
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 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 – 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 – 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 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…
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 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 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 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…