Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Local Markets A-Dh > Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) news wires > September 2006

Article: Postcards from a parking lot: The Rock Bridge Bruins took a road trip to Vegas, and all they did was win a football game.

Article from:
Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO)
Article date:
September 22, 2006
Copyright

Byline: Rus Baer

Sep. 22--Imagine planning a four-day cross-country trip with the kids ... all 76 of them.

This was the task presented to the Rock Bridge football team, which traveled to Las Vegas last week for a high school football game against Bishop Gorman on Saturday night.

Ever since news of the Sept. 16 game became public in the summer, Rock Bridge Coach A.J. Ofodile did his best to temper the enthusiasm of playing a high school football game in a glitzy location. He routinely described the excursion to southern Nevada as a business trip. He wasn't kidding. There was no wink-wink or sly smile from Ofodile when the words "business trip" ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Bruins kings of Vegas Rock Bridge has way with ...
Columbia Daily Tribune;  September 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... begin the rout of Bishop Gorman (1-2). Rock Bridge (3-0) added ... Barrera pass on Bishop Gorman's opening possession ... penalty pushed Rock Bridge back into its ... varsity game, Rock Bridge lost to Bishop Gorman 15-14. Trailing ...

Article: Bruins kings of Vegas: Rock Bridge has way with ...
Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO);  September 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... begin the rout of Bishop Gorman (1-2). Rock Bridge (3-0) added ... Barrera pass on Bishop Gorman's opening possession ... penalty pushed Rock Bridge back into its ... varsity game, Rock Bridge lost to Bishop Gorman 15-14. Trailing ...

Article: Bishop Gorman (2-0) at Rock Bridge ...
Columbia Daily Tribune;  September 13, 2007 ;     395 words ... ... 90.5 FM Last week: Bishop Gorman beat Dixie, Utah, 35-0; Rock Bridge lost to Springdale, Ark ... 0 win. Extra points: Bishop Gorman, located in Las Vegas ... s 6-5 team. ... Bishop Gorman running back Keola Antolin ...

Article: Rock Bridge Bruins
Columbia Daily Tribune;  August 28, 2008 ;     671 words ... ... results Record: 1-9 DeSmet 33, (5) Rock Bridge 0 Springdale, Ark., Har-Ber 48, Rock Bridge 33 (Las Vegas) Bishop Gorman 61, Rock Bridge 19 Rock Bridge 35, Hazelwood West 25 Jefferson ...

Article: SYLMAR LEAVES ON A SOUR NOTE : BISHOP GORMAN 62, ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  December 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... in an embarrassing 62-42 loss to Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) on Wednesday. The loss ... with their superior players. But as Bishop Gorman proved, they can't just turn on ... Sylmar had trouble dealing with Bishop Gorman's pack-it-in zone defense throughout ...

Article: HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL - Punahou stuns Bishop ...
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  December 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the final 2:06 as Punahou stunned Bishop Gorman 60-53 last night in the semifinals ... a 6-foot-4 guard, added 13. Bishop Gorman put all of its chips in with a frenetic ... There was a lot of talk about how (Bishop Gorman) was destroying everybody. I think ...

Article: GARLAND LOSES PITCHERS' DUEL : BISHOP GORMAN 1 ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 28, 1997 ;     662 words ... ... right-hander Jon Garland took on Bishop Gorman left-hander Matt Smith in a pitchers ... in the bottom of the seventh to give Bishop Gorman a 1-0 win over Kennedy on the opening ... Cougars with his 82-mph fastball. Bishop Gorman (10-1), regarded as the No. 2 ...

Article: Bruins show lofty ranking is deserved Rock Bridge ...
Columbia Daily Tribune;  September 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... recruits on offense, Bishop Gorman (1-2) was ... however, that Rock Bridge (3-0) was ... 124 yards. On Rock Bridge's final possession ... sidestepped a Bishop Gorman defender at the ... first of three Bishop Gorman passes early in ... quarter to set up Rock ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives