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From the Bench: Losing the Irreplaceable Coach and Friend as Community Mourns Loss of Chris Colombo

Posted on October 23, 2022

Bridgeport High School’s baseball team has been known for finding a way to graduate boatloads of seniors each ye...

From the Bench: After Surgeries to Perhaps Top State Lineman, Kamar Summers has Business to Finish

Posted on October 16, 2022

Maybe he is playing so dominant because it is possible there is a chip on his shoulder. After all, when you missed most of...

From the Bench: How the Arrowhead, and the Streak, Managed to Survive the Indians '92 Football Season

Posted on October 09, 2022

Editor's Note I; This blog ran in 2014 and a few years ago as well and includes an interview with the late Coach Wayne...

From the Bench: Meet the Newest Members of BHS's Football Staff who's Not Actually New to the Program

Posted on September 25, 2022

It has kind of gone under the radar, but Bridgeport High School’s football team has a new member on its staff. A...

From the Bench: Bridgeport High Alum's 2000 Story on Coach Wayne Jamison and Indian Football Program

Posted on September 18, 2022

Editor's Note:  For my sports blog this week, it's actually a column written years ago by Chuck "C.D...

From the Bench: From City Pool to English Channel, a Look at BHS Grad Laura Goodwin's Swim Journey

Posted on September 11, 2022

Based on her birth certificate and any other legal documents, Bridgeport High School graduate Laura Goodwin shows a bi...

From the Bench: Bittersweet Start to 30 Years Calling BHS Football for Travis Jones with Memory Lane Walk

Posted on September 04, 2022

All things being equal, August 26 should have been a big night for two reasons for Travis Jones. While it turned out o...

From the Bench: Tribe Football Weapon Responsible for Winning History Often a Friday Night Spectator

Posted on August 28, 2022

Past coaches from Wayne Jamison to current Coach Tyler Phares have long talked about just how important players coming...

From the Bench: A 50-Year Reunion with Bridgeport's Darletta Stout and Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban

Posted on August 21, 2022

Editor's Note I: This blog orginally ran in August of 2016.    You have to forgive Darletta Stout for occa...

From the Bench: Indians' Football Secret Weapon is Back Again for 2022 and This Year it Comes as a Trio

Posted on August 14, 2022

There are few things that provide relief from the grinding heat at an August football practice. For Bridgeport Coach T...

From the Bench: BHS Alum Gunnar Webb Living Out Dream as WVU Mountaineer Mascot Alternate

Posted on August 07, 2022

Gunnar Webb is not unusual when it comes to being a diehard West Virginia University sports fan. He does, however, hav...

From the Bench: Skewed Doses of Adversity, Ending with Major Knee Surgery, Doesn't Deter BHS' Galindo

Posted on July 31, 2022

There is an old saying that adversity does not build character, it reveals it. If the saying holds water, there has be...

From the Bench: Big News on Way from Doc Nelson's Golf Tourney that is "Pinnacle" of Yearly Charity Event

Posted on July 17, 2022

Bridgeport’s Own “Doctor Do Good” Kelly Nelson and the charity he leads may end up topping itself on...

From the Bench: A Growing Problem on Prep, Youth Sports Front that May See Issue Come Home to Roost

Posted on July 10, 2022

I am not a fan of broad statements because there is always an exception to the rule. That said, I am pretty confident...

From the Bench: Former BHS Standout with Pedigree for Coaching, Chris Carey, to Head Indian Program

Posted on July 03, 2022

Sometimes, opportunity is created by a series of events that may be positive and negative. Such is almost certainly th...
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