CPHS Wrestling: Sandites throttle Bixby 75-6 with eight pins

The Class 6A No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School wrestling team (13-3) secured their biggest win of the year at Tuesday night’s Homecoming dual, recording eight pins in a 75-6 rout of Bixby (0-10).

Brendon Wiseley (13-7, 14-7) received a forfeit at 106, Carter Young (33-1) pinned Aidan Kirkland in 39 seconds, and Seth Jones (23-12, 25-15) pinned Jacob Burdette in 23 seconds for an 18-0 lead.

Blake Sargent (10-4, 99-29) took on Ainsley Lane in the only match of the night that went the distance. He recorded a takedown in the first period and a reversal in the second. He spent most of the match working on a pin before changing strategy midway through the third and trying to score points. He scored two more takedowns in the final minute but was held to a 10-3 decision.

Irwin Portillo (25-16, 31-21) restarted the pinning streak, finishing off Gavin Southern in 1:10. Scott Patton (23-16, 30-18) pinned Braden Bickle in 1:23, Colby Heckencamp (3-4) pinned Derek VanDyke in 2:58, Chris Kirby (17-6) pinned Ryan Statler in 24 seconds, Kaleb Tabor (20-10) pinned Christian Brylewski in 1:25, and Dayvon Taylor (17-17) pinned Andrew Plumlee in 2:42.

Chad Moore picked up the only points of the night for Bixby by receiving a forfeit at 182. Josh Fincannon (10-4) received a forfeit at 195, Gage Fain (16-7, 55-45) received a forfeit at 220, and Robert Parrish (3-11) received a forfeit at heavyweight to end the night.

The dual was the last of the year for Bixby, who will return to action at the Regional Tournament Friday the 16th in Broken Arrow.

The Sandites will travel to Firelake Arena in Shawnee this Friday to take on No. 4 Mustang (18-3) at 6:00 p.m. in the Dual State Championship quarterfinals. The Sandites are the defending Dual State Champions and won 25 straight duals before falling 43-25 to No. 1 Broken Arrow (9-1) in January.

CPHS Wrestling: Sandites top No. 8 Jenks 38-23

Class 6A No. 5 ranked Charles Page High School (10-1) improved to 4-1 in Frontier Valley Conference wrestling with a 38-23 Thursday night victory over No. 8 Jenks (9-2). The Sandites won eight matches to six and picked up bonus points in several.

Davon Taylor (16-17) started off the night at 170 pounds and scored first with a takedown, but Colt Freeman quickly reversed and ran the match till the third period. Trailing 7-5 in the final stretch, Taylor escaped and took a shot with ten seconds left, but Freeman came out on top with a 9-6 decision.

Noah Almy (4-6 season, 28-26 career) took on Jaylon Pitts and scored first with a second period takedown. Pitts escaped and scored on the Sandite, then Almy escaped to tie it up. Pitts took the lead with a third period escape and scored a pair of takedowns for the 9-5 decision.

Josh Fincannon (9-14) scored on Ethan Felts immediately and added a trio of back points before the buzzer. He added escapes in the second and third periods and scored a takedown with 45 seconds left for the 9-1 major decision to get the Sandites on the board.

Gage Fain (15-7, 54-45) easily took down Jared Galli twice in the first period and added nearfall points for a 6-1 lead. He picked up two more takedowns in the second period for an 11-3 advantage before sticking his foe for the 10-6 team lead.

Caleb Orr took a 4-1 first period lead against Robbie Parrish (2-11) and rode it out for the duration.

Carter Young (32-1) won his fifteenth-straight match by pinning Sian Suan in 1:13, then State Champion Riley Weir (22-6, 84-24) won his fourteenth-straight by pinning Jonathan Kelvington in 2:14 after taking a 10-3 first period lead. Seth Jones (22-12) scored immediately on Matt Ruley and pinned the Trojan in fifty seconds and the Sandites pushed their lead to 28-9.

Blake Sargent (9-4, 98-29) returned to the lineup for the first time since the Broken Arrow dual to take on Branden Elrod. Sargent scored early in the first and started the second on top with a 2-0 lead. Elrod reversed to tie it up and started the third period on top, but Sargent reversed again for a 4-3 decision.

Irwin Portillo (24-16, 30-21) took a 2-0 first period lead on Garrett Weis, then added a reversal, takedown, and nearfall points in the second. A takedown in the third period gave Portillo the 14-4 major decision to clinch the dual at 35-9.

Scott Patton (22-16, 29-18) was well matched against Enrie Chavez and the two went scoreless till the third period when Patton got a point on a penalty. The Sandite escaped soon after but Chavez scored the lone takedown of the match to tie it up. Patton escaped again and survived a pair of shots for the 3-2 decision.

Austin Daniels took a 5-0 first period lead on Chris Kirby (16-6) and ultimately prevailed 16-0 in 4:00 technical fall.

Kaleb Tabor (19-10) had an equally tough competitor in Drake Vannoy and gave up a pair of takedowns before reversing late in the second period. Vannoy scored again in the third, then gave up a penalty for a 6-3 decision.

The dual wrapped up at 160 as Jasanee Harjo (3-6) fell in 51 seconds to Killian McGrew

The Sandites will return to action Tuesday, February 6th with a 7:00 p.m. home dual against Bixby (0-6). Jenks won’t dual again till Dual State in February, but they will travel to the Pryor Tournament Friday morning.

Sandite of the Week: Carter Young wins 14-straight, named Ram Duals Outstanding Wrestler

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Central Ninth Grade Center freshman Carter Young has sustained only one loss this season on the Class 6A No. 5 ranked Sand Springs Varsity Wrestling Team. Not only is he the winningest member of the team with a record of 31-1, he also has the longest active streak at fourteen.

The defending Dual State Champions (12-3) had a busy schedule this past week, wrestling ten duals in four days. Young went 9-0 during that period and was named the Outstanding Wrestler for the entire tournament at the Third Annual Ram Duals. On Tuesday the Sandites were defeated 43-25 by No. 1 Broken Arrow (7-1), but Young did his part for the team by pinning Jared Hill in 4:58.

On Thursday Young went two-for-two, teching David Boucher 21-6 in 3:39 in the district dual against Bartlesville. He also pinned Muskogee's Rashaan Brownlee in 1:36 to help the Sandites qualify for the Dual State Championship.

The Sandites headed to Owasso Friday for the Ram Duals and while the team went 2-1, Young went 3-0. He pinned State Qualifier Josiah Scates (Bentonville) in 2:42, teched Leyton Warne (Owasso) 15-0, and pinned Logan Fisher (Lebanon) in 59 seconds. 

On Saturday the Sandites took fifth place with a 2-1 record and Young came up strong for the team. He won a 6-0 decision over State Qualifier Jason Henschel (Goddard), teched State Qualifier Tate Sauder (Manhattan) 18-3, and pinned Lake Epperson (Comanche) in 1:53. 

Young averaged 5.33 points per dual for the Sandites against some of the toughest teams in the midwest, in duals where every point mattered. The 2017 Cadet Freestyle and Greco Roman National Champion is currently ranked fourteenth in the country by FloWrestling. His only high school loss was in overtime in the Geary Invitational finals against No. 8 ranked Ryan Miller from Blair Academy. 

The Sandites will return to action Thursday at 7:00 p.m. when they travel to No. 8 Jenks (9-1).

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Youth Wrestling: Kaden Glass wins Flo National Championship

Pictured: Clayton Giddens took fourth place at the Flo Tulsa Nationals.

Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club member Kaden Glass (8-0) picked up his second National Championship title of the month this past weekend. After going 4-0 in the U.S. Junior Open Championship, he repeated the feat at the Flo Tulsa Nationals, winning the 200-pound bracket in the fifteen-and-under division.

After scoring a 17-2 technical fall against Frank Lucero (Albuquerque) in 1:44, Glass’s next three matches were a lot closer. He defeated Nathan Wemstrom (Buffalo Grove) 7-2, only giving up escape points, but he had to come from behind in his next match. He scored first on Kyle Hobill (Chandler), but Hobill reversed to tie it up, then took a 5-2 lead in the second period with an escape and a takedown. Glass reversed with only five seconds left in the second period, then scored a takedown midway through the third to secure the 6-5 decision.

In the finals Glass scored first against KJ Miley (House Springs) and gave up an escape to start the second period up 2-1. Miley reversed for the lead and stayed out front till fifteen seconds before the end of the match when Glass scored a takedown for the 4-3 decision.

Clayton Giddens (15-2) placed fourth at seventy pounds in the twelve-and-under division. He pinned Joey Hutchins (Medford) in 1:18 and Cole Frost (Gilbertville) in 41 seconds, then defeated DJ Bonam (Omaha) 5-2 before falling 2-1 to Jackson Blum (Otsego) in an ultimate tie-breaker. In consolation he defeated Sam Herring (Memphis) 4-3 but fell 2-0 to Davis Motyka (Kingston) in the finals.

Jaxon Trotter (18-6) placed fourth at 100 pounds in the ten-and-under division. He lost his opening match to Kyle Harrall (Geary), but won five-straight in consolation. He pinned Gregory Moore (Omaha) in 0:57 and Daxton Williams (Omaha) in 1:00, then won a 6-1 decision over Percie Hatfield (Moyock), a 2-0 decision over Gabriel Goode (Paola), and a 4-1 decision over Devan Parn (Brookfield) before falling to Danny Zmorowski (Twinsburg) in the finals.

Asher Giddens (14-4) took fifth place at 46 pounds in the six-and-under division. He fell 13-7 to Casey Bittner (Salinas) in the opening round, but worked his way through the consolation bracket by defeating Andres Esparza (Commerce City) 10-1, Easton Rodgers (Bixby) 6-2, and Cru Foster (Chickasha) 2-1 before falling 5-0 to Elias Faith (Evansville) in the consolation semifinals. In the placement round he defeated Santino Martinez (Albuquerque) 6-3.

Youth Wrestling: Thirteen Sandites win gold at Berryhill Tournament

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Thirteen members of the Sand Springs Team Big wrestling club won first place medals at the recent Berryhill youth tournament in Tulsa. 

Division Five

Wyatt Meredith (6-3) won the 92-pound bracket by pinning Ethan Smith (Berryhill) in 27 seconds and winning a 13-3 major decision against Kyler Tabor (Berryhill).

Sammy Naugle (2-2) lost his first two matches to Hunter Waits (Berryhill) and Elijah Hynes (Broken Arrow), but pinned Cameron Pritchard (Bristow) in 3:21 and won a 6-3 decision over Destiny Smith (Sperry) for third place at 113 pounds.

Division Four

Zander Grigsby (5-4) won the 67-pound bracket and barely even spent a minute on the mat. He pinned Colton Ganaway (Jenks) in nineteen seconds and Beau Canfield (Bristow) in 54.

Abraham Flores (13-3) won his fourth tournament of the year at 110 pounds. He pinned Colton Hainzinger (Collinsville) in 1:30 and received a forfeit from teammate Adrian Flores (3-9). Adrian defeated Hainzinger 4-3 for second place.

Balance Johnson (5-0) won the 140-pound bracket with a pair of falls. He pinned Micco Jones (Sapulpa) in 4:20 and Blake Postoak (Berryhill) in 1:20.

Mitchell Smith (8-3) placed second at eighty pounds. He pinned Ryan Cantrell (Cleveland) in 2:34 and Carson Leach (Collinsville) in 2:33 before falling 7-0 to Hudson Henslick (Collinsville).

Division Three

Matthew Moore (13-2) won his second-straight tournament at 64 pounds. He majored Joey Bish (Berryhill) 9-0 and won 8-2 and 11-4 decisions against teammate Tanner Copeland and Aydin Machado (Cushing) respectively.

Ayreson Reiss (4-0) won the 67-pound bracket, majoring Luke Shaffer (Collinsville) 10-1 and teammate Colt Cothran (6-15) 11-2, pinning Mason Lapham (Owasso) in 1:49, and scoring a 6-2 decision over teammate Brody Wilson (2-5). Wilson placed second, pinning Shaffer in 0:42 and defeating Cothran 6-4. Cothran came in third, pinning Lapham in 2:46 and defeating Shaffer 9-6.

David Ritchey (6-2) drew only one competitor at 73 pounds, and won the best-of-three series against Mason Moore (Owasso) for his second-straight tournament title. He majored Moore 12-4 and pinned him in 2:34.

Kaden Pope (8-2) had the most impressive run of the tournament, winning the 61-pound bracket entirely by fall. He pinned Matteo Carrasco (Collinsville) in 51 seconds, Connor Cox (Ponca City) in 43 seconds, and Isaiah Carrasco (Collinsville) in 32 seconds.

Jaxon Trotter (13-4 Division 3, 4-3 Division 4) won the 100-pound bracket, defeating Aiden Petitt (Broken Arrow) 15-0, Kole Lamont (Broken Arrow) 8-6, and Zachary Fischer (Jenks) 17-1. He also placed second in Division Four, pinning Gage Smith (Berryhill) in 3:34.

Jaxon Grigsby (10-3) came in second at 55 pounds, pinning Conner Krajicek (Owasso) in 1:13 and Tucker Alberty (Sapulpa) in 1:26 before falling 4-0 to Mason Burnham (Catoosa) in the finals.

Division Two

Kasen McAffrey (9-0) won his fourth-straight tournament at seventy pounds. He defeated Max Harland (Berryhill) 5-2 and pinned Payson Robinson (Sapulpa) in 2:56.

Promised Johnson (5-1) placed second at 75 pounds. He pinned Eli Montgomery (Berryhill) in 48 seconds and won a 22-7 tech fall over Caiden Estrada (Sperry) but fell 6-4 to Carter Wood (Berryhill) in sudden victory overtime.

Novice 4

Ramone Sparks (9-1) placed second at 92 pounds, defeating Gunner Boulware (Broken Arrow) 9-6 and pinning Konnor Kaul (Jenks) in 2:47 before falling 7-1 to Seth Friday (Jenks).

Novice 3

Isaac Sensintaffar (3-0) took first place at 76 pounds, pinning teammate Connor Beals (12-7) in twenty seconds and winning a 14-2 major decision over Mavrick Aunko (Collinsville). Beals placed second, defeating Aunko 9-6.

Tanner Copeland (2-2 Open, 3-0 Novice) won the 64-pound bracket handily, pinning Blayton Collins (Sand Springs) in 1:41 and Jake Patterson (Catoosa) in 0:52, and majoring Landon Dodd (Sperry) 10-2. He also placed third in Open, pinning Joey Bish (Berryhill) in 22 seconds. Lane Bailey (9-1) placed third. He pinned Carter Meloy (Cushing) in thirteen seconds before falling 12-2 to Dodd. In consolation he majored Collins 12-1 and won a rematch with Meloy 13-6.

Novice 2

Griffin Sensintaffar (3-0) took first in the 55-pound bracket. He majored Daxton Iten (Broken Arrow) 10-2, defeated Trey Burk (Cleveland) 12-9, then defeated Jett Richards (Inola) 8-7 in an overtime tie-breaker.

Blayton Collins (15-10) placed second at 64 pounds. He received a forfeit in the opening round, then pinned Nathan Rickers (Woodward) in 2:43 before falling 7-1 to Kyler Walters (Kingfisher) in the finals.

Legend Johnson (2-1) placed second at 61 pounds, pinning Isabella Perea (Sapulpa) in 37 seconds and Brayden Grimes (Sand Springs) in 24 seconds before falling 6-3 to Keller Byrum (Jenks).

Tyler Feigenbaum (13-4) came in runner-up at 67 pounds. He majored Austin Halley (Bristow) 14-0 and topped Corbyn Smith (Broken Arrow) 9-5 in sudden victory overtime before falling to Erblin Morina (Bartlesville) in the finals.

Novice 1

Zayden Anderson (3-1) came in runner-up at 43 pounds, pinning Wyatt Bruce (Bartlesville) in sixteen seconds and winning a 15-7 major decision against Zane Robinson (Collinsville) before falling to Jerren Scott (Collinsville) in the finals.

Spencer Grimes (3-2) came in runner-up at 37 pounds. He pinned Tristan Gardland (Berryhill) in 0:49 and Dominic Campbell (Inola) in 1:41 before falling to Hutch Landrum (Broken Arrow) in the finals. Aubrey Holman (4-5) placed third. He was pinned in the opening round by Dillan Cantrell (Inola), but rebounded in consolation by pinning Dallas Williams (Bartlesville) in 0:56 and Campbell in 1:16. In the finals he won a rematch with Cantrell and prevailed 15-13 in sudden victory overtime.

CPHS Wrestling: Sandites roll over Kansas 6A State Champions 39-20

Owasso, OK - Bigger isn’t always better. After falling 38-30 to the Kansas 5A State Champions, the Sandites rebounded with a victory over the Kansas 6A State Champions in the consolation semifinals at the Third Annual Ram Duals. Charles Page High School (11-3) defeated Mannhattan High School 39-20. 

Chris Kirby (15-5) kicked things off in style by pinning Daron Island-Jones in 2:42. The Indians got on the board with a 14-6 major decision from State Runner-Up Bubba Wilson over Kaleb Tabor (18-9) and took the lead as State Champion Jalin Harper pinned Braydon Dahl (0-3) in 0:55. Quincy Saddler won an 8-8 ultimate tie breaker against Dayvon Taylor (16-16) before the Sandites got back in the win column with a 6-4 decision from Noah Almy (4-5, 28-25) over Mikey Soberano. Both teams gave up unsportsmanlike penalties in that match and the Indians held the lead at 12-8.

Josh Fincannon (8-13) gave up a 9-1 major decision to Robert Houston, Gage Fain (15-6, 54-44) got a forfeit at 220, and Hunter Christensen won an 8-0 major decision against Robbie Parrish (1-10) to make it 20-14.

Carter Young (30-1) won an 18-3 technical fall against State Qualifier Tate Saunders and Brendon Wiseley (11-7, 12-7) teched Adrian Kaus 16-0 for the team lead.

State Champion Riley Weir (20-6, 82-24) won a 5-0 decision against Joshua Pence, and Seth Jones (20-12, 22-15) pinned Marccus Wallace in 1:36 to clinch the dual at 33-20. Irwin Portillo (22-16, 28-21) won a 3-1 decision over Darius Island-Jones and Scott Patton (21-16, 28-18) won a 7-0 decision against Jacob Mitchell to wrap things up.

The Sandites will wrestle for fifth place against 3A No. 2 Comanche (12-3) at 1:45 p.m. at Owasso High School.