By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER MERIDEN – The Bristol Eastern wrestling squad is the three-time defending Class L champions and with a 6-0 start, the team continues to be one of the top programs in the division. The Lancers’…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – The first contest between the Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern boys basketball teams takes place on Friday, Jan. 24 and the epic challenge in this historic rivalry should be a real dandy.…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – State tournament qualification for the Bristol Central boys basketball team came just 10 games into the season this year as the Rams belted Simsbury by a 58-46 final in a Central…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – Basketball standout Elijah Parent is building quite a reputation for himself on the boys team at Bristol Eastern. And on Thursday, Jan. 16, he added a little more buzz to his name.…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER The Bristol Eastern boys and girl indoor track teams recently took part of the 38th Yale Interscholastic Indoor Track Classic from the Coxe Cage on the campus of Yale University in New Haven Jan.…
Editor’s note: The Bristol Eastern boys basketball preview in this week’s edition had an incorrect headline. The Lancers have a new attitude and their goal is to return to postseason play. By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL—There’s a new attitude…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER Opponents are going to have several big problems when hitting the court against Central this year because this program has some extreme size. “We are large, definitely, from the three through the five” positions said…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL—Without a doubt, Bristol Eastern boys soccer stud Jake Woznicki, was going off to play the sport at the collegiate level. But before he moved on from Bristol Eastern, Woznicki earned a postseason award or…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL—Bristol Eastern second baseman, senior Matt D’Amato, certainly has baseball in his blood. The Lancers’ clever infielder has now made baseball his focus year round and after a busy summer playing ball and off a…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL—Over the years, the Bristol Central baseball team has churned out numerous collegiate players. The scholastic program is well prepared by head coach Bunty Ray—a 1998 Eastern Connecticut State University graduate and NCAA Division III…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL—There’s a new varsity boys basketball coach at Lewis Mills high school this year. And, boy, he certainly looks awfully familiar. That new coach is Ryan Raponey, who left the Bristol Eastern program to take…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – While the Bristol Eastern boys soccer team’s season came to a heartbreaking conclusion in its 1-0 Class L quarterfinal round game against No. 8 Guilford, the squad played out one of its…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER NEW HAVEN – The Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern girls swimming teams took part of the Class M championships at Southern Connecticut’s Hutchinson Natatorium on Wednesday, Nov. 20 and had several finishes all over…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The New England Collegiate Baseball League is once again going to have a presence in Bristol. The league, for the second consecutive season, is growing again and the Bristol Blues…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER NEW HAVEN – St. Paul Catholic High School made a 20th place splash from the Class S girls swimming event on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the pool from the Southern Connecticut State University Hutchinson…
SPENCER DREHER STAFF WRITER Connecticut saw its first snowfall of the season this past Sunday, a sign that skiing and snowboarding season is upon us. The crew at Mount Southington could not be more excited to see the snow and…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern football squads turned the 61st edition of the Thanksgiving Day clash into an instant classic. Each team scored four times during regulation and when 48 minutes…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER MILFORD – The No. 18 ranked Bristol Eastern girls soccer team saw its season end in the first round of the CIAC Class L tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 12, dropping a 3-0 decision to…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Central volleyball team ended the season with an excellent 17-6 record – making it to the quarterfinal round of the Class L state tournament bracket before bowing out. Step one…
SPENCER DREHER STAFF WRITER A franchise that was founded just five years ago has already made huge strides. The Bristol Blues, a summer collegiate team since 2014, officially left the Futures Collegiate Baseball League for the New England Collegiate Baseball…
Thanksgiving Day – Players of the Game 1996 BE offense: Reinaldo Soto BE defense: Rob Houle BC offense: Nick Richardson BC defense: Garth Camp 1997 BE offense: Pat Brookman BE defense: Ryan Forcier BC offense: Craig Capurso BC…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – The 61st edition of the Battle for the Bell came and went this past week as both Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern battled it out from Muzzy Field. The Rams were looking…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – At the final horn of the Class L quarterfinal boys soccer match between top ranked Bristol Eastern and No. 8 Guilford on Friday, Nov. 15, the outcome of the contest was shockingly…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Since Jeff Papazian has taken over the reins of the Bristol Central football program, the team has been extremely successful against crosstown rival Bristol Eastern on Thanksgiving. And although the Rams are…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern football program has gotten to the pay window a couple of times this season. But with a victory over Bristol Central on Thanksgiving in the annual Battle for the…
CHESHIRE—The CIAC will host a girls wrestling invitational tournament in conjunction with the CIAC wrestling state open on Feb. 28-29 at the Floyd Little Center in New Haven. This marks the first CIAC-organized event solely for female wrestlers. The Invitational…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – The Bristol Sports Armory is finally open for business. It might have taken a little time for Bristol residents and local coaches Bunty Ray, Chris D’Amato, and Bob McMahon to make their dream…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER BRISTOL – Sometimes, when the seeds in boys scholastic soccer aren’t too far apart in state tournament play, the talent level might be of a similar nature. However, that philosophy was not in play…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER The Bristol American Legion Baseball program will hold its annual Baseball Awards Banquet on Friday, November 29 from the Bristol Legion Hall. Seicheprey Post No. 2 hosts the event, starting with a social at 6:30…
By MICHAEL LETENDRE SPORTS WRITER SOUTH WINDSOR – The Bristol Eastern football squad couldn’t generate any offense on Saturday, Nov. 16 as the Lancers fell to South Windsor by a 13-0 final in a CCC Interdivisional clash from Bobcat…