High School
Band Boosters Bingo Fundraiser Nets record $6,600
September 21, 2015
The Sapulpa High School Band Boosters would like to give a huge shout out to the community!! This year’s annual bingo fundraiser brought in a record $6,600 and we couldn’t have done it without the tremendous outpouring of support from local businesses and https://www.boomtownbingo.com/ for prizes and the people from the community who packed the…
The Story Behind The Burning of George
September 11, 2015
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…
Sapulpa Band Boosters Gear Up for Bingo Night
September 8, 2015
It’s that time of year. The sweet sounds of drums and the ever ticking metronome can be heard in the early morning hours around George Collins Stadium as your Sapulpa Chieftain Marching Band prepares to entertain the home crowd under the Friday Night Lights. But this band doesn’t bring home the hardware that lines the…
Chieftain Band Grads Take on Higher Ed With $141,300 in Music Scholarships
August 27, 2015
[foogallery id="195"] In 2015 the Sapulpa Chieftain Instrumental Music program graduated the largest class of seniors in quite some time. Those seniors earned an impressive list of scholarships and are now representing Sapulpa at Division I and other universities across a 3 state area. Of the 32 seniors who graduated in May 25 are…