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 ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Paul Cohen knows he needs Herculean efforts from the 24 players on his Bow High School football team if the Falcons hope to earn another Division V playoff appearance. “If I had a big squad, a lot of kids would play one way. We don’t have that, so we have to prepare for each week faced with the reality that ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR It wasn’t an altogether unfamiliar feeling. As the Bow boys soccer players sat under their own net, heads hung after a 2-1 season-opening loss on Friday, Aug. 29, to Pembroke Academy, their coach, George Pinkham, stood over them and explained how some of his best squads from the past had overcome early ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Thanks to the Bow School District’s REACH Program, students have found themselves in an operating room, performing chemistry experiments and even meeting Gov. John Lynch. Not bad places to be before graduating middle school. The REACH mentoring programs gives students the chance to expand their interest in ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY When he was younger, Kirk Spofford’s uncle taught him a lesson that stuck with him for a long time. “My uncle was a high school math teacher, and he always seemed to be having fun,” said the Bow Memorial School principal. “He had a lot of energy and enthusiasm. He enjoyed his work, and I thought ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Throughout the 2008 season, the Bow boys lacrosse team took one fellow Division II foe after another to school. Even Chris Kelleher, coach of D-I Salem, admitted the Falcons smacked his squad with a lengthy measuring stick during an 8-1 interdivisional loss. “Some of the kids were ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Many Bow residents watched the news footage of the damage Hurricane Katrina inflicted on New Orleans in late summer 2005. Adam Cantor lived it. The recently graduated Bow High School senior and his family were living in New Orleans when the hurricane struck, and when their home was severely damaged, they moved to ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY MANCHESTER – Ben Forbes will never look at Dunkin’ Donuts the same way again. While his 11th-seeded Falcons were making an unexpected run through the Class I tournament, Bow’s baseball manager grabbed a coffee and jelly stick each morning. The Falcon’s final contest didn’t end so ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR It’s another year, yet the jerseys are usually the same. For the fifth time since Division II girls lacrosse was established in 2002, Bow and Hanover played for the state championship. The outcome, of course, wasn’t decided until the final minutes. But unlike last season, when the Lady Falcons ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Concern for the environment can be seen around town, from Bow Elementary School up through the high school. Students are showing concern for the planet in a variety of ways in the classrooms. For his senior project, Bow High School student Ryan Obolewicz focused on recycling at his school. He got containers for plastic ...