By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Mother Nature decided to turn Tuesday, April 9 into a wet and wild ride for the Bristol Eastern and Southington softball squads in a CCC Interdivisional tilt in Bristol. The Lancers were leading…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER WEST HARTFORD – Even as the Bristol Central baseball squad dropped a heart-wrenching 1-0 decision at Hall High school from West Hartford on Thursday, April 10, the locals have improved drastically from last season by…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – After a tough 4-3 setback at Woodland on Monday, April 8, the St. Paul Catholic girls tennis team got right back to its winning ways, defeating Torrington by a clean 7-0 sweep from…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – With a slate of four games over a six-day stretch, it was all hands on deck for the Bristol Eastern baseball team – starting with a Central Connecticut Conference interdivisional showdown with New…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER WEST HARTFORD – Matching its excellent start from last season, the Bristol Eastern baseball squad moved to a perfect 3-0 as the program defeated Northwest Catholic 2-1 from West Hartford on Thursday, April 11. And…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Sometimes, when opportunity knocks, you better be there to answer the door. That’s exactly what Bristol Eastern sophomore Anthony Lozier did when teammate Matt D’Amato suffered an injury earlier in the week. Now…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER The Bristol Central girls lacrosse team went 1-2 this week, falling to Rocky Hill (12-2) and Edwin O. Smith (18-9). But the Rams won a big one on Tuesday, April 9 as the locals rocked…
Bristol’s Steven Manzone and Ken Richter won gold for Team USA during the 2019 Special Olympics World Games. Together, Manzone and Richter won a gold medal in four-man Unified bocce. Richter won a fourth place ribbon in the bocce singles…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern softball team didn’t allow Northwest Catholic any daylight on opening day, Monday, April 1. And opponents should expect more of the same in each and every encounter against the Lancers…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – If each and every player contributes something for the Bristol Eastern baseball team this year, good things are bound to happen. And that was exactly the case in the Lancers opening bout on…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Bristol Eastern wrestling standout Ella Nichols took the National High School Coaches Association wrestling tournament by storm over the weekend of March 31. And at the tournament from Virginia Beach, Virginia,…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER WATERBURY – The St. Paul Catholic tennis team started the 2019 campaign with a 7-0 sweep of Crosby from Waterbury on Monday, April 1. The Naugatuck Valley League tilt proved to be a bit one-sided…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BLOOMFIELD – When the boys and girls track and field scholastic season begins, there are plenty of weekend meets to compete in. This past weekend, the Bristol Central programs took part of the annual Bloomfield…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER MERIDEN – The Bristol Central baseball squad belted Maloney 22-3 on Monday, April 1 as the Rams opened the 2019 campaign with a huge victory. Central had a double-figure hit total and took advantage of…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Central track programs opened the 2019 campaign with two winning efforts – both getting to the pay window. The boys squad came out firing, sinking a game Plainville squad 92-58 at…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern golf team is under “new management” this year. That’s just a fancy term to say that Lancers’ football coach Anthony Julius is in his first year as the program’s golf…
The Bristol Soapbox Derby races were held this past weekend on James P. Casey Road. Photos by JANELLE MORELLI
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Central softball program is coming off a nine-win campaign and in 2019, the Rams hope to continue that upward trend. The young squad did well in the middle of the 2018…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern baseball team had a very good regular season run in a tough Central Connecticut Conference in 2018 and then pulled off two upsets – and nearly a third – over a…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Bristol Central baseball missed the 2018 Class LL playoff fray last year – the first time the program failed to qualify for the postseason in the Bunty Ray era. The Rams last missed…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Spring has sprung and all the scholastic squads in town are back in action and back to work. Girls lacrosse in the Mum City now has three teams as Bristol Central and Bristol…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER The baseball and softball programs from St. Paul Catholic had excellent campaigns over the 2018 scholastic season and the same should be said of this year. Vic Rinaldi enters his fourth season at the helm…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER SOUTHINGTON – On Sunday, March 10, the Connecticut High School Coaches Association held its annual All-State Wrestling banquet from the Aqua Turf in Southington as grapplers from all over the state were honored. The event…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern girls basketball team went from seven wins in 2017-18 to an impressive 15 victories this past season, going 15-9 overall. The program showed tremendous growth as the year continued to…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – With a boatload of talented underclassmen, the Bristol Eastern boys basketball program looks to have a bright future. However, Bristol Eastern coach Bunty Ray expects a lot out of that core group over…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER Two years ago, the CIAC decided to make a major modification to its scholastic boys postseason tournament. Using the “fill-the-bracket” concept, filling all 32 slots, the 2017 Class M set-up had four opponents with 7-13…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER Two boys basketball players from Bristol earned All-Conference honors this past scholastic season. Both Carter Dziedzic from Bristol Eastern and Donovan Clingan of Bristol Central were so honored by the Central Connecticut Conference, CCC South…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – On its way to yet another Class L state championship, the Bristol Eastern wrestling squad hit a late-season bump in the road. And over the last three campaigns, it was pretty smooth sailing…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – This year’s scholar athletes of the year at Bristol Eastern are Paige McLaughlin and Benjamin Wadowski. Those two seniors exemplify the best of Bristol Eastern’s student body in both the classroom and on…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER NEW MILFORD – It’s always tough when a scholastic sports season ends abruptly. And that’s what happened to the Bristol Central boys basketball team after its first round overtime exit in its CIAC Division III…