CPHS Soccer: Lady Sandites down Sapulpa 2-1 in overtime shootout

The Charles Page High School girls’ soccer team (1-1) picked up their first Highway 97 Rivalry win in several years Tuesday night at the Westside Sports Complex. The non-district match went into an overtime shootout that Julia Wolf won with a sudden victory penalty kick.

Sandite Pride’s soccer records are incomplete before 2016, but since then the Chieftains were 4-0 coming into Tuesday’s match and had outscored the Sandites 17-1 over those years.

Karsen Lynch became the first Lady Sandite to score on Sapulpa in two years at the 12th minute of the match, but Sara Arundell tied it up on a free kick with two minutes left in the half.

The second half was scoreless for both teams and because the match was non-district, it went straight to a shootout with no traditional overtime. Both teams got five penalty kicks, and both teams made three apiece to extend the overtime.

Arial Esparza, Carson Sargent, and Lynch made their kicks for the Sandites, while Arundell, Stormie Ramsey, and Khali English scored for the Chieftains. Sapulpa led 3-2 going into the final set of kicks and had the chance to clinch it, but Ali Day saved Paola Chavez’s attempt, setting up Lynch for the game-extender.

The second shootout was sudden victory. Ashtyn Wells missed high, giving Alyssa Perry an opportunity to win it. The Sandite was on goal but had her kick saved. Jessica Simmons’s kick followed the same path as Wells’s, and this time Wolf came up clutch with the game-winner.

The Chieftains (2-1) had nine shots on goal while Sand Springs had only five. Day recorded eight saves while Kayli Grant made four.

Sand Springs Soccer will return to action Thursday at 6:00 p.m. with a non-district home game against Muskogee (0-0). Sapulpa will take two weeks off before hosting Claremore (2-1).

NJCAA Wrestling: Jack Karstetter places 7th at National Championship

Jack Karstetter after winning the 2017 OSSAA State Championship.

Labette Community College sophomore and Charles Page High School Class of 2017 graduate Jack Karstetter attained All-American status for the second time this past weekend at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championship in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Karstetter was one of five State Champions on the 2017 Sand Springs State Championship team, and he first earned All-American status at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M with a seventh-place finish at 133 pounds. He took a year off from wrestling before enrolling this past fall at Labette.

At the NJCAA West Central District Championship he came in runner-up at 133 with an 11-5 decision against fellow State Champion Kolton Smith and a 7-5 decision against TaJuan Daniels before falling 9-0 to No. 2 ranked three-time New Mexico Champion Mikey Mascarenas.

At the National Championship he lost his first match 5-2 to No. 6 Hector Candelaria, but bounced back in consolation with four straight wins. He won a 9-8 upset of No. 9 Miles Knuckles and a 9-7 decision against Matrice Smith, then pinned Payton Jackson and won 12-10 against James Davis before falling 3-1 to No. 7 Anthony Sobotker. In the seventh place match he cruised to an easy 10-3 decision against No. 8 David Kerr to end the season 32-5. He is 63-10 in his college career.

CPHS Soccer: Bartlesville sweeps season opener, Saldana scores 2

The Charles Page High School varsity soccer teams are still looking for their first wins of the season after Bartlesville won both the boys and girls’ season-opening matches last Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. The girls were shut out 2-0, but the boys led 3-1 in the second half before the Bruins (3-1) scored four goals in the final twenty minutes for the 5-4 non-district comeback.

The Bartlesville girls (4-0) were aggressive on offense, out-shooting Sand Springs 14 to 3, but junior goalie Ali Day made seven saves to keep her team in contention. Hannah Sparks had a goal called off on an off-sides call in the 11th minute, but Reagan Klose made up for it four minutes later and Zoe McCabe made it 2-0 in the 35th minute.

Sand Springs didn’t get off its first shot till the final minute of the first half, and they only made two shots in the second half. The Sandite defense made a strong second half effort, only allowing four shots and no goals, but offensively they couldn’t find an answer for the still undefeated Bruins.

The boys were conservative but accurate in the first half, only taking five shots, and scored on two of them. Senior Luke Jeffus made the first goal of the season in the 8th minute, but Gabriel Ontiveros tied it up with a putback a minute later. The Bruins took three shots in a row, with one bouncing off the goal post. Junior goalie Xander Quiroga blocked the second shot, but the third time was the charm for Ontiveros.

Jeffus almost had a brace on a free kick in the 11th minute, but it traveled just a hair to the right of the goal, and instead it was Fernando Saldana with the go-ahead goal with 1:24 left in the half.

The Sandites opened up in the second half, taking far more shots. Jack Bratcher made it 3-1 with an assist from Saldana, but Bartlesville came storming back. Jalen Belong scored in the 61st minute, Dylan McCoy tied it in the 74th minute, and Ontiveros scored the go-ahead goal with 4:16 left to play.

Saldana tied it up with a penalty kick at the 77:00 mark, but Belong had the final score of the night just a minute later. Saldana got a free kick in the final minute that was deflected and Cameron Summerton tried to score on a header but the shot traveled out of bounds and the Bruins ran out the clock.

Both teams took 17 shots in the match. The Bruin keeper came away with four saves and Quiroga had six.

Sand Springs Soccer will return to action Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. with a non-district Highway 97 Rivalry match-up. The Sapulpa boys are 1-1 and the girls are 2-0.

CPHS Track: Layne Kirkendall stars at Owasso Track Meet

Former Jenks standout Layne Kirkendall has been sidelined to JV action this year due to transfer eligibility, but that hasn’t stopped her from competing. In the basketball season she had to play against JV teams, but in the track and field season she gets to compete against varsity athletes. She can’t score team points or make the post-season, but she can place in regular season events. In Friday’s season debut at Owasso she finished top three in all three of her events.

Kirkendall won the girls’ long jump with a distance of 16’09.75”, was second in high jump with a height of 5’00.00”, and was third in 200 meter dash with a time of 27.44 seconds. She single-handedly outscored six varsity teams and the Lady Sandites would have placed sixth overall with her in their ranks.

Without Kirkendall, the girls placed 11th out of 14 teams thanks to fourth place finishes from the 4x800 relay team (11:17.15) and from Annaston Wiseley, who ran the 400-meter dash in 1:04.95.

The Sandite boys’ varsity placed 10th of 17 teams, and the junior varsity was 17th. Joseph Mattison was the top dog on the boys’ team, placing fourth in both of his events. He had a mark of 19’02.00” in long jump and a time of 11.9 seconds in the 100-meter dash.

The Sandites are in their first season under Head Coach Tim Dial, and he’s already taking strides to improve the program. This year they got an early start by competing at indoor track events at the Universities of Arkansas and Oklahoma before the season officially began. They also added pole vaulting to the program.

Edmond Memorial won the boys’ team title while Owasso won the girls’. Sand Springs will return to action Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Union High School.

Boys’ Team Scores
175.0 Edmond Memorial
88.0 Owasso
72.0 Bartlesville
67.0 Edmond North
43.0 Bixby
37.0 Claremore
33.0 Muskogee
33.0 Collinsville
22.0 Edmond Memorial JV
16.0 Sand Springs
8.0 Sapulpa
8.0 Broken Arrow
5.0 Okmulgee
4.0 Bixby JV
4.0 Union
3.5 Grove
1.5 Sand Springs JV

Sandite Results

4x100 Relay - 9th Place - 46.23
4x200 Relay - 12th Place - 1:38.00
4x400 Relay - 9th Place - 3:43.18
4x800 Relay - 8th Palce - 8:41.45

300 Meter Hurdles
13th - Alex Ross - 45.33

100 Meter Dash
4th - Joseph Mattison - 11.90
30th - Bryson Chase - 12.55
31st - Alex Turner - 12.58
48th - Asher Beard - 13.28

200 Meter Dash
7th - Braden Baxter - 24.20
15th - Braden Pearson - 24.69
50th - Asher Beard - 27.25

400 Meter Dash
8th - Noah James - 53.85
26th - Kaleb Andrews - 56.27
34th - Braden Pearson - 57.96
48th - Braden Baxter - 1:04.68

800 Meter Run
6th - Alejandro Lopez - 2:05.48
11th - Dalton Wilcox - 2:09.07
15th - Chandler Blake - 2:14.95
17th - Caleb James - 2:16.85

Long Jump
4th - Joseph Mattison - 19’02.00”

Girls’ Team Scores
120.5 Owasso
108.0 Bixby
102.5 Edmond North
60.0 Collinsville
41.0 Bartlesville
35.0 Muskogee
32.0 Claremore
21.0 Sapulpa
21.0 Broken Arrow
20.0 Okmulgee
15.0 Sand Springs
7.0 Grove
5.0 Union
1.0 Claremore JV

Lady Sandite Results

4x100 Relay - 7th Place - 55.09
4x800 Relay - 4th Place - 11:17.15

100 Meter Dash
13th - Journey Armstead - 14.10
21st - Sophie Singleton - 14.39
22nd - Brittney Rawlins - 14.55
29th - Aliyah Taff - 14.76

200 Meter Dash
3rd - Layne Kirkendall - 27.44
16th - Drew Hawkins - 29.83
27th - Ty Davis - 31.91
45th - Kelby Dawson - 39.72

400 Meter Dash
4th - Annaston Wiseley - 1:04.95
25th - Ty Davis - 1:19.55

800 Meter Run
7th - Victoria Baker - 2:43.40

3200 Meter Run
8th - Erika Baker - 12:54.32

High Jump
2nd - Layne Kirkendall - 5’00.00”

Pole Vault
10th - Sarah Rigsby - 7’06.00”

Long Jump
1st - Layne Kirkendall - 16’09.75”

CPHS Wrestling: Season rewind and final statistics

The 2019-2020 Sandite Wrestling season was a bit of a mixed bag as the team struggled in a lot of areas, but still continued several Sand Springs success streaks.

At 10-8 the team won their lowest percentage of duals (.556) since a 6-6 season in 2006, but they did extend their ten-win season streak to five straight years, and won their fourth-consecutive district title.

They failed to crown an individual tournament champion for the first time since 2006, and failed to win a team tournament title for the third-straight season, but continued a seven-year tradition of putting a Sandite in the State Finals, with Seth Jones placing second.

They had two State Placers, with Josh Fincannon finishing third. That was their lowest number since 2011, and they placed 10th at the tournament. A pessimist would point out that it’s their lowest placement since 2011, but an optimist would acknowledge that being a top-ten program in the State’s largest school classification is a feat that 22 other schools would love to claim.

When you’re only three years removed from State and Dual State titles, it’s easy to look at the glass half empty. But a top-ten finish is nothing to scoff at, especially considering the team lost a State Finalist mid-season and had two other teammates transfer to other schools and make the State Finals with their new programs. That’s a lot of firepower to lose and still finish as good as they did.

The Sandites will graduate an eight-man senior class this year. Chris Kirby, Hunter Hilger, Seth Jones, Josh Fincannon, Preston Medlin, Robbie Parrish, Brendon Wiseley, and Caleb Phillips went a combined 145-81 this season and 362-254 in their careers.

Fincannon had a great senior season, making the finals at three different tournaments, including Regionals and the prestigious Perry Tournament of Champions. He won ten straight matches over a four-week period this season.

Kirby was a three-time State Qualifier and placed fourth as a sophomore and junior. In his senior season he competed in arguably the toughest weight class in 6A. As a junior he won the Jerry Billings Invitational. He had the longest win streak on the team this year, winning fourteen straight matches, and was 16-1 in duals.

Jones was a three-time State Qualifier and two-time placer, finishing fourth as a junior. He wasn’t able to win the State title, but he did beat the State Champion earlier in the season. He also won ten straight matches this year.

Medlin only spent two years on varsity and was one of the most improved wrestlers on the team, going 21-16 after a 13-22 junior year. He won ten straight matches in January.

Wiseley quit the team mid-season, but left his mark on the program as a junior State Runner-Up and Regional Champion. He also won the Glenpool tournament last year.

The future remains bright for the program with a stacked group of underclassmen like freshman State Qualifier Mitchell Smith, sophomore State Qualifier Blake Jones, Brooks Dudley, Shane Wolf, Carter Goodman, and more. Junior State Qualifier Sango Whitehorn will lead next year’s seniors alongside Caden Vaughn, who had a solid season battling through injury.

Season Record
35-12 Josh Fincannon (.745)
32-12 Chris Kirby (.727)
26-7 Seth Jones (.788)
25-13 Blake Jones (.658)
24-20 Brooks Dudley (.545)
21-16 Preston Medlin (.568)
18-9 Mitchell Smith (.667)
17-6 Brendon Wiseley (.739)
13-16 Shane Wolf (.448)
10-25 Sango Whitehorn (.286)
9-5 Caden Vaughn (.643)
8-14 Carter Goodman (.364)
8-14 Harley Newberry (.364)
8-18 Chase White (.308)
7-16 Robbie Parrish (.304)
5-4 Thomas Naugle (.556)
5-15 Ethan Norton (.250)
3-10 Colton Luker (.231)
3-12 Ethan White (.200)
3-18 Dakota Taylor (.143)
2-7 Santana Naugle (.222)
1-0 Tegan Campbell (1.00)
1-4 Hunter Hilger (.200)
1-4 Caleb Phillips (.200)
0-2 Sammy Naugle
0-2 Codey Cramer

Career Record
90-36 Chris Kirby (.714)
74-46 Josh Fincannon (.617)
70-36 Seth Jones (.660)
69-26 Brendon Wiseley (.726)
51-27 Blake Jones (.654)
34-28 Brooks Dudley (.548)
34-38 Preston Medlin (.472)
18-9 Mitchell Smith (.667)
13-16 Shane Wolf (.448)
12-29 Sango Whitehorn (.293)
9-5 Caden Vaughn (.643)
9-31 Robbie Parrish (.225)
9-31 Caleb Phillips (.225)
8-14 Carter Goodman (.364)
8-14 Harley Newberry (.364)
8-20 Chase White (.286)
6-6 Thomas Naugle (.500)
5-16 Santana Naugle (.238)
5-20 Ethan Norton (.200)
4-10 Colton Luker (.286)
3-12 Ethan White (.200)
3-25 Dakota Taylor (.107)
1-0 Tegan Campbell (1.00)
1-4 Hunter Hilger (.200)
0-2 Sammy Naugle
0-2 Codey Cramer

Season Stats

Falls
23 Kirby
17 Dudley
14 S. Jones
12 Fincannon
12 Smith
9 Wiseley
9 B. Jones
7 C. White
7 Wolf
6 Vaughn
6 Medlin
6 Newberry
5 Goodman
3 Whitehorn
3 Parrish
3 Luker
2 T. Naugle
2 E. White
2 Norton
1 Phillips
1 Taylor
1 Campbell

Major Decisions
4 Whitehorn
4 Medlin
4 B. Jones
2 Wiseley
2 Fincannon
1 S. Jones
1 Dudley
1 Parrish
1 E. White
1 Smith
1 Goodman

Forfeits
5 Kirby
5 Fincannon
3 Parrish
2 B. Jones
2 T. Naugle
2 Taylor
1 Dudley
1 Wolf
1 Vaughn
1 Norton
1 Hilger
1 Goodman
1 Newberry

Decisions
16 Fincannon
11 Medlin
10 S. Jones
7 B. Jones
5 Wiseley
5 Dudley
5 Wolf
5 Smith
4 Kirby
3 Whitehorn
2 Norton
2 Vaughn
2 San. Naugle
1 Newberry
1 Goodman
1 C. White
1 T. Naugle

Tech Falls
3 B. Jones
1 S. Jones
1 Wiseley

Takedowns
45 Whitehorn
44 Dudley
44 S. Jones
43 B. Jones
37 Kirby
36 Fincannon
35 Medlin
27 Smith
25 Wiseley
17 Wolf
15 Newberry
14 Vaughn
13 C. White
13 E. White
10 Goodman
8 Norton
5 Parrish
4 Taylor
3 Phillips
3 T. Naugle
3 Luker
2 Campbell
2 San. Naugle

Escapes
35 S. Jones
31 Whitehorn
30 Fincannon
27 Medlin
20 Dudley
20 E. White
20 B. Jones
19 Kirby
18 Goodman
15 C. White
14 San. Naugle
13 Wolf
11 Newberry
8 Phillips
8 Taylor
8 Smith
7 Vaughn
6 Norton
6 Luker
6 Hilger
5 Parrish
3 Wiseley
3 T. Naugle

Nearfall Points
99 B. Jones
52 Kirby
42 Wiseley
37 S. Jones
34 Fincannon
26 Medlin
25 Dudley
24 Smith
24 Wolf
19 C. White
16 Vaughn
10 Newberry
9 Whitehorn
9 Parrish
8 E. White
7 Norton
5 Goodman
4 Luker

Reversals
16 Wiseley
16 B. Jones
14 Kirby
11 Wolf
11 Medlin
10 C. White
7 Newberry
6 Fincannon
5 T. Naugle
5 Vaughn
4 Dudley
4 Goodman
4 S. Jones
3 Parrish
2 Norton
1 Whitehorn
1 E. White
1 Luker
1 Smith

Perry TOC
2nd - Fincannon
2nd - B. Jones
2nd - C. Jones
5th - Wiseley

Bixby Pre-Turkey
2nd - Vaughn
3rd - C. White

Cushing
4th - Fincannon
6th - Wiseley

Kansas City
9th - S. Jones
11th - Kirby
17th - Fincannon
17th - B. Jones
23rd - Dudley
29th - Newberry
29th - Whitehorn

Sand Springs
2nd - Kirby
2nd - Fincannon
3rd - Smith
6th - Goodman
6th - Vaughn

State
2nd - S. Jones
3rd - Fincannon

Regionals
2nd - Fincannon
2nd - Smith
3rd - S. Jones
4th - B. Jones
4th - Kirby
5th - Whitehorn
6th - Medlin
6th - Dudley

Career Stats

Falls
75 Kirby
39 S. Jones
32 Wiseley
27 Fincannon
23 Dudley
20 B. Jones
12 Smith
8 Medlin
7 C. White
7 Wolf
6 Phillips
6 Vaughn
6 Newberry
5 Goodman
3 Parrish
3 Luker
3 Whitehorn
2 T. Naugle
2 E. White
2 Norton
1 Taylor
1 Campbell

Tech Falls
6 Wiseley
4 B. Jones
3 S. Jones

Major Decisions
9 B. Jones
7 S. Jones
6 Wiseley
5 Medlin
4 Whitehorn
3 Fincannon
1 Dudley
1 Parrish
1 E. White
1 Smith
1 Goodman

Decisions
35 Fincannon
20 Medlin
19 S. Jones
17 Wiseley
16 B. Jones
10 Kirby
8 Dudley
5 Wolf
5 Smith
4 Whitehorn
2 Phillips
2 Norton
2 Vaughn
2 San. Naugle
1 Newberry
1 Goodman
1 C. White
1 T. Naugle

Forfeits
9 Fincannon
8 Wiseley
5 Parrish
5 Kirby
3 T. Naugle
2 S. Jones
2 B. Jones
2 Dudley
2 Taylor
1 Medlin
1 Whitehorn
1 Phillips
1 Vaughn
1 Goodman
1 Newberry
1 Luker
1 Wolf
1 Norton
1 Hilger

Takedowns
131 S. Jones
97 Kirby
91 B. Jones
87 Wiseley
84 Fincannon
70 Medlin
60 Dudley
47 Whitehorn
27 Smith
21 Phillips
17 Wolf
15 Newberry
14 Vaughn
13 C. White
13 E. White
10 Goodman
10 Norton
7 Taylor
5 Parrish
3 T. Naugle
3 Luker
2 San. Naugle
2 Campbell

Escapes
93 S. Jones
91 Kirby
69 Fincannon
52 Medlin
48 B. Jones
34 Whitehorn
31 Dudley
27 Wiseley
25 Phillips
20 E. White
18 Goodman
15 C. White
14 San. Naugle
13 Wolf
11 Newberry
10 Taylor
9 Parrish
8 Smith
7 Norton
7 Vaughn
6 Luker
6 Hilger
3 T. Naugle

Nearfall Points
196 Kirby
184 Wiseley
165 B. Jones
130 S. Jones
63 Fincannon
54 Medlin
47 Dudley
24 Smith
24 Wolf
19 C. White
16 Vaughn
10 Newberry
9 Whitehorn
9 Parrish
8 E. White
7 Norton
5 Goodman
4 Luker
3 Phillips

Reversals
47 Kirby
42 Wiseley
24 B. Jones
19 Medlin
16 Fincannon
15 S. Jones
11 Wolf
10 C. White
7 Newberry
6 Phillips
5 T. Naugle
5 Vaughn
4 Dudley
4 Parrish
4 Goodman
2 Norton
2 Taylor
1 Whitehorn
1 E. White
1 Luker
1 Smith

CPHS Baseball: Sandites fall to Shawnee, bounce back 12-4 against Edison

The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team (2-2) hit a slight setback Friday night in a 9-1 home loss to Shawnee (3-0), but bounced back Saturday afternoon in Tulsa with a 12-4 rout of Edison Preparatory School (0-3). Both game were non-district.

The eight-run loss to Shawnee was actually the closest game anyone has played yet against the Wolves, who have yet to allow two runs in a game. Brycen Peterman scored the Sandites’ lone run in the bottom of the first on a ground out from Ethan Sartin.

Brock Swanson (0-1) got the start and the loss on the mound in his pitching debut, and tossed eight hits, three strikeouts, and three walks in 4.2 innings. Shawnee scored one run in the first and three in the second before Kaden Young made his pitching debut in relief. The Wolves added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth and three in the sixth for the run-rule win. Young tossed three hits, two strikeouts, and one walk in 1.1 innings.

Offensively the Sandites had their worst batting performance of the short season thus far, with four hits for a .174 average. They received only two walks and left seven runners stranded.

Saturday was a far different story as they took an 8-0 lead early on and never trailed, going .391 at the plate with nine hits, fifteen walks, and their first error-free game of the year.

Cody Pulscher scored the first run on a passed ball in the bottom of the second, then Ty Pennington scored on a ground ball form Jacob Shields.

Four straight walks in the third gave Young a free run, then Shields hit a 2RBI single to score Swanson and Pennington to make it 5-0. Gabe Glenn and Peterman hit RBI singles to score Keaton Campbell and Shields, then Glenn tagged up to score on a fly out from Sartin.

The Eagles scored four runs on two walks and three singles in the fourth but that would be their only successful inning. They also loaded the bases in the fifth, but Kaegan Murray caught a fly out to save the inning, and Peterman pitched a strikeout to strand two in the sixth.

Pennington scored his third run of the game on a ground out from Hayden Blair in the fifth. Campbell doubled in the sixth and tagged up to score, then Blair doubled and came in on a double from Peterman. Peterman scored on a single from Murray to end the game by run-rule.

Keifer Massey (0-0, 1-0) got the start on the mound but only pitched two innings and it was Jasper Adams (1-0) who came in next and got the win. Massey threw two strikeouts, two walks, and no hits in his two innings. Adams threw six his, one strikeout, and four walks in the middle three, then Peterman closed out the final inning with a two-hit, two-strikeout performance.

Sandite baseball will return to action Monday at 6:00 p.m. with a district home game against Putnam City West (2-1, 2-0).