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From the Bench: After Nearly 50 Years in Business of Education, 20 Years as AD, BMS's Art Petitto Retires

Posted on November 20, 2022

Back in June of 2018, I wrote about Bridgeport Middle School’s Art Petitto stepping down from the teaching ranks...

From the Bench: What Happened to Miss Football?

Posted on November 13, 2022

Laura Stevens Aliff still remembers hearing her name announced back in 1977. And she was more than just a little bit e...

From the Bench: A Piece of Bridgeport High Football Tradition as Critical as Any to Program's Success

Posted on November 06, 2022

For anyone really into detail, the headline on this blog is the same as the blog covering the same subject in 2021. As...

From the Bench: The Most Hyped Game Not Involving Regular Foe in the Last 25 Years of BHS Football

Posted on October 30, 2022

Every once in a while, I am asked about “the greatest” in relation to a game, player, coach, moment at Bri...

From the Bench: Losing the Irreplaceable Coach and Friend as Community Mourns Loss of Chris Colombo

Posted on October 23, 2022

Bridgeport High School’s baseball team has been known for finding a way to graduate boatloads of seniors each ye...

From the Bench: After Surgeries to Perhaps Top State Lineman, Kamar Summers has Business to Finish

Posted on October 16, 2022

Maybe he is playing so dominant because it is possible there is a chip on his shoulder. After all, when you missed most of...

From the Bench: How the Arrowhead, and the Streak, Managed to Survive the Indians '92 Football Season

Posted on October 09, 2022

Editor's Note I; This blog ran in 2014 and a few years ago as well and includes an interview with the late Coach Wayne...

From the Bench: Meet the Newest Members of BHS's Football Staff who's Not Actually New to the Program

Posted on September 25, 2022

It has kind of gone under the radar, but Bridgeport High School’s football team has a new member on its staff. A...

From the Bench: Bridgeport High Alum's 2000 Story on Coach Wayne Jamison and Indian Football Program

Posted on September 18, 2022

Editor's Note:  For my sports blog this week, it's actually a column written years ago by Chuck "C.D...

From the Bench: From City Pool to English Channel, a Look at BHS Grad Laura Goodwin's Swim Journey

Posted on September 11, 2022

Based on her birth certificate and any other legal documents, Bridgeport High School graduate Laura Goodwin shows a bi...

From the Bench: Bittersweet Start to 30 Years Calling BHS Football for Travis Jones with Memory Lane Walk

Posted on September 04, 2022

All things being equal, August 26 should have been a big night for two reasons for Travis Jones. While it turned out o...

From the Bench: Tribe Football Weapon Responsible for Winning History Often a Friday Night Spectator

Posted on August 28, 2022

Past coaches from Wayne Jamison to current Coach Tyler Phares have long talked about just how important players coming...

From the Bench: A 50-Year Reunion with Bridgeport's Darletta Stout and Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban

Posted on August 21, 2022

Editor's Note I: This blog orginally ran in August of 2016.    You have to forgive Darletta Stout for occa...

From the Bench: Indians' Football Secret Weapon is Back Again for 2022 and This Year it Comes as a Trio

Posted on August 14, 2022

There are few things that provide relief from the grinding heat at an August football practice. For Bridgeport Coach T...

From the Bench: BHS Alum Gunnar Webb Living Out Dream as WVU Mountaineer Mascot Alternate

Posted on August 07, 2022

Gunnar Webb is not unusual when it comes to being a diehard West Virginia University sports fan. He does, however, hav...
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