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

Posted on November 07, 2021

For anyone really into detail, the headline on this blog is the same as the blog covering the same subject in 2020. As...

From the Bench: Former BHS State Champion Coach Returns to High School Bench for Fourth Decade

Posted on October 31, 2021

The last time we talked to Dennis Hutson in this blog, he was not only calling it quits from the Bridgeport High Schoo...

From the Bench: Two Titles in One School Calendar Year? Possible for Shields Thanks to Former Players

Posted on October 24, 2021

Bridgeport High School Baseball Coach Robert Shields is already known for winning. The long-time head of the Indians b...

From the Bench: Former "Voice of BHS Athletics" Now Silent after Multiple Year Showdown with Cancer

Posted on October 17, 2021

The title of “Voice of the Indians” has belonged to Travis Jones for as long as I can remember, which goes...

From the Bench: The Greatest Play (and Victory) That Never Was in Bridgeport High School Football History

Posted on October 10, 2021

It’s been more than a decade since it happened, yet Bridgeport High School alum Jeremy Gum can’t shake the mem...

From the Bench: Former Indians Coach Bruce Carey Talks New Gig, Future of Head Coaching and More

Posted on September 19, 2021

For those thinking they saw a familiar face along the sidelines two Friday ago when Bridgeport battled Liberty in foot...

From the Bench: Family, BHS Lost Creek Reunion as Jeff Hathaway on Son Brett's Hawks' Coaching Staff

Posted on September 12, 2021

It is far from unusual for a father to take his children to sporting events he is attending. It is even not too unusua...

From the Bench: Nearly 60 Years Later, Indians' First Undefeated Football Team Still Stings from Snub

Posted on September 05, 2021

Editor's Note: This blow initially ran June 14, 2015. It was one of my longest interviews with the late Coach Way...

From the Bench: Bridgeport Football's Secret Recipe for Winning Turns up in Three Helpings for '21 Season

Posted on August 22, 2021

It has become almost as much as a tradition as winning seasons and running the football each fall at Wayne Jamison Fie...

From the Bench: Bridgeport High's Varsity Coach who Moonlighted this Year as a Division II College Coach

Posted on August 15, 2021

Bridgeport High School has had a few coaches with college experience over the years. Although rare, it is not unusual...

From the Bench: This $600,000-Plus Needed Project Shaping into Another Jewel in Community's Crown

Posted on August 08, 2021

It probably will not be the final project done at the Wayne Jamison complex. In reality, it probably will not be the f...

From the Bench: What Really Happened in 2015 with WVU and Dispelling ACC, SEC, and Big 10 Rumors

Posted on August 01, 2021

It was about six years ago, in July of 2015, I managed to track down former West Virginia University Athletic Director...

From the Bench: BHS State Title Alum, Former Youth Coach Takes Job to Close out BHS Football Staff

Posted on July 25, 2021

Mario Bombardiere remembers the feeling. There were just eight seconds left and he watched, nervously, as Scott Lewis...

From the Bench: Former BHS Football Standout, New Father Returns to Round Out Indian Coaching Staff

Posted on July 18, 2021

In the end, it was never about being unhappy. After all, he loved what he was doing, where he was doing it, and who he was...

From the Bench: Some Seeds of First Class AAA Title Planted during Tribe's First Class AA Title in 1993

Posted on July 11, 2021

There are certainly a lot of places where the seeds for Bridgeport’s first-ever Class AAA state baseball championshi...
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