CPHS Cross Country: Sandites struggle in season debut at Deer Creek

The Charles Page High School cross country teams picked a tough first competition for the season, competing against a crowded field at the Deer Creek Field Run Classic last Saturday. The Antlers are the defending State Champions in both boys and girls action.

Jenks High School won the girls’ race with an average time of 20:03.08, and the Lady Sandites finished 18th out of 18 with an average time of 27:02.07. The boys fared slightly better, finishing 19th out of 21 teams in 20:00.44. The host team won it in 16:41.55.

Senior Erika Baker was the top runner for the Lady Sandites, finishing in 82nd place in 23:58.83. Jenks sophomore Avery Mazzei won the run in 18:11.97. The Sand Springs squad is mostly young this year, with two seniors, one sophomore, and two freshmen.

Mustang junior Gabe Simonsen won the boys’ race in 15:45.19. Sandite junior Caleb James led his team in 19:12.01 for 90th place. Titus Wright is the lone senior on the team, which will be in good shape for the coming seasons with one junior and five sophomores.

The Sandite teams will return to action Saturday, August 31st at the Sapulpa Chieftain Meet.

Lady Sandite Results
23:58.83 Erika Baker - 82nd
24:24.31 Jazmin Lopez - 93rd
26:36.26 Wanageeska Williams - 120th
29:49.58 Ty Davis - 132nd
30:21.38 Madison Chambers - 133rd

Sandite Results
19:12.01 Caleb James - 90th
19:17.25 Alejandro Lopez - 94th
19:50.78 Noah Hanlon - 110th
20:25.72 Sam English - 122nd
21:16.48 Dalton Wilcox - 132nd
23:05.93 Titus Wright - 146th
23:29.21 David Rigsby - 147th

Also last Saturday, Sand Springs’s Landon Durburow took 14th out of nearly 70 runners in the Elementary Boys 1.2 mile run at Claremore Sequoyah in 8:50 and Brynlee Durburow won the Elementary Girls run in 7:38.

CPHS Softball: Sandites top Muskogee 7-2, Usher hits two triples

Rogers State University-committed senior Sabrina Usher was the bread and butter for the Sandite offense Tuesday afternoon, hitting two triples and a single to score one run and two RBI in a 7-2 win over Muskogee (2-5, 2-3). The Charles Page High School softball team (7-7, 3-1) got back to a .500 record and reclaimed the second-place spot in district standings with the win.

Sand Springs had zero difficulty in getting on base with fourteen hits, one walk, and three reaches on error. They stranded nine runners, however. Senior pitcher Mackenzie Bechtold (2-1, 6-1) got the win in the circle, throwing four hits, two strikeouts, and no walks with only one earned run.

Madison Lee scored on an RBI-single from Makenna Skaggs in the first inning but a pop fly to second base stranded loaded bases for the Sandites. Lee batted in Jaden Jordan with a single in the second inning, then Aliyah Taff scored on an error. Lee and Jolee McNally made it 5-0 on Usher’s first triple of the evening.

The visiting Roughers got on the board in the third thanks to errors at short and second, and a pair of singles. Hannah Cawthon and Isyss Patton scored on a 2RBI single from Karsyn York to avert the shutout.

Sand Springs loaded the bases again in the bottom of the third with two singles and an error. Hawkins managed to score on a fly out from McNally, but Mya Gaulden made the double play to third to end the inning.

Usher’s second triple was fruitless after three quick infield flies left her stranded, but she singled in the sixth and scored the final run on a hit from Avery Tanner.

Meadow Million took the loss for the Roughers with fourteen hits, no strikeouts, and one walk.

The Sandites will play a district game in Shawnee (6-8, 2-1) Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Muskogee will travel to Fenton, Missouri for the Rockwood Summit Tournament Friday and Saturday.

District 6A-3 Standings
4-0 Owasso (10-4)
3-1 Sand Springs (7-7)
2-1 Jenks (7-4)
2-1 Shawnee (6-8)
2-3 Muskogee (2-5)
1-4 Sapulpa (4-8)
1-5 Ponca City (4-10)

District 6A-3 Schedule
8.29 Sand Springs @ Shawnee.
9.3 Sapulpa @ Muskogee.
9.3 Jenks @ Shawnee.
9.5 Owasso @ Union.
9.5 Sand Springs @ Sapulpa.
9.5 Muskogee @ Jenks.

CPHS Volleyball: Sandites win eighth-straight, sweep Bartlesville 3-0

The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (9-6, 2-1) picked up their eighth-straight win Tuesday evening on the road with a 3-0 sweep of Bartlesville (0-7, 0-3) in Frontier Valley Conference action. The Sandites defeated the Bruins 25-18, 25-15, and 25-14.

Bartlesville only led once in the first set after a Hannah Lindsly ace at 2-1, but Sand Springs won the next nine rallies with three kills from Madison Burris. The Bruins cut that deficit to 14-11 with a kill from Lydia Knollmeyer, but the visitors finished strong with three kills and an ace from Devree Youngblood.

Game two was very similar to the first set, with the Sandites riding a nine-point streak to a 10-3 lead. Youngblood scored six kills in that set.

Mia Otten scored the first kill of the third game, and that was the only time the Bruins led. Cloe Campfield tied it and served an ace for the lead, and the Sandites never looked back. A pair of errors tied it at 5-5, but Sand Springs won the next nine points and five of the final six rallies.

Youngblood led all scorers with fifteen kills and two aces. Raylynn Mong notched seventeen assists, and Campfield had a team-high ten digs. Brooke Bluhm led the Bruins with five kills.

Bartlesville will return to action Thursday in a non-conference bout with Edison Prep (2-4). Sand Springs will also take a break from conference play when they travel to Lincoln Christian (5-4) Thursday at 6:00 p.m.

CPHS 3 BHS 0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-14)
Kills: CPHS 38, BHS 23.
Blocks: CPHS 2, BHS 1.
Aces: CPHS 7, BHS 4.
Service Errors: CPHS 3, BHS 4.
Total Errors: CPHS 19, BHS 28.
(Sand Springs Stats)
Kills: Youngblood 15, Campfield 7, Burris 6, Wyrick 5, Smith 3, Harris 2.
Assists: Mong 17, Burris 11, Blaylock 3, Wyrick 1.
Assisted Blocks: Campfield 2, Wyrick 2.
Digs: Campfield 10, Blaylock 7, Mong 7, Youngblood 6, Burris 1, Harris 1, Wyrick 1.
Aces: Campfield 2, Youngblood 2, Blaylock 2, Smith 1.
(Bartlesville Stats)
Kills: Bluhm 5, Knollmeyer 4, Hadrava 3, Wood 3, Otten 3, Hough 2, Erwin 1, Lindsly 1, #10 1.
Aces: Knollmeyer 1, Lindsly 1, Wood 1, Ahlert 1.
Assisted Blocks: Hadrava 1, Hough 1.

Frontier Valley Conference standings
3-0 Broken Arrow (13-1)
3-0 Jenks (7-2)
2-1 Owasso (6-3)
2-1 Sand Springs (9-6)
1-2 Union (2-9)
1-2 Bixby (1-9)
1-2 Booker T. Washington (7-6)
1-2 Sapulpa (4-4)
1-2 Muskogee (3-4)
0-3 Bartlesville (0-7)

CPHS Softball: Sandites fall 9-6 to Jenks in district action

The Charles Page High School fast pitch softball team (6-7, 2-1) dropped its first district game Monday evening, falling 9-6 to Jenks (7-3, 2-0). The teams were fairly evenly matched throughout the game, but a three-run homer in the third inning was more than the Sandites could overcome.

Jenks was first on the board with three singles and an error for a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second, but Sand Springs quickly responded. Aliyah Taff doubled, Madison Lee singled, and Jolee McNally walked to load the bases. Sabrina Usher hit a two-run single, Felicity Horn had a two-run double, and Drew Hawkins hit an RBI single for the 5-3 advantage.

The Trojans got back out front with a three-run homer. Taff doubled again and scored the Sandites’ final run on a catcher’s error in the fourth. Both teams stranded runners in the fifth, and Sand Springs stranded loaded bases in the sixth.

Jenks also loaded the side in the sixth and would have stranded them all were it not for an error in right field that allowed all three runners to score and seal the victory.

Taff (3-4, 7-10) went three-for-three at the plate, but got the loss on the mound with ten hits, three earned runs, one strikeout, and two walks.

Sandite Softball will return to action Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. in a district home game against Muskogee (2-4, 2-2). The Trojans will meet the only other undefeated district team in Owasso (9-4, 3-0) Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

District 6A-3 Standings
3-0 Owasso (9-4)
2-0 Jenks (7-3)
2-1 Sand Springs (6-7)
2-1 Shawnee (6-8)
2-2 Muskogee (2-4)
1-3 Sapulpa (4-7)
0-5 Ponca City (3-10)

CPHS Softball: Mackenzie Bechtold hits grand slam in 12-1 win over Claremore

Charles Page High School senior Mackenzie Bechtold didn’t have a single hit under her belt coming into the Sandites’ Thursday morning matchup with Claremore (7-4). She had an impressive slow-pitch season this spring, but in varsity fast-pitch she was 0-for-13 at the plate in her career. She blew that mark wide open.

Sand Springs (6-6) run-ruled the Zebras 12-1 in the first game of the Rogers State University Festival at the Diamond Sports Complex, and Bechtold scored two runs and five RBI in the melee, going three-for-three at the plate with a single, a double, and a grand slam.

Sabrina Usher hit the first home run of the day, scoring Aliyah Taff for a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Usher, a senior, is committed to playing for Rogers State next season. Jadyn Muns scored the Zebras’ lone run in the bottom of the first, reaching on a double, and scoring on a ground ball from Emily Rogers.

The Sandites did the rest of their damage in the second inning. Bechtold hit an RBI single to score Drew Hawkins, then the Zebras got into a bases loaded situation and began hemorrhaging runs. Makenna Skaggs and Avery Tanner hit RBI singles, Bechtold scored on a passed ball, and Taff and Skaggs scored were walked in.

With an 8-1 lead, Bechtold scored the final runs of the game with a home run over the left field fence to bring in Felicity Horn, Tanner, and Hawkins.

The rest of the game was fairly uneventful. Claremore stranded singles from Paiten Reavis and Muns in the third, and from Terran Schomick and Abbey Hagen in the fourth. The game ended after fourth innings due to mercy rule.

Taff (3-3, 7-9) got the win on the mound, throwing five hits, two strikeouts, and zero walks. Alyssa Poorboy got the loss for Claremore with ten hits, three walks, and no strikeouts.

In the second game of the festival the Sandites fell 9-3 to Coweta (7-6), giving up all nine runs in the first two innings. Freshman Nataley Crawford (2-2) got the loss on the mound, throwing eight hits, two strikeouts, and one walk before being relieved.

Bechtold (1-1, 5-1) took over midway through the second with an 8-0 deficit and loaded bases. She gave up an RBI single for the final Tiger run of the game before the Skaggs and Rachel Jones caught fly balls to end the inning.

Sand Springs got four walks in the first inning, but stranded loaded bases and didn’t pick up their first hit till the third. Three walks and a single once again put the Sandites in excellent scoring position, but they were held to a single run on an RBI single from Horn.

A double from Hawkins and singles from Bechtold and Madison Lee loaded the bases for a third time in the fourth inning. Hawkins scored on a fly out from Taff, but Lauren Hammock was caught running to end the inning in a double play.

Horn scored Usher on a single in the fifth, but the game came to a close soon after.

Bechtold ended the game with three hits, three strikeouts and one walk. Tarun Robinson got the win with seven hits, four strikeouts, and eight walks.

Sand Springs will return to action Monday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. in a district battle against Jenks (6-3, 1-0) on the Trojans’ home turf.

District 6A-3 Standings
3-0 Owasso (9-4)
2-0 Sand Springs (6-6)
1-0 Jenks (6-3)
2-1 Muskogee (2-3)
1-1 Shawnee (5-8)
1-3 Sapulpa (4-7)
0-5 Ponca City (3-9)

CPHS Volleyball: Sandites win inaugural tournament, 2-0 over Booker T. Washington

The Charles Page High School varsity volleyball team (8-6) won its first tournament in nearly a decade Saturday afternoon, and they did it on their home court. The Inaugural Sandite Invitational marked the first time the Sandites have hosted their own tournament since 2014.

Sand Springs defeated McLain, Will Rogers, Tecumseh, Bishop Kelley Junior Varsity, and Booker T. Washington to secure the title.

In a preseason Q&A first-year Head Coach Derek Jackson said he wanted to see his girls defend the home court, and thus far on the season they are undefeated 8-0 in the Ed Dubie Field House.

The Sandites swept their first four opponents 2-0 but needed three sets to down Booker T. Washington (6-4) in the semifinals. The Hornets then defeated Tecumseh (7-5) in the loser’s bracket to earn a rematch for the title, and Sand Springs swatted the Hornets down with relative ease in their second meeting.

Oklahoma Baptist University-commit Devree Youngblood scored a team-high seven kills with three aces. Vanessa Wyrick and Raylynn Mong also scored three aces apiece, and Mong tied with Madison Burris for a team-high eight assists each.

The first set was fairly competitive early on, till Sand Springs went on a six-point run for a 15-6 lead that the Hornets never recovered from. Trailing 20-9, Washington tried to rally against the Sandite second string, but ultimately McKenzie Harris secured the 25-16 victory with a kill.

Game two wasn’t even close. After a rocky start and 4-1 deficit, the home team pulled together an eight-point run with three aces from Wyrick and three kills from Youngblood. Washington got as close as 10-8, then Sand Springs won nine more rallies in a row and ended the day on a five point run at 25-11.

The Sandites won twelve of thirteen sets in the tournament and outscored their opponents 313-184.

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Bartlesville (0-4) in Frontier Valley Conference play. The Hornets will play a home conference match against Sapulpa (4-3) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Hornets and Sandites will get a rematch September 17th in their conference battle.

CPHS 2 BTW 0
Kills: CPHS 18, BTW 6.
Blocks: CPHS 5, BTW 1.
Aces: CPHS 10, BTW 2.
Service Errors: CPHS 8, BTW 3.
Total Errors: CPHS 18, BTW 17.
(Sand Springs stats)
Kills: Youngblood 7, Campfield 4, Burris 3, Harris 2, Wyrick 2.
Assists: Burris 8, Mong 8, Wyrick 1, Blaylock 1.
Solo Blocks: Smith 1.
Assisted Blocks: Wyrick 2, Smith 2, Youngblood 1, Harris 1, Campfield 1, Burris 1.
Digs: Blaylock 4, Mong 3, Campfield 1, Conrad 1, DeWitt 1.
Aces: Mong 3, Wyrick 3, Youngblood 3, Campfield 1.
(Booker T. Washington stats)
Kills: Johns 2, Gripado 2, Pappas 1, McIntosh 1.
Aces: Vance 1, Thompson 1.
Assisted Blocks: Thompson 1, Turner 1.