News January 4, 2021
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 –…
News January 3, 2021
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. …
News January 2, 2021
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…
News January 1, 2021
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…
News December 31, 2020
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…
News December 21, 2020
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…
News December 14, 2020
By Michael Letendre Last weekend in The Bristol Edition, you read about Tony Floyd’s first game as head coach for the girls basketball team at Bristol Eastern while diving into…
News December 13, 2020
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…
News December 12, 2020
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…
News December 12, 2020
By Michael Letendre In the winter of 1979, the Bristol Eastern girls basketball program had a new coach. His name was Tony Floyd. And fast forward to 2020, that same…