Bristol Central baseball looking to rebuild in 2021-22
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol Central baseball team is in a bit of a rebuilding mode in 2022. The team lost just about all of its pitching due…
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BEHS softball, under new ‘management’ in 2022, still has a very familiar look to open the campaign
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern softball team has a new coach in 2022 and Tyler Catlin is no stranger to the softball wars of the Central Connecticut…
Gonzalez and Parent earned CCC South basketball accolades for the BEHS girls hoops squad this year
By Michael Letendre The Bristol Eastern girls basketball team had an extremely competitive 2021-22 campaign which included several big wins along the way and a near upset of No. 12…
Palaj was a dynamo in the pool for the Bristol Swimming and Diving Coop this year
By Michael Letendre This past winter campaign, it was impossible to ignore what the Bristol Swimming and Diving Coop accomplished in the pool as the program had several primetime performers. …
For the second straight season, BE’s Collins earns All-State honors in girls basketball
By Michael Letendre The 2021-22 Connecticut High School Coaches Association All State Class L Girls Basketball team was recently released and, in no real surprise, Bristol Eastern senior standout Ciara…
The BCHS girls basketball program put it all together in 2021-22, returning to the state tournament and winning 10-plus games
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – While all the headlines went to the boys basketball squad this season at Bristol Central, their counterparts had a pretty good season as well. The…
Rosa and the BCHS football program earned several postseason honors off a tremendous nine win campaign
By Michael Letendre Long after the scholastic football season was complete, the postseason hardware continued to come the way for the program over at Bristol Central. Dan Lauretti, Malachi Jones…
Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan continues to pile up the awards, earning another All-State nod
By Michael Letendre The Connecticut High School Coaches Association just released its boys basketball all-state teams for the 2021-22 season. And Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan heads the list. Clingan helped…
BCHS boys basketball coach Tim Barrette never strayed from the path and now, he helped the Rams earn a state championship banner for his efforts
By Michael Letendre Photo by Herve’ UNCASVILLE – At the end of the 2006-07 scholastic basketball season, Bristol Eastern coach Mike Giovinazzo had a battery of assistant coaches who he…
Even the pandemic couldn’t stop the Bristol Central boys basketball team in its quest for a CIAC Division II championship
By Michael Letendre UNCASVILLE – Will the Bristol Central boys basketball team enjoy the kind of ride it just embarked on ever again? The easy answer is no but the…
Defense wins championships. Just asks the boys basketball team over at Bristol Central
By Michael Letendre UNCASVILLE – It was said in the title of this story: Defense wins championships. It’s a simple statement and a correct one when sizing up the season…
Steve Alseph was the engine for the BCHS boys basketball team this year
By Michael Letendre UNCASVILLE – After an outstanding 2021 campaign on the hardwood, the Bristol Central boys basketball team knew what it could do with a full slate of games…
The final quotes of the season from the BCHS boys basketball team in the program’s 56-36 CIAC Division II victory over Northwest Catholic
By Michael Letendre UNCASVILLE – What more can be said of the boys basketball team from Bristol Central this year? It was a tremendous campaign by the squad (28-0, 43…
A ‘state title’ journey from Bristol to Mohegan Sun last Saturday night was more than worth it in the end
By Michael Letendre The road to Uncasville for the Bristol Central boys basketball team was much different from the journey a run-of-the-mill sports reporter took to cover the squad’s Division…
It’s never a smooth ride to a state title as two boys basketball programs at BCHS had tough semifinal opponents to tangle with on the way to the championship
By Michael Letendre There’s no easy road to a scholastic state championship in basketball. No matter the talent level, no matter the venue, there’s always a chance for an opponent…
Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan made a commitment to the boys basketball program and it paid off with a state championship win
By Michael Letendre Photos by Herve’ UNCASVILLE – There was nothing easy about the journey Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan just completed at Mohegan Sun on Saturday night. More than a…
The BCHS boys basketball team is the best team in the state and the local polls agree
By Michael Letendre Who else could be the number one ranked scholastic boys basketball team to end the 2021-22 season other than the squad from Bristol Central, a program that…
Barrette, BC boys hoop put together a standard of excellence on the way to a state title
By Michael Letendre UNCASVILLE – To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man. Or in scholastic boys basketball in Connecticut, to be the team, you have to beat…
BCHS boys basketball’s Donovan Clingan ended his scholastic career with over 2,200 points and several scoring records to his name
By Michael Letendre What an incredible season Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan put together for the boys basketball team. Frankly, Clingan’s run from start to finish might have been one of…
Bristol Coop does well in the pool at the CT State Open event on Friday
By Michael Letendre WEST HARTFORD – Participants from fifty programs took part of the 2022 CIAC Boys Swimming Open on March 19, including the excellent team from Bristol. And the…