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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…

NORMAN — University of Oklahoma women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale announced the signing of two players to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday. OU signed Chelsea Dungee of Sapulpa and Nancy Mulkey of Cypress, Texas. Dungee is a 5-foot-11 guard who is rated 16th at her position and No. 60 overall by ESPN HoopGurlz. She…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZukhBCiPea0 October 28, 2015 Once again your Sapulpa Chieftain Instrumental Music Program Marching Band brings home serious hardware and serious pride. After practicing two and a half hours in the rain Wednesday morning they loaded the buses wet and tired but by the time they unloaded in Broken Arrow they were pumped and ready to…

[foogallery id="468"]   Saturday October 10 - The Sapulpa Chieftain Instrumental Music Department (aka Big Blue Band) was at it bright and early on a Saturday morning once again. Students and directors were at the George Brite Band Hall at 7am putting the final touches on the show “I Vow to Thee” before travelling to…

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…

[foogallery id="409"] Saturday, October 3—Students of the Sapulpa Instrumental Music Department were up before the dawn and doing last minute run a through before heading down the turnpike to their first competition of the season. They performed an exhibition show for the community the night before. The marching competition at Mustang High School is always…

Your Sapulpa Chieftain Marching Band would like to invite you to come watch a free exhibition performance 6:15 pm Friday night, October 2 at George Collins Stadium. As part of an ongoing effort to boost school spirit and preparation for the first competition of the year, Principal Johnny Bilby and Director Craig Amendt have come…

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…

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…