, then Usher scored the final run on an error to make it 7-0.

Shawnee averted the shutout in the bottom of the sixth when Oklahoma State University-commit Tatum Sparks reached on an error and scored on a sacrifice from Carly Torbett. 

Anneca Anderson got the loss for the Wolves with four hits, four walks, and five strikeouts in four innings. Stormee Reed also saw action, tossing three hits and two walks in three innings. 

Sand Springs will return to action Thursday at 5:00 p.m. with a district road game against their Highway 97 rivals from Sapulpa (4-9, 1-4). Shawnee will host Jenks (7-4, 2-1) Tuesday.

District 6A-3 Standings
4-0 Owasso (10-4)
4-1 Sand Springs (8-7)
2-1 Jenks (7-4)
2-2 Shawnee (6-9)
2-3 Muskogee (2-5)
1-4 Ponca City (4-9)
1-4 Sapulpa (4-9)

Upcoming 6A-3 Games
9.3 Jenks @ Shawnee.
9.3 Sapulpa @ Muskogee.
9.5 Sand Springs @ Sapulpa.
9.5 Muskogee @ Jenks.
9.9 Ponca City @ Jenks.
9.10 Owasso @ Muskogee.
9.10 Ponca City @ Sand Springs.
9.10 Jenks @ Sapulpa.

CPHS Volleyball: Lincoln Christian snaps Sandite winning streak 3-2

The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (9-7) had an eight-match win streak snapped Thursday evening at Lincoln Christian School (6-5) as the Bulldogs overcame early errors for a 3-2 non-conference victory.

Five Sandites recorded kills and five posted blocks in the first set, holding strong for a 25-19 win, capped by a tipped ball from Vanessa Wyrick. The Bulldogs never led, but also never fell far behind, trailing by only six points at their worst.

Lincoln came out hard in round two, winning five straight rallies after an ace from Raylynn Mong. A kill and an ace from Wyrick cut it to 6-5 but Micah Clayton got hot with three kills in a 6-1 run for the Bulldogs. Bayleigh Smith was big at the net with four kills and three blocks, while Hope Keltner had a kill, a block, and three aces. The home team ended on a ten-point streak for the dominant 25-11 win.

Game three was closely fought with seven lead changes and ten tie scores. Sand Springs took its final lead with a four-point run at 14-11. After a kill from Devree Youngblood at 15-13 the Bulldogs went on a seven-point streak with three kills from Keltner that the Sandites never recovered from. The visitors won four of the final six rallies, but couldn’t quite tie it and Smith attacked the 25-23 game-winner.

Sand Springs stormed back in the fourth set to tie the match. Raena Marrick was first on the board, but the visitors won the next six rallies, capped by back-to-back aces from Youngblood. The Sandites took their biggest lead at 16-7 before the Bulldogs tried to stage a comeback. Katie Gleason aced to cut it to 21-19, but the visitors won four of the final five rallies with an ace from Wyrick and a kill from Youngblood.

The home team jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the final game and never gave it up, finishing on a five-rally streak for the 15-6 victory.

Clayton led all scorers with sixteen kills. Youngblood had a team-high fourteen kills, seventeen digs, and three aces. Madison Burris led the Sandites in assists with fourteen, and Jacelyn Smith had a team-high four blocks.

Lincoln Christian will return to action Tuesday in Coweta (6-4) at 6:00 p.m. Sand Springs will host Muskogee (4-4, 1-2) Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in a return to conference action.

LCS 3 CPHS 2 (19-25, 25-11, 25-23, 20-25, 15-6)
Kills: LCS 50,
Blocks: CPHS 7, LCS 5.
Aces: LCS 14, CPHS 10.
Service Errors: CPHS 3, LCS 16.
Total Errors: LCS 38, CPHS 40.
(Sand Springs Stats)
Kills: Youngblood 14, Campfield 6, Wyrick 6, Burris 5, Smith 2, Harris 1, Mong 1.
Assists: Burris 14, Mong 11, Blaylock 3, Wyrick 1.
Assisted Blocks: Smith 4, Wyrick 3, Burris 2, Campfield 2, Youngblood 2, Harris 1.
Digs: Youngblood 17, Mong 16, Burris 12, Blaylock 12, Campfield 10, Wicker 5, Harris 3, Wyrick 1.
Aces: Youngblood 3, Wyrick 2, Mong 2, Burris 2, Campfield 1.
(Lincoln Christian Scoring Stats Only)
Kills: Clayton 16, Keltner 9, Smith 9, Marrick 7, Riley 5, Gleason 3, Cunningham 1.
Aces: Keltner 4, Trompler 4, Gleason 2, Clayton 2, Bustamante 1, Cunningham 1.
Solo Blocks: Smith 2.
Assisted Blocks: Smith 2, Keltner 2, Marrick 1, Clayton 1.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
3-0 Broken Arrow (13-1)
3-0 Jenks (7-2)
2-1 Owasso (6-4)
2-1 Sand Springs (9-7)
1-2 Sapulpa (5-4)
1-2 Muskogee (4-4)
1-2 Union (3-9)
1-2 Bixby (1-9)
0-3 Bartlesville (1-9)

Upcoming Conference Matches
9.3 Booker T. Washington @ Bartlesville.
9.3 Muskogee @ Sand Springs.
9.3 Union @ Sapulpa.
9.10 Sand Springs @ Jenks.
9.10 Union @ Bartlesville.
9.10 Booker T. Washington @ Muskogee.
9.10 Bixby @ Broken Arrow.
9.10 Sapulpa @ Owasso.

CPHS Cross Country: Sandites struggle in season debut at Deer Creek

The Charles Page High School cross country teams picked a tough first competition for the season, competing against a crowded field at the Deer Creek Field Run Classic last Saturday. The Antlers are the defending State Champions in both boys and girls action.

Jenks High School won the girls’ race with an average time of 20:03.08, and the Lady Sandites finished 18th out of 18 with an average time of 27:02.07. The boys fared slightly better, finishing 19th out of 21 teams in 20:00.44. The host team won it in 16:41.55.

Senior Erika Baker was the top runner for the Lady Sandites, finishing in 82nd place in 23:58.83. Jenks sophomore Avery Mazzei won the run in 18:11.97. The Sand Springs squad is mostly young this year, with two seniors, one sophomore, and two freshmen.

Mustang junior Gabe Simonsen won the boys’ race in 15:45.19. Sandite junior Caleb James led his team in 19:12.01 for 90th place. Titus Wright is the lone senior on the team, which will be in good shape for the coming seasons with one junior and five sophomores.

The Sandite teams will return to action Saturday, August 31st at the Sapulpa Chieftain Meet.

Lady Sandite Results
23:58.83 Erika Baker - 82nd
24:24.31 Jazmin Lopez - 93rd
26:36.26 Wanageeska Williams - 120th
29:49.58 Ty Davis - 132nd
30:21.38 Madison Chambers - 133rd

Sandite Results
19:12.01 Caleb James - 90th
19:17.25 Alejandro Lopez - 94th
19:50.78 Noah Hanlon - 110th
20:25.72 Sam English - 122nd
21:16.48 Dalton Wilcox - 132nd
23:05.93 Titus Wright - 146th
23:29.21 David Rigsby - 147th

Also last Saturday, Sand Springs’s Landon Durburow took 14th out of nearly 70 runners in the Elementary Boys 1.2 mile run at Claremore Sequoyah in 8:50 and Brynlee Durburow won the Elementary Girls run in 7:38.

CPHS Softball: Sandites top Muskogee 7-2, Usher hits two triples

Rogers State University-committed senior Sabrina Usher was the bread and butter for the Sandite offense Tuesday afternoon, hitting two triples and a single to score one run and two RBI in a 7-2 win over Muskogee (2-5, 2-3). The Charles Page High School softball team (7-7, 3-1) got back to a .500 record and reclaimed the second-place spot in district standings with the win.

Sand Springs had zero difficulty in getting on base with fourteen hits, one walk, and three reaches on error. They stranded nine runners, however. Senior pitcher Mackenzie Bechtold (2-1, 6-1) got the win in the circle, throwing four hits, two strikeouts, and no walks with only one earned run.

Madison Lee scored on an RBI-single from Makenna Skaggs in the first inning but a pop fly to second base stranded loaded bases for the Sandites. Lee batted in Jaden Jordan with a single in the second inning, then Aliyah Taff scored on an error. Lee and Jolee McNally made it 5-0 on Usher’s first triple of the evening.

The visiting Roughers got on the board in the third thanks to errors at short and second, and a pair of singles. Hannah Cawthon and Isyss Patton scored on a 2RBI single from Karsyn York to avert the shutout.

Sand Springs loaded the bases again in the bottom of the third with two singles and an error. Hawkins managed to score on a fly out from McNally, but Mya Gaulden made the double play to third to end the inning.

Usher’s second triple was fruitless after three quick infield flies left her stranded, but she singled in the sixth and scored the final run on a hit from Avery Tanner.

Meadow Million took the loss for the Roughers with fourteen hits, no strikeouts, and one walk.

The Sandites will play a district game in Shawnee (6-8, 2-1) Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Muskogee will travel to Fenton, Missouri for the Rockwood Summit Tournament Friday and Saturday.

District 6A-3 Standings
4-0 Owasso (10-4)
3-1 Sand Springs (7-7)
2-1 Jenks (7-4)
2-1 Shawnee (6-8)
2-3 Muskogee (2-5)
1-4 Sapulpa (4-8)
1-5 Ponca City (4-10)

District 6A-3 Schedule
8.29 Sand Springs @ Shawnee.
9.3 Sapulpa @ Muskogee.
9.3 Jenks @ Shawnee.
9.5 Owasso @ Union.
9.5 Sand Springs @ Sapulpa.
9.5 Muskogee @ Jenks.

CPHS Volleyball: Sandites win eighth-straight, sweep Bartlesville 3-0

The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (9-6, 2-1) picked up their eighth-straight win Tuesday evening on the road with a 3-0 sweep of Bartlesville (0-7, 0-3) in Frontier Valley Conference action. The Sandites defeated the Bruins 25-18, 25-15, and 25-14.

Bartlesville only led once in the first set after a Hannah Lindsly ace at 2-1, but Sand Springs won the next nine rallies with three kills from Madison Burris. The Bruins cut that deficit to 14-11 with a kill from Lydia Knollmeyer, but the visitors finished strong with three kills and an ace from Devree Youngblood.

Game two was very similar to the first set, with the Sandites riding a nine-point streak to a 10-3 lead. Youngblood scored six kills in that set.

Mia Otten scored the first kill of the third game, and that was the only time the Bruins led. Cloe Campfield tied it and served an ace for the lead, and the Sandites never looked back. A pair of errors tied it at 5-5, but Sand Springs won the next nine points and five of the final six rallies.

Youngblood led all scorers with fifteen kills and two aces. Raylynn Mong notched seventeen assists, and Campfield had a team-high ten digs. Brooke Bluhm led the Bruins with five kills.

Bartlesville will return to action Thursday in a non-conference bout with Edison Prep (2-4). Sand Springs will also take a break from conference play when they travel to Lincoln Christian (5-4) Thursday at 6:00 p.m.

CPHS 3 BHS 0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-14)
Kills: CPHS 38, BHS 23.
Blocks: CPHS 2, BHS 1.
Aces: CPHS 7, BHS 4.
Service Errors: CPHS 3, BHS 4.
Total Errors: CPHS 19, BHS 28.
(Sand Springs Stats)
Kills: Youngblood 15, Campfield 7, Burris 6, Wyrick 5, Smith 3, Harris 2.
Assists: Mong 17, Burris 11, Blaylock 3, Wyrick 1.
Assisted Blocks: Campfield 2, Wyrick 2.
Digs: Campfield 10, Blaylock 7, Mong 7, Youngblood 6, Burris 1, Harris 1, Wyrick 1.
Aces: Campfield 2, Youngblood 2, Blaylock 2, Smith 1.
(Bartlesville Stats)
Kills: Bluhm 5, Knollmeyer 4, Hadrava 3, Wood 3, Otten 3, Hough 2, Erwin 1, Lindsly 1, #10 1.
Aces: Knollmeyer 1, Lindsly 1, Wood 1, Ahlert 1.
Assisted Blocks: Hadrava 1, Hough 1.

Frontier Valley Conference standings
3-0 Broken Arrow (13-1)
3-0 Jenks (7-2)
2-1 Owasso (6-3)
2-1 Sand Springs (9-6)
1-2 Union (2-9)
1-2 Bixby (1-9)
1-2 Booker T. Washington (7-6)
1-2 Sapulpa (4-4)
1-2 Muskogee (3-4)
0-3 Bartlesville (0-7)

CPHS Softball: Sandites fall 9-6 to Jenks in district action

The Charles Page High School fast pitch softball team (6-7, 2-1) dropped its first district game Monday evening, falling 9-6 to Jenks (7-3, 2-0). The teams were fairly evenly matched throughout the game, but a three-run homer in the third inning was more than the Sandites could overcome.

Jenks was first on the board with three singles and an error for a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second, but Sand Springs quickly responded. Aliyah Taff doubled, Madison Lee singled, and Jolee McNally walked to load the bases. Sabrina Usher hit a two-run single, Felicity Horn had a two-run double, and Drew Hawkins hit an RBI single for the 5-3 advantage.

The Trojans got back out front with a three-run homer. Taff doubled again and scored the Sandites’ final run on a catcher’s error in the fourth. Both teams stranded runners in the fifth, and Sand Springs stranded loaded bases in the sixth.

Jenks also loaded the side in the sixth and would have stranded them all were it not for an error in right field that allowed all three runners to score and seal the victory.

Taff (3-4, 7-10) went three-for-three at the plate, but got the loss on the mound with ten hits, three earned runs, one strikeout, and two walks.

Sandite Softball will return to action Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. in a district home game against Muskogee (2-4, 2-2). The Trojans will meet the only other undefeated district team in Owasso (9-4, 3-0) Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

District 6A-3 Standings
3-0 Owasso (9-4)
2-0 Jenks (7-3)
2-1 Sand Springs (6-7)
2-1 Shawnee (6-8)
2-2 Muskogee (2-4)
1-3 Sapulpa (4-7)
0-5 Ponca City (3-10)