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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 23, 2025

For anyone really following along, you may have noticed the headline on this blog is the same as the blog covering the...

From the Bench: Despite Cold Weather, on Bridgeport High School Sport Front, It's Been an Indian Summer

Posted on November 16, 2025

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

From the Bench: As 2025 Postseason Nears, a Look at Some Football Statistics for the Ages for the Indians

Posted on November 09, 2025

Since everyone is offended about everything, allow me to preface what you are about to read with a disclaimer. I say t...

From the Bench: Despite ACL Surgery, Salam Rajjoub Still Making Difference for Bridgeport Volleyball Team

Posted on November 02, 2025

The date is as clear as the moment it happened and the pain that followed for Bridgeport High School senior Salam Rajj...

From the Bench: MLB's NL Rookie of Year Favorite's Deep Family, Food Connections to City of Bridgeport

Posted on October 26, 2025

Eating a T&L Hot Dog, making a trip to Oliverio’s Ristorante, or a stop at The Parkette Family Restaurant is...

From the Bench: Community Help Sought by Former BMS Principal to Keep Late RCB Alum's Memory Alive

Posted on October 19, 2025

People remember David Mazza.   They remember him as the former principal at Bridgeport Middle School....

From the Bench: BHS's Latest D-I Athlete, Eli Knight, Commits to WVU Wrestling Aiming for Prep State Title

Posted on October 12, 2025

Any parent who has siblings who are close in age knows what Bridgeport’s Chris and Julie Knight were going throu...

From the Bench: Telling the Story of the Story Teller in Recalling the Professional Life of Chris Johnson

Posted on October 05, 2025

Chris Johnson was a storyteller. He was an exceptionally good storyteller.   It was, for most of his...

From the Bench: A Problem for BHS Football for 2026

Posted on September 28, 2025

Teams dropping Bridgeport High School from their football schedule is not necessarily a new trend. For as long as I ca...

From the Bench: Wayne Jamison Field Fundraising is Set to Begin for Quarter of a Million Dollar-Plus Project

Posted on September 21, 2025

Although it may seem like there is little left to upgrade at Wayne Jamison Field, Bridgeport High School Assistant Pri...

From the Bench: How Pancakes Allowed Tribe to Add Outside Championship Pedigree to its Own Pedigree

Posted on September 14, 2025

The creation of a group called the “Pancake Club” helped create a situation where Bridgeport High School’s football st...

From the Bench: Bittersweet 30-Year Anniversary of Dan McNamee's Accident that's Buffered By Blessings

Posted on September 07, 2025

When Sept. 1 hit this past week, the one thing that came to my mind, and I am betting it is the same for plenty of others,...

From the Bench: Offseason Shoulder Surgery Latest Team-First Mentality Example by Soccer's Pomeroy

Posted on August 31, 2025

Like any other sport, soccer requires a focus on team if a program is expected to win. What that usually means is putt...

From the Bench: A Familiar Name in Area Sports Set to Lead BHS Program as Tribe's Newest Head Coach

Posted on August 24, 2025

There is another new varsity coach at Bridgeport High School.  And for those who follow the sport, it is likely a...

From the Bench: Talking with WVSSAC Head Wayne Ryan, BHS Athletic Director Tom Sears on NIL Rule

Posted on August 17, 2025

When first reading of the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission announcement that student-athletes at the...
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