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From the Bench: Legislation Opposed by WVSSAC in Place Again to Create "High School Transfer Portal"

Posted on February 19, 2023

It was about this time last year in this very blog when I talked about my decades in the writing business. A good port...

From the Bench: Former BHS Multi-Sport All Stater, State Champion to Return to Coach Indians Program

Posted on February 12, 2023

When you are making a hire to your staff that you say may be the most critical of your near three-decades plus coachin...

From the Bench: Tribe Finalizes '23 Football Schedule with Two Foes it has Not Played in Program History

Posted on February 05, 2023

For those who follow Bridgeport High School football, here is a little bit of news you might be interested in. The 2023 fo...

From the Bench: After 20 Years on Links, Indians Golf Coach Fred Wilhelm Takes off Coaching Hat for Good

Posted on January 29, 2023

Fred Wilhelm loves to play golf. He loves to teach golf. As the coach for the Bridgeport High School golf team, he got...

From the Bench: In 35-Plus Years in Dugout, Shields Facing Most Critical Hire in His BHS Baseball History

Posted on January 22, 2023

Despite coaching for getting close to four decades, Robert Shields has not had a rollover in assistants that you see w...

From the Bench: For Gabby Reep, Athletic Talent and Competitive Nature a Trait of Father - and Mom Too

Posted on January 15, 2023

It was back on Jan. 4, just after the start of the New Year, when Amelia and Billy Reep headed into Clarksburg to see...

From the Bench: Rewinding 28 Years to the Funniest Moment, Arguably, in Bridgeport High Sports History

Posted on January 08, 2023

Editor's Note: This blog ran initially on Dec. 21, 2014, which is why it may appear dated below. The headline has been...

From the Bench: The Absolute Worst Job in All Sports

Posted on December 25, 2022

It is Christmas day, and there are plenty of sports to watch along with soaking in family, friends, and holiday cheer....

From the Bench: Prep Sport that Starts, Ends with "Fourth-and-Goal from the 3" is Most Stressful of All

Posted on December 18, 2022

I have gone on record as to what sport I think is the most grueling at the high school level. And that is wrestling....

From the Bench: Best in High School? Best in State? Travis Jones up for Top Dog Status in West Virginia

Posted on December 11, 2022

There are those that would argue Travis Jones behind the microphone at a sporting event is the best there is in the st...

From the Bench: Meet Bridgeport's "MIP" and Swiss Army Knife for Recently Concluded 2022 Campaign

Posted on December 04, 2022

My colleague and friend Chris Johnson calls him the Swiss Army Knife. The coaches in the Big 10 Conference called him...

From the Bench: After Nearly 50 Years in Business of Education, 20 Years as AD, BMS's Art Petitto Retires

Posted on November 20, 2022

Back in June of 2018, I wrote about Bridgeport Middle School’s Art Petitto stepping down from the teaching ranks...

From the Bench: What Happened to Miss Football?

Posted on November 13, 2022

Laura Stevens Aliff still remembers hearing her name announced back in 1977. And she was more than just a little bit e...

From the Bench: A Piece of Bridgeport High Football Tradition as Critical as Any to Program's Success

Posted on November 06, 2022

For anyone really into detail, the headline on this blog is the same as the blog covering the same subject in 2021. As...

From the Bench: The Most Hyped Game Not Involving Regular Foe in the Last 25 Years of BHS Football

Posted on October 30, 2022

Every once in a while, I am asked about “the greatest” in relation to a game, player, coach, moment at Bri...
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