Sandite Athletics Weekly Newsletter

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Previously

9/28/15

• 8th Grade Football lost 48-6 to Bishop Kelley Red and fall to 1-4 for the season.
• 9th Grade Football beat Highway 97 Rival Sapulpa 45-6 and improve to 3-1. Garrett McCallie and Jacob Wright each scored two rushing touchdowns apiece. Cooper Mock also rushed for a touchdown and Jasanee Harjo recovered a fumble for the touchdown.
• JV Football beat Bartlesville 22-7 at home and is 2-2 for the season. Ben Norte was the star of the show with two rushing touchdowns. 

9/29/15

• Varsity Softball defeated Skiatook 4-3 in extra innings to end the regular season 25-7 overall. 
  http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/150929skiatook
• Varsity Volleyball lost 3-0 at #18 Bartlesville with sets of 25-20, 25-17, 25-18.

10/1/15

• Varsity Volleyball lost 3-0 to #2 Jenks at home with sets of 25-16, 25-10, and 25-14, falling to 12-22 for the season.
• Varsity Football forfeited two pre-district victories over Enid and Hale due to an ineligible player.

10/2/15

• Varsity Football defeated Claremore 27-7 for Homecoming, beating the spread by 12 points due to several key Zebra players missing with injuries from Bixby. Greathouse threw for 145 yards and one touchdown to Fleischman who caught three passes for 108 yards. Lettich rushed for 62 yards and 3 touchdowns. 
  http://www.sanditepride.com/football/151002claremore

10/3/15

• Cheyenne Walden failed to take first for the first time this season at the Fayetteville 5K, coming in second to a runner from Missouri. Walden and ten other Sandites had season-best times, including Austin McCaskey who led the boys for the first time. Overall the girls placed 42nd and the boys took 64th. 

10/5/15

• 8th grade football defeated Bixby Red 7-6 on a run from Blake Goodman.
• 9th grade football lost to Bishop Kelley Red 14-12. Noah Almy caught an 80 yard reception from Hayden Cramer for the opening touchdown, and Cramer followed it up with a 1 yard rush in the second half. Both PATS failed, and the game ended with the Sandites threatening at the BK 6 yard line.

10/6/15

• JV Volleyball lost on the wire against Muskogee 2-1.
• Varsity Volleyball was dominated 3-0 by Muskogee on Senior Night. Gloria Mutiri led scoring for the Sandites with 9 of the team's 26 kills. 
  http://www.sanditepride.com/volleyball/151006muskogee

10/7/15

• Varsity Fast Pitch Softball lost 2-1 to Claremore in a Regional upset and barely defeated Ponca City 4-3 in the losers' bracket to stay alive. 
  http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/151006regionals1 http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/15106regionals2

10/8/15

• Varsity Softball rebounded at Regionals, shutting out Claremore 6-0 to take on Union in a double header for the ticket to state. The Redskins fell in back to back shutouts of 3-0 and 11-0 with NSU-committed senior Jessica Schuler hitting a Grand Slam for the run rule.
  http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/151013claremore
  http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/151007union1
  http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/151007union2regionals
• Varsity Volleyball lost 3-0 to Owasso in the first round of Regionals to end the season with a 12-24 record.

10/9/15

• Varsity Football brought home another Highway 97 Rivalry win in a 44-10 beat down at Sapulpa. Hunter Greathouse threw for 181 yards and three touchdowns. Trace Fleischman was the receiver for two of those touchdowns and 126 yards. Lane Lettich caught the third TD pass for 41 yards in addition to his two rushing touchdowns and 116 rush yards.
  http://www.sanditepride.com/football/151009highway97football

10/12/15

• 8th Grade Football was dominated 35-7 by Bartlesville and fell to 2-5 for the season. The lone score was a run by Blake Goodman.
• 9th Grade Football also had a single-score beatdown by Union with a pass from Cramer to McCallie and a missed PAT. A 21-6 loss brings the freshman team to 3-3 for the season.
• JV Football against Sapulpa was cancelled.

10/13/15

• Varsity girls took 6th at the Frontier Valley Conference 5K and the boys took 9th. Cheyenne Walden took her third conference title. 
  http://www.sanditepride.com/cross-country/151018xcconference

10/15/15

• Varsity Football improved to 3-3, 3-1 with a 44-27 victory over Ponca City. Greathouse hit two receivers for touchdowns-by-air, and three Sandites scored by ground. Bales put in a field goal and the Sandites are now fourth in district play. Sand Springs will likely need to overcome Muskogee this Friday for a shot at the playoffs.
• Varsity Softball made its third state appearance in the last four years and overcome the defending state champions from Mustang 14-6.
  http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/151015state1mustang

10/16/15

• Varsity Softball nailed three homeruns in a 5-3 victory over Moore for their first state final appearance since 1996. 
  http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/151016moore1

10/17/15

• Varsity Softball lost the state champion ship 4-3 to Choctaw in the bottom of the 7th, ending the season 31-9.
  http://www.sanditepride.com/softball/151017choctawstate
• Charles Page wrestler Daton Fix defended his top ranking in the United States at a Flowrestling Who's #1? All-Star dual against #2 Rudy Yates at 126 pounds with a 5-2 decision in Pennsylvania. 

Upcoming

10/19/15

• 8th Grade Football @ Broken Arrow Gold
• 9th Grade Football @ Bixby Red
• JV Football @ Ponca City

10/23/15

• Varsity Football vs Muskogee at home. With the top three spots virtually guaranteed for Bixby, Bartlesville, and Booker T, the fourth playoff position for District 1 will likely come down to this game between Muskogee and Sand Springs. 

10/24/15

• Sandite Cross Country will travel to the Regional 5K.

Lady Sandite Volleyball is Roughed up on Senior Night

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Sand Springs Lady Sandite volleyball team hosted 15th ranked Muskogee for Senior Night Thursday and were soundly defeated 3-0.

Sophomore basketball stand-out Glori Mutiri continues to prove herself an all-around outstanding athlete as she led her team in scoring with 9 total kills, 1 ace, and 3 blocks.

It was Claire Farmer of the Muskogee Lady Roughers, however, who led the match with 17 kills, 2 aces, and 1 block.

The scoring in the first game was pretty evenly distributed amongst all players for both teams.

Farmer got the first kill of the night, but Sand Springs was right behind with kills from Makenzie Ward and Holly Kersgieter. The Roughers soon put distance on the home team, however, as Madison Were got a kill, Carsen Lamont aced, and the Sandites committed a series of faults to give the visitors a 7-3 lead.

Kelsey Hackerott tried to reverse the tide with a kill of her own, but Muskogee got the side out right away as Wren Seabolt set up Cierra Lewis for the first of many powerful kills. Lewis quickly established herself as one of the most dominant players on the court, with the most assists and second-most kills on her team.

Ultimately, the Roughers pulled ahead to a 25-11 win with Lewis leading scoring for the game with three kills and one assist.

The Roughers came out for game two on fire. Allie Jiles aced to start the scoring, Dayli Satterfield set up Farmer twice for back-to-back kills, then Jiles got yet another ace. Farmer brought the Roughers to a 6-0 lead before Sand Springs finally got on the board as Jiles hit the net on her serve.

Game two was a showdown between Mutiri and Farmer. Mutiri led the Sandites with seven kills, including one ace and three blocks. It wasn’t enough to give her team the edge though, as Farmer was right there with her with seven kills and an ace of her own.

Lee Leslie got the lone dig of the night as Sand Springs sided out, trailing 11-6. Mutiri served up her ace on the next rally, and the Sandites began to close the gap thanks to Mutiri’s blocks and kills from Leslie and Hackerott.

Muskogee felt the pressure as their lead was cut to 16-13 and used a timeout to rally the team. Farmer came out hot and scored a kill right into Makenzie Ward’s face. Satterfield and Lamont got aces and Lewis set up Were for the game point, 25-16.

In the final game of the night, the Lady Sandites looked like they might come from behind to win a set as they led for thirteen straight rallies before Muskogee finally caught up. Hackerott aced to give Sand Springs the lead and Ward set up Leslie for a kill. Mutiri tried to spike for a kill but found Farmer waiting like a brick wall with a block for the side out.

Sand Springs got it right back, however as Lamont’s serve hit the net. Leslie blocked for a point and Hillsbury got her second kill of the night. Ward tied Lewis for most assist of the night, and set up Kersgieter for a kill to give Sand Springs the 8-5 lead.

Muskogee won the next six rallies, however, and finally Sand Springs used a time out as they trailed 13-9.

They found a little motivation and pulled in close to 14-13 before Muskogee finally pulled away and dealt the Sandites their final loss of the regular season, 25-16.

Muskogee improves to 21-11 on the season and will travel to Jenks Thursday to take on Ponca City at 6:00.

Sand Springs falls to 12-23 to end the regular season and will travel to Owasso Thursday at 4:30 to play the Rams. The winner of that game will play the winner of Edmond Memorial vs. Bartlesville at 7:30.

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Sandite Athletics Weekly Newsletter

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Last Week

9/21/15

• Sandite Volleyball's 7th and 8th grade teams both defeated Bartlesville and Union at Home.
• The 8th Grade Sandite football team continued a three game losing streak, falling 34-14 to Sapulpa Blue. Blake Goodman scored both TDs for the Sandites. The boys are now 1-3 for the season.
• The 9th Grade football team suffered their first loss of the year, 12-7 to Jenks White and are 2-1 overall. QB Hayden Cramer completed a 35-yard TD pass to Noah Almy and kicked the PAT for Sand Spring's only score. 
• JV football lost 35-14 to Bixby. Cade Pennington threw a 6-yard TD pass to Bryson Denton and Ben Norte registered a 70 yard rushing TD. The team falls to 1-2 for the season. 

9/22/15

• Highway 97 rivalry resulted in an intense battle for Sandite Volleyball at Home. Sapulpa won the 9th grade match, but the JV squad won 25-14 and 25-12 for a 2-0 shutout. The varsity girls lost their first set 18-25 but had back-to-back wins of 25-14 and 25-21 before the Lady Chieftains came back for a fourth set win of 22-25. The final set marked a Sandite V-I-C-T-O-R-Y in a close 18-16 as our girls claimed a 3-2 win!
• Lady Sandite softball extended their undefeated district record to 13-0 with a 7-2 win over Bixby at home.

9/24/15

• Lady Sandite varsity volleyball lost straight sets to 5A #1 Collinsville, 15-25, 15-25, 14-25. The girls are 11-20 for the season. 
• Varsity Softball lost their first district game of the season to Yukon, 4-0 on the road. Previously the Sandites beat the Millerettes 7-6 at home. 

9/25/15

• Varsity football suffered its first loss of the season 24-7 at Bartlesville. The lone score came on a Hunter Greathouse 2 yard keeper and a Cade Loomen PAT.

9/26/15

• Girls Cross Country came in 17th at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree, lead by Cheyenne Walden in 1st place overall.
• Boys Cross Country came in 37th at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree, lead by Aden Baughman in 133rd place overall. 
• Sandite Cheer came in 8th at the 6A state championships in Stillwater.

On the Horizon

9/28/15

• 8th Grade football vs Bishop Kelley Red at Home
• 9th Grade football vs Sapulpa Blue at Home
• JV football vs Bartlesville at Home
• 8th Grade volleyball vs Broken Arrow and Muskogee at BA
• 9th Grade volleyball tournament at Owasso

9/29/15

• Final home softball game of the regular season against Skiatook
• 9th Grade/JV/Varsity volleyball at Bartlesville

10/1/15

• 9th Grade/JV/Varsity volleyball vs Jenks at Home
• Cross Country race at Claremore

10/2/15

• Varsity football homecoming vs Claremore
• Varsity softball at Bixby Festival

10/3/15

• JV Volleyball tournament at Bishop Kelley
• Cross Country race at Fayetteville

Lady Rams volleyball beats CPHS at home

The Charles Page High School volleyball team hosted the Class 6A No. 9-ranked Owasso Lady Rams Tuesday and dropped three games, losing 25-15, 25-10, 25-15.

The Lady Rams outmatched Sand Springs, but the Lady Sandites didn't give up and went down swinging. The beginning of the first set went back and forth and Sand Springs pulled ahead 4-2, briefly, thanks to a pair of blocks from Holly Kersgieter and Gloria Mutiri.

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CPHS volleyball runs out of steam at Union→

TULSA -- The Charles Page High School volleyball team started hot against Union Tuesday evening on the road, but quickly ran out of momentum and failed to challenge for the duration of the match.

CPHS lost 25-19, 25-13 and 25-11.

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Lady Sandite volleyball falls to Kelley in straight sets→

The Charles Page High School volleyball team made a strong showing against the Bishop Kelley Lady Comets Tuesday night, but ultimately were unable to win a single set.

The Lady Comets defeated Sand Springs 25-19, 25-14, and 25-19 at Ed Dubie Field House as the girls fell to 0-2 overall for the season. They previously lost 3-0 at Catoosa on August 13.

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