CPHS Volleyball: Jenks sweeps shorthanded Sandites 3-0

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The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (13-11, 2-5) was missing three of their best players Tuesday night when they hosted No. 2 ranked Jenks (18-3, 6-0), and the top team in the Frontier Valley Conference rolled to a lopsided 3-0 sweep at the Ed Dubie Field House.

Layla Lenex, Madison Blaylock, and Kasidy Holland were all unavailable for the match. Averi Tippit and Madison Fowler filled in for Lenex and Holland, while Olivia Dewitt replaced Blaylock at libero. Jenks won sets of 25-13, 25-15, and 25-9 to remain undefeated in conference play.

Payton Robbins scored the opening kill of the match but Maren Johnson scored two for Jenks in a four-point streak and the Trojans never relinquished the lead. Tippit served an ace for the 4-3 Sandite lead in set two, but once again Jenks surged past and never trailed again. The Sandites never led in game three.

Robbins led the Sandites in scoring with six kills and two aces. Teyha Johnson had seven assists, and Dewitt had 15 digs. Noella Prideaux led the Trojans with nine kills and three aces.

Sandite Volleyball will take a week off to get healthy before traveling to No. 18 Booker T. Washington (7-7, 2-3) Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Jenks will host 4A No. 3 Lincoln Christian (16-7) Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

Jenks 3-0 CPHS
(25-13, 25-15, 25-9)
Kills: Jenks 37, CPHS 11.
Blocks: CPHS 2, Jenks 0.
Aces: Jenks 11, CPHS 4.
Errors: Jenks 20, CPHS 27.

(Sand Springs)
Kills: Robbins 6, Smith 2, Johnson 1, Fowler 1, Singleton 1.
Assists: Johnson 7, Dewitt 1.
Solo Blocks: Singleton 1.
Assisted Blocks: Singleton 1, Johnson 1.
Digs: Dewitt 15, Robbins 8, Johnson 3, Fahland 1, Smith 1, Hughes 1, Tippit 1.
Aces: Robbins 2, Tippit 1, Hughes 1.

(Jenks)
Kills: Prideaux 9, Bufogle 7, M. Johnson 6, LaBiche 5, Morgan 4, E. Johnson 2, Roberts 2, Montes 1, Figueroa 1.
Aces: Montes 4, Prideaux 3, Figueroa 2, Roberts 1, Salyer 1.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
6-0 Jenks (18-3)
6-0 Broken Arrow (18-11)
5-2 Owasso (17-11)
3-3 Bartlesville (9-11)
3-4 Bixby (15-7)
2-3 Union (5-7)
2-3 Booker T. Washington (7-7)
2-5 Sand Springs (13-11)
1-6 Muskogee (8-9)
0-4 Sapulpa (9-10)

CPHS Football: Sandites kick off district action Friday in Ponca City

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The Class 6A-II No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School varsity football team (2-1) will kick off district action Friday at 7:00 p.m. when they travel to No. 13 Ponca City (1-1). Attendance for visiting fans will be limited to 250.

Unlike the season-opener at Sapulpa, Sandite Athletics will not be selling the actual tickets for the game. However, they have been given 250 vouchers to distribute, and fans must have a voucher in order to purchase tickets on Friday.

Vouchers will be distributed at the Ed Dubie Field House Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. If any vouchers remain, they will be distributed again Wednesday from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Only the parents of 10th through 12th grade football players will be eligible for the tickets on Tuesday, and will be limited to two tickets per student. Wednesday and Thursday vouchers will be available to the general public. You must have a voucher in order to purchase a ticket on Friday.

Sand Springs is coming off a huge program win against an Arkansas 4A powerhouse, defeating No. 1 Shiloh Christian, who went 14-1 last season, only losing in their State Championship game. Previously the Sandites won 21-17 against 5A No. 6 Sapulpa (2-1) and barely lost 28-24 to 5A No. 2 Bishop Kelley (3-0) after leading till the final minute of the game.

Ponca City lost their season opener 19-17 to Enid (2-1) then won 23-22 against McLain (1-2). Ardmore canceled the Week 3 match-up due to a COVID-19 team quarantine.

Both teams are in rebuilding efforts. Ponca is in its third season under Scott Harmon, who guided the Wildcats to a 5-5 mark last fall to snap a 13-year streak of losing records. Sand Springs only posted three losing records before hiring Owasso Defensive Coordinator Bobby Klinck. Both teams are out to prove themselves as winning programs this year.

To say that Ponca is a run-heavy team would be an understatement. While they split the offense up 50/50 against Enid, they only made five pass attempts against McLain with 56 run plays. Cameron Jackson was the workhorse in that game with 30 carries for 186 yards and one touchdown.

The quarterback situation is a sore spot at Ponca. Grant Harmon was the starter in both games, and is 7-20-68-0 passing with one touchdown. Three other QBs have also seen action. Lane Scholey hasn’t made a single pass attempt and is 11-59 on the ground with one score. Nate Harbeson only made two pass attempts, completed neither, and one resulted in an 85-yard interception return for touchdown.

The Sand Springs QB situation is golden with 6’3” stud Ty Pennington going 40-79-771-1 passing this season for four touchdowns by air. He is also 55-130 on the ground for five scores. The ground game is a weak spot, however, as the Sandites’ top two running backs are out with injury and Pennington has had to help carry the load. Jamon Sisco is 10-281 receiving with two touchdowns, Jacob Blevins is 8-242, and Keaton Campbell is 16-214 with two touchdowns.

The Sandite defense has been outstanding thus far on the season. Micah Calico, Brooks Dudley, and Bryson Peterman have interceptions. Bryson Chase, Dominic Ornelas, and Daren Hawkins have fumble recoveries, and Landon Hendricks has a team-best four fumble recoveries. Chase, Sisco, and Sango Whitehorn all have blocked kicks. Ponca has also been getting their fair share of turnovers, with three picks and a fumble recovery against McLain.

The two teams first met on Thanksgiving of 1952, with Ponca winning the playoff game 27-9 in Sand Springs. They tied in 1953 and the Sandites got their first win of the series in 1954 after returning from a 20-point deficit. Sand Springs won a triple-overtime game in 1981. Ponca’s biggest win of the series was 48-2 in 2003, and Sand Springs’s biggest win was 57-7 in 2013. The Sandites won seven games in a row from 2012 to 2018 and lead the series 25-20-1 overall, but Ponca won last year’s game 24-14.

Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. at Sullins Stadium at 600 East Brookfield Avenue, Ponca City, OK 74601. Sandite Pride will be posting all scoring plays on Twitter at @SanditeNews, along with quarterly updates on Instagram and Facebook.

CPHS Cross Country: Boys place 20th, Girls 22nd at Holland Hall

The Charles Page High School Cross Country teams competed at the 35th Annual Holland Hall Invitational Saturday morning in Tulsa. The Varsity Boys placed 20th out of 26 teams and the Varsity Girls placed 22nd out of 24 teams.

Junior Sam English led the boys with a 70th place finish out of 197 runners, running the 5K in a personal-record 18:44.92. Dalton Wilcox had a PR 19:01.73 for 77th and Alejandro Lopez had a PR 19:04.20 for 82nd.

Junior Jazmin Lopez led the girls with a 34th place finish out of 178 competitors, with a personal-best time of 22:15.40. Madison Chambers had a PR 27:16.14 for 139th. Several freshmen ran their first varsity 5Ks.

The Sandite Elementary squads ran at the 8th Annual Kiefer Trojans Meet on Saturday, September 12th. The Girls placed fourth of eleven teams in the one-mile run and the Boys were third of ten teams. The Junior High teams also competed but didn’t have enough runners to earn a team place.

Chloe Grona won her second meet of the year, leading a field of 123 elementary runners with a time of 6:19.91, closely followed by Josie Grona in third place. Sophie Grona, London Velasquez, and Leighton Dial all set PRs.

Griffin Sensintaffar placed third out of 123 elementary runners with a time of 6:08.51. Waylon Roberts, Kellen Adkins, Alex Martin, Dean Earnest, and Baker Lee all set PRs.

Brynlee Durborrow placed fourth out of 181 athletes in the junior high girls race in 6:12.36. Alicia Kemp and Catherine Sarasua set PRs. Landon Buttram led the junior high team with a PR time of 6:51.11 for 78th place out of 159 boys.

Sand Springs will host the Third Annual Case Cross Country Invitational Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. in Case Community Park.

8th Annual Kiefer Trojans Meet

Girls Elementary 1 Mile
6:19.91 - Chloe Grona - 1st
6:47.52 - Josie Grona - 3rd
7:45.96 - Sophie Grona - 32nd
7:56.29 - London Velasquez - 39th
8:18.36 - Kinley Snow - 57th
8:33.12 - Alliyah Watts - 67th
9:03.30 - Lexi Boone - 87th
9:18.06 - Leighton Dial - 99th
12:24.72 - Avery Nolen - 130th
12:32.84 - Emma Nolen - 131st

Boys Elementary 1 Mile
6:08.51 - Griffin Sensintaffar - 3rd
6:51.07 - Dax Wilcox - 17th
7:17.27 - Landon Durborrow - 30th
7:19.52 - Waylon Roberts - 33rd
7:44.28 - Kellen Adkins - 43rd
9:08.73 - Lane Tenpenny - 96th
9:21.86 - Alex Martin - 98th
9:29.87 - Dean Earnest - 105th
10:54.63 - Baker Lee - 122nd

Junior High Girls 1 Mile
6:12.36 - Brynlee Durborrow - 4th
6:52.80 - Malayna Garcia - 37th
7:33.84 - Alicia Kemp - 77th
8:46.55 - Catherine Sarasua - 147th

Junior High Boys 1 Mile
6:51.11 - Landon Buttram - 78th
7:05.78 - Rafael Huff - 95th
8:52.76 - Koby Hadley - 150th

35th Annual Holland Hall Invitational

Varsity Boys 5K
18:44.92 - Sam English - 70th
19:01.73 - Dalton Wilcox - 77th
19:04.20 - Alejandro Lopez - 82nd
22:04.09 - Zach Davis - 168th
22:30.06 - David Rigsby - 174th
23:15.00 - Michael Johnson - 183rd
27:07.38 - Kai Lamho - 193rd

Junior Varsity Boys 5K
23:31.83 - Trevor Millikin - 134th
27:41.55 - Cage Gilmore - 201st

Varsity Girls 5K
22:15.40 - Jazmin Lopez - 34th
27:16.14 - Madison Chambers - 139th
28:10.45 - Bella Ensten - 150th
30:47.05 - Emily Patton - 167th
30:53.21 - Laila Mirza - 169th

Volleyball, Softball, Football Rankings, League Standings

OSSAA District 6A-3 Fast Pitch Softball Standings

8-2 Shawnee (20-3)
8-2 Sand Springs (21-4)
8-2 Owasso (20-4)
7-2 Jenks (18-7)
4-8 Ponca City (9-19)
1-10 Muskogee (1-15)
1-11 Sapulpa (3-16)

OSSAA Class 6A Week 4 Volleyball Rankings

1. Bishop Kelley (16-3)
2. Jenks (17-3)
3. Norman North (20-3)
4. Edmond Santa Fe (16-6)
5. Mustang (22-3)
6 Edmond Memorial (17-7)
7. Bishop McGuinness (20-1)
8. Deer Creek (13-6)
9. Edmond North (11-8)
10. Broken Arrow (17-11)
11. Owasso (16-11)
12. Bixby (15-6)
13. Union (4-7)
14. Moore (10-8)
15. Choctaw (12-7)
16. Bartlesville (9-10)
16. Enid (12-10)
18. Booker T. Washington (7-7)
18. Southmoore (5-12)
20. Norman (8-10)

Frontier Valley Conference Volleyball Standings

5-0 Broken Arrow (17-11)
5-0 Jenks (17-3)
4-2 Owasso (16-11)
3-2 Bartlesville (9-10)
3-3 Bixby (15-6)
2-3 Booker T. Washington (7-7)
2-4 Sand Springs (13-10)
1-3 Union (4-7)
1-6 Muskogee (8-9)
0-3 Sapulpa (9-9)

Class 6A-II Sandite Pride Week 4 Football Rankings

1. Bixby (2-0)
2. Stillwater (2-0)
3. Booker T. Washington (2-1)
4. Putnam City North (3-0)
5. Choctaw (1-2)
6. Del City (0-2)
7. Midwest City (2-1)
8. Lawton (3-0)
9. Sand Springs (2-1)
10. Deer Creek (2-1)
11. Muskogee (0-3)
12. Bartlesville (1-2)
13. Ponca City (1-1)
14. Northwest Classen (1-0)
15. U.S. Grant (1-2)
16. Putnam City West (0-3)

CPHS Football: Sandites take down Arkansas No. 1 Shiloh Christian, Hendricks gets 3 turnovers

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Jamon Sisco scored the lone receiving touchdown for the Sandites.

Defense shined and Landon Hendricks made three fumble recoveries as the Class 6A-II No. 10 ranked Charles Page High School football team (2-1) took down Arkansas 4A No. 1 Shiloh Christian (3-1) Friday night at Memorial Stadium. The Saints went 14-1 last season and only lost their State Finals game, but the Sandites put a stop to their hopes of a second undefeated regular season with a 27-26 home upset.

Shiloh came ready to play and Cam Wiedemann snagged a short pass and took it 75 yards to the house on the second play of the game. Cale Slaba kicked the PAT for the 7-0 lead just 49 seconds into the game.

Sand Springs responded with a 12-play 66-yard march and fourth-down two-yard touchdown run from Ty Pennington. The Sandites attempted to kick a PAT but a bad snap resulted in Pennington tossing an incompletion.

Hendricks got his first recovery on the Saints’ next drive, setting up the Sandites in Shiloh territory, but the offense stalled out and the teams exchanged a trio of punts. The Sandite defense got another takeway just before the end of the first as Brycen Peterman made a pick at the Shiloh five-yard line, and Jonathan Daniels kicked a 22-yard field goal for the 9-7 lead.

The Sandites pushed their lead to 15-7 with a 52-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to Jamon Sisco, but the PAT failed. A failed onside kick gave Shiloh good field position at the 50, but Hendricks made another fumble recovery at the Sandites’ 22-yard line.

Shiloh responded with a defensive three-and-out and scored on a 61-yard touchdown pass to Drew Dudley, but Daren Hawkins stopped a two-point run attempt. Braden Tutt made a big play for the Saints on the Sandites’ corresponding drive with a blocked punt and returned it for a touchdown and a 20-15 lead after Slaba kicked the PAT.

Sand Springs had the final say of the half, however. Pennington found Jacob Blevins for 61 yards to enter the red zone and six plays later the quarterback punched it in from a yard out. His two point run attempt was stopped, but the home team took a 21-20 lead into the locker room.

The Saints took the lead again on their second offensive play of the second half, as Wisdom ran it in from 70 yards out, but Caden Harris stopped Kaden Henley’s two-point run. Both teams committed turnovers in the third quarter. Hendricks got his third fumble recovery and Ben Baker snagged Pennington’s first interception of the season, but neither team capitalized.

Pennington scored his third rushing touchdown from two-yards out early into the fourth quarter but his two-point pass to Ryan Shoemaker fell incomplete. Cooper Hutchinson recovered a muffed punt to give his team another possession deep in Sandite territory, but Sango Whitehorn sacked Wisdom on a fourth-down play for the turnover on downs.

The Sandites marched as far as Shiloh’s 29-yard line with 2:02 to play before stalling out and Zach Heinen’s 46-yard field goal attempt fell short. Brooks Dudley appeared to sack Wisdom for a safety, but the Saints retained the ball on forward progress. Their fourth-down pass attempt fell incomplete, however, and the Sandites took a series of knees in the Shiloh red zone.

Pennington finished the game 20-32-271-1 passing with one touchdown by air, and was 24-42 rushing for three scores. Blevins was his top receiver with six catches for 145 yards. Wisdom paced the Saint offense with a 9-18-172-1 passing mark and was 14-85 on the ground for three total scores.

Sandite Football will kick off district action next Friday at No. 13 Ponca City (1-1). Shiloh will host Berryville, AR (0-2).

CPHS Softball: Sandites beat Shawnee 6-3, Taff strikes out 9

For the third night in a row the Charles Page High School varsity softball team (21-4, 8-2) pulled off a big district win on the home field, this time against Shawnee (17-3, 5-2), to move into second place in district standings. The Wolves previously beat the Sandites 5-0 in August, but the Sandites paid it back 6-3 thanks to another powerful offensive effort from Madison Lee.

Lee, a senior shortstop, is batting a team-best .595 this season and she was three-of-four against Shawnee with two runs, two RBI, and a double. As a team, the Sandites amassed 12 hits, and Raegan Rector was also three-of-four with a double and two RBI.

Lee singled on the Sandites’ first at-bat of the game and Rector brought her in soon after. Hallie Wilson tripled for Shawnee in the top of the fourth and came in on a single from Kali Kasterke to tie it. Carly Torbett singled in Tatum Sparks for the 2-1 lead.

Aliyah Taff, Avery Tanner, and Drew Hawkins loaded the bases in the bottom of the fourth. Olivia Alexander hit an RBI single, Lee hit a two-run double, Morgan Rector scored on a ground out from Jolee McNally, and Raegan Rector hit an RBI double to make it 6-2.

Sparks, an Oklahoma State University-commit, hit a double in the sixth and scored the final run on an error. She finished the game two-of-three at the plate with two runs.

Taff (14-4, 31-18) got the win in the pitcher’s circle with six hits, nine strikeouts, and one walk. Anneca Anderson got the loss with 12 hits, 11 strikeouts, and one walk.

The Sandites’ 21-4 record is their best since 2012 and they will look to improve on that mark next week with a pair of tough district road games. Sandite Softball will travel to Owasso Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. and to Jenks Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Shawnee will host Ponca City for a district double-header Saturday.