BY
RYAN O’CONNOR
They’re young. They’re
raw. They might just be good
enough to surprise some teams
in Class I.
Come Oct. 2, when the top
golf teams from around New
Hampshire meet at White
Mountain Country Club to
compete for the state championship,
Bow coach Mike Seraikas
said he fully expects his
squad to be in the mix, despite
having just one senior.
“This is a good team with a
good bunch of kids,” said Seraikas.
“I’m really optimistic about
this year, but what I’m really
looking forward to is next year
when they’re all juniors and
seniors and we’re that much
more experienced.”
The top six golfers, said Seraikas,
are pretty well set.
Ryan Varney, Jake Hughes,
Ryan Hill and Peter Cummings
should consistently score in the
top five.
Senior captain Corey Johnson
and junior Sam Cole are
the two most likely candidates
to fill out the top five on any
given outing, added the coach.
Any one of the top six, said
their coach, has the talent to
compete in the individual tournament.
The last couple slots in the
lineup are still up in the air.
“What we’ve got is a lot of
kids, ninth- and 10th-graders,
competing at the bottom of
the order,” said Seraikas. “I’m
looking for one or two of them
to break away from the pack
and fill in our No. 7 and No. 8
spots.”
That list includes Bruce
LaCasse, Gerald Kuenning,
Connor Whalley and Ryan
Meaney.
Seraikas said he takes winning
seriously but likes to have
fun, too, an attitude that clearly
rubs off on his golfers. The formula
seems to be working.
Through two outings, Bow
is 6-0. After demolishing Portsmouth,
Laconia and Con-Val,
202 to 215, 229 and 236, respectively,
on Sept. 2, the Falcons
edged Kearsarge, 208 to 209,
and trumped Pelham and Pembroke,
which carded 214 and
250, respectively, on Thursday,
Sept. 4.