CPHS Softball: Sandites run-rule Stillwater 13-3, Usher and Presnell hit home runs

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After suffering their first district loss of the season last week, the Lady Sandites could easily have fallen into a slump. Instead, they rallied to their best offensive performance of the season for a 13-3 run-rule victory over Stillwater High School (15-6, 5-3) Tuesday evening on their home field.

Stillwater is the number-three team in the district, even after the loss, but the Sandites beat them as easily as everyone else who crosses their path. The Charles Page High School softball team (17-5, 7-1) batted .483 with fourteen hits, their best percentage in the past 25 games.

Rogers State University-committed senior Kimi Presnell hit a triple and a home run, while junior Sabrina Usher hit a double and her fifth home-run of the season. Missouri State commit Jacie Taber (2-0, 31-10) got the win on the mound, giving up no runs, two hits, and one walk with three strikeouts in three innings.

Stillwater threatened early, loading the bases with two walks and an error, but Taber’s first strikeout of the night left them wanting and the Sandites came in to start the slugfest.

Makenna Skaggs bounced a double off the center field wall and was joined on base by Usher with a walk and Jenson Arnold with a single. Taber brought in Skaggs on a sacrifice and Cameron Clemons cleaned up with a 2RBI single into right field.

The Lady Sandites brought a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the second and Presnell smashed a solo home run over the center field wall.

Taber stranded two hits with a strikeout in the top of the third, and Elizabeth Luttrell singled in Jolee McNally to make it 5-0.

Presnell kicked off the fourth with a triple and came in on a single from Skaggs, who in turn scored on Usher’s home run.

Julia Cottrill got the Pioneers on the board with a two-run homer in the top of the fifth and Sidney McLaughlin singled in Gracie Ore, but the Sandites surged ahead for the run-rule in the bottom of the inning.

Madison Lee scored on a wild pitch, Usher doubled in Presnell, Arnold doubled in Usher, and Clemons singled in Drew Hawkins. Taber scored on a wild pitch to secure the victory.

Madelyn Blair (7-1, 26-6) pitched the last two innings, throwing four hits, one strikeout, and one walk.

Sand Springs will return to action Thursday at Broken Arrow (27-3, 8-0), a must-have win if they hope to remain in contention for the District Title. The Tigers defeated the Sandites 2-5 in a come-from-behind seventh inning rally last Thursday.

CPHS 13 SHS 3
Hits: CPHS 14, SHS 6.
Walks: CPHS 4, SHS 3.
Strikeouts: CPHS 3, SHS 4.
Steals: CPHS 3.
Sacrifices: CPHS 1.

District 6A-4 Standings
8-0 Broken Arrow (57 district points)
7-1 Sand Springs (67)
5-3 Stillwater (36)
3-6 Ponca City (-43)
2-7 Sapulpa (-53)
0-8 Putnam North (-64)

CPHS Cross Country: Sandites host first-ever 5K, Boys place 4th, Girls 5th

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Sand Springs hosted its first-ever cross country meet Saturday at Case Community Park. The Case Cross Country Invitational combined high school and junior high running with the Eighth Annual Conner’s Classic 5K.

The Conner’s Classic is an annual Sand Springs Public Schools Cross Country fundraiser, named for a former special needs student who is unable to run on his own. Elementary Coach Chris Corbin pushes Conner Williamson in an adult racing stroller each year so that the Sandite can participate.

The Conner’s Classic was previously held at Ray Brown Park next to Charles Page High School. This year it was held at Case as the opener before the school races began. Danyel Swafford (43) won the women’s run in 23:55 with a remarkable 2:14 lead on the runner-up, Gina Myers (36). Both ladies are from Sand Springs. Lydon Swafford (13) won the men’s run in 22:21 followed by Michael Randolph (41) in 23:49, both from Sand Springs.

Deer Creek High School from Edmond won all four high school categories, both men and women’s varsity and men and women’s junior varsity. Bartlesville Junior High won the girls’ race and Jenks Junior High won the boys’.

Sand Springs placed fifth of eight teams in the girls’ varsity race. The varsity boys placed fourth of eleven and the JV boys placed sixth of nine. The Lady Sandites did not field a full team for junior varsity.

Deer Creek sophomore Aubrey Byers won varsity girls in 20:34 followed by Grove sophomore Rory Geer in 21:43. Junior Erika Baker led the Lady Sandites with a nineteenth place finish in 24:19.

Deer Creek dominated the boys’ competition, winning the first four places and six of the top eight. Senior Steven Clark won in 17:05 closely followed by junior teammate Jack Reed in 17:08. Sandite senior Jacob Smith cracked the top ten in 18:34 with a narrow lead on teammate Nelson Yazzie in 18:41.

Deer Creek won the top eight places in JV girls and thirteen of the top fourteen, led by Zenaida Burgos in 23:01. Haylee Alford was the lone Lady Sandite in JV and finished 24th place in 29:07.

Freshman Landon Harrod led the Deer Creek JV boys in 18:22. The Antlers won six of the top seven spots. Kaegan Murray placed 28th for the Sandites in 21:11.

The Sandites will return to action October 4th, 2018 at the Owasso Invitational in Mohawk Park.

Varsity Girls 5K
(Sand Springs Individuals)
24:19 Erika Baker - 19th
24:30 Chezney Kelley - 20th
25:26 Sara Abbet - 25th
27:04 Elizabeth Watts - 35th
27:12 Wanageeska Williams - 37th
28:10 Teagan Smith - 46th
29:54 Victoria Baker - 57th
(Team Placement)
1. Deer Creek
2. Bartlesville
3. Grove
4. Stillwater
5. Sand Springs
6. Thomas Edison
7. Mannford
8. Broken Arrow

JV Girls 5K
(Sand Springs)
29:07 Haylee Alford - 24th
(Team Placement)
1. Deer Creek
2. Berryhill
3. Bartlesville
4. Thomas Edison
5. Will Rogers

Junior High Girls - 1 Mile
(Sand Springs)
8:32 Ty Davis - 70th
(Team Placement)
1. Bartlesville
2. Jenks
3. Mannford
4. Edison Preparatory
5. Bixby
6. Grove
7. Berryhill
8. Anderson

Conner’s Classic 5K
23:55 Danyel Swafford - 1st
26:09 Gina Myers - 2nd
28:19 Barbara Pinkerton - 3rd
29:00 Candice Marshall - 4th
29:03 Alison Day - 5th
29:32 Holly Kersgieter - 6th
29:58 Bayleigh Cheney - 7th
32:37 Kassandra Burgess - 8th
33:04 Isabella Regalado - 9th
33:29 Christina Frisbie - 10th
33:58 Haden Brown - 11th
34:05 Paige Myers - 12th
34:47 Carole Cothran - 13th
35:02 Tami Lee - 14th
35:11 Megan Perkins - 15th
36:07 Toby Nightengale - 16th
36:15 Amber Burdge - 17th
36:17 Angela Calhoun - 18th
37:14 Jentry Hughes - 19th
37:18 Julia Wolf - 20th
37:18 Jade Shrum - 21st
37:19 McKenzie Harris - 22nd
37:38 Tammy Collins - 23rd
37:42 Melissa Cronin - 24th
42:22 Charitee Elias - 25th
42:22 Morgan Poletek - 26th
42:23 Brynlee Slankard - 27th
42:43 Ashley Lambert - 28th
42:43 Makayla Davis - 29th
42:44 Katie Daniels - 30th
45:08 Daniela Solis - 31st
45:08 Jordan Darrian - 32nd
46:10 Kaitlynn Roberts - 33rd
46:11 Kaslynn Horton - 34th
46:28 Libby Colson - 35th
46:29 Caylee O’Bryan - 36th
46:29 Madison Morris - 37th
47:35 Tori McAllister - 38th
47:35 Shaynne Cook - 39th
47:35 Cherysh Meyers - 40th


Varsity Boys 5K
(Sand Springs Individuals)
18:34 Jacob Smith - 10th
18:41 Nelson Yazzie - 11th
19:25 Aden Baughman - 23rd
19:45 Jaelyn Jackson - 27th
20:17 Danny Murray - 37th
20:41 Cameron McCrary - 44th
22:17 Caleb James - 59th
(Team Placement)
1. Deer Creek
2. Bartlesville
3. Stillwater
4. Sand Springs
5. Thomas Edison
6. Broken Arrow
7. Sapulpa
8. Riverfield Country Day
9. Grove
10. Mannford
11. Tulsa School of Arts & Sciences

JV Boys 5K
(Sand Springs)
21:11 Kaegan Murray - 28th
22:23 Alejandro Lopez - 47th
23:29 Chandler Blake - 67th
25:28 Sean Kuehn - 96th
26:20 David Rigsby - 107th
26:31 Colton Sanders - 110th
26:40 Christian West - 112th
26:58 Dalton Wilcox - 117th
27:41 Matt Wilkerson - 126th
29:33 Noah Hanlon - 134th
29:34 Nicholas Sango - 135th
31:27 Caleb Garzone - 144th
32:39 Mitchell Mefford - 149th
(Team Placement)
1. Deer Creek
2. Bartlesville
3. Stillwater
4. Broken Arrow
5. Thomas Edison
6. Sand Springs
7. Sapulpa
8. Berryhill
9. Will Rogers

Junior High Boys 1 Mile
(Sand Springs)
6:24 Kodah Gregory - 22nd
7:27 Zac Davis - 55th
7:59 Garrett Sorenson - 66th
8:22 Braden Gregory - 78th
(Team Placement)
1. Jenks
2. Bartlesville
3. Edison Prep
4. Berryhill
5. Grove
6. Bixby
7. Tulsa Honor
8. Riverfield

Conner’s Classic 5K
22:21 Lydon Swafford - 1st
23:49 Michael Randolph - 2nd
24:03 Bryan Chatham - 3rd
26:17 Chris Corbin - 4th
26:38 Jeff McKnight - 5th
27:02 Dru Thomas - 6th
27:45 Michael Marshall - 7th
28:46 Micah Burdge - 8th
28:52 Jeff Myers - 9th
29:36 Coy Cariness - 10th
29:42 Sean Swafford - 11th
29:57 Justin Carnahan - 12th
31:03 Larry Flemming - 13th
31:14 Dell Chambers - 14th
32:50 Steve Crider - 15th
32:58 Jackson Burdge - 16th
34:45 Kelleen Calhoun - 17th
46:31 Matt Watkins - 18th

CPHS Football: Sandites fall 49-13 to defending Arkansas State Champs

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Senior QB Caden Pennington racked up career yardage on the ground Friday night in Greenwood, Arkansas.

The Charles Page High School varsity football team (1-2) bit off more than they could chew Friday night in Greenwood, Arkansas, falling to the defending Class 6A State Champions (2-1), a team that has only lost three games in the past four seasons.

Senior quarterback Caden Pennington was held to a season low 45 passing yards after averaging over 180 in the first two games. He made up for it on the ground, however, running up a career-high of 95 yards with his second career touchdown. Joel Mackey contributed 82 yards and a score on the ground, while Trey Wilkerson had fifty.

The Bulldogs scored on the first offensive play of the game with senior quarterback Peyton Holt running it fourteen yards after Max Vickery recovered a fumbled kickoff return.

Greenwood’s special teams continued to shine with Luke Leonard returning a punt for a 57 yard touchdown after the Sandites were held to a quick three-and-out. Less than three minutes into the game and they led 14-0 with two extra points from kicker Grant Ennis.

The Sandite offense managed a slow and steady eleven-play sixty-yard march to the Bulldog redzone. After taking a six yard sack, Pennington tried to make up for it with a double-reverse endzone pass that was dropped by the receiver. A false start and two pass breakups later and the Bulldogs got the ball back for a score.

Greenwood catapulted 67 yards in three plays, highlighted by a 54-yard keeper. Marc Jones took a handoff from two yards out and Ennis made it 21-0. They scored again on the opening play of the second quarter with an eighteen yard pass from Holt to Leonard.

Holt found Treyton Dawson from 31 yards out and Dawson broke two tackles for the 35-0 lead. Sand Springs marched 65 yards in thirteen plays, including a fourth down conversion, but turned the ball over with an incomplete pass at the Greenwood fifteen.

The Bulldogs scored on the opening possession of the second half when Holt made the most of a broken play and ran it in from ten. With a 42-0 lead, the Dogs finally sent in the second string.

The Sandites scored on an eighty-yard drive with a twenty-yard run from Mackey. Jaden Weiser’s kick missed, but the Sandites had averted the shutout.

Second-string quarterback Jace Presley led the Bulldogs in a 66-yard scoring march capped by an eighteen yard Aydin Chatfield touchdown run and Jackson Stewart kicked the extra point shortly before the end of the third quarter.

Sand Springs struck again to start the fourth quarter off. They traveled seventy yards in twelve plays before Pennington scrambled in from ten yards out after the pass play fell apart. This time Weiser’s PAT rang true for the final point of the game.

Timothy Earnhardt took over at quarterback and brought his team to the Sandites’ six before taking a knee to end the game.

Sand Springs will travel to Shawnee (0-3) next Friday at 7:00 p.m. to kick off district action.

GHS 49 CPHS 13
1Q: GHS 21-0
2Q: GHS 14-0
3Q: GHS 14-6
4Q: CPHS 7-0
First Downs: CPHS 16, GHS 15.
Fumbles/Lost: CPHS 1/1.
Penalties: CPHS 5-45, GHS 5-70.
C/A/Y/I: GHS 23-27-244-0, CPHS 12-21,45-0.
Rushes-Yards: CPHS 40-234, GHS 16-60.
Plays-Offense: GHS 43-304, CPHS 61-279.

(Sand Springs only)
Passing: Pennington 12-21-45-0.
Receiving: Snodgrass 3-19, Hawkins 4-16, Roberts 1-8, Foster 1-5, Mackey 1-0, Wilkerson 1-(-3).
Rushing: Pennington 15-95, Mackey 13-82, Wilkerson 11-50, Jones 2-6.
Kick-Avg: Weiser 3-26.
Punt-Avg: Smith 3-34.
PAT: Weiser 1/2.
Kick Return: Snodgrass 2-21.

CPHS Softball: Luttrell hits home run in 5-2 loss to Broken Arrow

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The Sand Springs and Broken Arrow high school softball teams came into Tuesday evening’s matchup with undefeated district records, and the battle lived up to the hype. The Tigers came from behind for a 5-2 seventh-inning victory, scoring five runs on three errors.

Cowley County Community College-committed senior Elizabeth Luttrell hit her second home run of the season and eighth of her career in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jacie Taber reached on an error in the sixth and scored on a single from Aliyah Taff for the 2-0 Sandite lead.

The seventh inning spelled disaster for the Sandites, who gave up three straight singles to load the bases. Three errors and five runs later and Raegan Edwards grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to bring the Sandites in to bat.

The Sandites picked up a pair of walks, but the Tigers had a double-play of their own in store to bring the game to a close.

Madelyn Blair (7-1, 26-6) pitched the first four innings, throwing four hits and one walk. Taff (4-3, 4-5) got the loss with four hits, three strikeouts, and no walks in three innings.

Sand Springs Softball (16-5, 6-1) will return to action Tuesday with a district home game against Stillwater (14-5, 4-2) at 5:00 p.m. They will get a rematch with Broken Arrow (25-3, 6-0) Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

BAHS 5 CPHS 2

Hits: BAHS 8, CPHS 6.
Errors: BAHS 1, CPHS 3.
Walks: BAHS 1, CPHS 5.
Strikeouts: BAHS 3, CPHS 3.

OSSAA District 6A-4 Standings
6-0 Broken Arrow (37 points)
6-1 Sand Springs (57)
4-2 Stillwater (36)
3-5 Ponca City (-33)
2-7 Sapulpa (-53)
0-6 Putnam City North (-44)

CPHS Softball: Sandites win seventh straight, top Ponca City 11-1 on Senior Night

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Sabrina Usher hit her fourth home run of the season Tuesday evening. (Photo: Scott Emigh).

The Charles Page High School varsity softball team (16-4, 6-0) made quick work of Ponca City (17-9, 2-5) Tuesday evening on Senior Night. The Sandites won their seventh-straight game 11-1 to remain undefeated in district action.

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma-committed senior Madelyn Blair (7-1, 26-6) got the start and the win on the mound, throwing no hits, no runs, no walks, and four strikeouts in four innings. Mackenzie Bechtold (3-0) gave up two hits and one run in the fifth and final inning.

Sabrina Usher hit her fourth home run of the season in the bottom of the first, and Makenna Skaggs hit the first home run of her career in the third. Felicity Horn scored on a ground out by Blair, Kimi Presnell doubled in Cameron Clemons, and Skaggs’s homer brought in Presnell for a 5-0 lead.

Ponca averted the shutout in the top of the fifth with an RBI single from Tally Goddard to score Mackenzie Laughlin, but the Sandites piled on six more runs for the run-rule victory.

Jacie Taber hit an RBI double to score Usher, then scored on a double from Horn. Horn scored on a single from Blair, Clemons scored on a ground ball from Elizabeth Luttrell, and Skaggs hit a 2RBI single to score Blair and Presnell.

The Sandites currently lead their district with a 6-0 record, winning all six of those games by a ten-run margin. They have four district games left, two of which will go against Broken Arrow (23-3-2, 5-0).

The Lady Tigers are riding an eight-game win streak, or sixteen-straight if you ignore two tie games at an out-of-state tournament. The two top dogs will meet Thursday at 5:00 p.m. on the Sandites’ home turf.

District 6A-4 Standings
6-0 Sand Springs (60)
5-0 Broken Arrow (34)
2-2 Stillwater (16)
2-5 Ponca City (-38)
2-5 Sapulpa (-33)
0-5 Putnam City North (-39)

CPHS Volleyball: Sandites upset No. 16 Union in 3-0 sweep

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The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (5-12) rolled to a 3-0 upset of No. 16 ranked Union (9-10) Tuesday evening at the Ed Dubie Field House.

The Sandites defeated the Redskins with sets of 25-23, 25-22, and 27-25. Coverage of the match is sponsored by Kelly Smith with Farmer’s Insurance at 3973 South Highway 97 in Sand Springs. Contact Kelly Smith at 918-245-0100 for home, auto, life, business, and specialty insurance.

Devree Youngblood struck first with an assist from Madison Burris, but the visitors soon ran away with a six-point streak. The Sandites played catch up from there and used a seven-rally stretch to take a 15-11 lead that they never relinquished. Burris recorded two kills, seven assists, and an ace, while Youngblood scored seven kills. The Sandites outkilled the Redskins 14-10 in the stanza and six made their way into the scorebook.

Raylynn Mong kicked the second game off in style with an assist and an ace. The Redskins tied it up nine times but only led twice, both times in the final stretch. Trailing 20-18, Union used a kill from Katie Marth and a pair of aces from Sydney West for their first lead. A hitting error from Marth tied it back up, Tierney Jackson scored a kill for the Union lead, then the Sandites ran away with it. Union made three straight errors and Youngblood scored a kill to secure the victory.

Cheyenne Henry scored the first kill of the final set and Cloe Campfield aced for a 3-0 lead. They held the lead till 11-9, then Union rattled off seven-straight points with five kills before committing three-straight errors to let the Sandites back in the game. Vanessa Wyrick notched a kill and two more errors tied it up at 17-17, then Mia Marth scored a kill and Ashlynn Cunningham served back to back aces.

Down 22-19, the Sandites went on a five-point run with an ace from Madison Blaylock and a kill from Campfield. Union wouldn’t go down without a fight. Mia Marth made another kill and Abby Thompson scored a kill and an ace for a 25-24 lead. Campfield tied it up, an error gave the Sandites the lead, and Henry scored a kill for the win.

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday, September 18th with at 6:15 p.m. conference road game at No. 9 Owasso (15-5). The two teams have yet to meet this season, but the Sandites won two sweeps last year.

CPHS 3 Union 0
Kills: CPHS 31, Union 32.
Blocks: Union 2, CPHS 1.
Aces: CPHS 7, Union 6.
Service Errors: CPHS 7, Union 11.

(Sand Springs only)
Kills: Youngblood 7, Henry 5, Burris 5, Campfield 4, Wyrick 3, Harris 1, Mong 1.
Assists: Mong 13, Burris 12, Wyrick 1.
Blocks: Mong 1, Henry 1.
Aces: Campfield 3, Burris 1, Blaylock 1, Youngblood 1, Mong 1.
Digs: Blaylock 6, Campfield 3.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
4-0 No. 10 Broken Arrow (11-8)
4-1 No. 7 Jenks (12-10)
4-1 Sand Springs (5-12)
4-2 No. 14 Bixby (10-8)
4-3 No. 16 Union (9-10)
3-1 No. 9 Owasso (15-5)
2-4 Bartlesville (2-13)
0-3 No. 17 Muskogee (14-8)
0-3 Booker T. Washington (3-5)
0-5 Sapulpa (2-6)