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JOHN TRANCHINA PHOTO CHIEFTAINS HUDDLE The team huddles together with Coach Dolapo Sobowale and assistant Niko McWilliams before their 5-1 loss at Holland Hall Tuesday night.

Another Slow Start Dooms Chieftains in Defeat

BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR TULSA – Certain issues have been popping up for the Sapulpa boys’ soccer squad and one of them has been the team getting off to a slow start. That occurred once again on Tuesday night as Sapulpa fell behind 2-0 in the first 10 minutes for the second straight game, and the […]

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PETER SHIBLEY making the throw to first

Sapulpa Chieftains Avenge Loss Against Coweta

BY DARREN SUMNER, HERALD PUBLISHER SAPULPA –– The Chieftains hosted the Coweta Tigers Tuesday, attempting to get back into the win column at Allen Wallace Field.   The Chieftains got off to a quick start and took care of business down the stretch to post a 5-3 win over the Tigers, who had defeated them on Monday 5-4

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KIEFER’S CALLIE HUTCHISON was runner-up in both the 1600 and the 3200 meters on Thursday at Catoosa.

Kiefer, Kellyville Compete at Catoosa Track Meet

BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR CATOOSA – The track and field teams for both Kiefer and Kellyville competed at the Catoosa Invitational on Thursday, and each enjoyed some impressive moments. The Kiefer boys finished ninth in the team standings with 38 points, while Kellyville was 11th with 23. Rejoice Christian won the title with 103 points. In

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DARREN SUMNER PHOTO MIKE HUGHES was introduced as the Lady Trojans’ new head basketball coach on Wednesday at the Caitlyn Mathis Event Center.

Kiefer Hires New Basketball Coach

BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR KIEFER – Mike Hughes was introduced on Wednesday as Kiefer’s new girls’ basketball head coach. Hughes comes to Kiefer after serving as the assistant boys’ basketball coach at Bixby the past few years, but before that, he guided Broken Arrow’s girls to two Class 6A state championships over a six-year span from

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DARREN SUMNER PHOTOS OWEN MURPHY pitching

Kiefer Baseball Bows to Metro Christian

BY DARREN SUMNER, HERALD PUBLISHER KIEFER – The Kiefer Trojans baseball team hosted the Metro Christian Patriots Tuesday afternoon on the diamond and fell 12-1.  The loss drops the Trojans’ season record to 7-12 and 3-7 within District 3A-6, while Metro Christian improves to 15-6 on the year and is tied for first in 3A-6 at 9-1. Owen

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JOHN TRANCHINA PHOTOS LADY CHIEFTAINS LINED UP before their game Friday night at home against Memorial. Sapulpa won the game, 2-1, to improve to 7-3 on the season and 2-0 within District 5A-3.

Sapulpa Girls Soccer Takes Down Memorial, 2-1

BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR SAPULPA – The Lady Chieftains overcame a little adversity Friday evening in their district match against Memorial, giving up an early goal but battling back to claim a 2-1 victory at the Westside Sports Complex. Sapulpa (7-3, 2-0 District 5A-3) fell behind in the fifth minute of the game but answered quickly,

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JOHN TRANCHINA PHOTOS CHIEFTAINS HUDDLE WITH COACH D before their game Friday night.

Sapulpa Boys Fall to Strong Memorial Squad

BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR SAPULPA – It wasn’t pretty but hopefully, it was a teachable moment that the Sapulpa boys’ soccer team can learn a few lessons from. Up against a very good Memorial squad in District 5A-3 action, the Chieftains fell behind early and had a difficult time battling back, ultimately falling 5-1 to the

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JOHN TRANCHINA PHOTO SENIOR THIRD BASEMAN PETER SHIBLEY

Chieftain Baseball Drops Three

BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR SAPULPA – Things can change quickly in high school sports. The Sapulpa baseball team has hit a bit of adversity all of a sudden in the 2024 season, suffering three consecutive losses over a span of five days. Following two dominating victories over Memorial in a double-header last Tuesday, by a combined

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ASHLEY SCOTT drives the No. 11 car in the Factory Stock division.

Edwards Wins Champ Sprints feature Race at Speedway

BY DARREN SUMNER, HERALD PUBLISHER KELLYVILLE –– The Sapulpa Herald visited Creek County Speedway Saturday night as the Super Six Series ran on the quarter mile dirt track oval.  Blake Edwards won the 20 lap Champ 305 Sprints feature race while Jimmy Owen took the checker flag in the Factory Stocks competition.  Other winners included Justin Foltz

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JOHN TRANCHINA PHOTOS KIEFER’S ALSTON CARR finished fifth in the pole vault at Kellyville Friday with a leap of 10-feet-6.

Kellyville Hosts Track Meet: Ponies, Kiefer, Mounds All Participated; Trojans Have Three Winners

BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR KELLYVILLE – Three local schools competed on Friday in the Kellyville Ponies High School Track meet, with each experiencing varying degrees of success. In the boys’ competition, Kiefer finished seventh with 47.75 points, just 6.5 points back of Bristow in third, while Beggs topped the team standings. The Trojans boasted 14 top-10

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