Sandites Crown Six Champions at Union Open

The Sand Springs wrestling team crowned six champions at the Union/Pryor Ice Fighter Open Saturday in Tulsa, including three high schoolers and three junior high wrestlers.

High School Boys

Preston Reyna won the 144A bracket with three pins, taking out Broken Arrow’s Robert Miller in the finals in 2:41.

Zander Grigsby won the 175A bracket, outscoring his opponents 25-2 with two decisions and a 13-0 major decision against Stillwater’s Noah Perkins in the finals.

Jaxon Grigsby was runner-up at 132BA, outscoring his first four foes 47-1 with three major decisions and a technical fall before falling 1-0 to Coweta’s Toby Shipman in the finals.

Peyton Callis was runner-up at 190, pinning his first two opponents and winning a 7-5 decision against Broken Arrow’s Braden Jones in the semis before falling 6-2 to Stillwater’s Parker Brown in the finals.

Kase Skaggs placed third at 120B, pinning his first two foes before falling to Broken Arrow’s Hudson Beckley. In consolation he won a pair of decisions.

Jaxon Trotter placed third at 175B, with a major decision, a technical fall, and a pin. He fell 11-0 to Edmond North’s Jude Randall in the semifinals but pinned Union’s Jeremiah T’eo in the consolation finals.

Ayreson Reiss placed fourth at 113A, winning three decisions in the consolation bracket, with both of his losses coming to the same wrestler. Broken Arrow’s Bradley Lazzerini pinned Reiss in the first round and received a medical forfeit in the placement match.

Matthew Moore placed fourth at 138A with two pins and a decision, only losing a pair of decisions including a close 7-6 finale against Poteau’s Jake Fredrickson.

Colt Chambers finished with a winning 3-2 record at 132BA, pinning his first three foes in the first period before being eliminated one round short of placement.

High School Girls

Ambrielle Chambers won the 105 bracket with three first-period falls, taking down Enid’s Kadence Fuksa in the finals.

Trinity Owens placed third at 115, losing her first match to Broken Arrow’s Kristen DeLaRosa before pinning her next two opponents in the first period.

Laila Mirza placed third at 120, pinning her first opponents in 0:24 before giving up a fall in the semifinals to Broken Arrow’s Emily Beckley. In consolation she won a 7-0 decision before pinning Union’s Ma’Kadrian Titus in 18 seconds.

Audree Robinson placed fourth at 130, winning a 12-3 major decision in the consolation semifinals before falling to Henryetta’s Kiley Haywood.

Kayla Arnold went 2-2 at 140 with a decision and a pin, but was eliminated one round short of placement.

Junior High Boys (8th/9th Grade)

Kaden Pope won the 132-pound bracket with four pins and a 10-2 major decision over Owasso’s Jaxon Truitt in the finals.

Hunter Fields placed third at 155 with four pins and an 11-0 major decision, only falling 7-0 to Booker T. Washington’s Maximus Houston in the semifinals. In the consolation finals he pinned Fort Gibson’s Kolt Stevens in 2:52.

Brody Wilson went 4-2; Caleb Childers and Joshua Compton went 3-2; and Andrew Price, Kellen Foster, Conner Mcentire, Elijah Hadley, Camryn Ewing, and Blake Norton all went 2-2, but were eliminated short of placement.

Junior High Girls

Kenzi Johnson took first place at 89 pounds with an 18-3 technical fall and a pin of Ponca City’s Jaycee Wardlow in 1:02 in the finals.

Savannah Taylor was runner-up at 102 pounds, outscoring her first two opponents 19-2 before falling to Broken Arrow’s Jaylyn Lazzerini in the finals.

Lyla Waldren placed fourth at 102 with a sudden-victory decision and a pin, with both of her losses coming to Cleveland’s Hannah Stephenson.

Faith Humble went 2-2 but was eliminated short of placement.

Boys Middle School (6/7th Grade)

Brody Flores was runner-up at 73 pounds, going 2-1 in a round robin with a decision and a forfeit.

Gage Buchanan went 2-2 at 119 but was eliminated short of placement.

Girls Middle School

Kambyr Lee won the 145-pound bracket with two pins.

Chloe Strawn placed third at 82, pinning McAlester’s Lily Dykens in 1:56.

Liz Cline placed third at 126 with a decision and a forfeit.

Baylin Maynard placed third at 138 with two first-period falls.

Brylee Smith placed fourth at 155.

The Lady Sandites also recently held the program’s first ever junior high dual meet at Cleveland, falling 48-30.

Griffin Sensintaffar & Kaden Pope Win Broken Arrow Open

The Charles Page High School boys wrestling team took fourth place and the Lady Sandites placed ninth at the 32nd Annual Joe Zamora, Skyler Holman Open in Broken Arrow this weekend.

The junior high girls placed eighth, the sixth/seventh-grade girls placed sixth, the junior high boys placed sixth, and the sixth/seventh-grade boys placed seventh.

High School

Junior Kase Skaggs placed third at 120 pounds with a pin, a tech fall, and two decisions. In the quarterfinals he won a 6-1 decision over McAlester’s Kam Hutchison, a returning 5A State finalist. Skaggs’s only loss was a semifinal fall against Broken Arrow State qualifier Hudson Beckley.

Freshman Kasen Mcaffrey placed third at 144 pounds, pinning his first opponent before losing a close 9-6 decision to Broken Arrow’s Robert Miller. He bounced back with a pair of decision in consolation, edging out two-time Sapulpa State qualifier Ethan Peterson 4-2 in the finals.

Freshman Corbin Wooley placed fourth at 150 pounds with two pins. His only losses were pins by two-time Arkansas State Champion Benjamin Smith and Broken Arrow State qualifier Kadence Roop.

Junior Peyton Callis placed fourth at 190 pounds with two pins and two major decisions, only falling 4-0 to Union State qualifier Wura Yinusa before getting pinned by Broken Arrow’s Braden Jones in the finals.

Junior High

Griffin Sensintaffar took first place at 86 pounds, dominating his bracket with two pins and a 16-0 technical fall.

Kaden Pope won the 132-pound bracket with three pins, including a fall in the finals.

Kenzie Johnson took second place at 70 pounds with one pin.

Rylee Allen placed third at 121 pounds with five pins, all in the first period.

Stefanie Ortiz placed fourth at 172 pounds, winning three decisions, including back-to-back sudden victories in overtime.

Middle School

Gage Buchanan was runner-up at 119 pounds with one fall and an 11-0 major decision.

Rowdy Ash placed third at 80 pounds with one pin, outscoring his opponents handily while only falling 4-2 in the semifinals in sudden victory overtime.

Zailyn Garland placed third at 80 pounds with two first-period falls and a 12-6 decision in the consolation finals.

Kambyr Lee placed third at 142 pounds with two pins.

Baylin Maynard placed fourth at 129 pounds with one pin.

Sandite Wrestling Releases Tentative 2023-2024 Schedules

Varsity Boys

Duals
11.30 Meet the Sandites (Clyde Boyd) - 6:00 p.m.
12.7 CPHS vs. Skiatook (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.7 CPHS vs. Glenpool (Skiatook) - 7:00 p.m.
12.12 CPHS vs. Claremore (Clyde Boyd) - 6:00 p.m.
12.14 CPHS vs. Sapulpa (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.19 CPHS vs. Jenks (H) - 6:00 p.m.
1.4 CPHS vs. Ponca City (H) - 6:00 p.m.
1.4 CPHS vs. Westmoore (H) - 7:00 p.m.
1.11 CPHS vs. Enid (H) - 2:00 p.m.
1.11 CPHS vs. Owasso (H) - 3:00 p.m.
1.11 CPHS vs. Union (H) - 4:00 p.m.
1.18 CPHS vs. Broken Arrow (A) 6:00 p.m.
2.9-2.10 Dual State Championship (Enid)

Tournaments
11.4 Bixby Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.11 Broken Arrow Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.18 Union Open - 9:00 a.m.
12.8-12.9 Mid America Nationals (Enid) - 11:00 a.m./10:00 a.m.
12.15-12.16 Cleveland Tournament (JV Only)
12.22-12.23 Trey Culotta Invitational (New Orleans) - 9:00 a.m.
1.5-1.6 Larry Wilkey Invitational (Jenks) - 10:00 a.m.
1.5-1.6 Inola Tournament (JV Only)
1.12-1.13 Bobby Lyons Invitational (H) - 9:00 a.m.
1.19 Skiatook Tournament (JV Only) - 8:00 a.m.
1.20 Nathan Hale Tournament (JV Only) - 8:00 a.m.
2.2 Glenpool Warrior Invitational - 10:00 a.m.
2.16-2.17 6A-East Regional Championship - 11:00 a.m.
2.22-2.24 6A State Championship (OKC) - 9:00 a.m.

Varsity Girls

Duals
11.30 Meet the Sandites (CBMS) - 6:00 p.m.
12.5 CPHS vs. Oologah (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.7 CPHS vs. Skiatook (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.7 CPHS vs. Glenpool (Skiatook) - 7:00 p.m.
12.11 CPHS vs. Nathan Hale (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.12 CPHS vs. Claremore (CBMS) - 6:00 p.m.
12.14 CPHS vs. Sapulpa (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.19 CPHS vs. Jenks (H) - 6:00 p.m.
1.4 CPHS vs. Westmoore (H) - 6:00 p.m.
1.4 CPHS vs. Ponca City (H) - 7:00 p.m.
1.9 CPHS vs. Kiefer (A) - 6:00 p.m.
1.25 CPHS vs. Will Rogers (H) - 5:00 p.m.
1.30 CPHS vs. McLain (A) - 5:00 p.m.

Tournaments
11.4 Bixby Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.11 Broken Arrow Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.18 Union Open (Tulsa) - 9:00 a.m.
12.1-12.2 Jay Tournament - 12:00 p.m./11:00 a.m.
12.15-12.16 Cleveland Tournament - 11:00 a.m.
12.29-12.30 Diamond State Tournament (Springdale) - 9:00 a.m.
1.5-1/6 SuperGirl 64 Tournament (Union) - 8:00 a.m.
1.19 Nathan Hale Tournament (Tulsa) - 10:00 a.m.
1.26 Sand Springs Tournament - 11:00 a.m.
2.13 6A-East Regional Championship - 11:00 a.m.
2.22-2.24 6A State Championship (OKC) - 9:00 a.m.

JV Boys

Duals
11.30 Meet the Sandites (CBMS) - 6:00 p.m.
12.5 CPHS vs. Oologah (A) - 5:00 p.m.
12.11 CPHS vs. Nathan Hale (A) - 5:00 p.m.
1.9 CPHS vs. Kiefer (A) - 5:00 p.m.
1.25 CPHS vs. Will Rogers (CBMS) - 5:00 p.m.
1.30 CPHS vs. McLain (A) - 5:00 p.m.

Tournaments
11.4 Bixby Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.11 Broken Arrow Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.18 Union Open - 9:00 a.m.
12.15-12.16 Cleveland Tournament
1.5-1.6 Inola Tournament
1.12-1.13 Bobby Lyons Invitational (H)
1.19 Skiatook Tournament - 8:00 a.m.
1.20 Nathan Hale Tournament - 8:00 a.m.

Junior High Black

Duals
11.30 Meet the Sandites (H) - 6:00 p.m.
12.5 CBMS vs. Oologah (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.11 CBMS vs. Nathan Hale (A) - 6:00 p.m.
1.5-1.6 Glenpool Dual Tournament - 10:00 a.m.
1.9 CBMS vs. Kiefer (A) - 6:00 p.m.

Tournaments
11.4 Bixby Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.11 Broken Arrow Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.18 Union Open - 9:00 a.m.
12.1-12.2 Sand Springs Tournament - 9:00 a.m.
12.15-12.16 Cleveland Tournament - 9:00 a.m.
2.2-2.3 Junior High Allstate (OKC) - 9:00 a.m.

Junior High Gold

Duals
11.30 Meet the Sandites (H) - 6:00 p.m.
12.7 CBMS vs. Skiatook (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.7 CBMS vs. Glenpool (Skiatook) - 7:00 p.m.
12.12 CBMS vs. Claremore (CBMS) - 6:00 p.m.
12.14 CBMS vs. Sapulpa (A) - 6:00 p.m.
12.19 CBMS vs. Jenks (H) - 6:00 p.m.
1.4 CBMS vs. Westmoore (H) - 6:00 p.m.
1.4 CBMS vs. Ponca City (H) - 7:00 p.m.
1.11 CBMS vs. Enid (H) - 2:00 p.m.
1.11 CBMS vs. Owasso (H) - 3:00 p.m.
1.11 CBMS vs. Union (H) - 4:00 p.m.
1.18 CBMS vs. Broken Arrow (A) - 6:00 p.m.

Tournaments
11.4 Bixby Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.11 Broken Arrow Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.18 Union Open - 9:00 a.m.
12.1-12.2 Sand Springs Tournament - 9:00 a.m.
1.12-1.13 Perry Tournament - 8:00 a.m.
1.26-1.27 Edmond Tournament - 8:00 a.m.
2.2-2.3 Junior High Allstate (OKC) - 9:00 a.m.

Junior High Girls

Duals
11.30 Meet the Sandites (H) - 6:00 p.m.
12.5 CBMS vs. Oologah (A) - 6:00 p.m.
1.9 CBMS vs. Kiefer (A) - 6:00 p.m.

Tournaments
11.4 Bixby Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.11 Broken Arrow Open - 9:00 a.m.
11.18 Union Open - 9:00 a.m.
12.1-12.2 Sand Springs Tournament - 9:00 a.m.
12.15-12.16 Cleveland Tournament - 9:00 a.m.
1.25 Sand Springs Tournament - 9:00 a.m.
2.2-2.3 Junior High Allstate (OKC) - 9:00 a.m.

Sandite Weekly Sports Roundup: Girls Powerlifting Wins Meet, Wrestling Qualifies 9 for State

The Sand Springs boys wrestling team took fifth place at the OSSAA 6A-East Regional Championship Saturday in Jenks, their highest mark since 2020.

The team qualified nine wrestlers for this weekend’s State Championship, the most since 2018.

The Sandites had a tough regional with nationally ranked Stillwater and Bixby, as well as perennial powerhouse Broken Arrow leading the pack. Owasso edged out the Sandites for fourth place with 147.5 points to 141.5.

Kase Skaggs was the lone finalist with a 6-0 semifinal upset against second-seeded Ponca City junior Jimmy Swenson to avenge a district loss at 106. In the finals he fell to nationally ranked Aydan Thomas from Stillwater.

Mitchell Smith took third place at 150 pounds, winning a 2-1 overtime tiebreaker against Broken Arrow’s Garrett Stinchcomb in the placement round.

Mason Harris placed third at heavyweight with a 4-2 sudden victory takedown against Broken Arrow’s Michael Cook.

Jaxon Trotter placed fourth at 157, losing only to nationally ranked LaDarion Lockett from Stillwater before medical forfeiting the placement round.

David Ritchey, Jayden Pait, Jesse Moore, Ethan White, and Hudson Sheppard placed fifth.

The State tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Jim Norick Arena at the State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.

The Lady Sandites didn’t have any State qualifiers in their first year, placing 42nd out of 64 schools at the OSSAA East Regional.

The Keystone Kids had several top performers at the OKWA Youth State Championship, placing third in Open 8U and ninth in Open 15U.

Hudson Waag, Hagan Wolfenberger, and Ryley Kester won State titles; Sutton Hawley was runner-up; Mason Londo, Karson Waag, and Jace Simms placed third.

Girls Powerlifting

The Lady Sandite powerlifting team won its second meet of the season at Chandler, beating the home team 161 to 110 in team points.

Jaden Jordan won her third meet of the year at heavyweight, taking first in bench at 160 pounds, first in deadlift at 390, and second in squat at 360.

Madison Thompson was runner-up at 220, placing second in squat at 305, second in bench at 150, and fourth in deadlift at 315.

Addily Shotwell was runner-up at 181, placing second in squat at 235, second in bench at 125, and fourth in deadlift at 270.

Gracie Worthington placed third and Olivia Alexander, Bailey Doughty, Kelsi Hilton, and Melanie Skelly placed fourth.

The girls will compete at the Regional Championship in Miami on Tuesday the 28th.

Soccer

The CPHS soccer teams started the preseason with a scrimmage sweep at Grove.

The boys won 4-0 behind two goals from Brian Boyles and one goal apiece from Eli Bise and Dawson Puckett. The girls won 3-0 with a hat trick from Ava Watts.

Both teams will return to action with home scrimmages against Collinsville Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.

Baseball

The Sandite baseball team won its first two scrimmages of the year 6-0 against Mannford and 18-10 against Westmoore.

Gage Elliott and Wyatt Rutledge combined for a nine-strikeout one-hitter against the Pirates on Friday and Rhen Rutledge went 1-of-2 at the plate with a triple, 3 RBI, and a run.

Jackson Turney, Dom Ornelas, and Alex Dudley had two hits apiece against the Jaguars, with Ornelas scoring a 3RBI homer.

The Sandites will travel to Owasso, Glenpool, and Edmond Santa Fe next week and will host Bartlesville on Tuesday and Bixby on Friday.

Sandite Wrestling Wins Glenpool Warrior Classic with 4 Champions

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The Charles Page High School wrestling team earned its first tournament title of the Ty Bowling era Saturday, crowning four champions at the 5th Annual Glenpool Warrior Classic.

The Sandites went 4-3 in the finals with Kase Skaggs, Mitchell Smith, Jaxon Trotter, and Mason Harris earning gold. No. 7 Sand Springs earned 219 team points to beat out No. 9 Owasso with 179.

“I think we finished the regular season strong,” said Bowling.

“We really wanted to go to (the Yukon tournament two weeks ago) but we were kind of beat up and we’d been going for a few weeks in a row so I felt like we needed to take that off and we really needed to get this one in right before the postseason started.”

Coincidentally, Bowling was previously the head coach at Glenpool, though this was the first time one of his teams would win the tournament

Skaggs breezed through the 106 bracket with three pins and 10-1 major decision in the finals against Owasso’s Elijah Cherry.

Smith won at 150 with five pins and a tech fall, outscoring his foes 45-8. He pinned Glenpool’s Michael Lohr in the finals and also reached a big milestone in the quarterfinals when he pinned Glenpool freshman Kevin Gruse for his 100th career victory.

“I watched all these other guys grow up and do it so it feels nice,” said Smith.

The senior has been battling a knee injury since the Jenks tournament but doesn’t see that slowing him down in the postseason.

“I’m feeling good, healthier, a lot better now. I’m excited about that too.”

Trotter didn’t give up a single point till the 157-pound finals, where he earned a 5-3 decision over Sapulpa’s Blake Hurt.

Harris was equally dominant at heavyweight, only giving up one point in the whole tournament before winning a 6-0 decision against Enid’s Seth Melvin.

David Ritchey, Jayden Pait, and Ethan White finished as runners-up. Colt Hood, Ali McCoy, and Connor Diaz placed fourth. Landon Castro and Jaden Allen placed fifth. Luke McGehee placed sixth.

The Sandites were also missing several starters in Hudson Sheppard, Zander Grigsby, Jesse Moore, and Matthew Moore, making the team title even more remarkable.

“The ones we brought, they were the ones who stepped up and wrestled hard,” said Bowling.

“Coach (Earl) Shockley does a good job of setting up JV duals and JV tournaments, so those guys are constantly wrestling. It’s a next-man-up mentality.”

Smith says the team spirits are high and feels confident going into Dual State and Regionals.

“We’re a lot happier than we have been in the past, more of a team than anything else.”

“He’s a great team leader,” Bowling said of Smith. “How he goes, that’s how the rest of the team’s gonna go. He sets the tone for us. He’s the leader in the room and out of the room so he’s a good one to have.”

Junior High

The Sand Springs boys placed seventh at the Junior High Allstate Tournament in Oklahoma City.

Ryley Kester and Kaden Pope placed third, Isaac Sensintaffar placed fourth, and Jaxon Grigsby and Kasen McAffrey placed sixth.

For the girls: Rylee Allen placed fourth and Stefanie Ortiz placed sixth.

Mitchell Smith Secures District Title for Sandites in 39-34 Win over Ponca City

After missing out the past two years, Sand Springs is headed back to Dual State thanks to straight toughness and senior leadership.

With one match left in the Sandites’ district dual against No. 11 Ponca City, Sand Springs trailed 34-33. It all came down to Mitchell Smith at 150 pounds.

With a knee injury that many would consider season-ending, the senior put his team on his shoulders and came out with a pin of Braden Perciful in 30 seconds to secure the 39-34 victory.

“We needed him big time,” said head coach Ty Bowling.

“I said, ‘Hey. The score is close enough. We don’t need anything big, we just need to go out and get a win.’ He goes out and finds a pin. That’s huge for us. Senior leadership.”

“We haven’t gone to dual state since my freshman year, so this is big,” said Smith. “We had some bad losses the past two years, to teams we all felt like we should have beat, so it’s nice to win like this.”

Sand Springs went on to win 46-27 against Edmond Deer Creek and 48-25 against No. 13 Union to clinch its 18th District Championship Tuesday evening at the UMAC.

“Straight toughness,” said Bowling. “We had a handful of injuries. It’s January, that’s what wrestling is. We’ve got guys with bad ankles, bad knees, so they dug deep, a lot of toughness. They battled. They showed that they wanted it.”

“We’ve been looking toward these duals all season. We knew Ponca City was the defending champ, we know what they had coming back. We knew it was going to take all 14 doing their job, whether it was finding bonus, not giving up bonus, or just going out and just gritting out a win.”

Four Sandites went undefeated at the quad, including Jaxon “Scout” Trotter, who had to start each dual at 157 pounds.

“We usually start at 106 and we started all three duals at 157,” said Bowling. “He had three tough matches and came away with three wins, so he started us off right every time.”

Freshman Hudson Sheppard and junior Mason Harris also went undefeated, winning all three of their matches by fall.

“I’m just excited,” said Harris. “It’s my first time and I just want to know what it’s like. I was one year off from knowing what it’s like so I’m just excited to bring Sand Springs back into it.”

“We have a few injuries right now that are still healing up. By the time those heal back up we’re going to be even more dominant than we are now.”

Smith won both of his matches as well. With a 46-21 lead against Deer Creek, the Sandites forfeited Smith’s weight, but the senior insisted on wrestling against Union, where he collected a 31-second pin.

“I really wanted to,” said Smith. “I wanted to wrestle the second match as well, but my coach told me not to because he didn’t want to risk it, which is fair but I’m not a big fan of sitting on the bench and watching my teammates wrestle, so I tried to get some matches in as well.”

The Sandites still have a few tough duals left before Dual State, and will host No. 4 Broken Arrow (8-1) Tuesday for Homecoming and No. 2 Stillwater (10-1) on Thursday.

The varsity boys took the weekend off but the varsity girls and junior varsity boys competed at the Morey Villareal Memorial tournament at Will Rogers High School.

The JV boys won the tournament against a field of mostly varsity competitors, topping Bartlesville 207 to 194.5.

Dawson Briscoe won the 106-pound bracket with five pins, Brody Ensten won at 157 with two pins, and Peyton Callis won at 165 with four pins.

Colt Hood, Landen Horton, and Christopher Cooper were runners-up and Jackson Burdge, Preston Reyna, Brock O’Dell, Dallas Flores, and Cash Lucas took third place.

Madison Chambers took first place, Gracie Young was second, and Kreedence Behnke was third to lead the girls varsity to a fifth-place finish.

Youth

Gage Fadenrecht, Ryker Dawes, Collin Randall, Brackton Upton, Hunter Sims, Kase Skaggs, and Jace Simms all won their brackets at the Broken Arrow Wrestlemania tournament, representing the Keystone Kids.