PAYTON SCOTT HONORED WITH GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR BANNER

The Charles Page High School Athletic Department unveiled a new banner for Ed Dubie Field House and presented it during the Sand Springs-Bixby basketball game. The banner celebrates Sand Springs running back Payton Scott for being named the 2017-2018 Gatorade Oklahoma Football Player of the Year. Scott is the first Gatorade Oklahoma Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Charles Page High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Scott as Oklahoma’s best high school football player. The 5-foot-5, 180-pound senior running back rushed for 2,597 yards and 33 touchdowns this past season, leading the Sandites to the Class 6AII quarterfinals. In breaking the single-season rushing record in Class 6A, the state’s largest division, Scott averaged 31 rushing attempts and 236 yards per game and 7.6 yards per carry for the 5-6 Sandites. Scott broke school records for rushing yards and rushing TDs in a season, and also set new school marks for single-game yards (507) and single-game TDs (7). He ran for 5,826 yards and 71 touchdowns in prep career. Scott is also a state champion wrestler and helped led the Sandites to the Dual State and State Tournament championships as a junior.