Battle for the Bell: A history of the series (2000-2009)
By Michael Letendre The Bristol Central football team was a successful operation over the first six years of the 2000s against crosstown rival Bristol Eastern. But once Timmy Washington and…
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Battle for the Bell: A history of the series (1990-1999)
By Michael Letendre The 1990s didn’t start in the grandest fashion for the Bristol Eastern football team in terms of its rivalry against Bristol Central on Thanksgiving. But the play…
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…
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…
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…
BC football shuts out Plainville, 46-0, on Friday night with eyes on the state tournament
By Michael Letendre PLAINVILLE – The Bristol Central football team battled Plainville in a primetime CCC Tier 3 showdown on Friday night. Both teams were on a mission to keep…
Scholastic Football preview: BE versus Farmington; BC at Plainville in a huge showdown on Friday
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – It’s Week 10 of the Connecticut scholastic football slate and Bristol Central is looking to knock its opponent out of the postseason picture on Friday….
Bristol Central football wins seventh straight in 34-20 conquest of RHAM on Friday night
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – The Bristol Central football program entered the month of November the way it ended October. And that is winning pigskin games. In a Central Connecticut…
Week 9 scholastic football: Bristol Central tangles with RHAM from home while Bristol Eastern squares off against Connecticut’s top Class S program on Friday
By Michael Letendre BRISTOL – We’re back to Friday only football in the Mum City as Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern survived a couple Thursday night encounters over the past two…