Battle for the Bell: A history of the series (2000-2009)
By Michael Letendre The Bristol Central football team was a successful operation over the first six years of the 2000s against crosstown rival Bristol Eastern. But once Timmy Washington and…
Articles by Michael Letendre
Battle for the Bell: A history of the series (1990-1999)
By Michael Letendre The 1990s didn’t start in the grandest fashion for the Bristol Eastern football team in terms of its rivalry against Bristol Central on Thanksgiving. But the play…
Battle for the Bell: A history of the series (1980-1989)
By Michael Letendre Who won more of the Thanksgiving Day games between the football programs between Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern in the decade of the 1980s? You’ve got a…
Battle for the Bell: A history of the series (1970-1979)
Editor’s note- In a series that covers the Thanksgiving Day football battle between Central and Eastern, Mike Letendre will cover the rivalry one decade at a time. By Michael Letendre…
Battle for the Bell: A history of the series (1959-1969)
Editor’s note- In a series that covers the Thanksgiving Day football battle between Central and Eastern, Mike Letendre will cover the rivalry one decade at a time. By Michael Letendre…
Mike Lorenzetti will throw his best pitch for Iona in 2022-23
By Michael Letendre Mike Lorenzetti – the former Bristol Central pitching sensation – could cause Iona College men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino to do a double take when the nearly…
Scholastic football to move back to six class divisions in 2022
By Michael Letendre In 1988, the Bristol Eastern football program won the Class MM Championship, defeating South Windsor by a 22-19 final to win the only Bristol public school gridiron…
Bristol Eastern volleyball left it all on the court in 2021
By Michael Letendre The Bristol Eastern volleyball program emptied the tank this past fall and left it all on the court over a spirited – and exciting – postseason run….
TBE opinion: Disappointing ties dominate scholastic state championship weekend
By Michael Letendre Everyone is celebrating the fact that the CIAC finally held its championship weekend for boys and girls soccer, volleyball, swimming and field hockey. It was great to…
Bristol Eastern volleyball team on the verge of Class L title tilt, battles Simsbury on Wednesday in semifinal bout
By Michael Letendre Well, it’s the final week of the postseason in scholastic volleyball and the program from Bristol Eastern is still in the mix – making an outstanding playoff…