BY RYAN O’CONNOR With the season’s first snowfall as the backdrop, the No. 8 Bow Lady Falcons missed several key opportunities, including a shot off the crossbar late in the second half, and Hollis-Brookline, the ninth-seeded visitors and eventual state runner-up, scored three minutes into sudden death to secure a Class I ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR This time last year, the Bow boys soccer team had locked up a top-four seed in the Class I tournament, par for the course for George Pinkham’s squad. Peter Bisson, on the other hand, was completing his first season at the Pembroke Academy helm. His team had shown signs of progress, but were out of playoff ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR For the Bow golf team, 2008 was a good year. Coach Mike Seraikas said 2009 has the potential to be a great year. “The kids worked hard, they all improved, and now we’re just looking forward to next season where we’re going to be a year older and a year more experienced,” said Seraikas, who ...

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 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’CONNOR No. 1 doubles teams knotted at 7-7, Jean VerPlanck thought her Bow girls tennis squad had a strong chance to knock off once-beaten Portsmouth in the Class I quarterfinals on May 21. Then the skies opened and the rain fell. When the tourney’s No. 2 and No. 7 seeds resumed play the next day, VerPlanck said any ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK A playoff atmosphere arrived one week early for two good Class I tennis teams – visiting Bow and host Pembroke Academy. While the day’s end marked the season’s close for PA, Bow’s campaign begins anew. The Falcons’ depth proved too much for the Spartans in a 6-3 victory in 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 RYAN O’CONNOR She’s huffing and puffing, struggling with each stride, each gasp for air. As she nears the end of her 5-K run, though, she spots a familiar face standing at the finish line. She smiles. And with a burst of energy, Marissa Lucas, a senior on the Bow High School cross country team, completes the race, then ...