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Sports Blog

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

Posted on September 27, 2020

Editor's Note I; This blog ran in 2014 and includes an interview with the late Coach Wayne Jamison on the last tea...

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...
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    From the Bench: BHS Alum Bonamico's Last...

    It was back in 2016 when Dante Bonamico entered West Virginia University. He was a preferred walk-on player invited by...

    Posted by Jeff Toquinto

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    Time Travel: Bridgeport High's 2000-01 C...

    This is the 2000-2001 Bridgeport High School color guard. Shown, front row, from let, is Lindsay Bryant, Anna Long, J...

    Posted by Dick Duez

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    It's Happening: 2020 in Review

    At the recent meeting of Bridgeport Rotary, I shared a synopsis of 2020 here in Bridgeport. I scrolled through stories...

    Posted by Julie Perine

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    Off the Shelf: Books from New Netflix Ro...

    Netflix debuted a romance series based on the books of Julia Quinn at Christmas.  It turned out to be one of their mo...

    Posted by Sharon Saye

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    The Grapevine: Generations of Family in ...

    A highlight for the new year, 2021, was the swearing in of my grandson, Ben Queen, as a member of the West Virginia House...

    Posted by Rosalyn Queen

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    ToquiNotes: How COVID Closed One Local B...

    It was more than a year ago, in October of 2019 to be exact, when I was able to write the story of a city resident tak...

    Posted by Jeff Toquinto

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    Healthy Faces: Meet Perris Oliverio Reed

    "Healthy Bridgeport" is comprised of health-concious individuals; the same group that served as the steering committee for...

    Posted by Julie Perine

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    City Faces in Different Places

    This week's City Face is Michele Wagner. Meet her here!   How long have you lived in Bridgeport and what...

    Posted by Julie Perine

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    Sweat & Smiles: The Many Layers of Askin...

    Did you know ultra independence is a defense mechanism?   That was a casual question posed to me by a counselor. I...

    Posted by Melissa Romano

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