Wingapalooza – Year Seven a Success!

Tuesday, November 27 2007 (06:33PM) | Posted by Nicole Corwin | Downtown

The seventh annual SertomaWingapalooza fund-raiser was a big success!

About 20 local restaurants offered their best chicken wings; a raffle was held for a trip to Las Vegas; a silent auction sold many great items; the crowd roared with encouragement for a very competititve wing-eating contest; and live music by bands (Nocturnal Nation, The Sociables, Shallow Howl, and Sequel Dose) entertained the patrons throughout the evening. Chef Lou Rice and his staff of culinary students judged the wings from all the eateries.

Proceeds raised will help send Boys and Girls Club kids to summer camp (plus supervising staff) for one week. The Sertoma Club of Springfield would like to thank all the restaurants, sponsors, bands, judges and those who donated silent auction items.

Winner of the raffle drawing was Dennis Tucker, from Springfield. He won two round-trip tickets to Las Vegas and $500 cash. The winner of the Wingeating contest was “Sizzle” -- who won a plaque, $75 in cash and year’s supply of Frank’s RedHot sauce.

Here is a rundown of the 2007 Wingapalooza restaurant winners: *Battered Wings – Popeye’s, 1st Place; Galloway Station, 2nd Place; and Hooters, 3rd Place

*Unbattered Wings – Paradise Grill, 1st; PriceCutter Deli, 2nd; and Buffalo Wild Wings, 3rd

*People’s Choice Award – Coyote’s Adobe Cafe, 1st; Big Whiskey’s, 2nd; and Price Cutter Deli, 3rd

*Best Booth Award – Coyote’s Adobe Cafe, 1st; Big Whiskey’s, 2nd; and PriceCutter, 3rd.