It’s week six of the scholastic football season and both public schools are back in action, looking to get to the pay window. Two weeks ago, both Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern missed out on victories as late second half…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – When the Bristol Central boys soccer team possesses the ball, the squad could put on quite a show. And in its city series showdown against Bristol Eastern on Monday, Oct. 1, that possession…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The city series showdown between the Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern girls soccer teams had the potential to be a bit of a score-a-thon on Monday, Oct. 1. Both teams had offensive components…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER The public schools in town are in the bye week for scholastic football while St. Paul Catholic is active in Week 5 of the season. After a tough loss to Ansonia the previous week, undefeated…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – With just four-and-a-half minutes to go in its showdown against Middletown, the Bristol Central football team’s defense forced a safety, added two points to its tally and was looking for a knock-out scoring…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER FARMINGTON – The Bristol Eastern football team almost ruined Farmington’s homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 29 as the Lancers plastered 32 first half points on the scoreboard. But, after the Lancers boosted more than 250 yards…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER Week three of the scholastic football season was another tough time for the locals with Bristol Central, Bristol Eastern, and St. Paul Catholic all playing against strong competition. The squad from Bristol Central had offensive…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The 20 points the Bristol Eastern football squad scored against Maloney on Friday night, Sept. 21 was easily a season high for the program. The problem was Maloney collected triple that score and…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – There’s going to come a time this season when everything clicks for the Bristol Eastern football team. Unfortunately, the Lancers just have to learn from nights like Friday, Sept. 14 as Middletown rolled…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Wins were a bit hard to come by from our scholastic squads over Week 2. Both the public schools rolled up against top-15 programs as Central fell to Windsor and Bristol Eastern was…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Week 1 of the scholastic football season saw the schools from Bristol go 1-2 with Bristol Central coming away with a shutout win over Hartford Public. But both Bristol Eastern and St. Paul…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Over the last few scholastic seasons, the football squad from Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs has been foiling opening night festivities for Bristol Eastern. And there were the Panthers again on…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – When it comes to defense, the Cubs from Edgewood Little League displayed a competitive edge in that department over all its rivals in City Series play during 2018. And that effort led to…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Since 2010, the programs from Edgewood Little League have won five out of the last eight City Series championships. And with the team’s 6-1 win over the McCabe-Waters White Sox on Monday, Aug.…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER MANCHESTER – Longtime rivals, the Bristol Knights and Brickhouse Indians, squared off in the winner’s bracket of the Connecticut Twilight playoffs on Tuesday, Aug. 14 with an automatic berth into the CTL championship series hanging…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Playing the Connecticut Twilight League tournament from its home turf of Muzzy Field, the Bristol Knights were looking to get into the championship round with a victory over the Chicago Sam’s Orioles on…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER MANCHESTER – When it comes to the Connecticut Twilight League playoffs, it always boils down to the match-ups. The East Hampton Royals are a quality crew that gave the Bristol Knights some real problems…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER WINDSOR LOCKS – The Bristol American Legion 17U baseball squad is your 2018 Northeast Region 1 champions. No use trying to sugarcoat it any because Post 2 put on a small-ball clinic against South Kingstown…
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER The Bristol Blues saw their season come to an end on Aug. 8 with an 11-5 loss to the Worcester Bravehearts in Game 2 of a Futures Collegiate Baseball League semifinal series at Muzzy Field.…
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER The Bristol Blues finished third in the standings in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England, which earned them a No. 3 seed in the playoffs. Bristol didn’t get a bye, but it did…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER MERIDEN – It’s never over until it’s over. That was the mantra of the Junior American Legion Baseball team from Bristol and in its state tournament championship game against Stamford on Sunday, Aug. 6, that…
By KEN MORSE CORRESPONDENT The Bristol Blues bats erupted in front of a packed house at Muzzy Field last Thursday in the final home game of the regular season resulting in an 11-5 thrashing of the Pittsfield Sun. It marked…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – After a tough stretch of games, the Bristol Blues of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League started the week of Sunday, July 29 on a bit of a hot streak. The locals won four…
2018 Junior Legion Baseball Connecticut Sectional Tournament – North Regional Final BRISTOL 3, WEST HARTFORD 0 (Wednesday, Aug. 1) from Rotary Field, South Windsor West Hartford 000 000 0 – 0 2 2 Bristol 200 001 X – 3…
By KEN MORSE CORRESPONDENT The Bristol Blues began the second half of the season the way they had hoped for, battling back twice to defeat the North Shore Navigators 6-4 on July 19. Since then the boys in Blue have…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Southington 66ers of the Tri-State Baseball League made quite an impression in game one of its best-of-three series against the Bristol Greeners – belting out 12 hits in its 6-1 win from…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER FARMINGTON – When the Bristol Senior American Legion baseball team tangles with RCP in state tournament play, it’s always an interesting battle. It’s a rivalry between the programs and on Thursday, July 26, the teams…
Twenty two girls from Bristol Future Champion Gymnastics (FCG), a division of the Bristol Boys & Girls Club, recently attended the 2018 AAU National Gymnastics competition in Tampa, Fla. and returned with four first place national champions. Alongside their coaches,…
By KEN MORSE CORRESPONDENT The Bristol Blues began the second half of the season the way they had hoped for, battling back twice to defeat the North Shore Navigators 6-4 on July 19. Since then the boys in Blue have…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER Monday, July 23 was a tough game for the Bristol Blues of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League as the squad fell on the road to Martha’s Vineyard Sharks by a 10-6 push from Vineyard Baseball…