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Outside the Tribe: When Good Things End, Don't Lose Sight of What Made it Good to Begin With

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...

Outside the Tribe: Reflections on Another Succesful Season; Things to Look for Next Year

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...

Outside the Tribe: Bridgeport's Name Stamped All Over Postseason Record Books Even Before Jefferson Game

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...

Outside the Tribe: BHS Senior Standout Cam Cole Earns a Place in Kennedy Award Discussion

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...

Outside the Tribe: Game Might Not of Counted but It Certainly Mattered

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...

Outside the Tribe: Class AAA Baseball Tournament a Parade of Recent State Champions

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...

Outside the Tribe: BHS Baseball Team in the Business of Hitting and Business is Good

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...

Outside the Tribe: BHS Wrestling Team Deserved a Better Script for End of Season

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...

Outside the Tribe: A Carpenter's Best Tool is Sometimes Not in His Belt

Posted on April 10, 2021

When someone close to you passes away, there is a balancing act between grief and reflection.   I’ve do...

Outside the Tribe: Carmine Cann's Legacy Discussed by His Friend, Neighbor at the River

Posted on April 03, 2021

Like most guys my age, my first job was cutting grass.   It actually started more as a chore to help out around th...

Outside the Tribe: Jarrod West Should Go Play Wherever He Wants and Keep Erasing Doubts

Posted on March 27, 2021

My favorite basketball player in the history of Marshall University has played his last game with the Thundering Herd....

Outside the Tribe: Hitting the Pause Button on Getting to Know You for Some Career Reflections

Posted on March 14, 2021

Normally in this spot at this time on Sundays is when the getting to know you series runs.   Don’t worry, that fea...

Outside the Tribe: High School Basketball Ready to Take March Madness to Another Level

Posted on March 02, 2021

 The calendar says today is March 2.   I’m pretty sure that is accurate even though it is now Day...

Connect-Bridgeport's 2020 Top COVID-19 Stories: #8

Posted on December 29, 2020

Editor's Note: This blog first appeareed on Connect-Bridgeport on March 16. The girls state basketball tournament...

Outside The Tribe: It Takes a Christmas Village to Raise a Man Happy to Just Carry a Bushel of Apples

Posted on December 23, 2020

I’ve really enjoyed reading about some of the holiday traditions my co-worker Julie Perine rounded up from around the area...
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