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From the Bench: BHS Alum Bonamico's Last Ride at WVU Proves Special as He Goes Out as a Winner

Posted on January 24, 2021

It was back in 2016 when Dante Bonamico entered West Virginia University. He was a preferred walk-on player invited by...

From the Bench: Why 5 State Titles Not Close to Best Part of Jon Griffith's Decades-Long Coaching Stint

Posted on January 17, 2021

With all due respect to Jon Griffith, winning five state championships in two different sports during a run of coachin...

From the Bench: Departing Gift from Coach John Cole of Small Nature with Big Future Tribe Football Impact

Posted on January 10, 2021

Bridgeport Coach John Cole’s parting gift of the Indians’ football program was not limited to a successful...

From the Bench: WVU Alum Thoroughman Talks about Postponing Coach K's Big Win and Laying Out Foe

Posted on December 27, 2020

Editor's Note I: This blog ran in 2015, and is one of the most read sports blogs on the Connect-Bridgeport site. We ho...

From the Bench: Props to BHS Team One of Three to Turn Trick in School's History that's Often Overlooked

Posted on December 20, 2020

There have been plenty of great boys’ basketball teams in Bridgeport High School’s history. Certainly, the...

From the Bench: Looking Back at John Cole's Run as Tribe's Coach and Why the Run Likely is Not Over

Posted on December 13, 2020

When I got word Tuesday Bridgeport High School football Coach John Cole was stepping down from his head coaching posit...

From the Bench: Perspective Lesson from Coach Cole and Behind 2020's Curtain of Odd Football Ending

Posted on December 06, 2020

Bridgeport Coach John Cole is not the first person to man the sidelines at Bridgeport High School to use the phrase &l...

From the Bench: For First Time Ever, Bridgeport Prep Sports, along with All Others, Going on Winter Break

Posted on November 29, 2020

By now, the swimmers have usually been in the pool. Maybe at the annual Rotary Invitational, or maybe something else....

From the Bench: Thanks to Dedicated Education Pro, BHS Alum Winkie Sole Winner of National Award

Posted on November 22, 2020

Carson Winkie has already shown that he is not like many in a number of ways – well beyond just being enrolled a...

From the Bench: Bridgeport High Coach Ali Burton's Efforts in Volleyball Earn Her Top Dog Status in State

Posted on November 15, 2020

Bridgeport High School, for a long time, has been competitive on the volleyball front. The program, however, has taken...

From the Bench: New Tribe Coach is BHS Alum, No Stranger to Program and has State Title on Résumé

Posted on November 08, 2020

The Bridgeport High School girl’s track program will have a new face running the show when the 2021 season gets starte...

From the Bench: Absence of the Tribe at State Cross Country Meet and Why it Shouldn't have been Case

Posted on November 01, 2020

The West Virginia State Cross Country Championship meet was held yesterday at Cabell Midland High School. And for the...

From the Bench: A New Harsh Reality of Saturday for Administrators, ADs Smacks BHS Squarely in Mouth

Posted on October 25, 2020

It is not unusual for a Bridgeport High School Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Mark Jones to log some after hour...

From the Bench: Bridgeport High School's New Coach Not in Their First Rodeo in Taking Reins of Program

Posted on October 18, 2020

There is a new Bridgeport High School varsity coach. She may be new, but she is also not unknown to the school or the...

From the Bench: From Having Good Hands to Being in Good Hands, Sam Romano Talks Heart Transplant

Posted on October 11, 2020

It was about this time last year Bridgeport High School Sam Romano was fully acclimated with a new situation on the footba...
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