BY SAPNA PATHAK The night before this year’s Class I boys golf tournament was not spent resting or making sure his team’s equipment was in order. No, for Joel St. Laurent, it meant standing on the course at Manchester Country Club, perfecting his golfers’ strokes well into the evening. St. Laurent led the boys of Bedford ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK On the first day of the season, Donald Van Uden relayed a message to his team. After watching his West golfers post a 32-4 record, the second-best regular-season finish in program history, Van Uden repeated the message. “Only one day counts, and that’s Oct. 4,” said Van Uden, referring to the date of this ...

On Thursday, Oct. 4, the boys of Bow High golf took the course at Beaver Meadow in Concord for this year’s Class I championship tournament. Entering the tournament ranked seventh, with an 18-7 record, the Falcons placed seventh overall, shooting 421 as a team. The match included the top-20 teams in Class I, with the top-10 teams allowed ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK On the practice green at Canterbury Woods prior to this year’s NHIAA Class L golf tournament, the boys of Concord golf saw eye to eye with their coach. Following the match, the Crimson Tide head coach and his golfers disagreed. After taking Class L titles in 2005 and 2006, Concord fell short of making it three straight, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Manchester West’s Matt Breault reached the second day of the Class L individual state tournament last weekend, finishing with a two-round total of 163. Memorial’s Pat Gocklin carded a two-day total of 149, good for seventh place. He fired a one-under-par 71 on day two. Breault, a Hooksett resident, was ready for ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK While finishing in fifth place at the Class L team tournament, the Blue Devils qualified four golfers to compete in the individual tournament, the most any Salem golf team has advanced. “We’ve never put more than two golfers in the individual match,” said Salem head coach Ben Adams. “There was absolutely ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR The 2007 Bow Falcons golf team is a loose bunch, with one eye on the postseason prize and the other on a nearby teammate who’s joking around. “We take it seriously, but we try to enjoy ourselves,” said head coach Mike Seraikas, who last year watched his team finish on the outside looking in at the ...

Though Goffstown High School will not play postseason golf this season, varsity coach Jarrod Brooks reflects on the year as one of learning and growth. The Grizzlies, who finished 11-22 on the season, compiled an average team score of 206 among five golfers. BY RYAN O'CONNOR The number, said Brooks, is significant because it represents a ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR This season, the Central golf team lost twice as often as it won, but head coach Matt Tafe saw plenty of reason to stay positive about the future. The Little Green fell to 12-24 in 2007 and didn’t come close to the championship round. Still, Tafe said his young squad showed it’s an up-and-coming contender for ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR After leading his Pythons boys basketball squad to three consecutive state title games and taking home the 2006 Class I championship, Todd Kress decided he needed to spice things up by adding another personal challenge. Pelham High School’s golf team presented just such an opportunity. This year, Kress took over the ...