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 MATT SCHOOLEY Tom Babaian wasn’t impressed with his team’s performance. Paul Cohen wasn’t pleased with how his squad played either. But someone had to come out with a win. Babaian’s Pelham football team defeated Cohen’s Bow Falcons, 35-20, on Saturday, Oct. 4, in a turnover-plagued contest that helped ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Sitting outside on the clubhouse deck, glancing at the familiar 135-acre landscape of rolling fairways and pristine greens, Marilyn Campbell sat expectantly, waiting for the storm to roll in. Yet there wasn’t a dark cloud in the sky, and the only precipitation in the area were the tears swelling in ...

The Candia Moore School girls soccer team ran its record to 7-0 with victories over previously undefeated Chester and Wilton and started October with a tough victory against a determined Auburn bunch. On Sept. 25 the team beat previously unbeaten Chester, 4-0. Three scores by sixth-grader Sarah Michaud and a tally by seventh- grader Victoria ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORDespite thoroughly outplaying their opponents, the Hopkinton Hawks were forced to scrap for victory No. 6. Still, by handing Fall Mountain its fourth overtime setback, 2-1, on Monday, Sept. 29, HHS remained undefeated and on track to compete for a thirdstraight Class M title. “Today’s game was a true test of our ...

BY DAVID SUITORBrad Zahensky wants to race NASCAR someday, and in preparation he is learning his craft by kart racing at Sugar Hill Speedway in Weare. The 11-year-old already has three years of experience on paved oval tracks. After taking second in the Tiger Sprint A division, he’ll move up in class next year to the Junior Outlaw division ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORLinda Koehler has spent the greater part of the last 20 years grooming young field hockey talent in Pelham. After helping develop a generally successful high school program between 1987 and 1998, she spent 2004 through 2006 mentoring at the middle school, where she led several current Lady Pythons to two first-place finishes ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR With two more decisive victories, the Hopkinton boys soccer team continued its march to the playoffs and a shot at a third straight state title. After shutting out Conant, 5-0, on Sept. 17, the Hawks thrashed Stevens on the road, 5-1, on Friday, Sept. 19, to extend their record to 5-0-1. “Tonight’s ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK For Hopkinton, the fullgame effort was certainly there. Unfortunately for the hosts, it was also there for Class M’s top-ranked girls soccer team, Gilford. The visiting Golden Eagles took an early lead and withstood the Hawks’ response to win on Friday, Sept. 19, 3-1. In the process, they dropped ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Since I first spoke with event organizer Mary Congoran about the race, she has been telling me the Contoocook Carry brings out the best in Hopkinton residents. I figured she was right, but until I rode my bicycle into a ditch on the side of the road, I never really completely understood. On Sunday, Sept. 21, ...