CPHS Baseball: Sandites suffer Spartan walkoff, tournament finals rained out

The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team (16-5, 5-1) suffered a 3-2 walk-off loss to Bixby (20-5) in the third round of the Spartan-Tiger Turf War Friday night after leading for the entire game.

Junior Kiefer Massey got his first varsity start on the mound, throwing two hits, two strikeouts, and eight walks in six innings. The Sandites led 2-1 when he was relieved by John Miller (2-1, 7-2).

Miller took over in the bottom of the sixth and threw a strikeout to strand two runners, but things came unglued in the seventh. Luke Creeger tied the night with an RBI double and Trenton Dale scored the game-winning run on a single from Barrett Daniel.

Both Sandite runs came in the top of the third. Cal Watkins hit an RBI single to bring in Seth Villines, and in turn scored on a single from Jacob Snodgrass. Bixby’s first run came in the fifth after Jaxson Crull singled, advanced on an error and a balk, and scored on a sacrifice fly.

Crull and Blake Williams combined for eleven strikeouts, the most the Sandites have suffered all season.

The Sandites were scheduled to play Sapulpa in the 5th/6th Place game on Saturday but it was canceled due to weather. They will travel to Jenks (16-9, 7-1) Monday at 6:00 p.m. in a return to district action.

Pool A
Bixby 18-3 Booker T. Washington
Bixby 9-5 Jenks
Bixby 3-2 Sand Springs
Jenks 12-4 Booker T. Washington
Jenks 7-4 Sand Springs
Sand Springs 9-0 Booker T. Washington
Pool B
Broken Arrow 8-0 Ponca City
Broken Arrow 10-2 Union
Broken Arrow 10-9 Sapulpa
Union 11-3 Sapulpa
Union 6-3 Ponca City
Sapulpa 9-0 Ponca City

District 6A-3
8-2 Broken Arrow (15-7)
7-1 Jenks (16-9)
5-1 Sand Springs (16-5)
3-3 Enid (16-8)
2-6 Southmoore (4-19)
1-5 Ponca City (7-16)
0-8 Muskogee (6-13)

CPHS Season Stats

Batting Avg.
(Min. 20 AB)
.426 Watkins
.415 Burks
.358 Snodgrass
.345 Copeland
.308 Murray
.300 Massey
.298 Savage
.278 Sartin
.240 Villines
.212 Ash
.171 Peterman

Slugging Avg.
.559 Watkins
.509 Snodgrass
.472 Burks
.462 Murray
.404 Savage
.397 Copeland
.389 Sartin
.300 Massey
.280 Villines
.250 Ash
.171 Peterman

On-Base %
.529 Burks
.500 Massey
.487 Watkins
.469 Sartin
.433 Snodgrass
.433 Copeland
.419 Murray
.419 Savage
.367 Villines
.354 Ash
.286 Peterman

Hits
29 Watkins
22 Burks
20 Copeland
19 Snodgrass
17 Savage
11 Ash
10 Sartin
8 Murray
6 Villines
6 Massey
6 Peterman
5 Campbell
3 Seabolt
2 Berg
1 J. Miller
1 M. Miller
1 Blair

Singles
20 Watkins
19 Burks
17 Copeland
14 Snodgrass
12 Savage
9 Ash
6 Sartin
6 Massey
6 Peterman
5 Murray
5 Campbell
5 Villines
2 Seabolt
2 Berg
1 J. Miller
1 Blair

Doubles
9 Watkins
4 Savage
4 Sartin
3 Burks
3 Snodgrass
3 Copeland
2 Murray
2 Ash
1 Villines
1 Seabolt
1 M. Miller

Triples
1 Murray
1 Snodgrass
1 Savage

Home Runs
1 Snodgrass

Sacrifices
4 Peterman
3 Burks
3 Savage
3 Copeland
3 Murray
2 Ash
1 Watkins
1 Snodgrass
1 Massey

Runs
21 Watkins
19 Murray
17 Burks
17 Savage
14 Ash
11 Snodgrass
10 Peterman
9 Campbell
8 Villines
7 Sartin
7 Massey
5 M. Miller
3 J. Miller
1 Seabolt

RBI
27 Watkins
13 Savage
13 Snodgrass
9 Peterman
8 Sartin
7 Ash
6 Burks
6 Copeland
5 Murray
5 Massey
4 Seabolt
4 Campbell
3 J. Miller
1 Blair
1 Cassity
1 B. Banker
1 Villines

Stolen Bases
18 Watkins
15 Burks
7 Snodgrass
6 Savage
5 Peterman
4 Murray
4 Ash
3 Sartin
3 Campbell
2 Massey
1 M. Miller
1 Seabolt
1 J. Miller

Double Plays
9 Savage
7 Watkins
5 Villines
3 Campbell
1 M. Miller
1 Sartin

ERA
*Minimum 15 IP
1.42 B. Banker
1.54 Villines
2.15 J. Miller
3.09 Cassity
4.57 Skaggs

Win-Loss Record
5-0 B. Banker
3-0 Villines
3-1 Cassity
2-1 J. Miller
2-1 Skaggs
1-0 Watkins
0-1 Peterman
0-1 Berg

Saves
2 M. Miller
2 Watkins
1 Peterman

WHIP
1.19 Cassity
1.25 B. Banker
1.37 Villines
1.63 Skaggs
1.72 J. Miller

Strike %
65.3 Skaggs
63.4 Villines
63.3 B. Banker
62.6 Cassity
62.1 J. Miller

Strikeouts
27 B. Banker
22 J. Miller
21 Cassity
16 Villines
13 Skaggs
6 Peterman
4 Ash
3 Watkins
3 Berg
2 M. Miller
2 Massey
1 J. Banker

Average Team Box Score

CPHS
Batting: .314
Runs: 7
Hits: 8
Slugging: .393
BB: 4
HBP: 2
Strikeouts: 4
OBP: .437
Stolen Bases: 3
Errors: 1
ERA: 2.90
WHIP: 1.57
K: 62%

Opponents
Batting: .251
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Slugging: .324
BB: 3
HBP: 1
Strikeouts: 6
OBP: .341
Stolen Bases: 0
Errors: 2
ERA: 5.10
WHIP: 2.10
K: 59%

Sand Springs Little League team ranked #1 in USA, places fourth at World Series

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

The Oklahoma Thunder has proven themselves to be one of the best teams in the world. No, not the Oklahoma City basketball team. I'm talking about the Sand Springs-based Little League baseball team. The six-and-under squad has spent the last four months winning tournament after tournament and wrapped up the season with a State Championship and World Series appearance. 

Luke Barnes, Jayden Bussell, Drake Charles, Jessie Hubanks, Hayden Luce, Hilkyah Sampson, Cason Sharp, Colton Stevens, Keiton Thompson, Caleb Thompson, Caleb Torkelson, Randell Vickrey, Carter Wood, Wesley Woody, and Kayden Worthington comprise Oklahoma Thunder, which is currently ranked number one in the nation by the United States Specialty Sports Association. 

The dominating team trounced their opponents by an average of 13 to 5 over the course of the season and won six tournaments.

The Thunder went undefeated in the Sand Springs Youth Preseason Tournament, the Broken Arrow Striking Out Cancer Tournament, the World Qualifier in Bixby, and the State Qualifier in Sand Springs. They also placed first at the Bixby Annual Rings Tournament with a 17-11 payback win over Vinita's Dirty Dawgs who defeated the Thunder in the pool play. 

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In June the Thunder competed at the Oklahoma State Championship at Tulsa Hilti Park and stampeded through the competition without losing a single game in the double-elimination tournament. All three of their opponents went down by double digits. 

Last weekend the Thunder set out for Arlington to compete in the USSSA World Series as one of only two Oklahoma teams to make the tournament. The Broken Arrow Razorbacks also qualified for the series.

On day one the Thunder handily won their first game 12-1 over the Keller, Texas Outlaws, but tied 4-4 in the next game against the Texas Free Agents Elite. On Saturday they concluded pool play with an 18-5 rout of the Texas Reds to finish third in the pool. 

On Sunday the Thunder suffered a close 9-6 defeat at the hands of Team Citius Reyes and moved to the consolation bracket where they immediately began putting in work.

The Calallen, Texas Sandcrabs put up a tough fight before going down 4-1. Next to fall was the Keller, Texas Gold Spikes who had just eliminated the Razorbacks. After that 12-4 win, the Thunder had to fend off another neck-and-neck attempt from the Free Agents Elite and prevailed 11-10.

The Thunder season finally came to an end at the hands of the eventual World Series Runners-Up, the Spitfire Baseball team from Cleburne, Texas, in a 19-5 battle for third place. The Thunder may not have won the series, but fourth place is far from a disappointing finish. Needless to say, the local coaches will have their eyes on these boys for years to come.