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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...

From the Bench: Sad Burden Robert Shields Carried to 'AAA' Title Game He Shares with All Coaches

Posted on July 04, 2021

There is a couple of old rules that probably should get taught when anyone is considering coaching for a profession. &...

From the Bench: As He Preps as City Elected Official, Former BHS Coach Griffith Official in Another Capacity

Posted on June 27, 2021

June has probably been a little bit better month than usual for Bridgeport’s Jon Griffith. Not that he has any c...

From the Bench: Next Chapters in Dante Bonamico's Life Unfolding and May Shape Professional Future

Posted on June 20, 2021

The last time anyone saw Dante Bonamico on a football field in a true game setting was Dec. 31, 2020. On that day, he...

From the Bench: For 2003 BHS Alum Christian Marsh, it is Officially Time to Announce an Early Retirement

Posted on June 13, 2021

The end is at hand for Christian Marsh.   The good news is that he is not on his death bed despite be...

From the Bench: From Poverty to Prominence, GSC's Brian Hill Proof Circumstance Doesn't Paint Future

Posted on June 06, 2021

Often, in this blog, I talk about my own personal experiences to get to a point. Often, those include stories involvin...

From the Bench: Former BHS All-Stater, Coach Set to Continue Family's Football Pedigree as Head Coach

Posted on May 30, 2021

When your father is a football coach, and your older brother is entrenched in the game by the time your able to realiz...

From the Bench: A Coaching Career with BHS Roots that Nearly Never Happened - A look at Billy Bennett

Posted on May 23, 2021

It almost never happened. And perhaps it never would have happened without a push or two from his wife and a job that...

From the Bench: After Heavy Turnover, the New Look Bridgeport Football Staff has Bit of a Familiar Look

Posted on May 16, 2021

In this very blog, and in other stories on Connect-Bridgeport, you have read about a multitude of long-time Bridgeport...

From the Bench: For First Time in Years, CC Program at BHS has New Coach - and He's No Stranger

Posted on May 09, 2021

When Jon Griffith took over the Bridgeport High School cross country program back in 2010 after serving as an assistan...

From the Bench: Veteran Coach Resigns His Position, but it's Not all Bad News for BHS Football Program

Posted on May 02, 2021

It was a small item on a recent Harrison County Board of Education agenda. Under the personnel section, there were res...

From the Bench: A Year Late, but Six-Figure Project at Wayne Jamison Field Looks Ready to Get Started

Posted on April 18, 2021

Back in January of 2020, in this very blog, I had talked with Bridgeport High School Principal Matt DeMotto about plan...

From the Bench: After a COVID Hiatus, the Greatest Annual Event in Bridgeport to Return to Rec Complex

Posted on April 11, 2021

With all due respect to the great athletic programs and games at Bridgeport High School, prior to COVID-19 there was n...
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