CPHS Basketball: Sandites fall 41-33 to No. 3 Booker T. Washington, Richardson scores 18

The Charles Page High School boys basketball team got to play on the biggest stage of their careers thus far Saturday evening, at the 4th Annual High School Hoops Showcase at Tulsa’s BOK Center.

The Class 6A No. 6 ranked Sandites (14-5, 8-3) took on No. 3 Booker T. Washington (16-2, 9-1) in a battle for the top spot in the Frontier Valley Conference Standings and held tight till the very end before falling 41-33 in the lowest-scoring game of the season for both teams.

The Hornets missed their six field goal attempts before Trey Phipps gave his team the lead on a reverse layup. Davon Richardson scored the opening two baskets for Sand Springs and assisted Josh Minney with a three-point play for the 7-4 advantage. Richardson hit another basket before Seth Hurd made his way onto the board for the Hornets. Phipps hit the first three of the night to tie it at 9-9 in the final seconds of the first period.

Sand Springs didn’t score a single field goal in the second period, but did work at the charity stripe and only trailed 17-15 after the lowest-scoring half of the season.

Phipps and Michael McHenry hit threes for the Hornets early in the third period, but Richardson got hot with five-straight to tie it at 20-20 and scored the first seven points of the half for Sand Springs. McHenry hit three threes in the third, but Minney scored back-to-back layups to tie it at 26-26 and Fox had the final basket of the period to make it 29-28.

Richardson tied it with a free throw to start the fourth but Phipps scored five and Seth Hurd had two in the Hornets’ longest run of the night before Fox broke it up. Sand Springs entered the final two minutes trailing 38-33 and the Hornets didn’t surrender another point.

Richardson led the Sandites with eighteen points and eleven rebounds for his seventh career double-double. Phipps had the game-high with twenty points.

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday on the road at No. 18 Bartlesville (8-10, 2-7) who they previously defeated 64-42 in December. The Hornets will travel to No. 16 Owasso (13-6, 6-4) on Tuesday.

BTW 41 CPHS 33
1Q: All 9-9.
2Q: BTW 8-6.
3Q: CPHS 13-12.
4Q: BTW 12-5.
Free Throws: CPHS 9-of-14, BTW 6-of-11.
Field Goals: CPHS 12-of-39, BTW 14-of-50.
Offensive Rebounds: BTW 9, CPHS 5.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 23, BTW 20.
Total Rebounds: BTW 29, CPHS 28.
Steals: BTW 7, CPHS 5.
Blocks: CPHS 3, BTW 1.
Fouls: CPHS 13, BTW 13.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
9-1 No. 3 Booker T. Washington
8-2 No. 11 Union
8-3 No. 6 Sand Springs
7-2 No. 4 Sapulpa
6-4 No. 16 Owasso
5-5 No. 8 Jenks
——Eliminated——
3-7 Broken Arrow
2-7 No. 18 Bartlesville
1-9 Bixby
1-10 Muskogee

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Richardson 18, Minney 9, Fox 6.
Offensive Rebounds: Minney 3, Savage 1, Hurd 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 11, Minney 4, Savage 3, Durkee 3, Fox 2.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 11, Minney 7, Savae 4, Durkee 3, Fox 2, Hurd 1.
Steals: Richardson 1, Minney 1, Savage 1, Durkee 1.
Assists: Richardson 2.
Blocks: Minney 2, Savage 1.
Fouls: Richardson 4, Fox 3, Minney 3, Savage 3.

(Booker T. Washington Scoring): Phipps 20, McHenry 9, Thompson 6, Hurd 5, Breath 1.

CPHS Basketball: Sandites place third at BK Invitational, beat Jenks 75-62 in OT

The defending three-time Bishop Kelley Invitational Champions had to settle for third place Saturday afternoon in Tulsa after a loss to undefeated Shawnee in the semifinals. The No. 4 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (4-2) bounced back from the defeat with a 75-62 overtime victory against the No. 20 Jenks Trojans (2-3).

The Sandites never trailed in the first period, but they couldn’t get away from the Trojans either, leading only 20-19 at the buzzer with their biggest first-quarter allowance of the season thus far. They were heavily out-rebounded and only came away with one steal, despite averaging 4.3 per quarter going into the game.

Holly Kersgieter scored the opening bucket and Isabella Regalado hit two from the charity stripe for a 4-0 start and took their biggest lead of the half with a three-pointer from Madison Burris to make it 7-2.

Sand Springs improved radically on rebounds in the second period and went 12-of-15 at charity stripe in the first half, but shot only 32% in the field and once again only secured one steal in the second period.

Jenks took their first lead of the game at 25-24, but it was short-lived after Regalado hit two free throws and a layup. By the end of the half the Sandites held a narrow 31-29 advantage that the Trojans tied with the opening basket of the third period.

The Sandites finally began to pull away in the third quarter, leading by five points on four occasions and as much as seven before the Trojans scored a free throw on a technical foul by Head Coach Tobey Nightingale, and followed it up with a three-pointer. Reagan Padilla ended the period with two free throws of her own, and the Sandites started the final stanza hot for a 51-41 advantage.

Their first double-digit lead soon evaporated as back-to-back deep balls kept the Trojans in contention and Sandite fouls tied the game up at 51-51 and 53-53 before Jenks pulled ahead once again at 57-53.

Jenks took a big hit when their starting center fouled out with 1:19 to play, and Kersgieter scored on a free throw and a steal by Johnson to make it a one-point game. She reclaimed the lead soon after with an assist from Burris, then Regalado was fouled on a rebound and made it 59-57.

Johnson fouled while rebounding Regalado’s second free throw, and Jenks tied it up shortly before time expired, sending the Sandites to their first overtime since the 2015-2016 season. The overtime period went as perfectly as possible for the Sandites, who won it 16-3 and ended the game on a ten-point streak.

The Sandites struggled to guard the forward positions, allowing 31 shots and nine goals from outside the arc. They also had a tough time scoring on the deep ball, going 1-of-11. They excelled at free throws, however, going 30-of-38, and are shooting 73% this season. They also returned to their normal selves defensively in the second half, with eight steals.

Kersgieter, a University of Kansas-commit, scored a career-high 38 points to lead her team for the fifth time this season, and was named to the All-Tournament Team for the fourth-straight year. Johnson was the only other Lady Sandite in double digits with thirteen points, though seven players made their way into the scorebook. Jacie Taber collected a team-high twelve rebounds for the second-straight game, and Burris snagged a team-best five steals.

Norman North and Shawnee headed home early to avoid winter weather, preventing the title game from being played, and both return to their regular schedules undefeated.

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. with a Frontier Valley Conference home game against No. 5 Bartlesville (3-1). The Trojans will travel to No. 16 Bixby (4-0) Tuesday.

CPHS 75 Jenks 62
1Q CPHS 20-19
2Q CPHS 11-10
3Q CPHS 15-12
4Q Jenks 18-13
OT CPHS 16-3
Free Throws: CPHS 30-of-38, Jenks 15-of-20.
Field Goals: CPHS 22-of-57, Jenks 19-of-58.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 16, Jenks 11.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 27, Jenks 17.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 43, Jenks 28.
Steals: CPHS 10, Jenks 8.
Blocks: Jenks 2.
Fouls: CPHS 17, Jenks 22.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Kersgieter 38, Johnson 13, Regalado 9, Taber 7, Burris 4, Padilla 2, Jordan 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 4, Taber 4, Regalado 3, Johnson 2, Jordan 2, Burris 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Taber 8, Johnson 5, Kersgieter 4, Regalado 4, Burris 3, Padilla 2, Hampton 1.
Total Rebounds: Taber 12, Kersgieter 8, Johnson 7, Regalado 7, Burris 4, Padilla 2, Jordan 2, Hampton 1.
Steals: Burris 5, Johnson 3, Regalado 2.
Assists: Burris 3, Johnson 2, Kersgieter 2, Jordan 1.
Fouls: Taber 4, Regalado 4, Johnson 3, Kersgieter 2, Burris 2, Padilla 2.

CPHS Basketball: Sandites hand Memorial first loss, 75-34 at Bishop Kelley Invitational

Sixteen Lady Sandites saw court time in a 41-point win at the Bishop Kelley Invitational Thursday morning. The No. 4 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (3-1) rolled over 5A No. 19 Tulsa Memorial 75-34 in the first round of the tournament, dealing the Chargers (2-1) their first loss of the season.

In what has become a normal occurrence during the past few seasons, the Sandites jumped out to a practically insurmountable first-period lead and were able to run the bench throughout the game. With a 55-13 lead to start the second half, the starters rode the bench through the entire third quarter and only saw two minutes of action in the fourth.

University of Tulsa-commit Destiny Johnson scored nine points in a 15-0 start before Memorial made their way onto the board and University of Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter scored six in the stanza. Kersgieter was the leading scorer with nineteen points, sixteen of which came in the first half. Johnson was next up with eleven, all in the first half.

Ashlee Bunch was the star of the second half, scoring a career-high seven points and Mikah Hampton had five. The full roster got to play for the first time with Raylynn Mong making her season debut late in the fourth, and a season-best fourteen players made their way into the scorebook.

The Sandites had their highest-scoring second quarter of the season, and allowed only six points to tie their best defensive period of the season. They also allowed only seven points in both the first and fourth quarters. The game was their second-biggest win of the year and best defensive allowance. They improved on free-throw percentage for the fourth consecutive game, going nine-of-eleven at the charity stripe and committed a season-low seven personal fouls.

Second-year Memorial coach Audra Estrada, who lives in Sand Springs, led the Chargers to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2015 with wins over Daniel Webster and the Green Country Defenders.

The Lady Sandites are the defending Bishop Kelley Invitational Champions and have won the tournament three years straight. The win over Memorial was their second-highest margin of victory in the tournament behind a 45-point win over Cascia Hall in the 2016 quarterfinals. They haven’t won a Kelley Invitational game by less than twenty points since since the 2015 finals.

Sand Springs plays the winner of No. 11 Shawnee (2-0) vs. 5A No. 16 Claremore (1-1) Friday at 4:00 p.m. Memorial will take on the losers of that game Friday at 10:00 a.m. The finals will be played Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

CPHS 75 MHS 34
1Q CPHS 29-7
2Q CPHS 26-6
3Q MHS 14-11
4Q CPHS 10-7
Free Throws: CPHS 9-of-11, MHS 7-of-11.
Field Goals: CPHS 29-of-57, MHS 13-of-35.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 14, MHS 7.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 15, MHS 12.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 29, MHS 19.
Steals: CPHS 23, MHS 8.
Blocks: MHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 7, MHS 7.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Kersgieter 19, Johnson 11, Bunch 7, Regalado 6, Taber 6, Hampton 5, Jordan 4, Padilla 3, Shrum 3, Harris 3, Burris 2, Hughes 2, Solis 2, Cheney 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Jordan 3, Kersgieter 2, Solis 2, Bunch 2, Burris 1, Regalado 1, Shrum 1, Cheney 1, Harris 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 4, Cheney 3, Taber 2, Harris 2, Padilla 1, Regalado 1, Hughes 1, Brown 1.
Total Rebounds: Kersgieter 6, Cheney 4, Jordan 3, Taber 2, Regalado 2, Solis 2, Bunch 2, Burris 1, Padilla 1, Hughes 1, Shrum 1, Brown 1.
Steals: Kersgieter 6, Taber 4, Solis 3, Jordan 2, Regalado 2, Shrum 2, Cheney 1, Johnson 1, Padilla 1, Hampton 1, Cheney 1.
Assists: Johnson 2, Jordan 2, Kersgieter 1, Padilla 1.
Fouls: Regalado 2, Johnson 1, Jordan 1, Brown 1, Cheney 1, Harris 1.

CPHS Basketball: Sandites handle No. 15 Broken Arrow 54-45

The No. 10 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (3-0, 2-0) continued their undefeated start to the season with a close but solid 54-45 win over No. 15 Broken Arrow in a Frontier Valley Conference matchup at Tiger Field House.

Davon Richardson led the Sandites with sixteen points, followed by Cale Savage with fourteen and Josh Minney with eleven.

The game was a close one for the first half as the Sandites trailed 12-11 after one quarter and only led 22-21 at the half. They blew it wide open in the third quarter, however, giving up only four points for a 37-25 lead that the Tigers couldn’t recover from.

Broken Arrow beat the Sandites in offensive rebounds, blocks, and steals, but Sand Springs excelled in accuracy, going 12-of-13 at the charity stripe, and beating the Tigers in the field as well.

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. with a home game against unranked Bartlesville.

CPHS 54 BAHS 45
1Q BAHS 12-11
2Q CPHS 11-9
3Q CPHS 15-4
4Q BAHS 20-17
Free Throws: CPHS 12-of-13, BAHS 7-of-15.
Field Goals: CPHS 19-of-36, BAHS 16-of-35.
Offensive Rebounds: BAHS 6, CPHS 5.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 13, BAHS 11.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 18, BAHS 17.
Blocks: BAHS 2, CPHS 1.
Steals: BAHS 6, CPHS 5.
Fouls: CPHS 12, BAHS 15.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Richardson 16, Savage 14, Fox 9, Minney 11, Durkee 4.
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 2, Durkee 1, Savage 1, Minney 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 5, Fox 2, Minney 2, Hawkins 2, Durkee 1, Hurd 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 7, Minney 3, Durkee 2, Fox 2, Hawkins 2, Savage 1, Hurd 1.
Assists: Savage 2, Richardson 2, Quier 2, Fox 1.
Steals: Durkee 3, Richardson 2.
Blocks: Minney 1.
Fouls: Fox 4, Minney 3, Durkee 1, Savage 1, Richardson 1, Hurd 1, Hawkins 1.

CPHS Basketball: Kersgieter and Johnson combine for 48 in 89-56 win at Broken Arrow

Sophomore Darrian Jordan has been a solid playmaker during her first varsity season.

It was a cold night in Broken Arrow but the BA High School Girls’ basketball team turned up the heat at Tiger Field House for a thrilling bout with the No. 4 ranked Charles Page Lady Sandites (3-0, 2-0). While Sand Springs ultimately prevailed by more than thirty points, their unranked conference foes (0-1, 0-1) kept them on their toes for much of the game and only trailed by five at halftime.

For the second game in a row the visitors jumped out to a double digit lead before letting their opponents on the board. Unlike their Friday night massacre of Muskogee, they gave up much of that lead in the second quarter. With a comfortable 20-6 cushion, the Lady Sandites were unprepared for a 28-19 second period resurgence that included a sixteen-point run for the home team.

The back-to-back State Qualifiers settled down in the second half and outscored the Tigers 25-11 in both of the final periods. The Sandites’ three NCAA commits were the heavy scorers. Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter posted 26 points, closely followed by Tulsa-commit Destiny Johnson with 22, evenly split between the halves, and Northeastern State-bound Isabella Regalado had eighteen.

While Broken Arrow’s sixteen-point run was the longest of the night, Sand Springs had runs of fourteen in the first quarter, nine in the second quarter, nine in the third, and twelve in the fourth.

Just like the game before, the Sandites improved steadily throughout the night, didn’t slow down when they sent in the backups, and ended the night with their biggest lead of the game. Thirteen players made their way onto the court and ten made their way into the scorebook.

The Lady Sandites will return to action at the Bishop Kelley Invitational, where they are back-to-back-to-back champions. They will take on 5A No. 19 Tulsa Memorial (2-0) Thursday at 10:00 a.m.

CPHS 89 BAHS 56
1Q CPHS 20-6
2Q BAHS 28-19
3Q CPHS 25-11
4Q CPHS 25-11
Free Throws: CPHS 28-of-36, BAHS 11-of-23.
Field Goals: CPHS 26-of-59, BAHS 20-of-57.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 14, BAHS 10.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 26, BAHS 17.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 40, BAHS 27.
Steals: CPHS 22, BAHS 15.
Blocks: CPHS 3, BAHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 23, BAHS 23.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Kersgieter 26, Johnson 22, Regalado 18, Burris 8, Padilla 4, Harris 3, Cheney 3, Hampton 2, Taber 2, Jordan 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 3, Jordan 3, Regalado 2, Padilla 2, Hampton 2, Burris 1, Solis 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 8, Taber 4, Johnson 3, Regalado 3, Burris 2, Jordan 2, Padilla 1, Hampton 1, Shrum 1, Solis 1.
Total Rebounds: Kersgieter 11, Regalado 5, Jordan 5, Taber 4, Johnson 3, Burris 3, Padilla 3, Hampton 3, Solis 2, Shrum 1.
Assists: Kersgieter 3, Johnson 2, Regalado 2, Taber 2, Hampton 1, Jordan 1.
Steals: Kersgieter 5, Taber 4, Johnson 3, Burris 3, Padilla 3, Regalado 2, Jordan 1, Hughes 1.
Fouls: Regalado 4, Taber 4, Johnson 3, Burris 3, Padilla 3, Kersgieter 2, Hampton 2, Jordan 2.

CPHS Softball: Elizabeth Luttrell signs with Cowley County College

Charles Page High School senior Elizabeth Luttrell signed a letter of intent Wednesday morning to play softball for Cowley County Community College.

Luttrell was a three-year starting first baseman for the Lady Sandites and finished her career with a .356 batting average, .548 slugging average, .426 on-base percentage, 78 hits, 62 runs, 72 RBI, and nine home runs. She was given an All-District Honorable Mention for the 2018 season.

Cowley College is located in Arkansas City, Kansas and competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II. The Tigers went 42-16 last season under third-year Head Coach Jenny Hoyt.

The Lady Sandites won four-straight Regional Championships during Luttrell’s career, as well as the 2018 Bixby Tournament title and 6A Academic State Titles in 2016 and 2018. They made four State Tournament appearances and one State finals appearance in 2015.