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Bridgeport Cross Country faced the heat last Friday when nearly a dozen teams competed at the Five Rocks Amphitheater for the Gering Invite. In the men’s division, Gering took first place, Alliance, second and Scottsbluff, third place. Bridgeport placed eighth overall. In the women’s division, Bridgeport placed fifth.

The Bridgeport High School football team broke into the win column in dominating fashion last Friday night. A run of 58 unanswered points powered the Bulldogs to a 64-6 victory over visiting Maxwell. It marked Bridgeport’s first win of the season after opening with a pair of setbacks to North Platte St. Patrick’s and Perkins County.The Bulldogs also started off with consecutive losses last year before reeling off six straight wins to qualify for the state playoffs.

Playing in front of the home fans for the first time this season, the Bridgeport High School football team was edged 20–14 by Perkins County last Friday night. A pair of touchdown runs in the fourth quarter helped rally the Plainsmen past the Bulldogs. It marked a season-opening win for Perkins County, while Bridgeport fell to 0-2. Last season the Bulldogs also started 0-2 before reeling off six straight wins to qualify for the state playoffs.

Bridgeport girl’s golf opened their season at Bayard with twelve schools competing at the Chimney Rock Golf Course. Hershey took the top spot with the low score of 471, followed by Chadron with 472, Perkins County with 479, and North Platte St. Pats with 538. Bridgeport ended in fifth place with a score of 551.

For the second straight year, the Bridgeport High School football team played right with top-ten ranked North Platte St.

Being the baseball fanatic I am, I usually equate the beginning of each school year with the beginning of each baseball season. Just as pitchers and catchers report early to spring training, teachers and administrators are the first to arrive on campus.

Bridgeport volleyball and football teams faced off in their own separate scrimmages on Friday night; volleyball first in the gym, followed by the football game under the blazing sun on the field. Both teams are fired up and ready to go for the year.

Football

The Bridgeport Bombers senior legion baseball team had its season come to an end during the Class C, Area 7 Tournament last weekend in Valentine. In the opening round of the double- elimination tournament on Friday, the Bombers gave second- seeded Imperial all it could handle before falling 3-0.

The Bridgeport Beez swimming club held their weekly swim meet Saturday, June 30, at city pool in Torrington with the following top three results.