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…
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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….
Rumor killed: Battle for the Bell will indeed commence from Muzzy Field on Thanksgiving this year
By Michael Letendre The rumor mill was swirling last Friday night at the Bristol Eastern football game against Bloomfield. A half-hour before tipoff, I was asked about the possibility of…
BE football gets to the pay window on senior night; belts Farmington 54-22 Friday night in Bristol
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol Eastern football program is looking for a .500 finish to its campaign in 2021 and step one of that process was attempting to…