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From the Bench: Despite Torn ACL along with Surgery, BMS Baseball's Joseph McDonald Still Contributing

Posted on April 20, 2025

Call it a maternal instinct or whatever you want, but Jamie Bailey McDonald’s is working quite well. If she was...

From the Bench: Even with Five State Titles this Year, Nothing Compares To Bridgeport's Greatest Sport

Posted on April 12, 2025

Bridgeport is a city filled with sports tradition and a rich sports history, most of it associated with Bridgeport Hig...

From the Bench: Rodriguez Talks Versatility of Carter Zuliani and Gives Thoughts on BHS Football Program

Posted on April 06, 2025

West Virginia University football Coach Rich Rodriguez has been around the state in general and the region in par...

From the Bench: Connecting 3 BHS Losses in 1993's Title Run to Getting a Crown for Coach Causing Them

Posted on March 30, 2025

Back when Bridgeport High School’s Dave Marshall was cutting his coaching teeth in the early 1990s, he served as...

From the Bench: Makeover, Upgrades to Tune of Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Play at BHS Sports Venue

Posted on March 23, 2025

You may not have noticed, but there are some pretty significant upgrades involving Bridgeport High School athletics th...

From the Bench: Hoops Pair among Best Ever at BHS Combining to Do Big Things in College Basketball

Posted on March 16, 2025

Fairmont State University’s spectacular season in women’s basketball ended this past weekend. The Falcons...

From the Bench: Multiple BHS State Champ Gibson's Second Chance at National Championship at Hand

Posted on March 09, 2025

If all had gone as planned, last year would have been the year Austin Gibson’s collegiate wrestling career would have...

From the Bench: Revisiting Bridgeport High's Mount Rushmore of Coaching, as it Becomes More Difficult

Posted on March 02, 2025

EDITOR'S NOTE I: More than eight years ago, I ran this blog, which turned out to be one of my most popular ever on the...

From the Bench: Former Indians, RCB Coach Richard Iaquinta in Midst of Battle with Stage 3 Lung Cancer

Posted on February 23, 2025

Just prior to former Bridgeport High School Coach and Teacher Richard Iaquinta’s 60th high school class reunion,...

From the Bench: Greatest BHS State Title Football Team Ever? Readers Make Call in Unscientific Poll

Posted on February 16, 2025

Who do the nearly 1,000 people that voted in a recent poll on Connect-Bridgeport believe is the best football state ch...

From the Bench: From Bridgeport Pee Wee White to the NFL a Possibility for Former BHS State Champion

Posted on February 09, 2025

It is probably not a stretch to say most youngsters when putting on the uniform of the Bridgeport Pee Wee White or Pee...

From the Bench: Looking Back at Arguably the Greatest Year in Harrison County Boys Hoops History

Posted on February 02, 2025

Editor's Note I: With the weather cooperating again and with the BHS boys basketball team off to a strong start, here'...

From the Bench: Greatest Indians State Title Football Team Ever? Have Fun and Vote in Unscientific Poll

Posted on January 26, 2025

We did this before. Actually, we did this about a decade ago – in January of 2016 to be exact. Thousands of folks part...

From the Bench: Former Multi-Sport Bridgeport Coach Sees 35-Year Goal Achieved on Big National Stage

Posted on January 19, 2025

As a high school sports coach for decades, former Bridgeport basketball Coach Dennis Hutson knows sometimes the breaks...

From the Bench: State ADs Plead Case During State Legislative Intern Meeting on Idiocy of Transfer Portal

Posted on January 12, 2025

It will be on Feb. 12 of this year that the 87th session of the West Legislature will get underway. Since the Legislature...
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