News February 1, 2021
By Michael Letendre As the scholastic winter sports season is finally arriving – in terms of basketball and boys swimming at least – the upcoming schedule has some intriguing city…
News January 28, 2021
By Michael Letendre Since 2001, our friend over at Connecticut Wrestling Online, Gerry deSimas Jr., continues to keep fans of scholastic and collegiate wrestling in the know. And despite the…
News January 27, 2021
By Michael Letendre Every Wednesday in January was always a special day in the city of Bristol because it meant the scholastic wrestling squads were in action, hitting the mats…
News January 26, 2021
By Michael Letendre On January 26, 1999, the Bristol Eastern boys basketball squad battled Newington in a CCC South confrontation from the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium. And in that contest…
News January 25, 2021
By Michael Letendre Manheim, Pa. – Just because COVID-19 cancelled the collegiate season for several NCAA programs, there’s still plenty going on behind the scenes. And in terms of wrestling rankings,…
News January 24, 2021
By Michael Letendre Over the last two scholastic seasons, COVID-19 has played havoc with the winter scholastic schedule – knocking out, not one, but two championship postseason tournaments. I agreed…
News January 23, 2021
By Michael Letendre It’s been a tough year for scholastic sports in Connecticut with cancellations, postponements, and limited postseason entanglements. Starting with the fall campaign, the scholastic season was delayed…
News January 21, 2021
By Michael Letendre The CIAC finally announced the winter scholastic sports schedule for boys and girls basketball and boys swimming on Wednesday as practices are underway for the programs. Those…
News January 20, 2021
By Michael Letendre The overwhelming benefit of winning a scholastic state championship can be seen decades after achieving it. And that’s been the case ever since the Bristol Central boys…
News January 19, 2021
By Michael Letendre The postseason for the Bristol Central boys cross country squad in 2010 was the most successful ever in program history. Armed with an undefeated regular season ledger,…