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From the Bench: The Top 2019-20 Class AA Program? A Neck-and-Neck Battle with Indians, Polar Bears

Posted on September 20, 2020

On Sept. 11, officials from the WVSSAC were on hand to present the Bridgeport High School administration the MVB Bank...

From the Bench: New "Team Member" to Result in Big Change for BHS Girls Track as Yurish Set to Resign

Posted on September 13, 2020

What if I told you Bridgeport High School girls track Coach Emilee Yurish is going to soon have a new member on her te...

From the Bench: Newest Tribe Varsity Coach Not Far Removed from Competing on Same Athletic Venues

Posted on September 06, 2020

It is not that Sam McKinney does not understand soccer or the athletes that play the game at the high school level. Af...

From the Bench: Indians have Another Batch of Key Ingredient to Championship Level Football Success

Posted on August 30, 2020

It goes back to Wayne Jamison’s era, and probably before. It continues with great success under the current coac...

From the Bench: Bidding Farewell to Man who Wore His Loyalty to Bridgeport High Proudly on His Sleeve

Posted on August 23, 2020

I cannot remember the date, but it was in the early 2000s, and it was back in a time when there was still natural gras...

From the Bench: Community Group Steps up to Assist with Wonderful Gesture to Handle Pathetic Situation

Posted on August 16, 2020

For many that follow running closely in Bridgeport, seeing the local running group – the Bridgeport Road Warrior...

From the Bench: Difficulty in Shaping "Most Difficult" Slate in BHS Football History Leaves Cole Frustrated

Posted on August 02, 2020

When Bridgeport’s sports classification was switched to Class AAA, Coach John Cole was certain the process to co...

From the Bench: Prep Event Expected to be Biggest in BHS History Becomes Latest COVID-19 Casualty

Posted on July 26, 2020

When you have coached for as many decades as Bridgeport High School’s Jon Griffith, there is generally two scena...

From the Bench: BHS Alum Winkie's Harvard Football Season Derailed as More Pressing Matters Await

Posted on July 19, 2020

He will not be the last Bridgeport High School alum that will be facing disappointment on the collegiate football fron...

From the Bench: Four Months Later, Here's Latest on Postponed 37th Annual Frank Loria Awards Banquet©

Posted on July 12, 2020

For the last 36 years, there was one event involving high school sports that had managed to draw major names to talk t...

From the Bench: When it Comes to Dominant Prep Sports, Hard to Top BHS Baseball and 2010's Decade

Posted on July 05, 2020

Bridgeport football was not the only one turning in a decade of dominance comparable or better than just about everyon...

From the Bench: The Numbers Don't Lie as Bridgeport Football Program Produces Decade of Dominance

Posted on June 28, 2020

Perhaps because I was around for most of it, I did not really give it a second thought. Sure, I knew it was impressive, bu...

From the Bench: Looking Back at One of the Greatest Athletes, Coaches to Ever Walk the Halls at BHS

Posted on June 21, 2020

Editor's Note: I: This blog ran in March of 2016 during the teacher strike impacting the state of West Virginia. S...

From the Bench: Live Sports Returning to Bridgeport and BHS Alum Involved Plans to Get a Little Crazy

Posted on June 14, 2020

It was about this time last year when former Bridgeport High School football standout and current Quality Machine Busi...

From the Bench: Tribe's Newest Varsity Coach Brings All-State, Title and Hall of Fame DNA to Program

Posted on June 07, 2020

How do you replace a coach that has invested nearly 20 years into the Bridgeport High School soccer program? How do yo...
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