By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER NEWINGTON – After good start by the Bristol Senior American Legion baseball team against Newington on Monday, July 8, the game simply got away from the locals on the road. Leading 2-0 though just a…
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Former St. Paul standout, Bristol Legion pitcher and Southington native Wes Lahey made his first start as a Bristol Blue on July 8, and he earned his second win of the season. Later in the…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER The Bristol American Legion Junior baseball team, the defending Connecticut State champs and the Northeast Regional Champions, are off and running in 2019 and after a bit of a slow start, the squad is nearly…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Back in August of 2015, Mac Goulet and Josh Nohilly were playing for Plainville’s entry in the Vantis Life Baseball League and helped the squad get to the postseason championship game. Fast forward…
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER The Bristol Blues won three of their first four games last week and were a season-high four games above .500 (16-12) entering the weekend. The good start was highlighted by back-to-back games where Bristol won…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER SOUTHINGTON – The Bristol American Legion Senior squad had its seven game winning streak snapped when Southington defeated the locals 4-2 in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday, June 30. However, Post…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER The Bristol Knights are in the thick of things in Connecticut Twilight League play again, near the top of the standings. Through 11 games, the Knights sat in third place of the CTL with…
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER The Bristol Blues won five of their six games last week and improved to 13-11 entering this week’s games. The Blues find themselves in third place in the FCBL, one game behind the second place…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Never count the Bristol American Legion Junior Legion team out. The defending Northeast Regional Tournament champions looked listless offensively over the first five innings of its game against Wolcott in a Zone 1…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol American Legion Senior baseball squad had its ace pitcher on the mound in its Zone 1 tilt versus Berlin from Muzzy Field on Monday, June 17 in what was a very…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – Bristol Central High School saw several of its senior athletes sign the dotted line as several athletes from the school on the hill will continue on into the collegiate ranks of the…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER The Senior American Legion baseball team from Bristol is a diverse group that will once again have representatives from all three high schools in town playing for the squad. The Post 2 line-up includes seven…
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER The Bristol Blues lost three of their four FCBL contests last week and dropped to 4-9 on the season. Bristol manager Ronnie Palmer said it has been a rough start to the season for his…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – The 74th Annual New England Interscholastic Track and Field Championships from Saco, Maine on June 8 was another chance for Bristol Central junior Jose Ramirez to shine. And the speedster did not disappoint…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER St. Paul Catholic boys golfing standout Mike Dolce put on quite a show at the Division IV State Championship on Monday, June 3 from Tallwood Country Club in Hebron. And that outstanding performance led Dolce…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – On the biggest stage of the year, the battle between the Gators and the Panthers in the Bristol Girls Little League Softball City Series on Thursday, June 6 was still in doubt as…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER NEW BRITAIN – Bristol Central’s contingent of athletes made a great showing at the CIAC boys and girls track and field State Open event from Willow Brook Park in New Britain on Monday, June 3.…
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER It was a lean week for the Bristol Blues, who won one game and dropped four in a five-game stretch. Here’s what happened last week for the Blues, who were 3-6 going into Monday’s action:…
Bristol Central High School held a college signing last Wednesday. From the left in the front, with their intended schools in parenthesis, Ellis Carmelich (Goucher College), Emilie Dube (Northern Vermont University), Ashley Watson (Chestnut Hill College) Adalia Malick (Springfield College),…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The first round, CIAC Class L softball tournament game for Bristol Eastern was certainly a special one on Wednesday, May 29. The Lancers, first and foremost, easily passed its first postseason test by…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER MIDDLETOWN – The Bristol Central boys track and field team knew it was going to be in the title mix at the Class L championships on Thursday, May 30 from Middletown High School. And the…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER STRATFORD – The Bristol Eastern baseball team needed late season heroics to qualify for the CIAC, Class L Tournament this season – a streak that dates back to 1999. And that’s exactly what happened as…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER OLD LYME – Looking for a third straight win in CIAC Class L tournament play, 30th rated Bristol Central was hanging tough against No. 14 East Lyme in a second round war on Thursday, May…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Central softball team tried to give rival Bristol Eastern a Mike Tyson-like first round knockout in its city series battle on Thursday, May 25 when the Rams flashed up two first…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER NAUGATUCK – The Bristol Greeners had their hands full on Thursday, May 25 against an excellent Naugatuck Valley Dogs outfit. And while the Greeners dropped a tough 3-1 decision from Rotary Field in Naugatuck, the…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER The Bristol Central girls track and field program did well at the CIAC Class MM championship meet from Middletown High School on Wednesday, May 29 – snaring 12 points and capturing 18th place overall. And…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER PLAINVILLE – On May 17, the Bristol Eastern baseball team defeated Plainville, 7-1, from Plainville high school. On the surface, it might have looked like any ordinary win for the Lancers against a Central Connecticut…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Needing one final victory to qualify for postseason play, the Bristol Eastern High School baseball team hopped on the back of star pitcher Jagger Duquette and – off a brilliant five-run fourth inning…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER MIDDLETOWN – The Bristol Central boys track and field team racked up over 200 points at the Central Connecticut Conference, Southern Division Championship on Tuesday, May 21as the Rams overtook Middletown for first place –…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER OXFORD – The St. Paul Catholic boys golf team won its third match in a row, this time defeating Seymour on the road by a 185-210 score from the Oxford Greens golf course. The contest…