High School Football

Robert Borgstadt is moving from one sideline to another in one of the area’s most exciting high school football rivalries. A Sand Springs assistant for the past five years, Borgstadt, 43, is the consensus choice of Sapulpa’s hiring committee to be the school’s next head football coach. “We think we’ve got a good one. He…

Just two days after he reopened his recruitment, Sapulpa star running back Dae Williams made a decision for a new home.Williams verbally committed to Louisville on Thursday, he announced on his Twitter page. He is ranked No. 23 on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 rankings of the state’s top college recruits for the 2016 class. Source:…

Sapulpa's star Running Back Dae Williams announced via twitter that he had an offer made to him from Virginia Tech. He made the announcement on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AllDae_/status/673981311090954240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The 6'2" and 230lb Sapulpa Chieftain has reportedly received six offers so far, and he committed to SMU back in July. See some of the highlights from his…

Turkey Day is coming, but it's not here, yet! Here's your chance to get something done before we launch into the busyness of the holidays. Friday We could literally find nothing going on today in Sapulpa or nearby, so we're going to do something we don't normally do and invite you to check out a couple of…

It appears that the word for the weekend is FOOD. Nearly every event we have is some fundraiser or fall special for food. You think you ate a lot when you went to the Tulsa State Fair? Yeah, right. Speaking of food, we've got a brand new event that will have you tapping the brakes for lunch on…

On Friday, Sapulpa and Sand Springs will line up across from each other for their 89th meeting on the football field. According to Sand Springs Leader records, Sapulpa holds a 45-38-5 overall record since 1922. Here are some highlights: 1922: Sapulpa wins first meeting 36-0. 1935: The teams tied 0-0. 1936-38: SS won all 3…

This is a repost of the story Kirk McCraken wrote in 2004. It did well and won an AP award. It has been reprinted here with his permission. -- Sapulpa is a town steeped in tradition. Every year the Chieftains have a ceremony before the first home game called “The Burning of George.” It started…