By Michael Letendre This week is going to see a full slate of hardwood games on the scholastic front as the postseason looms. And that means some teams this week…
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By Michael Letendre BURLINGTON – A strange year got even more so on Friday night when the Bristol Central boys basketball team faced a second straight opponent this week without…
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol Central boys basketball squad continued to roll through the 2021 scholastic campaign and against Plainville on Monday, March 8, it was more of…
By Michael Letendre Due to COVID-19 protocols, the Bristol Central boys basketball team will only have one game this week as Bristol Eastern won’t be playing (again) this Thursday. And…
By Michael Letendre The Central Connecticut Conference has recently released information on its postseason tournament for boys and girls basketball. And while the CIAC isn’t holding its usual playoff format,…
By Michael Letendre The CCC, Region B scholastic basketball squads have shifted from a Tuesday-Friday schedule and will now play its games in March with a Monday-Thursday format to begin…
By Michael Letendre For the second straight contest against a Bristol scholastic foe, the Lewis Mills boys basketball team did not allow the opponent to hit a 3-pointer. And that’s…
By Michael Letendre The Bristol Central boys basketball team looks to remain undefeated on Tuesday as the program travels to New Britain for a huge CCC Region B tilt. New…
By Michael Letendre Now that the epic rainstorm has cleared out, how about some scholastic sports? Wednesday features another local line-up of favorites with the Bristol Central boys and Bristol…
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol Central boys basketball team started its 2021 campaign off in predictable fashion, defeating Avon (78-76) and posting a victory over Bristol Eastern (66-51)…
By Michael Letendre Here’s a look at the Bristol Central boys basketball team for the 2021 season: Overview: Central is hardly a one trick pony despite having the best center in the…
By Michael Letendre Last week, the original slate of games for the Bristol Central boys basketball was reviewed in this publication. And that schedule had all the heavy-hitters that the…
By Michael Letendre For the second straight season, the Bristol Central boys basketball team is going to be denied a chance at a state championship. But, with an opportunity to…
By Michael Letendre The evolution of the 3-pointer in scholastic hoop started during the 1986-87 campaign and in Bristol – at the public high school level – the use of…
By Michael Letendre The pandemic has put the entire winter scholastic schedule in such disarray that a certain local basketball team, which was originally dealing with an ultra-competitive CCC Interdivisional…
By Michael Letendre January 18 wasn’t a popular date for the Bristol Eastern boys basketball team to compete on, but every once in awhile, the Lancers battled their crosstown rival…
By Michael Letendre Back in the day, January 9 was typically the date of the first showdown between the Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern boys basketball programs. And forty-five years…
By Michael Letendre The Bristol Edition continues to look back at scholastic sports history in town as today’s focus is on the boys basketball program from Bristol Central. On December…
By Michael Letendre A scholastic football fight between Bristol Central and Maloney of Meriden put the winter sports schedule in a bit of flux in the Mum City during the…
By Michael Letendre Bristol Eastern high school was opened in the late summer of 1959 and while the fall scholastic sports campaign didn’t exactly go according to plan, at least…