Outside the Tribe

Posted on July 21, 2025

A few weeks ago I was at a media relations meeting at the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission headquarter...

Posted on June 03, 2025

This weekend the high school sports season will wrap up this weekend with the state baseball tournament in Charleston....

Posted on November 06, 2024

There was a moment in the Bridgeport volleyball team’s regular-season finale where Myleigh Smell timed a pass f...

Posted on June 09, 2024

For a couple of years I had been thinking about taking part in the Derek Hotsinpiller Fallen Stars 5K. On my birthday this...

Posted on November 14, 2023

Time was winding down in Bridgeport’s 28-27 victory against George Washington in the Class AAA quarterfinals when Zach Roh...

Posted on September 17, 2023

I’ve been fortunate enough to be present for a lot of the Bridgeport matchups with Fairmont Senior through the years...

Posted on March 29, 2023

The high school basketball season is officially in the books. State champions have been crowned. All of the...

Posted on June 05, 2022

Every single one of us is well aware of the notion that good things come to an end. Still, when they do in fact...

Posted on December 04, 2021

Following Bridgeport’s 21-0 Class AAA semifinal loss to Martinsburg last week, head coach Tyler Phares took a moment to ad...

Posted on November 25, 2021

A few years ago I was asked by the WVSSAC to take over tracking the playoff stats that are submitted to the NFHS as well a...

Posted on November 01, 2021

We have reached the point in the high-school football season where it is time as the all-state football chairman to get ba...

Posted on October 04, 2021

Somewhat lost in the shuffle with the scheduling drama last week for the Bridgeport High School football team was another...

Posted on June 19, 2021

Honestly, when it was late February, early March, I didn’t like the odds of us reaching this point. I consider m...

Posted on June 05, 2021

There is a new business in town. I’m not sure if it is called The Bridgeport Lumber Company or The Br...

Posted on April 20, 2021

If you have watched even a little bit of professional wrestling you have surely noticed that sometimes good guys turn bad...

From the Bench: Despite Cold Weather, on...

The weather has been anything but warm in late October and through the first half of November. Although it has not bee...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Early Edition of Tribe Boys...

Coming off of the school's first state championship, a look back at what is believed to be the second-ever Bridgeport...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Bridgeport Elementary St...

Halloween festivities are behind us, and autumn is moving into the rearview mirror. As our focus shifts to the Christm...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Ways to Help Your Communi...

If you are looking for ways to help the community, the library is a drop-off location for a few different causes, and we a...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
The Grapevine: Breanna Starkey Talks abo...

Editor's Note: This week we have a guest writer submitting a story. When Blogger Rosalyn Queen was speaking with Breanna S...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: Remembering a Good Man – Les...

I am not certain when, or even how, I met Lester "Les" Filicsky. I would imagine, based on his background, during my t...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
The Cyber Beacon: If You are Wondering, ...

Think your inbox is just a mailbox? Think again — it’s the front door to your digital life, and most of us lea...

Posted by Joe Earley