CPHS Soccer: Girls fall 3-0 to Booker T. Washington in district debut

The Charles Page High School Girls' Soccer team (1-6 overall, 0-1 district) traveled to Booker T. Washington High School (4-3, 1-0) for their first district game of the season and fell by 3-0 shutout.

The Lady Sandites were still recovering from an injury-laden tournament this past weekend and were missing their head coach due to a red card from the previous game.

Sand Springs was unable to muster enough offense to keep up with the Hornets, who out shot the Sandites nineteen to five. Junior goalkeeper Abigail Banks saved five of eight shots on goal.

The Ladies will return to action Friday at 6:00 p.m. in a non-district road game against Enid (1-6).

Kendal Zicker signs LOI to play college soccer at Northeastern State University

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Seven Sand Springs High School students signed letters-of-intent Wednesday morning in the Ed Dubie Field House, bringing the grand total of college-bound athletes from the Class of 2017 to fourteen.

Sand Springs has two softball players, two cross-country runners, two baseball players, one basketball player, three football players, one volleyball player, and two soccer players all headed to the next level.

Kendal Zicker accepted a soccer scholarship to Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Riverhawks are coached by Chase Wooten and are an NCAA Division-II team competing in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. They finished the 2016 season with a 13-5-1 record, falling in the first round of the MIAA Championship. Zicker was the second-highest scoring player on the 2016 Lady Sandite team with 12 goals and two braces. She was an Offensive MVP and was named to the All-District team. The Lady Sandites went 9-6 last season. 

Megan Deshazo signs LOI to play college soccer at Northern Oklahoma College

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Seven Sand Springs High School students signed letters-of-intent Wednesday morning in the Ed Dubie Field House, bringing the grand total of college-bound athletes from the Class of 2017 to fourteen.

Sand Springs has two softball players, two cross-country runners, two baseball players, one basketball player, three football players, one volleyball player, and two soccer players all headed to the next level.

Megan Deshazo accepted a soccer scholarship to Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa. The Tonkawa Mavericks participate in the NJCAA and are coached by Juan de Dios Castillo. They finished the 2016 season with a 19-2-1 record and fell in the second round of the District Tournament. Deshazo scored a team-high 13 goals in the 2016 season with a hat trick against East Central and a double-hat trick against Putnam City North. She was the CPHS Offensive MVP and the 2016 Sandite Pride Offensive Player of the Year. The Lady Sandites went 9-6 last season.

New Soccer Coach headed to Charles Page next season

Bobby Behren's Varsity Girls team won the Edison Green and White Tournament this year.

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Two-year Head Girls Soccer Coach Bobby Behrens will not be with Charles Page High School going into the 2017 season. Behrens was recently announced to be the new Men's Soccer Assistant Coach at Oral Roberts University, and will be replaced by former Coweta coach Matthew Miller. 

Behrens carries an injured player off the field.

Behrens didn't spend long in the coaching spot at CPHS, but his two short years left big shoes to fill. The 2010 Sand Springs graduate made the All-State team his senior year and played collegiate for John Brown University and Northeastern State University before returning to his Alma Mater as Head Girls coach in 2014. The girls finished the 2016 season with a 9-6 record, six shutouts, and the Edison Green and White Tournament Championship. In addition to Behrens, the Sandites sent four players to the collegiate level, including All-State player Brooklyn Eardley who will go with Behrens to ORU. 

Miller was previously the head coach for the Coweta boys team for a year. Specifically, he was the third head coach in three years for Coweta, who can't seem to find a match. Miller previously worked as an assistant coach for the Tulsa Thunder Soccer Club on the Red 95 Team. He worked with the Oklahoma Olympic Youth Development Team from 2000-2004 and served as a Camp Coach for ORU from 2011-2012. Coweta's boys went 7-7 under Miller in the regular season before falling to Memorial in the 5A State Tournament.