BY RYAN O’CONNORLosses are never fun, but Chris Gaudreau can’t deny early-season setbacks have benefitted his Bow boys lacrosse team the last two years. Despite losing 10 seniors from the 2008 Division II championship squad, Gaudreau, who coaches the Falcons with his brother Steve, said this year’s unit has shown significant ...

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 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 RYAN O’CONNORIt was a familiar feeling, to be sure. Chris Gaudreau jumped in the air, his arms pumped, his smile broad. Next to him, his brother, Steve, did the same. In 2004, the last time the Bow boys lacrosse team won a state title, the two were together, only then Steve was the head coach and Chris was his assistant. Steve left the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR The varsity program is in its third year of existence, yet the Hopkinton girls lacrosse team is competing for a playoff spot. With a 9-5 win against Merrimack Valley on Saturday, May 17, Hopkinton upped its record to 5-7 and can finish with a .500 regular season by defeating 4-8 Plymouth, on Tuesday, May 20, and ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK Physically, the visitors were every bit the equal of their hosts. But Salem’s boys lacrosse team, which trekked nearly 80 miles round trip for an interdivisional contest on Saturday, April 26, proved it has a long way to go to match Bow’s proven mental makeup. The Falcons, last year’s Division- II ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY SALEM – Timeouts are designed to give teams the chance to catch their breath, regroup and grab some momentum. When Salem High School called a timeout midway through the second half of its girls lacrosse game against visiting Bow High School, the Blue Devils caught their breath, but it was the Falcons who ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Chris Raabe knows it has to stop sometime. She just hopes – for her seniors – this isn’t the year. The Bow girls lacrosse team has reached the state final each season since the inception of Division II lax in 2002, and the Lady Falcons wore the crown three of those six years, winning in ...