CPHS Softball Preview: Sandites to host Regional Tournament Wednesday

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The Sandite Softball team returned 12 players from last year’s Regional Championship team.

The Charles Page High School varsity softball team will be hosting a Regional Tournament for the seventh-straight year Wednesday, and they have won their last five. Enid, Muskogee, and Stillwater will be making the trip to the Sandite Softball Complex.

The Sandites have won seventeen Regional titles overall, and if they win this year they will tie their program-best streak of six in a row from 1992 to 1997. Although they have made it to the State finals more than once, they have yet to bring home the elusive gold ball.

Sand Springs is 23-5 overall and was 10-2 for second place in District 6A-3. They went undefeated at the Broken Arrow Tournament and placed second at the Bixby Tournament. They are coming off a 2-1 loss to Oologah. They have won five shutouts this season, their average game is an 8-3 win, and their longest win streak was eight in a row. Their biggest win was 19-0 against Sapulpa, and their biggest loss was 5-0 to Shawnee.

Enid is 7-22 overall and went 1-10 for last place in District 6A-4. They are riding an eight-game losing streak with one game left before Regionals. The Pacers have won one shutout, their average game is a 7-3 loss, and their longest win streak was four in a row. Their biggest win was 12-0 against Northwest Classen and their biggest loss was 13-0 to Stillwater. They have yet to play Sand Springs this season.

Muskogee is 4-20 overall and was 1-11 for last place in District 6A-3. Their average game is a 10-5 loss, and they are coming off back-to-back defeats. Their biggest win was 24-14 against Sapulpa, and their biggest loss was 18-2 to Jenks. Sand Springs beat the Roughers 16-6 and 11-3 in district play.

Stillwater is 14-13 overall and was 8-4 for third place in District 6A-4. They are riding a three-game losing streak with two more games to play before Regionals. The Pioneers have won four shutouts, their average game is a 5-4 win, and their longest win streak was six in a row. Their biggest win was 13-0 against Enid, and their biggest loss was 12-2 to Sand Springs.

The Sandites haven’t lost to Enid since 2009, Muskogee since 2014, and Stillwater since 2016. The Pioneers managed to steal a game at the 2016 Regional playoff to send Sand Springs to the losers’ bracket, but the Sandites battled back that year and beat the Pioneers in back-to-back rounds on their way to State.

Sand Springs will play Enid Wednesday at noon. Stillwater and Muskogee will play at 2:00 p.m. The losers will play at 4:00 p.m. and the winners will play at 6:00 p.m. Thursday’s games will begin at 12:00 p.m. The tournament is double elimination and only the winner will advance to the State Tournament October 15th at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

Sandite Stats

Batting Avg.
.568 Lee
.440 Alexander
.437 Jordan
.436 Tanner
.422 R. Rector
.420 Hawkins
.419 McNally
.375 Burks
.368 Crawford
.364 Taff
.273 Harper
.182 Hammock
.182 Hilton

Slugging Avg.
.789 Lee
.736 Jordan
.691 Hawkins
.633 R. Rector
.605 McNally
.574 Crawford
.560 Alexander
.538 Tanner
.523 Taff
.375 Burks
.333 Harper
.318 Hilton
.182 Hammock

On-Base Percentage
.605 Lee
.505 Jordan
.500 R. Rector
.500 Barnes
.464 Alexander
.442 Tanner
.429 Hawkins
.405 Crawford
.396 McNally
.375 Burks
.375 Hammock
.370 Taff
.270 Harper
.180 Hilton

Runs
42 Lee
30 Hawkins
29 R. Rector
24 Jordan
22 Tanner
12 Crawford
12 Harper
10 McNally
10 Hilton
6 M. Rector
6 Hammock
6 Taff
5 Burks

Hits
54 Lee
38 R. Rector
38 Jordan
34 Hawkins
34 Tanner
32 Taff
25 Crawford
22 Alexander
18 McNally
9 Harper
8 Hilton
3 Burks
2 Hammock

RBI
57 R. Rector
34 Jordan
19 Taff
18 Lee
17 Tanner
17 Crawford
16 Hawkins
13 Alexander
13 Hilton
12 McNally
5 Harper
2 Burks

Singles
38 Lee
27 Tanner
24 Jordan
22 Taff
20 R. Rector
20 Hawkins
16 Alexander
14 Crawford
12 McNally
7 Harper
5 Hilton
3 Burks
2 Hammock

Doubles
17 R. Rector
12 Lee
11 Jordan
8 Hawkins
8 Crawford
6 Tanner
6 Taff
6 Alexander
4 McNally
2 Harper
1 Hilton

Triples
4 Hawkins
4 Taff
3 Lee
3 Crawford
2 Jordan
2 McNally
1 R. Rector
1 Tanner
1 Hilton

Home Runs
3 Jordan
2 Hawkins
1 Lee
1 Hilton

Grand Slams
1 Jordan

Sacrifices
9 Hawkins
9 Tanner
5 Hilton
4 Lee
4 McNally
3 Harper
2 Taff
2 Alexander
1 Crawford
1 Hammock

Stolen Bases
19 Lee
9 Tanner
6 Hawkins
6 Crawford
5 McNally
5 R. Rector
3 Hilton
3 Jordan
2 Taff
2 Hammock
2 Burks
2 Rector
1 Harper

Double Plays
15 Jordan
10 Lee
9 Tanner
2 Crawford
2 R. Rector
1 Hawkins
1 McNally
1 Hilton
1 Alexander

ERA
1.88 Taff
3.43 Crawford
3.66 R. Rector

Strikeouts
129 Taff
27 Crawford
5 R. Rector

WHIP
1.07 Taff
1.50 Crawford
2.48 R. Rector

Record
16-5 Taff
6-0 Crawford
1-0 R. Rector

CPHS Softball: Sandites drop 2-1 decision to Oologah

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The Charles Page High School softball team (23-5) hosted a top-notch 4A contender Thursday evening and suffered a 2-1 loss to Oologah-Talala (24-3). The Mustangs won their 19th-straight game behind a two-hit, seven-strikeout pitching performance from Missouri State University-commit Kenzie Chacon, who held the Sandites to their lowest hitting performance of the season.

The game went scoreless till the fifth inning when Morgan Bement and Raigan McKee hit singles. Bement scored on an error and McKee stole home for the 2-0 lead. Drew Hawkins hit a triple in the bottom of the inning and scored on an error.

Oologah stranded four runners over the course of the game and Sand Springs stranded three. Aliyah Taff (16-5, 33-19) took the loss for the Sandites, tossing six hits, one strikeout, and one walk.

The Mustangs are in pursuit of their third-straight State Tournament berth and fourth-straight 30-win season. Sand Springs needs just one more win for its best record since 2016, and is looking to make the State Tournament for the sixth-straight year.

Sand Springs will host Enid Thursday, October 8th at 12:00 p.m. in the first round of their Regional Tournament. Oologah will host Coweta (28-3) Monday at 5:00 p.m. in their last game of the regular season.

CPHS Softball: Sandites survive Owasso on the road to finish 2nd in District play

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The Owasso varsity softball team staged a major comeback attempt in the bottom of the seventh inning and scored three runs to make it 8-6 with two runners on base against the Charles Page High School Sandites, but Aliyah Taff pitched her 12th strikeout of the game to secure a huge district win Tuesday evening on the road.

Sand Springs (23-4, 10-2) clinched a second-place finish in District 6A-3 and will get to host a Regional Tournament after beating the Rams (21-6, 8-4), who finished third.

Madison Lee hit a leadoff single for the visitors, who loaded the bases with hits from JoLee McNally and Raegan Rector. Jaden Jordan brought them all home on a double, then scored on a ground out from Avery Tanner for the 4-0 lead .

The third inning saw a single from Drew Hawkins and a double from Nataley Crawford. Olivia Alexander hit a two-run single, then courtesy runner Morgan Rector scored on a triple from Lee to make it 7-0. Madi Norton drew a walk in the bottom of the inning and Emmalie Green reached on error. Lily Shaw got the Rams on the board with an RBI single, then Green and Shaw scored on a triple from Brookley Foster.

Jordan scored the Sandites’ final run on an RBI single from Tanner in the top of the fourth, and the visitors led 8-3 going into the bottom of the final inning. Norton and Foster walked, and Sarah Campbell reached on an error to load the bases. Norton scored on an error and Halle Hance hit a two-run double. Avery Tallman drew a walk, but Alexander made the play at first on a dropped third strike to end the game.

Taff (16-4, 33-18) won her fifth straight game, throwing four hits, 12 strikeouts, and five walks. Tallman got the loss with nine hits and one walk in 2.2 innings, and was relieved by Lauren St. John who threw four hits, two strikeouts, and no walks in 4.1 innings.

Sandite Softball has now won five games in a row, and 11 of their last 12. They will host Oologah-Talala (21-3) Thursday at 5:00 p.m. for their last game of the regular season. Owasso has one game left Saturday at 12:00 p.m. against Durant (17-11). They will receive their Regional assignments Monday and the tournaments are scheduled to be played next Thursday.

Final District 6A-3 Standings
10-2 Shawnee (26-5)
10-2 Sand Springs (24-4)
8-4 Owasso (21-6)
8-4 Jenks (21-12)
4-8 Ponca City (10-25)
1-11 Sapulpa (3-19)
1-11 Muskogee (5-20)

CPHS Football: Sandites host No. 11 Muskogee Friday for Homecoming

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Sandite Homecoming Court.

It’s Homecoming week in Sand Springs and this year the Sandites will be hosting Class 6A-II No. 11 ranked Muskogee (0-3) Friday at 7:00 p.m. Prior to the game will be a tailgate party, ceremonies, and a parade.

The parade will be held Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and will feature all the usual floats and marching band performances. The most notable change will be the lack of candy. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, parade participants will not be distributing candy or other goods, and those in attendance are asked to wear masks.

On Friday at 6:00 p.m. the Church That Matters Tailgate Crew will be grilling up burgers, hot dogs, and chicken outside the box office as a fundraiser for the Sandite Wrestling Team. CTM hosts a tailgate before every home game, and typically raises over $1,000 per event, with a different beneficiary each week.

Also before the game will be the introduction of the Homecoming Court and the crowning of the Homecoming Queen. Click here to view our photo gallery of the Homecoming Court.

No. 9 ranked Sand Springs (3-1) has won back-to-back games, including a 35-10 road effort against No. 13 Ponca City (1-2) last week in the district opener. They are coming off a 2-8 season, and are in their first year under Head Coach Bobby Klinck.

Muskogee is still looking for its first win of the season, and is 0-3 for the first time since 2015. They are coming off an 8-3 season and first-round playoff loss to Choctaw, which was their best record since 2016. They are 34-32 under seventh-year Head Coach Rafe Watkins.

The Roughers’ district-opener against Putnam City West was postponed last week due to a Putnam City School District policy preventing games against schools that reside in counties with COVID-19 numbers above 25 cases per 100,000 people.

Despite their record, the Roughers shouldn’t be underestimated. Their losses came to the No. 3 and No. 7 teams in Class 5A, and the No. 5 team in Arkansas 7A, and they have a coach who was known for winning several State Championships at the 5A level.

Sand Springs has the seventh-ranked offense and fifth-ranked defense in Class 6A-II, with the seventh-best margin of victory. Muskogee has the 15th-ranked offense and 13th-ranked defense, with the second-worst point differential.

Junior quarterback Ty Pennington is 58 of 107 passing for 1,012 yards and six touchdowns with only one interception this year. He also leads the team in rushing yards with 193 on 71 carries for six more touchdowns.

Keaton Campbell is 26-351 receiving with four touchdowns, Jamon Sisco is 13-351 for two touchdowns, and Jacob Blevins is 10-267. Sisco has returned three kicks for 121 yards this season, including a 93-yard touchdown against Ponca.

The run game has been a weak spot since Blake Jones suffered an injury in the season-opener, but he returned to action in the second quarter against Ponca and finished with 55 yards and a touchdown. He is 21-117 on the season with two scores.

Sango Whitehorn has a team-best 41 tackles, followed by Drake Fain with 38, and Landon Hendricks with 35. Whitehorn has four sacks and Hendricks has three.

Brycen Peterman has two interceptions while Micah Calico and Brooks Dudley have one apiece. Hendricks has four fumble recoveries. Peterman, Bryson Chase, Dominic Ornelas, and Daren Hawkins have one each. Campbell, Chase, and Peterman have all forced fumbles. Sisco has three blocked kicks, Whitehorn has blocked two, and Chase has blocked one.

Jonathan Daniels is 3/4 kicking PATs and 2/2 on field goals with a long of 26. Zach Heinen is 8/8 kicking PATs and is 0/1 on field goals, but his only attempt was from 46 yards. Greg Reed has been handling kickoffs and averages 53 yards per boot.

The Sandites have shown tremendous improvement over last season in almost all areas. Over their first four games they have scored 24 more points and allowed 29 fewer points. They have given up 182 fewer yards to penalties. The offense has racked up 324 more yards and the defense has secured four more takeaways. Special teams didn’t block a single kick at all last year, and they’ve already blocked six this year.

If Sand Springs gets the win they will be 4-1 for the first time since 2014, and Muskogee will be 0-4 for the first time since 2013.

The Roughers lead the series 23-6, including the last three meetings. They won 20 in a row from 1953 to 2010 before falling 7-3 in 2011 The Sandites won six in a row before the Roughers got back on top in 2017, which also happened to be the Sandites’ Homecoming. Sand Springs has hosted Muskogee twice on Homecoming, and lost both games.

Sandite football games remain open to the public with no decrease in capacity, yet. Masks are mandatory for all fans, however.

Volleyball, Softball, Football Rankings, League Standings

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OSSAA District 6A-3 Fast Pitch Softball Standings

10-2 Shawnee (24-5)
9-2 Sand Springs (22-4)
8-2 Owasso (21-4)
7-4 Jenks (19-12)
4-8 Ponca City (10-23)
1-11 Sapulpa (3-19)
1-11 Muskogee (5-19)

OSSAA Class 6A Week 6 Volleyball Rankings

1. Bishop Kelley (22-3)
2. Norman North (24-4)
3. Mustang (26-6)
4. Jenks (20-7)
5. Edmond Santa Fe (18-7)
6 Edmond Memorial (18-8)
7. Bishop McGuinness (24-4)
8. Deer Creek (17-6)
9. Edmond North (14-12)
10. Broken Arrow (19-11)
11. Owasso (17-11)
12. Bixby (16-11)
13. Union (7-9)
14. Moore (16-13)
15. Choctaw (13-8)
16. Norman (9-11)
17. Booker T. Washington (7-12)
18. Bartlesville (16-15)
19. Enid (14-11)
20. Southmoore (5-13)

Frontier Valley Conference Volleyball Standings

7-0 Broken Arrow (19-11)
6-0 Jenks (20-7)
5-2 Owasso (17-11)
3-3 Bartlesville (16-15)
3-4 Bixby (16-11)
2-3 Booker T. Washington (7-12)
2-3 Union (7-9)
2-5 Sand Springs (13-11)
1-6 Muskogee (8-16)
0-5 Sapulpa (10-11)

Class 6A-II Sandite Pride Week 5 Football Rankings

1. Bixby (3-0)
2. Stillwater (3-0)
3. Putnam City North (4-0)
4. Midwest City (3-1)
5. Choctaw (2-2)
6. Booker T. Washington (2-2)
7. Del City (0-2)
8. Lawton (3-1)
9. Sand Springs (3-1)
10. Deer Creek (2-2)
11. Muskogee (0-3)
12. Bartlesville (1-3)
13. Ponca City (1-2)
14. Northwest Classen (1-0)
15. U.S. Grant (1-3)
16. Putnam City West (0-3)

CPHS Cross Country: Jazmin Lopez and Varsity Boys place 2nd at Gold Rush Invitational

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The Sand Springs Cross Country program hosted its third annual invitational meet Saturday morning at Case Community Park. Formerly known as the Case Cross Country Invitational, it was renamed the Gold Rush Invitational this year and the boys’ elementary team successfully struck gold with a first place finish.

Click here to view our full photo gallery.

Griffin Sensintaffar paced the elementary boys with a one-mile time of 5:59.3 to lead a group of 48 runners. Landon Durborrow ran a personal-best 6:33.76 for seventh place, Dax Wilcox had a PR 6:36.52 for ninth place, and Gavin Corbin rounded out the top-ten with a PR 6:48.71. Presley Quinnelly, Jessen Cox, Alex Martin, Dean Earnest, John Selby, and Kai Chambers all set PRs.

The elementary girls placed second in the one-mile run, led by Chloe Grona with a time of 6:48.51 for second place in a field of 62. Josie Grona placed fifth in 6:54.24. London Velasquez, Lexi Boone, and Nola Chambers set PRs.

The varsity boys also placed second in the 5K, with three runners in the top ten. Alejandro Lopez ran a PR 18:46.12 for sixth place out of 62 competitors. Dalton Wilcox was seventh with a PR of 18:47.44, and Sam English finished eighth just two seconds behind Wilcox. Noah Hanlon also set a PR.

The varsity girls were unable to earn a team place due to only having four runners available, but Jazmin Lopez represented the team well with a second-place finish out of 46 runners, running the 5K in 22:55.93.

Neither the boys nor girls had any junior varsity runners, and neither had enough junior high runners to earn a team place. Brynlee Durborow was fourth out of 142 junior high girls in the one-mile run with a PR 5:59.47. Rafael Huff placed 56th out of 151 junior high boys with a PR 6:34.98. Landon Buttram, Colt Cothran, and Koby Hadley all had PRs.

The varsity teams will return to action Thursday at the Oklahoma Baptist University Cross Country Challenge in Shawnee

Elementary Girls 1 Mile
2nd - Chloe Grona - 6:48.51
5th - Josie Grona - 6:54.24
13th - London Velasquez - 7:20.52
29th - Lexi Boone - 8:06.82
30th - Alliyah Watts - 8:14.18
31st - Kinley Snow - 8:14.76
34th - Ellie Morrow - 8:23.31
36th - Julia Myers - 8:30.37
49th - Nola Chambers - 9:06.09
50th - Mila Morrow - 9:07.36
58th - Brie Blair - 10:57.62
59th - Avery Nolen - 10:59.23
60th - Emma Nolen - 11:00.18
62nd - Starr Corbin - 11:33.70

Varsity Girls 5K
2nd - Jazmin Lopez - 22:55.93
36th - Kirsten Neal - 30:03.58
39th - Madison Chambers - 30:52.21
43rd - Laila Mirza - 31:23.77

Junior High Girls 1 Mile
4th - Brynlee Durborow - 5:59.47
75th - Alicia Kemp - 7:58.01
108th - Catherine Sarasua - 8:47.70

Elementary Boys 1 Mile
1st - Griffin Sensintaffar - 5:59.30
7th - Landon Durborrow - 6:33.76
9th - Dax Wilcox - 6:36.52
10th - Gavin Corbin - 6:48.71
15th - Presley Quinnelly - 7:17.07
18th - Waylon Roberts - 7:31.47
19th - Jessen Cox - 7:37.07
30th - Kellen Adkins - 7:54.22
37th - Alex Martin - 9:16.91
38th - Dean Earnest - 9:17.41
39th - John Selby - 9:37.74
44th - Baker Lee - 11:03.13
46th - Sutton Corbin - 11:39.41
47th - Kai Chambers - 11:53.70

Varsity Boys 5K
6th - Alejandro Lopez - 18:46.12
7th - Dalton Wilcox - 18:47.44
8th - Sam English - 18:49.91
12th - Noah Hanlon - 18:58.86
43rd - David Rigsby - 23:00.79
45th - Zach Davis - 23:16.04
60th - Kai Lambo - 27:57.80

Junior High Boys 1 Mile
56th - Rafael Huff - 6:34.98
66th - Landon Buttram - 6:42.40
100th - Colt Cothran - 7:22.88
131st - Koby Hadley - 8:19.80