50 years later: Remembering Central High School basketball's 'historic' state title

Members of the 1975 Central High School basketball team won that year's state championship by scoring as the buzzer sounded.

Frank Recchia

Feb 16, 2025, 11:26 PM

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Members of Bridgeport's Central High School basketball team paused a game Sunday to honor a small group of former basketball players who brought the school "a spectacular level of glory" exactly 50 years earlier.
Members of the 1975 Central High School basketball team won that year's state championship by scoring as the buzzer sounded.
News 12's Frank Recchia met with the players, each of whom says the achievement marked one of the highest points of their lives.