By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Naugatuck Valley League girls basketball tournament began this past week as the St. Paul Catholic squad ranked first in the fray opened play against No. 8 Oxford (10-8) from the Maltby Street…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER MANCHESTER – The Bristol Eastern girls basketball team qualified for the Central Connecticut Conference Tournament and in first round action, the Lancers – ranked 10th in the field – ended up playing against No. 7…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern girls basketball squad enjoyed senior night festivities on Monday, Feb. 11 by running up a 24-0 start over rival Bristol Central on its way to a 35-point decision. And in…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER WETHERSFIELD – With a generous slate of home games left on its schedule, the Bristol Eastern girls basketball team ended its road portion of the 2018-19 campaign with yet another victorious effort. On Monday, Feb.…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER WATERTOWN – The St. Paul Catholic girls basketball team continued to win into the month of February with tournament time right around the corner. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, the Falcons continued that winning play, defeating…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER TORRINGTON – Continuing to cruise right along, the St. Paul Catholic girls basketball squad took care of business on back-to-back nights last week – improving to 16-2 on the season and winning for the 10th…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER MIDDLETOWN – Every victory for the Bristol Eastern girls basketball is critical in improving its Class L playoff standings – attempting to avoid trips to places like New London, where the Lancers lost in the…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – When the Bristol Eastern girls basketball squad gets into their transition offense, it’s a tough component to contend with. But Bristol Central – engaged with the Lancers in a city series showdown on…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – By the halfway mark of the campaign for the girls basketball squad at Bristol Eastern, the team was truly on a roll. Winners of nine out of its first 10 games, the Lancers…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Every good hoops team is going to drop a game or two along a successful campaign. Every squad seems to do it and expecting to sail through a scholastic campaign undefeated is sometimes…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern and Northwest Catholic girls basketball teams opened the 2014-15 scholastic campaign with a barnburner from the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium in Bristol on Wednesday, Dec. 10. And in the end,…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Over the years, the Bristol Central girls basketball hasn’t been known as a pressing, trapping, defensive juggernaut. But if the Rams continue to defensively smother their opponents early and often in games, Central…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – In the end, a state championship run for the St. Paul girls basketball squad was stopped in one of the best title games ever in Class S history. And the only way champion…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER UNCASVILLE – If history is going to judge the final outcome of the 2013-14 scholastic hoops season by St. Paul’s tournament ending loss in the Class S championship game, it better do so with a…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – With nothing else to lose, the 24th ranked Lyman Memorial girls basketball team gave top rated St. Paul – the No. 1 seed in the Class S fray – all it could handle…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – When the Bristol Eastern girls basketball can get contributions from all hands all deck, success usually follows. And in state tournament play, that can go a long way. Against Watertown on Friday, March…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER WOLCOTT – With the two top teams of the Naugatuck Valley League Brass division squaring off in Wolcott on Monday, Feb. 10, the St. Paul girls basketball team made a loud and clear statement. And…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – With the Plainville girls basketball team dropping a tough 53-47 decision to Middletown on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the race for the CCC South championship is a two-team challenge. The title will either be…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – When the Bristol Eastern girls basketball team turns up the heat defensively in its games, it usually leads to numerous offensive chances for the squad. However, it’s up to Eastern to cash those…
PLAINVILLE – The Plainville girls basketball team hasn’t hung too many losses on Bristol Eastern over the last few years. And there’s been good reason for that. But this year, the Blue Devils were looking for a reversal of fortunes.…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – For the three scholastic girls basketball teams in town, the 2013 postseason was certainly a unique ride for each squad. For Bristol Central, it probably felt like a huge weight was lifted from…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER AVON – It’s state tournament time and when it comes to the girls basketball bracket, there are more than a couple hungry teams out on the prowl. One of those teams is Bristol Central. The…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern girls basketball team opened its Class L first round game in style on Monday, Feb. 25. Displaying a little defensive flare and intensity over the second half of the showdown,…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – When the Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern girls basketball teams have clashed over recent years, the games have been lopsided affairs in the Lancers’ favor. But on Saturday, Feb. 15, the Rams looked…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER PLAINVILLE – At this point of the season, outside of winning the game at hand, the Bristol Eastern girls basketball team is looking to improve its playoff positioning with as many victories as possible. And…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL– Since Tony Floyd took the reins of the Bristol Eastern girls basketball program in 1979, defense has been his calling card. Fast forward to 2013 and a stern challenge by a very pesky Bristol…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Central girls basketball team had a little trouble trying to contain a slick little guard from Conard on Friday, Dec. 28. Each and every time the Rams made a run in…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER WETHERSFIELD – Fresh off an 2-0 start to its campaign, the Bristol Central girls basketball team was looking for its first 3-0 push in quite some time. And in a CCC Interdivisional game against Wethersfield,…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Plainville girls basketball team entered the final eight minutes of its showdown with Bristol Central trailing 30-23 but still had a chance at getting its first win of the campaign. However, the…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern girls basketball team is going to have its ups and downs during the 2012-13 campaign. And while its first contest of the season didn’t go exactly according to plan, the…