Sandite Boys' Soccer season comes to an end at Deer Creek

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School Boys' Soccer Team (3-12) saw their season come to a close in Edmond Thursday night as they were handily defeated 7-0 by the defending State Champions, No.18 nationally ranked Deer Creek (12-1). 

The boys finished the season with the same number of wins as last year, plus two more losses. In 2015 the boys started 0-4 before they found their first win, but this year they pulled off an impressive 4-0 shutout of Muskogee in the second game of the season.

They lost five straight from there, but placed sixth in the Edison Green and White Tournament after freshman Ethan Baxter scored a hat trick in a 4-1 defeat of Regent Prep. The third win this season is the most important game to win for a Sandite. The Highway 97 Rivalry went to Sand Springs in a 2-1 overtime victory Tuesday night. 

The Antlers wasted no time in getting on the board as sophomore Chris Smirlis notched a goal less than three minutes into the game. The game was a shooting melee, but Sandite keeper Edgar Soberano was all over it, picking up seven saves on thirteen shots before allowing a goal with 13 minutes remaining in the half. The Sandites finally got off their first shot of the game in the 32nd minute, but it was no where close.

The Antlers added another goal for the 3-0 lead with a little over five minutes in the half, then scored a fourth with only 0:50 seconds left. With moments left, Alex Hernandez fired off the second shot of the half for the Sandites from thirty yards out, but sent it wide left as the clock expired. Deer Creek added a PK 16 minutes into the second half for the 5-0 advantage. Tucker Brown added the sixth goal of the evening with 21 minutes to play, and from there Deer Creek sent in the backups to finish the night. The Antlers scored on a free kick with 16 minutes left and the rest of the night consisted of driving back and forth with neither team making any really close runs.

Redistricting really hurt the boys this season, who actually played better than last season in many ways. The tough district included two nationally ranked teams in Deer Creek and Union. The boys' season opener was also to a nationally ranked team, though East Central wasn't a district game. The boys were far better than their record indicated, as demonstrated by the fact Union and East Central each only beat the Sandites by two goals. Seven of the losses this season were decided by two goals or less.

Baxter led the team in scoring with 5 goals, followed by Andrew Morrison with 3, Kaleb Brooks with 2, Alex Hernandez with 2, Cade Loomin with 1, Cody Gurley with 1, and Ignacio Garcia with 1. 

The team will be graduating seven this year: Brooks, Lazaro Franco, Dylan Lambert, Simon Hollekve, Dalton Lane, and Hunter Jacob.

This season's photo galleries can be found at https://sanditepride.smugmug.com/2016-Soccer

Lady Sandite Soccer season comes to an end at Deer Creek

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School Girls' Soccer Team (9-6) traveled to Edmond Thursday night for their season finale against Deer Creek High School (11-3) and fell 5-2 to cap a disappointing end to a season that started with lots of promise. 

The girls started the year with a bang, racking up a 3-1-1 record in preseason scrimmages, including winning the Stillwater preseason tournament. In the season-opener at East Central they dominated their opponents with a 10-0 mercy rule shutout in only 23 minutes. Over the course of the season they racked up six shutouts and a championship trophy at the Edison Green and White Tournament.

The girls' six-straight win streak came to an end with a 6-0 loss to Union, who is currently ranked number one in the nation with a 30-game win streak. They rebounded with a dominating 9-1 performance against Putnam City North, which saw Megan DeShazo score six goals. From there, however, they lost the final four of the season and failed to make the playoffs.

Things started out fairly close as Deer Creek held a 3-1 lead after the first half, with the lone Sandite goal coming from Kyndal Zicker.

DeShazo narrowed the gap to 3-2 on a penalty kick exactly four minutes into the second half, but Megan Neilson returned the favor seven minutes later for the two-point advantage. 

Oral Roberts University-signee Taylor Reed added to the lead on a high-sailing free kick from 27 yards out that sailed just over Sandite goalie Abigail Banks's head into the top right corner with 21 minutes to play.

With a 5-2 lead and 17 minutes left, the Lady Antlers pulled their starting lineup and sent in the second string. That evened things out quite a bit, but even the youngsters from an annual powerhouse like Deer Creek are above average players and the two teams were evenly matched for the duration and regulation expired before either team could score again. 

With the bulk of the ladies' wins coming against non-district foes, the girls settled for sixth in the district and failed to make the playoffs. Despite the heavy losses at the end of the season, the girls still outscored their opponents by an impressive 46-26 overall this season.

DeShazo led her team in scoring with 13 goals, followed by Zicker with 12, Kayla Foster with 10, Brooklyn Eardley with 9, and Kylie Taylor with 2.

Foster, who is signed to play with Missouri University of Science and Technology next season, led for much of the season, scoring two hat tricks in the first four games, but was sidelined for half a dozen games after sustaining an injury against Bixby. 

DeShazo, a junior, opened the season with a hat trick against East Central, and had the highest single-game performance for the girls with her six goals against Putnam North. 

The girls will be losing McKinzie Horton, Marissa Doll, Bryn Lewis, Taylor Coyle, Ashley Marino, and Alexis Slabby plus four players who are signed to play at the collegiate level. Eardley is headed to ORU, Kylee Cramer is headed to Oklahoma Baptist University, and Madison Dye will be playing for Northeastern State University. 

This season's soccer gallery can be found at https://sanditepride.smugmug.com/2016-Soccer

Clayton Giddens and Bryce Fisher take first at Bixby Tournament

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Sand Springs sent three wrestlers to the recent Bixby USAOK Tournament earlier this month. 

Charles Page High School senior Sage Singleton placed 3rd in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman with an overall record of 3-2. Only four wrestlers competed in the 126 pound Junior division. In Freestyle, Brendan Clarke narrowly defeated Singleton by a 19-14 decision, but Singleton received a forfeit from Dalton Major in the consolation finals. In Greco Roman Singleton was pinned in 0:42 by Clarke, but defeated Major with back-to-back decisions of 8-3 and 18-12.

In Novice Greco-Roman, Clayton Giddens took first place with a trio of wins over Ethan Peterson of Sapulpa. He pinned his opponent twice, once in 1:08 and once in 1:36, and scored a 4-0 decision for the victory. He also placed first in Freestyle with a pair of pins over Camden Wicson in 1:44 and 1:29.

Bryce Fisher placed first in Novice Freestyle with a pair of pins at 120 pounds. He defeated Jayce Hitt in 0:59 and Luke Burdette in 0:57.

Cheyenne Walden sweeps OBU Invitational, girls place 8th

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School Track and Field teams traveled to Shawnee last week for the Oklahoma Baptist University Bison Invitational. The girls placed 8th with 34 points and the boys placed 16th with 3 points.

The girls came in third in the 4x800 relay with a time of 10:39.24 and the boys placed sixth at 8:48.63. In the 4x100 relay the boys placed eight at 46.95.

Girls

• Sara Abbet placed 21st in both the 800m run and 1600m with times of 3:12.32 and 7:02.24 respectively.

• Madelynn Adams placed 32nd in the 100m dash at 13.92 and 28th in the 200m at 31.46. Both times were season-bests.

• Senior Alexis Mosley placed 32nd in the 200m with a season-best 33.02 and 38th in the 100m at 15.69.

• Junior Cheyenne Walden placed first in both the 800m run and the 3200m with times of 2:24.45 and 10:46.22 respectively.

• Freshman Lauren Barkdull placed 20th in the 1600m at 7:01.54.

• Sophomore Nia Byrd placed 12th in the 1600m with a season-best 6:22.97.

• Junior Erindira Cuevas placed 29th in the 100m with a season-best 13.75.

• Junior Alexis Davis placed 5th in the 1600m with a season-best 5:57.43.

• Freshman Majasty Lapsley placed 14th in the 100m with a season-best 12.94.

• Junior Julia Lewis placed 30th in the 200m at 31.72.

• Sophomore Stacy Logan placed 13th in the 100m with a season-best 12.70.

• Sophomore Adrianna Tapp placed 12th in the 100m with a season-best 12.69.

• Freshman Elizabeth Watts placed 9th in the 300m hurdles at 55.95. 

• Junior Kaileeann Worthington placed 36th in the 200m at 34.37.

Boys

• Freshman Jaelyn Jackson placed 8th in the 400m dash at 53.37 and 32nd in the 1600m at 5:28.31.

• Junior Dalton Morgan placed 30th in the 100m at 12.30 and 17th in the 200m at 24.45.

• Freshman Aden Baughman placed 6th in the 1600m run at 4:55.88.

• Junior Ian Baustert placed 26th in the 800m at 2:20.00.

• Freshman Phillip Elleman placed 35th in the 1600m at 5:32.95.

• Senior Jacob Fortune placed 18th in the 100m with a season-best 11.94.

• Freshman Landin Green placed 13th in the 800m with a season-best 2:12.76.

• Brayden Hardesty placed 27th in the 200m at 25.41.

• Cooper Lynch placed 37th in the 1600m at 5:39.38.

• Danny Murray placed 30th in the 1600m with a season-best 5:27.41.

• Chance Powell placed 38th in the 800m at 2:35.96.

• Sophomore Payton Scott placed 21st in the 100m at 12.07.

Cheyenne Walden sweeps Stillwater, Underclassmen impress

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School Track and Field teams traveled to Stillwater earlier this month for the Pioneer Relays. The boys placed 8th with 14 points and the girls placed 9th with 21 points. The boys placed 7th in the 4x100m relay with a time of 46.82 and 4th in the 4x800 at 8:57.28. The Freshman class continues to show up big time for both teams, leaving the future of the sport bright at CPHS.

Girls

• Madelynn Adams placed 20th in the 100m dash with a time of 14.78 and 13th in the 200m at 32.19.

• Junior Erindira Cuevas placed 34th in the 100m with a time of 17.58 and 23rd in the 200m at 38.36.

• Junior Alexis Davis placed 7th in the 800m run at 2:49.20 and 11th in the 1600m at 6:04.87.

• Junior Cheyenne Walden placed 1st in the 1600m with a time of 5:10.87 and 1st in the 3200m with a season-best 10:45.43.

• Freshman Elizabeth Watts placed 6th in the 100m hurdles at 19.15 and 7th in the 300m hurdles at 54.06.

• Freshman Lauren Barkdull placed 12th in the 800m run at 2:59.04.

• Freshman Majasty Lapsley placed 12th in the 100m at 13.98.

• Junior Julia Lewis placed 9th in the 200m at 30.64.

• Sophomore Stacy Logan placed 9th in the 200m with a season-best 13.63.

• Senior Alexis Mosley placed 25th in the 100m at 15.12.

• Sophomore Adrianna Tapp placed 14th in the 100m at 14.15.

• Junior Kaileeann Worthington placed 16th in the 200m at 33.47.

Boys

• Freshman Aden Baughman placed 4th in the 1600m with a season-best 4:52.63 and 5th in the 3200m with a season-best 10:48.89.

• Freshman Landin Green placed 8th in the 800m with a season-best 2:15.14 and 9th in the 1600m with a season-best 4:58.87.

• Junior Dalton Morgan placed 17th in the 100m with a season-best 11.91 and 9th in the 200m at 24.58.

• Junior Ian Baustert placed 10th in the 800m at 2:20.20.

• Senior Jason Cooper placed 15th in the 300m hurdles at 50.43.

• Senior Jacob Fortune placed 16th in the 400m at 1:00.66.

• Sophomore Jacob Garby placed 12th in the 1600m at 5:02.68.

• Brayden Hardesty placed 11th in the 200m at 25.07.

• Freshman Jaelyn Jackson placed 3rd in the 400m at 54.66.

• Junior Delvin Jordan placed 28th in the 100m at 12.71.

• Geno Lopez placed 16th in the 300m hurdles at 52.53.

• Austin McCaskey placed 11th in the 3200m at 11:34.61.

• Sophomore Payton Scott placed 10th in the 100m at 11.61.

• Caleb Wash placed 20th in the 200m at 26.09.

Cheyenne Walden takes first at Broken Arrow, Girls place 9th

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Charles Page High School Track and Field teams traveled to Broken Arrow last month for their second meet of the season. The boys' failed to place but the girls came in 9th with 20 points.

The boys' team came in 13th in the 4x100 relay at 50.19. The girls placed sixth in the 4x800 with a time of 10:58.23 and the boys placed tenth with a time of 9:11.55.

Girls

• Sophomore Adrianna Tapp placed 14th in the both the 100m dash and the Long Jump. She completed the 100m dash in 13.69 and the 200m dash in 30.80 for 31st place. Her long jump was 12'09.00".

• Junior Cheyenne Walden placed 1st in the 3200m run with a time of 10:59.40 and 2nd in the 1600 at 5:06.36, a season-best. 

• Freshman Elizabeth Watts came in 8th in High Jump at 4'06.00" and 10th in 300m hurdles with a time of 54.47.

• Sophomore Nia Byrd placed 30th in the 800m run with a time of 3:11.21 and 16th in the 1600 with a time of 6:25.31.

• Senior Alexis Mosely placed 32nd in the 100m dash in 15.09 and 12th in the Long Jump at 12'10.00".

• Junior Erindiria Cuevas placed 44th in the 100m dash in 17.58.

• Junior Alexis Davis placed 11th in the 3200m run with a time of 13:19.50.

• Freshman Lauren Barkdull placed 22nd in the 800m run with a time of 2:58.59.

• Freshman Majasty Lapsley placed 17th in the 100m dash with a time of 13.93.

• Junior Julia Lewis placed 24th in the 200m dash with a time of 29.96.

• Sophomore Stacy Logan placed 18th in the 100m dash with a time of 13.94.

• Junior Kaileeann Worthington placed 47th in the 200m dash with a time of 34.40. 

Boys

• Freshman Aden Baughman came in 17th in the 1600m run at 5:01.65 and 13th in the 3200 at 10:52.92.

• Freshman Landin Green placed 17th in the 800m run at 2:17.20 and 24th in the 1600 at 5:11.72.

• Junior Ian Baustert placed 18th in the 800m run at 2:18.9.

• Freshman Timothy Calvert placed 30th in the 3200 at 13:04.18.

• Senior Jason Cooper placed 15th in the 300m hurdles at 50.15.

• Freshman Phillip Elleman placed 26th in the 3200 at 12:24.46.

• Senior Jacob Fortune placed 26th in the 100m dash at 12.12.

• Sophomore Jacob Garby placed 22nd in the 1600 at 5:08.62.

• Freshman Jaelyn Jackson placed 15th in the 400m dash at 55.05.

• Junior Dalton Morgan placed 21st in the 100m dash at 11.95.

• Freshman Danny Murray placed 39th in the 1600 at 5:31.02..

• Sophomore Payton Scott placed 18th in the 100m dash at 11.90.

• Senior Jaxon Starling placed 40th in the 1600 at 5:31.07.

• Junior Colton Washington placed 14th in the Long Jump at 18'07.00".