CPHS Baseball: Sandites sweet Putnam City West in district action

The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team improved to 4-2 on the season and 3-1 in district action with a sweep of Putnam City West (2-3, 2-2). The Sandites beat the Patriots 9-6 Tuesday on the road and 7-1 Wednesday afternoon at home.

On Tuesday the Sandites built a dominant 9-1 lead before giving up five runs in the bottom of the seventh. They out-hit the Patriots 12-6 but gave up two hits, five walks, and an error in the seventh.

Both teams stranded two apiece in the first inning but the Sandites were first on the board with an RBI single from Brock Swanson to score Hayden Blair. The Patriots tied it up in the bottom of the third when Jakob Brandenberger scored on an error.

Sand Springs loaded the bases in the third and Taegan Cook scored on a ground out from Kaegan Murray. Ethan Sartin hit a double to bring in Gabe Glenn and Brycen Peterman for the 4-1 lead. They added two more runs in the fifth when Jacob Shields scored on an error and Swanson hit a double to bring in Brooks Dudley.

Murray hit a double to start the sixth and three straight walks gave him a free run. Swanson hit a single to bring in Kaden Young and Keaton Campbell for the final Sandite runs of the game.

Sand Springs stranded two in the seventh and the Patriots came in to try and stage a rally. Three walks and an error loaded the bases with a free run, then Wyatt Pitt hit a 2RBI double. Nate Gresham added a 2RBI single and two more walks reloaded the bases, but Campbell caught a fly ball and Sebastian Cassidy pitched a strikeout to save the game.

Jaxon Skaggs (1-0, 4-2) picked up his first win of the season, throwing four hits, five strikeouts, and six walks. Young pitched two hits and one walk in the seventh inning, then Cassidy (0-1, 4-4) earned a save with one walk and one strikeout.

On Wednesday it was Northeastern State University-commit Tatum Watie (2-0) who led the team to victory, tossing three hits, eight strikeouts, and six walks in 5.2 innings. Peterman (0-0, 1-1) threw 1.1 innings in relief and gave up only one hit.

The Patriots were the first to bat and took their only lead of the game on an error in the top of the first. Peterman tied it up on an error in the bottom of the inning, and the rest of the game was a shutout.

Sand Springs loaded the bases with a trio of walks in the third inning, then Shields hit an RBI single to bring in Peterman. Young scored on a passed ball, then Swanson hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Campbell and make it 4-1.

Peterman hit an RBI double to score Glenn, then came in on a single from Sartin in the fourth. Blair scored the final run of the game on an error in the sixth.

Sand Springs Baseball will return to action Thursday at 3:30 p.m. against Chickasha (2-4) in day one of the Owasso Festival. Putnam West will travel to Oologah-Talala (4-3) Thursday at 5:00 p.m.

CPHS Soccer: Boys beat Sapulpa 2-1 in overtime shootout

For the second year in a row and the third time in the past four years, the Charles Page High School boys’ soccer team (1-1) won the Highway 97 Rivalry. The boys came from behind with a late goal to force an overtime shootout against Sapulpa (1-2) Tuesday night at the Westside Sports Complex.

The Sandites were the more aggressive and accurate team offensively, with eight shots on goal in the first half, but Sapulpa keeper Gabe Boyd was exceptional and saved all of them. Nick Ryan got the Chieftains on the board with a goal in the 28th minute, with his team’s only on-goal shot of the half, and they would lead for the next 44 minutes.

Fernando Saldana had a shot blocked by Boyd in the first half that Hayden Brooks appeared to put back, but the goal was disallowed and Brooks was called offsides.

Boyd came up with four more saves in the second half, and Sandite goalie Xander Quiroga had two.

The Chieftains were given six yellow cards, leading to two ejections, and were out-manned for most of the second half. TJ Hale drew his second yellow card in the 58th minute and Evan Finch was ejected in the 68th minute.

Saldana finally hit pay dirt for the Sandites, sneaking one in the bottom left of the net with only eight minutes left to play.

Because the match was non-district, they went straight to a penalty kick shootout to decide the winner. The first three kickers for both teams made their shots. Saldana, Jack Bratcher, and Luke Jeffus scored for the Sandites, while Caden Stevenson, Joel Carlson, and Hayden Moore made their kicks for Sapulpa.

The next shot from both teams was saved, then Cameron Summerton put the visitors up 4-3. Quiroga saved a shot from Damien Kloeckler to secure the win.

Sandite Soccer will return to action Thursday at 8:00 p.m. with a non-district home match against Muskogee (0-0). Sapulpa will take two weeks off before hosting Claremore (1-2).

CPHS Soccer: Lady Sandites down Sapulpa 2-1 in overtime shootout

The Charles Page High School girls’ soccer team (1-1) picked up their first Highway 97 Rivalry win in several years Tuesday night at the Westside Sports Complex. The non-district match went into an overtime shootout that Julia Wolf won with a sudden victory penalty kick.

Sandite Pride’s soccer records are incomplete before 2016, but since then the Chieftains were 4-0 coming into Tuesday’s match and had outscored the Sandites 17-1 over those years.

Karsen Lynch became the first Lady Sandite to score on Sapulpa in two years at the 12th minute of the match, but Sara Arundell tied it up on a free kick with two minutes left in the half.

The second half was scoreless for both teams and because the match was non-district, it went straight to a shootout with no traditional overtime. Both teams got five penalty kicks, and both teams made three apiece to extend the overtime.

Arial Esparza, Carson Sargent, and Lynch made their kicks for the Sandites, while Arundell, Stormie Ramsey, and Khali English scored for the Chieftains. Sapulpa led 3-2 going into the final set of kicks and had the chance to clinch it, but Ali Day saved Paola Chavez’s attempt, setting up Lynch for the game-extender.

The second shootout was sudden victory. Ashtyn Wells missed high, giving Alyssa Perry an opportunity to win it. The Sandite was on goal but had her kick saved. Jessica Simmons’s kick followed the same path as Wells’s, and this time Wolf came up clutch with the game-winner.

The Chieftains (2-1) had nine shots on goal while Sand Springs had only five. Day recorded eight saves while Kayli Grant made four.

Sand Springs Soccer will return to action Thursday at 6:00 p.m. with a non-district home game against Muskogee (0-0). Sapulpa will take two weeks off before hosting Claremore (2-1).

NJCAA Wrestling: Jack Karstetter places 7th at National Championship

Jack Karstetter after winning the 2017 OSSAA State Championship.

Labette Community College sophomore and Charles Page High School Class of 2017 graduate Jack Karstetter attained All-American status for the second time this past weekend at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championship in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Karstetter was one of five State Champions on the 2017 Sand Springs State Championship team, and he first earned All-American status at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M with a seventh-place finish at 133 pounds. He took a year off from wrestling before enrolling this past fall at Labette.

At the NJCAA West Central District Championship he came in runner-up at 133 with an 11-5 decision against fellow State Champion Kolton Smith and a 7-5 decision against TaJuan Daniels before falling 9-0 to No. 2 ranked three-time New Mexico Champion Mikey Mascarenas.

At the National Championship he lost his first match 5-2 to No. 6 Hector Candelaria, but bounced back in consolation with four straight wins. He won a 9-8 upset of No. 9 Miles Knuckles and a 9-7 decision against Matrice Smith, then pinned Payton Jackson and won 12-10 against James Davis before falling 3-1 to No. 7 Anthony Sobotker. In the seventh place match he cruised to an easy 10-3 decision against No. 8 David Kerr to end the season 32-5. He is 63-10 in his college career.

CPHS Soccer: Bartlesville sweeps season opener, Saldana scores 2

The Charles Page High School varsity soccer teams are still looking for their first wins of the season after Bartlesville won both the boys and girls’ season-opening matches last Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. The girls were shut out 2-0, but the boys led 3-1 in the second half before the Bruins (3-1) scored four goals in the final twenty minutes for the 5-4 non-district comeback.

The Bartlesville girls (4-0) were aggressive on offense, out-shooting Sand Springs 14 to 3, but junior goalie Ali Day made seven saves to keep her team in contention. Hannah Sparks had a goal called off on an off-sides call in the 11th minute, but Reagan Klose made up for it four minutes later and Zoe McCabe made it 2-0 in the 35th minute.

Sand Springs didn’t get off its first shot till the final minute of the first half, and they only made two shots in the second half. The Sandite defense made a strong second half effort, only allowing four shots and no goals, but offensively they couldn’t find an answer for the still undefeated Bruins.

The boys were conservative but accurate in the first half, only taking five shots, and scored on two of them. Senior Luke Jeffus made the first goal of the season in the 8th minute, but Gabriel Ontiveros tied it up with a putback a minute later. The Bruins took three shots in a row, with one bouncing off the goal post. Junior goalie Xander Quiroga blocked the second shot, but the third time was the charm for Ontiveros.

Jeffus almost had a brace on a free kick in the 11th minute, but it traveled just a hair to the right of the goal, and instead it was Fernando Saldana with the go-ahead goal with 1:24 left in the half.

The Sandites opened up in the second half, taking far more shots. Jack Bratcher made it 3-1 with an assist from Saldana, but Bartlesville came storming back. Jalen Belong scored in the 61st minute, Dylan McCoy tied it in the 74th minute, and Ontiveros scored the go-ahead goal with 4:16 left to play.

Saldana tied it up with a penalty kick at the 77:00 mark, but Belong had the final score of the night just a minute later. Saldana got a free kick in the final minute that was deflected and Cameron Summerton tried to score on a header but the shot traveled out of bounds and the Bruins ran out the clock.

Both teams took 17 shots in the match. The Bruin keeper came away with four saves and Quiroga had six.

Sand Springs Soccer will return to action Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. with a non-district Highway 97 Rivalry match-up. The Sapulpa boys are 1-1 and the girls are 2-0.

CPHS Track: Layne Kirkendall stars at Owasso Track Meet

Former Jenks standout Layne Kirkendall has been sidelined to JV action this year due to transfer eligibility, but that hasn’t stopped her from competing. In the basketball season she had to play against JV teams, but in the track and field season she gets to compete against varsity athletes. She can’t score team points or make the post-season, but she can place in regular season events. In Friday’s season debut at Owasso she finished top three in all three of her events.

Kirkendall won the girls’ long jump with a distance of 16’09.75”, was second in high jump with a height of 5’00.00”, and was third in 200 meter dash with a time of 27.44 seconds. She single-handedly outscored six varsity teams and the Lady Sandites would have placed sixth overall with her in their ranks.

Without Kirkendall, the girls placed 11th out of 14 teams thanks to fourth place finishes from the 4x800 relay team (11:17.15) and from Annaston Wiseley, who ran the 400-meter dash in 1:04.95.

The Sandite boys’ varsity placed 10th of 17 teams, and the junior varsity was 17th. Joseph Mattison was the top dog on the boys’ team, placing fourth in both of his events. He had a mark of 19’02.00” in long jump and a time of 11.9 seconds in the 100-meter dash.

The Sandites are in their first season under Head Coach Tim Dial, and he’s already taking strides to improve the program. This year they got an early start by competing at indoor track events at the Universities of Arkansas and Oklahoma before the season officially began. They also added pole vaulting to the program.

Edmond Memorial won the boys’ team title while Owasso won the girls’. Sand Springs will return to action Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Union High School.

Boys’ Team Scores
175.0 Edmond Memorial
88.0 Owasso
72.0 Bartlesville
67.0 Edmond North
43.0 Bixby
37.0 Claremore
33.0 Muskogee
33.0 Collinsville
22.0 Edmond Memorial JV
16.0 Sand Springs
8.0 Sapulpa
8.0 Broken Arrow
5.0 Okmulgee
4.0 Bixby JV
4.0 Union
3.5 Grove
1.5 Sand Springs JV

Sandite Results

4x100 Relay - 9th Place - 46.23
4x200 Relay - 12th Place - 1:38.00
4x400 Relay - 9th Place - 3:43.18
4x800 Relay - 8th Palce - 8:41.45

300 Meter Hurdles
13th - Alex Ross - 45.33

100 Meter Dash
4th - Joseph Mattison - 11.90
30th - Bryson Chase - 12.55
31st - Alex Turner - 12.58
48th - Asher Beard - 13.28

200 Meter Dash
7th - Braden Baxter - 24.20
15th - Braden Pearson - 24.69
50th - Asher Beard - 27.25

400 Meter Dash
8th - Noah James - 53.85
26th - Kaleb Andrews - 56.27
34th - Braden Pearson - 57.96
48th - Braden Baxter - 1:04.68

800 Meter Run
6th - Alejandro Lopez - 2:05.48
11th - Dalton Wilcox - 2:09.07
15th - Chandler Blake - 2:14.95
17th - Caleb James - 2:16.85

Long Jump
4th - Joseph Mattison - 19’02.00”

Girls’ Team Scores
120.5 Owasso
108.0 Bixby
102.5 Edmond North
60.0 Collinsville
41.0 Bartlesville
35.0 Muskogee
32.0 Claremore
21.0 Sapulpa
21.0 Broken Arrow
20.0 Okmulgee
15.0 Sand Springs
7.0 Grove
5.0 Union
1.0 Claremore JV

Lady Sandite Results

4x100 Relay - 7th Place - 55.09
4x800 Relay - 4th Place - 11:17.15

100 Meter Dash
13th - Journey Armstead - 14.10
21st - Sophie Singleton - 14.39
22nd - Brittney Rawlins - 14.55
29th - Aliyah Taff - 14.76

200 Meter Dash
3rd - Layne Kirkendall - 27.44
16th - Drew Hawkins - 29.83
27th - Ty Davis - 31.91
45th - Kelby Dawson - 39.72

400 Meter Dash
4th - Annaston Wiseley - 1:04.95
25th - Ty Davis - 1:19.55

800 Meter Run
7th - Victoria Baker - 2:43.40

3200 Meter Run
8th - Erika Baker - 12:54.32

High Jump
2nd - Layne Kirkendall - 5’00.00”

Pole Vault
10th - Sarah Rigsby - 7’06.00”

Long Jump
1st - Layne Kirkendall - 16’09.75”