It wasn’t unusual for teams to incorporate their sponsor’s name into their nicknames. McFarland Construction was the most obvious. The Belleville “Reliance” was the city’s first OHA Senior team in 1942.
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The history of the Bobcats is really a tale of two cities. The team began playing in 1972, at the Junior B level, but moved to Trenton when the Belleville Bulls began playing at the Quinte Sports Centre in 1981.