CPHS Football: Sandites to host Edmond Deer Creek Friday in Playoffs

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The Class 6A-II No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School football team (6-4) has a series of firsts in store for Friday. They will make their first playoff appearance since 2017, they will host a playoff game for the first time since 2013, and they will meet No. 9 Edmond Deer Creek (4-5) for the first time in school history.

Sand Springs is one of only three schools in Class 6A-II to play a full ten games this season. Almost every other school had COVID-related cancellations. Because of this, a new play-in round was added to the postseason, and schools could opt in regardless of their record.

With a 4-3 district record, Sand Springs would have qualified for the playoffs even in a regular season. But they would be traveling to undefeated No. 2 Stillwater (8-0) for a game in which they would be at least a 20-point underdog. Instead, Stillwater will get a first-round bye and Sand Springs will host Deer Creek, who went 3-4 for fifth in their district.

Sand Springs started the season 4-1 before suffering three-straight losses to Booker T. Washington, Bixby, and Choctaw. They finished strong with a 21-14 win over Bartlesville, and steamrolled Putnam City West 51-13 after taking a 44-0 lead in the first half.

Deer Creek is also peaking at the right time. They went 2-1 in non-district play, just like Sand Springs, but lost four games in a row once district action started. However, in-between those four losses, they had a cancelation against Northwest Classen, who they were the odds-on favorite to beat. Two weeks ago they got a big 20-18 win over Lawton, then they stormed past U.S. Grant 51-6 in the regular season finale.

Sand Springs ranks 8th in offense, 10th in defense, and 9th in margin of victory in Class 6A-II. Deer Creek ranks 12th in offense, 14th in defense, and 13th in margin of victory.

The Sandites are in their first season under Head Coach Bobby Klinck, who holds a 19-16 record in his career. The Antlers are led by Wade Standley, who is 17-22 in his four seasons with the program, and is 64-61 in his career. Both coaches have led their past teams to District titles and State Championship finals appearances.

The Sandites

Junior quarterback Ty Pennington is 118-of-231 passing for 1903 yards and 13 touchdowns with only four interceptions. He also has 148 carries for a team-best 494 yards and 11 more touchdowns.

Blake Jones has 87 carries for 410 yards and six touchdowns, Jamon Sisco has 35 carries for 119 yards, and Tyyee Atkison has 28 carries for 106 yards and a touchdown.

Keaton Campbell is the top receiver with 46 catches for 601 yards and seven scores. Sisco has 29 catches for 574 yards and three scores, and Jacob Blevins has 21 catches for 504 yards and two scores.

Zach Heinen remains perfect kicking PATs this season at 26-of-26, and he is 2-of-3 on field goals with a long of 36. Heinen averages 33 yards per punt, and Greg Reed averages 45 yards per kick.

Sango Whitehorn (78), Landon Hendricks (77), Brooks Dudley (69), and Drake Fain (68) lead the team in total tackles. Hendricks (18.5), Whitehorn (18), and Lane Webster (14) lead the team in tackles for loss. Hendricks (5), Whitehorn (4.5), and Webster (2) lead the team in sacks.

Brycen Peterman leads the team with two interceptions, and Fain, Dylan Sallis, Bryson Chase, Caden Harris, Dudley, and Micah Calico all have one pick apiece.

Hendricks leads the team in fumble recoveries with five, followed by Peterman with four. Chase, Darren Hawkins, Brody Rutledge, Trevor Stone, Dominic Ornelas, Braylon Flores, Conner Light, and Fain all have one apiece.

The Antlers

Junior quarterback Brett Pense is 94-of-198 passing this season for 1,210 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 13 interceptions. He also has 67 carries for 81 yards and two more scores on the ground.

Berkley Dalton leads the receiving corps with 14 catches for 299 yards and two touchdowns, followed by Logan Ward with 18 catches for 252 yards and four touchdowns. Taylor Tomlin has 18 receptions for 187 yards and two scores, and Hunter Holley has nine catches for 176 yards and a score.

Will Hinton leads the team on the ground with 107 carries for 765 yards and five touchdowns, followed by Michael Holley with 45 carries for 214 yards and a score.

Reed Eden, Andre Bruner, Eli Dunn, Asher Blue, and Joseph Davies lead the team in tackles per loss. Blue, Davies, and Denver Hanna have two sacks apiece. Jevion Jones has a team-best two interceptions, and Johnny Osborne has a team-best two fumble recoveries.

Ward handles the team’s kicking duties and is 16-of-18 on PATs this year. He is 4-of-5 on field goals with a long of 42, and he averages 30 yards per punt.

Around The State

No. 14 U.S. Grant (2-6) and No. 16 Putnam City West (0-8) have both opted out of the playoffs and will be playing each other in what is being dubbed the OKC Metro Bowl. The two teams are in rebuilding years, with rosters less than half as deep as most of their opponents. Rather than ending the year with what would likely be lopsided defeats, they have decided to give their seniors a winnable game to go out on, and a trophy has been created to commemorate the event.

No. 15 Northwest Classen (1-4) started the year with a win but canceled five-straight games due to COVID before losing to U.S. Grant. They forfeited their last three games for non-COVID reasons, which disqualified them from postseason competition. They still have the option to schedule a non-playoff game at any point prior to the conclusion of the postseason, if they can find a willing opponent.

No. 1 Bixby, No. 2 Stillwater, and No. 4 Choctaw all received byes in the first round. Stillwater has lost only two games in three seasons, both to Bixby, both in the State Championship finals. Choctaw is riding a four-game win streak, and their only in-state loss was to Bixby when they held the Spartans to a season-low scoring performance of 24-13. Bixby has won 33-consecutive games over three seasons, and is coming off a nationally-televised 70-21 win over Booker T. Washington on ESPN.

No. 5 Putnam City North (7-2) will host No. 12 Bartlesville (3-7), No. 8 Del City (3-5) will host No. 11 Ponca City (3-5), No. 3 Midwest City (6-2) will host No. 13 Muskogee (0-6), and No. 6 Booker T. Washington (6-3) will host No. 10 Lawton (4-4).

Class 6A-II Football Rankings - Week 12

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Class 6A-II Sandite Pride Week 11 Football Rankings

1. Bixby (8-0) - Last week 70-21 vs. Booker T. Washington.
2. Stillwater (8-0) - Last week 40-14 vs. Putnam City North.
3. Midwest City (6-2) - Last week canceled vs. Northwest Classen.
4. Choctaw (7-3) - Last week 61-21 vs. Bartlesville.
5. Putnam City North (7-2).
6. Booker T. Washington (6-3).
7. Sand Springs (6-4) - Last week 51-13 vs. Putnam City West.
8. Del City (3-5) - Last week 35-22 vs. Lawton.
9. Deer Creek (4-5) - Last week 51-6 vs. U.S. Grant.
10. Lawton (4-4).
11. Ponca City (3-5) - Last week canceled vs. Muskogee.
12. Bartlesville (3-7).
13. Muskogee (0-6).
14. U.S. Grant (2-6).
15. Northwest Classen (1-3).
16. Putnam City West (0-8).

OSSAA 6A-II Football District Rankings

District 1
1. Stillwater (5-0)
2. Midwest City (4-1)
3. Putnam City North (3-2)
4. Del City (2-3)
5. Deer Creek (2-4)
6. Lawton (1-4)
7. U.S. Grant (0-4)

District 2
1. Bixby (5-0)
2. Choctaw (6-1)
3. Booker T. Washington (4-2)
4. Sand Springs (4-3)
5. Ponca City (2-4)
6. Bartlesville (2-5)
7. Muskogee (0-3)
8. Putnam City West (0-5)

CPHS Football: Sandites rout Putnam City West 51-13, eight Sandites score touchdowns

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The Class 6A-II No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School football team (6-4, 4-3) rolled to a dominant 51-13 district win over No. 16 Putnam City West (0-8, 0-5) in the regular season finale Friday night at Patriot Stadium, and the game was safely out of reach for Putnam after the first half.

Sand Springs jumped out to a 44-0 lead before letting the Patriots on the board in their best first-half performance since the 2015 season opener against Nathan Hale. They scored on six consecutive possessions, and were poised for a seventh before Jaheim Butler intercepted a 50/50 ball in the end zone and ran it back 32 yards as time expired. Butler also scored Putnam’s lone touchdown of the half on a 47-yard run with only 1:20 remaining to avert the halftime shutout.

Braylon Flores and Brody Rutledge recovered a pair of muffed kicks and the Sandites took a 14-0 lead before the Patriot offense ever stepped onto the field. Blake Jones scored the first touchdown on a one-yard run, then Ty Pennington tossed a 35-yard scoring strike to Jacob Blevins.

The Patriots actually marched as far as the Sandite 8-yard line on their first possession, but Nate Caseboldt made an end zone interception for the touchback to set up an eight-play march and nine-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to Keaton Campbell.

Sand Springs took a 21-0 lead into the second quarter and scored on a fourth-down 35-yard pass from Pennington to Jamon Sisco. Pennington juked two Patriot defenders before getting the pass off to Sisco, who ran it in from the 15.

Gabe Brown made a tackle for a turnover on downs in Patriot territory, and Tyyee Atkison scored a two-yard touchdown run soon after. Atkison suffered what was supposedly a season-ending hip injury against Bishop Kelley earlier this year, but healed up ahead of schedule and carried the ball 12 times for 78 yards in his return to action.

Putnam West gave the Sandites a free safety late in the half when a bad hike traveled past the punter and out of the end zone. The Sandites followed it with a six-play 38-yard march and five-yard touchdown run from Ryan Shoemaker to make it 44-0.

The second half utilized a running clock, and the Sandites ran the ball on all but one play. Rutledge took over at quarterback and scored his first varsity touchdown from three yards out in the fourth quarter. Butler added a 44-yard scoring run for the Patriots and Saul Olvera Jr. kicked the final point of the game.

Conner Light and Trevor Stone made fumble recoveries for the Sandites in the second half, and Stone’s averted a likely Patriot score from the 8-yard line. Kesean Sadler got an interception for the home team.

Pennington ended the game 18-of-29 for 253 yards and three scores. Sisco was his top receiver with seven catches for 115 yards, followed by Campbell with five catches for 55 yards. Blake Jones had six carries for 34 yards. Heinen was 7-for-7 kicking PATs and is a perfect 26-of-26 this season.

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CORRECTION: Putnam City West announced Saturday, November 7th, that they will be playing a non-playoff post-season home game against No. 14 U.S. Grant (2-6) Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Grant has also opted out of the playoffs. Due to COVID-19-related cancelations this season, the OSSAA has ruled that teams who didn’t play a full ten games in the regular season have the option to play extra games through December 5th. The game will be billed the OKC Metro Bowl.

Next Friday Sand Springs will likely get to host a playoff game for the first time since 2013 due to the changes in typical playoff structure. In a normal year the Sandites would be traveling to No. 2 Stillwater to take on the District 1 Champions. However, if more than four teams from District 1 decide to play in the postseason, then the Sandites will get to host the No. 5 seed, which will likely be either No. 10 Lawton (4-4) or No. 9 Deer Creek (4-5).

Fourth Annual Monster Ball raises $1174 for Sandite Special Olympics

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The Fourth Annual Monster Ball softball game was very nearly canceled for the second straight year, but after a week-long weather delay, the event was finally held Wednesday, November 4th at the Sandite Softball Complex. The event looked a lot different from past years, but was still a major success, raising $1,174 for Sandite Special Olympics.

In past years the costumed slow pitch game pitted the Sandite Softball and Baseball teams against each other, with the boys batting with their non-dominant hand. The Lady Sandites won the first and third events, but the boys will have to wait till next year to try and tie the series. Due to COVID-related quarantines, the softball team was shorthanded and both teams had mixed rosters this year.

Sully, from Monsters Inc., hit a leadoff homer over the right field fence to start the game, and his team would go on to win the game 6-2. He hit another home run in the fifth inning, and Rocky Balboa also had a dinger.

A dizzy bat race was held after three innings, and anyone in the crowd could pay $3 to enter someone else into the race. Todd Stewart and Morgan Powell won their heats and Stewart won the finals race.

Click here to view our full photo gallery from the event.

Mack Taylor and Reese David place second at OBN season opener

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The 2020-2021 Oklahoma Bass Nation High School Fishing season kicked off Saturday on Lake Eufaula, and Sand Springs continued its tradition of success on the trail. Mack Taylor and Reese David, hot off a fourth-place finish in last year’s trail standings, placed second in the event.

Taylor and David caught five fish, weighing a total of 12.02 pounds. The two Sandites are in their third season with OBN and had their second-heaviest haul, with their highest finish. There were 57 total entrees in the event.

OBN is planning to hold four more trail events this school year, plus a State Championship. The next date and location have yet to be announced. The top teams from the final trail standings will advance to the Bass Nation High School National Championship next summer.

It isn’t too late to sign up for the season, and interested parties can contact OBN High School Director Richard Minyard at nokcrichard@aol.com or the Charles Page High School club at cphsfishingteam@gmail.com for more information.

CPHS Softball: Lee, Taff, Hawkins named to All-State team

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Three members of the Charles Page High School fast pitch softball team were named to the Oklahoma Fast Pitch Coaches Association All-State Large East team on Monday. Seniors Madison Lee, Aliyah Taff, and Drew Hawkins all received All-District, All-Region, and All-State honors this season.

Madison Lee was named All-District Co-Offensive Player of the Year, All-Region Middle Infielder, and All-State Middle Infielder and Utility player. She batted a team-best .532 this season with 58 hits, 13 doubles, 3 triples, 1 home run, 46 runs, 19 RBI, and 20 stolen bases with a .734 slugging average and .580 on-base percentage.

Aliyah Taff was named All-District, All-Region, and All-State Pitcher. She finished her career 34-20 and was 17-6 this season with a 1.82 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, and 148 strikeouts. She was .363 batting and .510 slugging with 7 runs, 23 RBI, 37 hits, 7 doubles, and 4 triples. She also committed zero errors this season.

Drew Hawkins was an All-District Utility player, and made All-Region and All-State Outfielder. She was .409 batting and .656 slugging with 38 hits, 9 doubles, 4 triples, 2 home runs, 32 runs, and 17 RBI.

Jaden Jordan, Raegan Rector, Avery Tanner, Jolee McNally, and Nataley Crawford all received All-District honors recently. The Sandites finished the season 25-7 overall for their highest win total since 2016, and were 10-2 for second place in District 6A-3.

The three latest additions bring the Sandites’ all time All-State total to 46. Past recipients are: Sabrina Usher (2019), Kimi Presnell (2018), Jacie Taber (2018), Madelyn Blair (2018), Sydney Pennington (2016), Jessica Collins (2016), Kennedy Salyers (2015), Jessica Schuler (2015), Mallory Collins (2013), Hailey Andrews (2013), Kasey Burgess (2013), Taylor Perdue (2012), Madison Thompson (2010), Darrian Williams (2010), Joely Rogers (2010), Ashlynn Kelley (2008), Alyssa Poole (2006), Melanie Skinner (2004), Amanda Hale (2003), Sara Dyer (2003), Erin Bouse (2002), Patty Keho (2001), Jessica Clark (2001), Danielle Blackwell (2001), Lindsey Dyer (2000), Brandi Horn (2000), Shawna Wright (1999), Tauni Kennemer (1997), Angie Smalley (1997), Jennifer Bottoms (1996), Tiffany Redding (1995), Jenny Kennemer (1995), Debra Collins (1994), Rachel Phillips (1994), Jamie Pennington (1993), Kendra Williams (1993), Danielle Miller (1990), Marsha Rogers (1990), Cori Jones (1988), Andi Sallee (1987), Tricia Spencer (1987), Tina Smalley (1986), Ashley Burgess (1986).