Editing Broken Bow, Oklahoma (section)

==Education==

===Athletics===
While Broken Bow's athletic history is limited primarily to high school football, it is recognized as one of the top high school programs in the state of Oklahoma. The Broken Bow Savages currently hold four state football championships, ranking third in class AAAA in the state, behind the [[Clinton, Oklahoma|Clinton]] Red Tornadoes (14) and the [[Ada, Oklahoma|Ada]] Cougars (19). In addition to their four state championships, the Savages have numerous state title game appearances, the most recent of which came in 2004 when the Savages lost to Clinton. The team's last real push for the OSSAA State Championship game was when the 2008 Savage football team lost to the Glenpool Warriors in a nail-biter 12–7 in the state semi-finals. Which ended their season with a record of 12–1.

Broken Bow High School integrated in 1964. LeVell Hill and Larry Taylor were the first Black athletes to play for Broken Bow High School.  They promptly led Broken Bow to its first appearance in a football state championship game.  Broken Bow lost to the Clinton Red Tornadors in 1965. LeVell Hill and Larry Taylor led Broken Bow to Its first State Track Championship in 1966. Larry Taylor entered the United States Marine Corps after graduation. He was killed in Vietnam in 1968.  LeVell Hill accepted a football scholarship to [[Langston University]].  He briefly played for the [[Philadelphia Bell]] in the World Football League.<ref>[http://www.nasljerseys.com/WFL/Players/H/Hill.Levell.htm Levell Hill], World Football League Players, Retrieved October 1, 2015</ref>

Broken Bow Memorial Stadium|Historic Broken Bow Memorial Stadium has served as the home of the Savages since it was constructed in the 1930s by the [[Works Progress Administration]]. Built primarily of concrete and native rock, Memorial Stadium is one of the oldest and largest high school football stadiums in the state of Oklahoma.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

===Band===
For the past ten years, Broken Bow High School Band has received Superior Rating at the McAlester Regional Marching Contest and have placed in class 4A in every marching competition that they competed in this past season. The Band was originally known as the "Savage Pride" before it was changed in 2006 to the "Black and Gold Regiment."