SANDITES RETURN THREE STARTERS

On tap for 2019-2020 The Charles Page High School boys will take the hardwood with three returning players this season. Davon Richardson, Josh Minney and Mario Fox return to the lineup after being in last season’s starting lineup. The Sandites figure to be major players in the Class 6A basketball landscape during the 2019-2020 campaign. “We’ve built some momentum the last several years,” Sand Springs coach Eric Savage said. “We are just taking baby steps from where we came from and just slowly build each year.” Quick look back The Sandites burst out of the gates last season, winning nine of their first 10 games. Sand Springs enjoyed wins over Broken Arrow (twice), Muskogee (twice), Northwest Classen and plenty others during regular season play. In two regular season tournaments, the Sandites finished third at the Veterans Arena tournament at Tulsa Memorial and second at the Duncan Invitational. In playoff action, Sand Springs bulldozed Enid and Southmoore to claim a regional championship — the team’s first since 1962. In area play, the Sandites came up short of the state tournament with back-to-back losses to Sapulpa and Putnam City North. Richardson, a 6-foot-4 senior guard, averaged 16 points per game last season. Minney (6-5 senior forward) and Fox (5-10 junior guard) combined to average 19 points per contest last season.