Sandites Fall 11-3 to Broken Arrow, Bella Wilson Goes Yard

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Bella Wilson hit the Sandites’ first homer of the season, but Sand Springs fell 11-3 to Broken Arrow.

The Charles Page High School softball season may start to feel like a roller coaster for the Sandite faithful. After starting the year 7-1, the girls are now 1-5 over their last six games, falling 11-3 to Broken Arrow Tuesday night in district play.

Despair not! All five losses during that tough skid came against last year’s State Tournament teams and the schedule’s about to get a little friendlier.

Up next for the Sandites (8-6, 2-3) is a district double-header at Putnam City North (5-8, 2-4) on Tuesday before they’ll get a rematch against Broken Arrow on Thursday.

In the first meeting with the Tigers, the girls were mostly undone by two rough innings that made the score a little more lopsided than the game itself felt.

Broken Arrow only out-hit the home team 11 to 8, but Sand Springs left 12 runners stranded, including loaded bases twice.

The Sandites stranded two in the first inning and one in the second before the visitors took a 4-0 lead in the third on two singles, a walk, and two doubles.

Sand Springs stranded two more in the fourth and Broken Arrow made it 9-0 on two singles, two doubles, and a home run from Josie Henson.

Morgan Rector gave the home team new life with a double to lead off the fifth and Bella Wilson got the Sandites on the board with a homer to center field in the next at-bat. It was the first dinger of the season for Sand Springs.

Broken Arrow scored two more in the sixth but Kylie King caught Jordyn Davis looking to strand loaded bases.

Kenzie and Kylie King both singled in the bottom of the inning and Wilson drew a walk to load the bases, but Cali Lieurance struck out Bailey Copeland to strand the side.

Sand Springs threatened again in the seventh with a walk from Lakelyn Harger and singles from Kaylei Rake and Ashlyn Clark to load the bases with only one out, but Rake was called out for offensive interference on a single form Kenzie King.

Harger scored on a passed ball and Kylie King walked, but Jaden Hendron struck out Rector to end the game.

Addison Hughes (5-3) got the start and the loss, tossing 10 hits, one walk, and five strikeouts in 4.2 innings. Harger pitched a third of an inning and tossed one hit and two walks. Kylie King finished the game with no hits, no walks, and three strikeouts in two innings.

Kenzie King was the hot hand at the plate, going 3-for-3, while Wilson did the most scoring with one run and two RBIs.

The game marked the Tigers tenth-consecutive win against Sand Springs in a streak dating back to 2016.