CPHS Basketball: Girls place third at Port City Classic, throttle Jenks at home

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The Class 6A No. 14 ranked Charles Page High School girls basketball team (8-6 overall, 4-3 conference) took third place at the Port City Classic Saturday night in Verdigris, beating Owasso 39-33, then rolled to a 53-32 beat-down of No. 18 Jenks (6-9, 2-4) Tuesday in conference action.

The Saturday game against Owasso (2-12) was a rematch of their 65-41 Tuesday conference rout, and this time it was a lot closer due to the absence of Journey Armstead and Hailey Jackson. Even without their two leading scorers, the Sandites never trailed in the second half due to a deep and talented bench.

Freshman Sakauri Wilson led the team with 12 points and five rebounds, followed by Darrian Jordan with 11 points. The girls trailed for less than a minute in the entire game, after a pair of free throws from Ellie Morrill put the Rams up 14-13 midway through the second quarter. Wilson made a three-point play for the lead, and though the Rams tied it twice after, they never reclaimed the advantage.

On Tuesday they got back Jackson, but continued to rest Armstead. As it turned out, they wouldn’t even come close to needing her. Madison Luciaro gave the visitors a 4-0 lead, but the Sandites responded with a 15-0 run to end the quarter.

Taiona Morris kicked off a six-point run to start the second quarter before Luciaro drained a three to break up the 21-point streak. Mikah Hampton responded with a three for the home team, and the Sandites coasted to a 30-12 halftime advantage.

Sand Springs opened the second half on a nine-point run for their biggest lead of the night at 39-12 before the Trojans responded with their own nine-point run. The Sandites emptied the bench in the fourth quarter.

Thirteen Sandites saw action and ten made their way into the scorebook. Wilson and Jackson led all scorers with 12 points apiece, matched by Jenks’s Luciaro. Hampton hit three threes for a career-high nine points, and Jill Twiehaus scored ten for the Trojans.

Lady Sandite Basketball will return to action Friday at home with a Frontier Valley Conference game against No. 10 Booker T. Washington (7-5, 4-2). Jenks had their Friday night game at Sapulpa canceled due to COVID-19 protocols and will instead travel to Broken Arrow (4-6, 1-3) Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

CPHS 39 Owasso 33
1Q: CPHS 11-6.
2Q: Owasso 10-7.
3Q: All 2-2.
4Q: CPHS 19-15.
Free Throws: CPHS 16-of-25, Owasso 4-of-8.
Field Goals: CPHS 10-of-29, Owasso 14-of-42.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 3, Owasso 8.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 19, Owasso 16.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 22, Owasso 24.
Steals: CPHS 9, Owasso 3.
Blocks: Owasso 1.
Fouls: CPHS 13, Owasso 23.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Wilson 12, Jordan 11, Cheney 8, L. Morris 7, Johnson 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Wilson 2, Tanner 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kirkendoll 8, Wilson 3, Jordan 3, Cheney 2, Taylor 2, Johnson 1.
Total Rebounds: Kirkendoll 8, Wilson 5, Jordan 3, Cheney 2, Taylor 2, Tanner 1, Johnson 1.
Steals: Wilson 2, L. Morris 2, Hampton 1, Cheney 1, Kirkendoll 1, Jordan 1, T. Morris 1.
Assists: Wilson 1, Kirkendoll 1, L. Morris 1.
Fouls: Jordan 4, Kirkendoll 4, Tanner 2, Cheney 1, Taylor 1, T. Morris 1.

CPHS 53 Jenks 32
1Q: CPHS 15-4.
2Q: CPHS 15-8.
3Q: All 9-9.
4Q: CPHS 14-11.
Free Throws: CPHS 8-of-16, Jenks 1-of-10.
Field Goals: CPHS 19-of-50, Jenks 14-of-41.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 7, Jenks 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 23, Jenks 23.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 30, Jenks 29.
Steals: CPHS 12, Jenks 5.
Blocks: CPHS 1, Jenks 1.
Fouls: CPHS 7, Jenks 13.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Wilson 12, Jackson 12, Hampton 9, Kirkendoll 5, L. Morris 4, Cheney 3, Tnner 2, T. Morris 2, Jordan 2, Pearce 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Jackson 2, Kirkendoll 2, Hampton 1, Cheney 1, Jordan 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Jackson 4, Kirkendoll 4, Taylor 4, Jordan 4, Cheney 3, L. Morris 2, Hampton 1, T. Morris 1.
Total Rebounds: Jackson 6, Kirkendoll 6, Jordan 5, Taylor 4, Cheney 4, L. Morris 2, Hampton 1, T. Morris 1.
Steals: Wilson 5, Kirkendoll 2, Hampton 1, Cheney 1, L. Morris 1, T. Morris 1, Jordan 1.
Assists: Wilson 4, Hampton 1, T. Morris 1, Rector 1.
Blocks: Kirkendoll 1.
Fouls: Hampton 1, Wilson 1, Jackson 1, Cheney 1, Kirkendoll 1, Tanner 1, Taylor.

(Jenks stats)
Scoring: Luciaro 12, Twiehaus 10, Brown 5, Johnson 2, Simpson 2, Robinson 1.
Fouls: Luciaro 5, Williams 3, Brown 2, Aeshelman 1, Berry 1, Havir 1.

CPHS Basketball: Boys place fourth at Port City Classic, Marlo Fox named to All-Tournament Team

The Class 6A No. 20 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (5-6) suffered a pair of tough losses this weekend at the Port City Classic, settling for fourth place Saturday night at Victory Christian School. While they didn’t bring home a team trophy, Marlo Fox did bring home some hardware as an All-Tournament Team member.

The tournament was almost canceled after host Catoosa shut down all athletic operations due to COVID-19, but Victory Christian stepped up to host the boys bracket, while Verdigris hosted the girls. Sand Springs won their first game 54-45 against Collinsville, but fell 72-67 to Bishop Kelley and 52-50 to Victory Christian, both in down-to-the-wire fashion.

Fox was a bucket shy of tying his career-high against Bishop Kelley, putting up 32 to lead all scorers. The Sandites came back from a 14-point third quarter deficit and led 65-64 late in the fourth. Eli Wallace hit a three to reclaim the advantage, Fox drained a pair of free throws to tie it, but Griffin Been added another three and Matthew Plaisance ended the game with a pair of free throws.

Collin Morrison scored 19 to lead the Comets, who had four players in double digits. Corbin Fisher was the only other Sandite in double digits with 16. The Comets went on to fall 72-49 to Owasso in the championship round. Bishop Kelley is now 8-4 on the season, ranked No. 4 in Class 5A.

4A No. 4 Victory Christian (10-4) jumped out to a 6-0 lead to start the third place game, but the Sandites battled back and Fisher hit back-to-back field goals for the 9-8 lead. Dwayne Grundy briefly tied it back up, but Fox drained his first of five threes and the Sandites wouldn’t relinquish their advantage till the fourth quarter.

By halftime the visitors were up 29-19 and they built their lead as high as 34-21 in the third quarter, but the home team buckled down to win the third 19-12 and Chris Mason tied it in the fourth at 42-42. Every time the Sandites pulled back in front, the Conquerors had an answer, and Josh Udoumoh gave them their first lead of the half with a three at 50-49.

Fox tied it at the line, then came up with a steal with a minute left, but Fisher’s two-point jump shot rimmed out and Victory rebounded for one last attempt. After a timeout with nine seconds left, they drove the court and Udoumoh sank the buzzer-beater for the win.

Sand Springs Basketball will return to action Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. with a home conference game against No. 10 Jenks (7-3, 2-2). The Sandites are currently 1-4 in Frontier Valley Conference action.

BK 72 CPHS 67
1Q: BK 17-12.
2Q: CPHS 18-16.
3Q: BK 19-16.
4Q: CPHS 21-20.
Free Throws: BK 19-of-22, CPHS 18-of-26.
Field Goals: BK 22-of-43, CPHS 21-of-51.
Offensive Rebounds: BK 8, CPHS 11.
Defensive Rebounds: BK 22, CPHS 14.
Total Rebounds: BK 30, CPHS 25.
Steals: BK 4, CPHS 9.
Blocks: BK 2, CPHS 1.
Fouls: BK 23, CPHS 16.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 32, Fisher 16, Hawkins 9, Savage 8, Clark 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Fisher 4, Oakley 2, Hawkins 2, Keim 2, Fox 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Savage 5, Fisher 3, Hawkins 2, Clark 1, Fox 1, Oakley 1, Keim 1.
Total Rebounds: Fisher 7, Savage 5, Hawkins 4, Oakley 3, Keim 3, Fox 2, Clark 1.
Steals: Clark 2, Fisher 2, Fox 2, Hawkins 2, Savage 1.
Assists: Fox 2, Fisher 1, Oakley 1.
Blocks: Fisher 1.
Fouls: Savage 3, Fisher 3, Hawkins 3, Clark 2, Oakley 2, Keim 2, Fox 1.

(Bishop Kelley stats)
Scoring: Morrison 19, Wallace 12, Gendron 10, Roy 10, Plaisance 9, Been 6, Dee 3, Bomprezzi 3.
Fouls: Gendron 5, Plaisance 3, Wallace 3, Morrison 3, Been 2, Wormell 1, Williams 1, Roy 1.

VCS 52 CPHS 50
1Q: CPHS 14-11.
2Q: CPHS 15-8.
3Q: VCS 19-12.
4Q: VCS 14-9.
Free Throws: VCS 12-of-16, CPHS 12-of-21.
Field Goals: VCS 18-of-51, CPHS 15-of-43.
Offensive Rebounds: VCS 12, CPHS 4.
Defensive Rebounds: VCS 24, CPHS 16.
Total Rebounds: VCS 36, CPHS 20.
Steals: VCS 1, CPHS 4.
Blocks: VCS 2, CPHS 1.
Fouls: VCS 18, CPHS 11.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 24, Savage 11, Fisher 9, Clark 2, Hawkins 2, Shoemaker 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Shoemaker 2, Oakley 2.
Defensive Rebounds: Savage 7, Hawkins 3, Fisher 2, Clark 1, Fox 1, Shoemaker 1, Oakley 1.
Total Rebounds: Savage 7, Hawkins 3, Shoemaker 3, Oakley 3, Fisher 2, Clark 1, Fox 1.
Steals: Fox 2, Hawkins 1, Savage 1.
Assists: Clark 2, Savage 1, Fisher 1, Fox 1.
Blocks: Shoemaker 1.
Fouls: Fox 3, Shoemaker 3, Hawkins 2, Brockman 1, Oakley 1, Keim 1.

(Victory Christian stats)
Scoring: Udoumoh 19, Mason 19, Rodriguez 6, Patton 3, Granderson 3, Grundy 2.
Fouls: Grundy 4, Rodriguez 4, Udoumoh 3, Granderson 3, Patton 2, Mason 2.

Gatlin Gunn named Most Outstanding Wrestler at Perry Tournament of Champions

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The Sand Springs Junior High wrestling team took home fourth place overall with five finalists last weekend at the Perry Tournament of Champions, and 126-pounder Gatlin Gunn led the way with a first place finish and the title of the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.

Gunn breezed through the competition with five pins and a technical fall, outscoring his foes 33-3 without giving up a single takedown. He pinned three of his foes in the first period, two in the first minute, and only allowed one opponent to score on him. In the finals round against Collinsville freshman Cable Golden he gave up a reversal in the first period, but quickly pinned the Cardinal fifteen seconds into the second to take home the title.

Also earning their way into the finals were Matthew Moore, Jayden Pait, Landon Horton, and Adrian Flores, who all finished in second place. Moore went 5-1 at 106 pounds, pinning three opponents. Jayden Pait was 4-2 at 112 with one pin. Landon Horton went 5-1 at 119 with two pins. Adrian Flores pinned two opponents and went 4-2 at 155.

Tanner Copeland placed third at 86, Kase Skaggs was sixth at 92, Landyn Barnes placed sixth at 119, Blake Stewart was sixth at 132, Hudson Sheppard finished fourth at 140, and Jaden Allen was fourth at 170.

The Sandites were without competitors at 80, 195, and 285 pounds, which likely kept them from second place. They finished with 161.5 points, behind Deer Creek with 163.5 and Yukon with 165. Both of those teams had more complete lineups than the Sandites. Broken Arrow won the tournament with 265 points and five champions.

CPHS Basketball: Girls fall 63-55 to 5A No. 3 Tahlequah at Port City Classic

The No. 3 team in Class 5A was just a hair too much for the 6A No. 13 Sandites, and Tahlequah improved to 11-2 on the season with a 63-55 win over Charles Page High School (6-6) in the Port City Classic semifinals. Sand Springs played from behind for the entire second half, but rallied from 11 down to as close as 60-55 in the final minutes.

Journey Armstead started the Sandites up 4-0 before Tahlequah streaked back with eight in a row. Not to be outdone, the Sandites had a ten-point streak of their own to take a 15-10 advantage into the second quarter.

Armstead scored 11 points in the first quarter alone but went down with an injury early in the second. By the time she rejoined the game the Tigers had rallied to a 25-22 lead and rode that momentum to a 31-26 halftime advantage.

Tatum Havens drilled a three to open the second half and Corey Rainwater added a pair of free throws for their first double-digit lead, and Kacey Fishinghawk added another three to make it 39-28. The Sandites cut it to 48-40 to end the third but threes from Havens and Lydia McAlvain put them right back up 54-43 with four minutes to play.

Sand Springs cut it to 60-55 with under a minute to play, but although momentum was on their side, the clock was not, and the girls were in substantial foul trouble. Armstead finished the game with 17 points to lead all scorers, followed by Hailey Jackson with 13 points and nine rebounds.

Accuracy was the deciding factor as both teams completed 19 field goals apiece, but the Sandites shot only 35.8% while the Tigers made 57.5% of their attempts. Sand Springs also struggled at the charity stripe, making only 54.5% of their 22 attempts, while Tahlequah was rewarded on 66.7% of their free throws.

Lady Sandite Basketball will return to action Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in a third-place match-up against Frontier Valley foe Owasso (2-11). They previously beat the Rams 65-41 in a conference game on Tuesday. Tahlequah will take on 4A No. 6 Verdigris (8-1) in the championship match at 7:00 p.m. Verdigris beat Owasso 44-30 in their semifinal. Both games will be played at Verdigris High School.

THS 63 CPHS 55
1Q: CPHS 15-10.
2Q: THS 21-11.
3Q: THS 17-14.
4Q: CPHS 15-14.
Free Throws: THS 18-of-27, CPHS 12-of-22.
Field Goals: THS 19-of-33, CPHS 19-of-53.
Offensive Rebounds: THS 5, CPHS 17.
Defensive Rebounds: THS 17, CPHS 11.
Total Rebounds: THS 22, CPHS 28.
Steals: THS 10, CPHS 11.
Blocks: CPHS 1.
Fouls: THS 21, CPHS 23.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Armstead 17, Jackson 13, Wilson 7, Kirkendoll 5, Jordan 5, L. Morris 4, Cheney 3, Hampton 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Armstead 4, Jackson 4, Kirkendoll 3, Wilson 2, Cheney 2, Jordan 2.
Defensive Rebounds: Jackson 5, Kirkendoll 2, Cheney 1, Hampton 1, T. Morris 1, Jordan 1.
Total Rebounds: Jackson 9, Kirkendoll 5, Armstead 4, Cheney 3, Jordan 3, Wilson 2, Hampton 1, T. Morris 1.
Steals: Wilson 4, L. Morris 3, Jordan 2, Armstead 1, Jackson 1.
Blocks: Jackson 1.
Assists: Wilson 2, Kirkendoll 2, Armstead 1.
Fouls: Wilson 4, Cheney 4, Jackson 3, Kirkendoll 3, Jordan 3, Armstead 2, L. Morris 2, Hampton 1.

CPHS Basketball: Sandites top Collinsville 54-45 at Port City Classic

The Class 6A No. 18 ranked Charles Page High School boys basketball team (5-4) got back to a winning record Thursday night with a 54-45 knockout of 5A No. 16 Collinsville (5-4) in the first round of the Port City Classic. On Wednesday it looked like the tournament wouldn’t even be played after Catoosa canceled all athletic operations due to COVID-19, but Victory Christian stepped and volunteered to host.

Oscar Hammond put up the first bucket of the game and Cooper McDowell drained a three for a 5-0 Cardinal lead. Corbin Fisher hit a pair of free throws, Marlo Fox buried a three to tie it, and Cason Savage earned the Sandites their first lead at 7-5. The teams traded leads six times in the first half, but after Fisher put the Sandites up 23-22 they never again let the Cardinals out front, despite the game remaining close.

Down 38-33 to start the fourth quarter, Caden Bouy went on a 5-1 run to make it a one-point game, but foul trouble caught up with the Cardinals and the Sandites scored eight from the stripe to go with field goals from Fox and Jason Clark. They took their biggest lead at 54-42 before Corey Dees scored three unanswered to end the game.

Fox led all scorers with 17 points, followed by Fisher with 11 and Clark with 10. McDowell scored 12 as the only Cardinal in double digits.

Sandite basketball will return to action Friday at 8:30 p.m. against 5A No. 6 Bishop Kelley (7-3). Collinsville will play 5A No. 10 Edison (6-5) at 5:30 p.m. The Kelley Comets defeated the Eagles 66-58 in their quarterfinal game.

CPHS 54 CHS 45.
1Q: CPHS 14-12.
2Q: CPHS 12-11.
3Q: CPHS 12-10.
4Q: CPHS 16-12.
Free Throws: CPHS 16-of-33, CHS 16-of-24.
Field Goals: CPHS 16-of-43, CHS 12-of-36.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 8, CHS 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 24, CHS 19.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 32, CHS 25.
Steals: CPHS 10, CHS 8.
Blocks: CPHS 2.
Fouls: CPHS 22, CHS 25.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 17, Fisher 11, Clark 10, Savage 9, Hawkins 3, Keim 3, Oakley 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Keim 2, Oakley 2, Hawkins 1, Savage 1, Fisher 1, Brockman 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Clark 6, Fisher 6, Fox 4, Savage 3, Hawkins 2, Keim 2, Oakley 1.
Total Rebounds: Fisher 7, Clark 6, Savage 4, Fox 4, Keim 4, Hawkins 3, Oakley 3, Brockman 1.
Steals: Fox 3, Hawkins 2, Savage 2, Fisher 2, Clark 1.
Assists: Fisher 2, Fox 2.
Blocks: Fisher 2.
Fouls: Hawkins 4, Keim 4, Savage 3, Fox 3, Oakley 3, Fisher 2, Clark 1, Brockman 1, Corona 1.

Collinsville Scoring: McDowell 12, Bouy 8, Scyrkels 8, Dees 6, Hammond 4, Schloman 3, Meacham 3, Morgan 1.

CPHS Basketball: Journey Armstead joins 1,000-point club in tournament win

5’9” junior star Journey Armstead joined an exclusive club Thursday evening in Verdigris, scoring her 1,000th point in a 52-40 win over Bishop Kelley (3-8). The second-year Sandite put up a modest 16 to lead all scorers in the first round of the 55th Annual Port City Classic, but it was was her fourth field goal of the night that elevated her to the four-figure career scoring mark.

Armstead scored 372 points as a freshman at East Central before transferring to Sand Springs. She scored a team-best 428 last season, including a 32-point performance against Jenks. The girls are only 11 games into the new season and she already has 205 more.

The last three Sandites to join the 1,000 Point Club are all playing NCAA Division 1 sports. Sophomore Holly Kersgieter is currently the leading scorer at the University of Kansas, averaging 16.3 per game over nine games this year. Sophomore Destiny Johnson has seen action in six games this year at the University of Tulsa, and Senior Sydney Pennington is a returning All-American on the Oklahoma State University softball team.

Armstead is currently averaging 18.64 points per game this season, and at that pace she could very well surpass Kersgieter’s 1,406 points next year. Pennington scored 1,386 for the Sandites and Johnson scored 1,315.

Class 6A No. 13 ranked Charles Page High School (6-5) fell behind 7-0 against the Kelley Comets on Thursday before Layne Kirkendoll got the Sandites on the board, then Armstead went off for nine points to take an 11-8 lead.

The rest of the team stepped up in the second quarter with baskets from five different players and took a 28-17 advantage into the half. Armstead’s next score came at the 5:46 mark of the third quarter, lifting her into the history books, and the team burned a timeout to celebrate the occasion.

Bishop Kelley briefly closed the gap to single digits late in the stanza, as close as 37-32, but Sand Springs went on a seven-point run and never let the Comets get close again. Armstead’s younger sister, freshman Sakauri Wilson, scored 14 points for a new career-high. Madeline Barton led the Comets with 12 and Ava Schneeburg added 10.

Lady Sandite Basketball will play in the tournament semifinals Friday at 8:30 p.m. against 5A No. 3 Tahlequah (10-2) who won their quarterfinal 76-18 against Edison (1-5). Bishop Kelley will play Edison at 4:00 p.m. in consolation. Although the tournament is technically the Catoosa Port City Classic, the girls games are being played at Verdigris High School due to a complete shut down of Catoosa athletics.

CPHS 52 BK 40
1Q: CPHS 11-8.
2Q: CPHS 17-9.
3Q: BK 15-11.
4Q: CPHS 13-8.
Free Throws: CPHS 8-of-15, BK 5-of-14.
Field Goals: CPHS 20-of-53, BK 14-of-37.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 11, BK 5.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 16, BK 20.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 27, BK 25.
Steals: CPHS 16, BK 5.
Blocks: CPHS 3.
Fouls: CPHS 16, BK 14.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Armstead 16, Wilson 14, Jackson 6, Kirkendoll 5, Jordan 4, Morris 3, Tanner 2, Hampton 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Jackson 3, Kirkendoll 3, Armstead 2, Wilson 1, Jordan 1, Hampton 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Wilson 3, Kirkendoll 3, Cheney 3, Armstead 2, Jackson 2, Morris 2, Jordan 1.
Total Rebounds: Kirkendoll 6, Jackson 5, Armstead 4, Wilson 4, Cheney 3, Jordan 2, Morris 2, Hampton 1.
Steals: Armstead 4, Wilson 3, Kirkendoll 2, Cheney 2, Morris 2, Jackson 1, Jordan 1, Tanner 1.
Assists: Armstead 5, Wilson 2, Jackson 1, Cheney 1.
Blocks: Kirkendoll 2, Morris 1.
Fouls: Kirkendoll 4, Jordan 4, Armstead 3, Jackson 2, Wilson 1, Morris 1, Tanner 1.