CPHS Softball: Sandites win fifth-straight Regional Championship, 17th overall

For the third time in five years, the Sandites took the back door to the State Tournament. The Charles Page High School fast pitch softball team (23-12) came back from an early loss, winning a three-game series against Choctaw (17-14) for their fifth-straight Regional Championship.

Choctaw won game one 4-2, but the Sandites came back through the loser’s bracket with an 11-1 win over Sapulpa. They then defeated the Yellowjackets 10-0 and 2-1.

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CPHS Softball: Rachael Jones hits walkoff homer for 11-1 playoff win over Sapulpa
CPHS Softball: Sandites run-rule Choctaw 10-0 in Regional Playoffs

The final game of the series suffered three lightning delays and two rain delays, and the game didn’t wrap up till four hours after it started.

Micah Edmonds put the Yellowjackets on the board in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI double to score Preslee Irwin, but Aliyah Taff tied it with a sacrifice fly to score Madison Lee in the fifth.

Choctaw threatened in the fifth, but Taff pitched a strikeout with bases loaded to save the inning. Rachael Jones hit a double in the sixth to score Makenna Skaggs for the Sandites’ first and only lead of the game.

Taff (13-7, 17-13) got the win in the pitcher’s circle with eight hits, four strikeouts, and one walk. Emma Jackson got the loss with six hits, two strikeouts, and six walks.

The Class 6A State Tournament will be played at The Ballfields at Firelake in Shawnee on October 17, 18, and 19.

CPHS Softball: Sandites run-rule Choctaw 10-0 in Regional Playoffs

The Charles Page High School fast pitch softball team (22-12) suffered a 4-2 upset at the hands of their rivals from Choctaw Tuesday evening at the Regional playoffs, but earned a rematch Wednesday morning after an 11-1 run-rule victory over Sapulpa (9-19). The Sandites came back with a vengeance, run-ruling the Yellowjackets 10-0 in six innings to force a tie-breaker game for the Regional title. They will play at 5:00 p.m. for the ticket to State.

Sabrina Usher kicked off the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning, her thirteenth of the season. Makenna Skaggs hit an RBI single in the second inning to score Felicity Horn, and Drew Hawkins scored on a passed ball for a 3-0 lead.

Brooklyn Harper tagged up to score on a fly out from Avery Tanner in the third inning, then Skaggs hit an RBI double to score Horn and Reagan Rector hit a 2RBI double to score Skaggs and Hawkins for the 7-0 advantage.

Horn hit a sacrifice fly to score Usher in the fourth. Aliyah Taff almost scored Rachael Jones on a sacrifice fly in the sixth, but Jones was ruled to have left base early and called out. Hawkins hit an RBI single to score Usher, and Horn scored on an error for the win.

Taff (12-7, 16-13) got the win in the pitcher’s circle.

CPHS Softball: Rachael Jones hits walkoff homer for 11-1 playoff win over Sapulpa

The Charles Page High School fast pitch softball team (21-12) got off to a good start at the Regional Playoffs Wednesday with an 11-1 run-rule victory over Sapulpa (9-19) to extend their season by a game. Rachael Jones hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to secure the walk-off win.

Jones dedicated the hit to her father, who is undergoing cancer treatment, saying “that was for you” before running the bases.

Jones also scored the first run of the game on an error in the bottom of the first and Sabrina Usher scored on an RBI single from Jaden Jordan. Makenna Skaggs scored on an error in the second for the 3-0 lead.

Sapulpa walked three Sandites in the third inning. Felicity Horn stole home and Reagan Rector hit a 2RBI single to score Skaggs and Drew Hawkins.

The Chieftains averted the shutout on the top of the fourth thanks to a walk, a double from Ally Zanca, and a sacrifice hit from Morgan DeGraffenreid to score Lexi Cahwee. They threatened again in the fifth but stranded loaded bases, and the Sandites came in for a final offensive push.

Skaggs kicked off the fifth inning onslaught with an RBI double to score Avery Tanner, then scored on an error. Rector was hit by pitch and Madison Lee reached on an error, setting up Jones for the game-winning dinger.

Mackenzie Bechtold (8-3, 12-3) got the win in the pitcher’s circle with four hits, one strikeout, and three walks. Zanca took the loss, throwing eight hits, one strikeout, and five walks.

The win positioned the Sandites for a rematch with Choctaw, who won 4-2 last night. A loss will eliminate the Sandites from contention, while a win will force a tie-breaker game at 6:00 p.m.

CPHS Softball: Sandites fall 4-2 to Choctaw at Regionals, play Sapulpa at noon

The Charles Page High School fast pitch softball team (20-12) went 1-1 on the first day of their home Regional, beating Enid 19-1, but falling 4-2 to Choctaw. Choctaw won 14-1 against Sapulpa, who in turn defeated Enid 13-3 eliminate the Pacers from competition. Sand Springs and Sapulpa will play an elimination game at 12:00 p.m.

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The Sandites connected on twice as many hits as Choctaw, but stranded eleven runners in the loss. Aliyah Taff (11-7, 15-13) only gave up six hits and no walks with four strikeouts. Emma Jackson got the win, throwing twelve hits, five walks, and four strikeouts.

The Sandites had already stranded four runners before the Yellowjackets ever got on base. Choctaw got on the board in the bottom of the third as Micah Edmonds singled and scored on an error, then Sabrina Usher tied it up in the top of the fifth with an RBI single to score Reagan Rector.

Erin Woods put her team back out front with a sacrifice fly to score Preslee Irwin in the bottom of the fifth. Madison Lee tied it with an RBI single to score Drew Hawkins in the sixth, but the Yellowjackets quickly got back out front as Tiffany Paul scored on an error and Kaiden Boren hit a solo home run. The Sandites loaded the bases with a trio of singles in the top of the seventh, but a Choctaw double-play brought the game to a close.

The Sandites won 19-1 against Enid (5-28) in only five innings.
SEE RELATED: CPHS Softball: Sabrina Usher hits grand slam in 19-1 playoff win over Enid.

Choctaw (17-12) posted thirteen hits against Sapulpa (9-18) in a 14-1 six-inning run-rule win. Jackson got the start and the win in the pitcher’s circle with four hits, five strikeouts, and two walks in four innings. Molly Emerson pitched two innings in relief and threw two strikeouts with no walks and no hits.

Sapulpa came back in consolation with a 13-3 win over Enid, outhitting the Pacers 13-5. Ally Zanca got the start and the win with three hits, six strikeouts, and seven walks in four innings. Kimbree Layton got the loss with ten hits, four strikeouts, and five walks in four innings.

The loser of Sand Springs vs. Sapulpa will be eliminated, while the winner will earn a rematch with Choctaw at 2:00 p.m. If Choctaw wins the 2:00 p.m. game they will advance to the State Tournament. If they lose, a tie-breaker game will be played at 6:00 p.m. for the ticket to State.

Sand Springs has won their past four home Regionals and had to come back through the loser’s bracket last year and in 2016. Choctaw won Regionals in 2015 and 2017 but failed to advance in 2016 and 2018. The Sandites haven’t lost to the Chieftains in over a decade. Choctaw and Sand Springs are 1-1 this season, with the Sandites winning a 2018 Broken Arrow Tournament game 3-2.

CPHS Volleyball: Sandites win 3-1 thriller at Bixby to finish season 5th in FVC

The Class 6A No. 12 ranked Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (18-13) traveled to Bixby Tuesday evening for their final match of the regular season. The Sandites won a 3-1 thriller to secure the No. 5 position in the Frontier Valley Conference.

Despite winning three sets to one, the Sandites only scored four more points than their host team overall, and two of the four sets went into extra rallies. Wichita State University-commit Sophie Childs was a perpetual pain in the Sandites’ side, scoring 24 kills with two aces and five blocks.

The Sandites took a 4-0 lead in set one with kills from McKenzie Harris and Madison Burris and an ace from Raylynn Mong. Childs scored back-to-back kills for the Spartans’ first lead at 13-12. The game tied eleven times with five lead changes. Mong took the Sandites’ second lead with an ace at 22-21, Bixby scored two, Devree Youngblood scored an ace at 24-23 and a kill at 26-25, but the final Sandite lead and the match point came on a pair of Spartan errors at 28-26.

Game two was another back and forth affair that saw fourteen tie scores and nine lead changes in the longest set of the season for either team. Thirteen total players scored in the 32-30 Sandite win. Youngblood led all of them with seven points, including the match-point kill, followed by Campfield and Jacelyn Smith with six apiece.

Game three went to the home team who won four-straight rallies to secure the 25-22 victory. Just like the prior two sets, neither team led for long and the set tied fourteen times. Abby Armstrong scored a kill to tie it at 22-22, Skyler Roth served an ace for the lead, and Childs scored back-to-back kills for the win.

The fourth and final set was a mostly Sand Springs-led foray and though the Spartans tied it four times, they didn’t take their first lead till three-straight Sandite errors made it 15-14. Burris took a 16-15 lead with a kill, Baylea Norris killed to make it 17-16, Campfield made it 18-17 with back-to-back kills, then Norris and Hallie Miller made kills for the 19-18 advantage.

It looked like the Spartans would take the match to five sets when they pushed their lead to 22-19, but they committed four consecutive errors to let the Sandites back in the game. Harris and Vanessa Wyrick combined on a block and Harris knocked down a kill for the 25-22 win.

Three Sandites recorded double-doubles and Burris had a triple-double with 10 kills, 14 assists, and 11 digs. Campfield had 14 kills and 10 digs, Mong had a team-high 18 assists and 11 digs, and Youngblood had a team-high 15 kills and a team-high 25 digs.

The Sandites finished the season with a 5-4 conference record for the second-straight year to place fifth out of ten teams. Bixby is currently sixth in the standing with one match left. If they don’t upset No. 8 Jenks on Thursday then they will finish seventh, a drop from fourth last season. Both teams will find out their Regional Playoff assignments Wednesday.

CPHS 3 Bixby 1 (28-26, 32-30, 22-25, 25-22)
Kills: CPHS 49, Bixby 55.
Blocks: CPHS 6, Bixby 5.
Aces: CPHS 9, Bixby 10.
Service Errors: CPHS 4, Bixby 14.
Total Errors: CPHS 33, Bibxy 43.

(Sand Springs stats)
Kills: Youngblood 15, Campfield 14, Burris 10, Harris 4, Smith 3, Wyrick 2, Mong 1.
Assists: Mong 18, Burris 14, Blaylock 4, Harris 2, Campfield 1, Wyrick 1.
Assisted Blocks: Wyrick 3, Smith 3, Harris 2, Youngblood 2, Burris 1, Campfield 1.
Digs: Youngblood 25, Blaylock 20, Burris 11, Mong 11, Campfield 10, Wicker 5, Wyrick 2, Harris 2.
Aces: Campfield 2, Mong 2, Wyrick 2, Youngblood 2, Blaylock 1.

(Bixby partial stats)
Kills: Childs 25, Roberts 7, Norris 7, Armstrong 7, Dominguez 2, Miller 2, Dudley 2, Goodroe 1, Roth 1, Lusardi 1.
Aces: Dudley 3, Bernazard 2, Norris 2, Dominguez 1.
Solo Blocks: Childs 1.
Assisted Blocks: Childs 4, Roberts 4.

Frontier Valley Conference standings
9-0 No. 1 Broken Arrow (27-2)
8-2 No. 13 Union (11-19)
7-2 No. 9 Owasso (15-13)
6-2 No. 8 Jenks (15-13)
5-4 No. 12 Sand Springs (18-13)
3-5 Bixby (5-23)
3-6 No. 18 Bartlesville (9-19)
2-7 Muskogee (10-11)
1-8 Booker T. Washington (9-16)
1-8 Sapulpa (7-19)

Remaining FVC matches
10.10 Jenks @ Bixby.

CPHS Football Preview: Sand Springs looking for payback at Bartlesville Homecoming

Junior defensive back Bryson Chase chases down Demetress Beavers in a game against Shawnee.

The Class 6A No. 12 ranked Charles Page High School varsity football team (2-3, 1-1) will play a crucial district toss-up game Friday at No. 13 Bartlesville (0-5, 0-2). The game will kick off at 7:00 p.m. on Lyon Field. Bruin Homecoming festivities will be held at halftime.

The 7,200-seat Custer Stadium was built in 1952 and is located at 1700 Hillcrest Drive, Bartlesville, OK 74003 on the high school campus. Parking is located on the east side of Shawnee Avenue on the visitors’ side of the stadium. General Admission tickets are $7.00 or $5.00 for students.

Things to do in Bartlesville:

Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve
1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road
Barlesville, OK 74003

Frank Phillips Historic Home
1107 South Cherokee Avenue
Bartlesville, OK 74003

Price Tower Arts Center
510 South Dewey Avenue
Bartlesville, OK 74003

Phillips Petroleum Company Museum
410 Keeler
Bartlesville, OK 74004

Bartlesville Union Depot
201 South Keeler Avenue
Bartlesville, OK 74003

Bartlesville Area History Museum
401 South Johnstone Avenue
City Center Building - Floor 5
Bartlesville, OK 74003

The Programs

Sand Springs is coming off a 3-7 season but prior to that was riding a program-best six straight years of playoff appearances. They are 65-70 (.481) under thirteenth-year Head Coach Dustin Kinard. The Sandites own one gold ball, from 1966, and made their last State Finals appearance in 2015.

Bartlesville went 4-6 last season under first-year Head Coach Lee Blankenship, who turned over the program to former Defensive Coordinator Jason Sport shortly after the season concluded. Their last winning record and playoff appearance came in 2015. They have never won a State title.

Bartlesville has had three high schools with four names in the town’s history. Sand Springs and Central High went 3-3 before Central was split into College High and Sooner High. Sooner High School led the Sandites 6-2 before it was consolidated with College High. College High led the Sandites 10-4 before being renamed Bartlesville High School in 1982. Since Bartlesville schools were reunified they lead the series 20-15.

15-20 vs. Bartlesville High
2018: Bartlesville 29-27 (H)
2017: Sand Springs 55-13 (H)
2016: Sand Springs 47-28 (A)
2015: Bartlesville 24-7 (A)
2014: Sand Springs 28-27 (Homecoming)
2013: Bartlesville 40-27 (A)
2012: Sand Springs 27-25 (H)
2011: Sand Springs 34-0 (Homecoming)
2010: Bartlesville 48-16 (A)
2009: Bartlesville 45-14 (H)
2008: Sand Springs 52-24 (A)
2007: Bartlesville 27-26 (H)
2006: Bartlesville 24-14 (A)
2005: Sand Springs 22-3 (A)
2004: Sand Springs 28-18 (H)
2003: Bartlesville 35- (A)
2002: Bartlesville 34-7 (H)
2001: Sand Springs 13-8 (H)
2000: Sand Springs 21-0 (A)
1997: Sand Springs 31-0
1996: Bartlesville 20-16
1995: Sand Springs 28-12
1994: Sand Springs 27-7
1993: Sand Springs 28-6
1992: Bartlesville 40-33
1991: Bartlesville 21-0
1990: Bartlesville 7-0
1989: Bartlesville 23-20 OT
1988: Bartlesville 27-7
1987: Bartlesville 28-27 OT (Shared District Title)
1986: Bartlesville 20-6
1985: Sand Springs 35-15
1984: Bartlesville 17-6
1983: Bartlesville 24-21
1982: Bartlesville 14-0

4-10 vs. College High
1979: Sand Springs 8-0
1978: College 20-15
1975: College 21-0
1974: College 14-7
1973: Sand Springs 14-7
1972: College 43-15
1960: College 48-14
1959: College 16-6
1958: College 30-0
1957: College 19-0
1956: Sand Springs 6-0
1955: College 19-0
1954: College 28-6
1953: Sand Springs 13-7

2-6 vs. Sooner High
1977: Sand Springs 21-0
1976: Sooner 6-0
1975: Sooner 28-6
1974: Sooner 28-9
1973: Sand Springs 34-22 (Sooner)
1972: Sooner 41-7
1971: Sooner 21-6
1970: Sooner 29-0

3-3 vs. Central High
1930: Central 20-6
1929: Sand Springs 12-0
1922: Central 6-0
1921: Sand Springs 22-6
1920: Central 43-7
1919: Sand Springs 19-7

The Bruins rallied from a 20-7 deficit to spoil the Sandites’ homecoming last season. Sand Springs took a 13-0 lead with a 37-yard run from Joel Mackey and a 38-yard pass from Caden Pennington to Daren Hawkins. Pennington hit Hawkins again from 34-yards to make it 20-7 and were up 20-13 at the half.

Bartlesville took a 23-20 lead, Pennington hit Braden Foster from 19 yards out with 3:29 to play, then Ben Winters ran in a one-yarder for the win. Winters, who is a senior this year, was 16-22-221-0 in the game.

This Season

Sand Springs has wins of 35-0 against Putnam City (1-4) and 21-19 against Shawnee (1-4). Their losses are all to undefeated teams. 41-7 to Mansfield Summit (5-0), 50-20 to Greenwood (5-0), and 54-6 to Muskogee (5-0). The Sandites own the No. 11 offense, No. 13 defense, and No. 12 margin of victory.

SEE RELATED: CPHS Football: Sand Springs dominated 54-6 by No. 4 Muskogee, Sisco scores lone Sandite TD.

The Sandites average 3 points in the first period, 6 in the second and third periods, and 4 points in the fourth. The offense averages 5.3 yards per pass attempt, 9.9 yards per completion, 3.4 yards per carry, and 4.3 yards per play. They convert on 36% of third down attempts and 57% of fourth downs. They score on 24% of possessions and 55% of red zone penetrations, and are 0-for-2 on two-point plays.

The Sandite Defense has held its foes to 7.0 yards per pass, 12.2 yards per completion, 4.3 yards per carry, and 5.6 yards per play. They have prevented scores on 58% of their opponents’ possessions and 25% of red zone penetrations. They stop 53% of third downs attempts and 67% of fourth downs. Their opponents are 1-of-3 on two-point conversions.

It has been 33 games since the Sandite defense scored a touchdown. After five games they already have four interceptions, against only two in all of last season. They are currently on track to match last season’s fumble recoveries, and are still looking for their first blocked kick.

Sand Springs has struggled with penalties on all three sides of the ball. The offense is averaging 4 penalties for 32 yards, defense is 4-54, and special teams are 2-27 for over 100 yards per game. The defense has given up thirteen first-downs this season on penalties.

The Sandites have averaged a solid 17.3 yards per kick return but have only one punt return this season for 8 yards. They have struggled in kick coverage, giving up 24.8 yards per kick return and 28.3 yards per punt return.

Average Sandite Box Score
Points: CPHS 18, Opponents 33.
First Downs: CPHS 14, Opp 16.
Fumbles/Lost: CPHS 2/1, Opp 2/1.
Penalties: CPHS 10-106, Opp 11-99.
C-A-Y-I: CPHS 15-28-149-0, Opp 15-26-183-1.
Rushing: CPHS 33-113, Opp 32-137.
Offense: CPHS 61-262, Opp 57-320.

Bartlesville is still looking for its first win this season, but has had a few solid outings. They fell 40-28 to Claremore (2-3), 49-24 to Del City (4-1), 28-0 to Booker T. Washington (2-3), and went to overtime in a 20-17 loss to Collinsville (4-1),. Last week they went down in a 55-40 shootout with Sapulpa (4-1). They own the No. 8 offense, No. 14 defense, and No. 13 margin of victory.

Players to Watch

Sand Springs

#9 Ty Pennington, sophomore QB, 61-118-622-0, 8TD passing.

#6 Keaton Campbell, sophomore QB/WR, 22-237, 2TD receiving, 1-8 punt return, 6-121 kick return.

#3 Jacob Snodgrass, senior WR/DB, 21-225, 3TD receiving, 5-29, 2TD rushing, 5-92 kick return.

#1 Daren Hawkins, junior WR/DB, 5-42, 1TD receiving.

#10 Blake Jones, sophomore RB/WR, 3-38 receiving, 57-290, 1TD rushing, 1-11 kick return.

#46 Zach Heinen, junior kicker, 11/11 PAT, Punt Avg 29.3, Kick Avg 40.4.

#15 Jerret Haley, senior DB, 33 solo tackles, 46 total tackles, 2-50 interceptions, 3 pass breakups.

#48 Brooks Dudley, sophomore LB/FB, 11 solo tackles, 23 total tackles, 3-5 tackles for loss, 1 pass breakup, 1 fumble recovery.

#56 Lane Webster, junior OL/DL, 18 total tackles, 7-45 tackles for loss, 4-34 sacks.

#43 Ethan Sartin, senior LB/FB, 15 tackles, 1-1 tackles for loss, 1 interception, 1 pass breakup.

#12 Bryson Chase, junior DB, 8 tackles, 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 1 fumble recovery.

Bartlesville

#10 Ben Winters, senior QB, 55-118-892-7, 7TD passing.

#4 Shane Simpson, senior WR, 25-585, 3TD receiving.

#27 Caleb Perry, junior WR, 10-174, 2TD receiving.

#36 Laken Clowdus, senior RB, 83-565, 6TD rushing.

#13 Dylan McCoy, junior kicker, was 5-of-6 kicking PATs against Sapulpa.

Sandite Resume under Coach Kinard (2007-2019)

Record: 65-70 (with three forfeited wins).
District Record: 42-42 (with one forfeited win).
Playoff Record: 4-7.
Home Record: 34-28.
Best Record: 8-3 (2012), went 7-5 in 2015 with two forfeited wins and one game canceled with an 18-7 Sandite lead due to weather. Sand Springs made the State Finals that season.
Worst Record: 1-9 (2010).
Highway 97 Rivalry Record: 9-3.
Best Offense: 38.8 PPG (2008).
Worst Offense: 22.4 PPG (2010)
Best Defense: 14.3 PPG (2015).
Worst Defense: 36.2 PPG (2010).
Shutouts: 5.
Biggest Win: 63-6 vs. Nathan Hale (9/5/2014).
Biggest Loss: 63-6 vs. Union (10/17/2013).