Winter scholastic sports campaign to take shape next week
By Michael Letendre On January 7, the CIAC Board of Control held a morning meeting to discuss the up-coming metrics that would help shape each scholastic sport during the upcoming…
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Let’s get football back on the scholastic schedule before it’s too late
By Michael Letendre On September 11, 2020, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) held a COVID Mitigating Strategies Review with the Department of Health to establish the guidelines of safely…
The BEHS volleyball team built its 53-match winning streak against BCHS over a quarter century of dominance
By Michael Letendre The Bristol Central/Bristol Eastern volleyball city series battles went on for quite sometime, starting in 1997, with the Lancers usually capturing victory over three straight sets –…
Bristol Eastern volleyball had rare struggles against Bristol Central in the mid-1990s
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The winning streak for the Bristol Eastern volleyball team against Bristol Central, now at 53 straight victories by the Lancers, started off quietly in 1995. …
Bristol Eastern volleyball begins massive winning streak over Bristol Central in 1995
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – Over the first five installments of the series between the Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern volleyball squads in The Bristol Edition, we’ve learned that the…
Bristol Central volleyball had its trouble against Bristol Eastern as the decade of the 90s approached
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol Central volleyball team, after a string of good luck against its counterparts from Bristol Eastern in the mid-1980s, fell on hard times in…
Bristol Central’s volleyball team had success against Bristol Eastern in the mid-1980s
By Michael Letendre (This is part 3 of a 4 part series) BRISTOL – From 1977 until 1983, the Bristol Central volleyball program didn’t have any success against its crosstown…
Bristol Central’s volleyball struggles against Bristol Eastern dated back to the 1970s
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The history between the Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern volleyball teams started in 1974 – the first year the squads met. In that early city…
Bristol Eastern’s winning streak against Bristol Central is bigger than you think…
BRISTOL – In terms of wins and losses, the city series battles between the Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern volleyball teams is one of the strangest scholastic rivalries in town….
There’s no need to grapple with scholastic wrestling scoring anymore
By Michael Letendre There’s nothing better than the annual Bristol Central/Bristol Eastern wrestling meet in February. If you’re lucky, it’s a 2-3 hour event where some of the best scholastic…