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The Bow Falcons celebrate their Division III wrestling championship win at Bow High School on Sat. Feb. 17, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bow senior Adler Moura celebrates with coach Bill Chavanelle after winning the 113-pound championship on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bill Chavanelle was named the Division III coach of the year during the D-III state championships on Feb. 17, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>

The preparation began the second the 2022-23 season ended.\u00a0Bow\u2019s wrestlers knew they could win a state championship, and they weren\u2019t about to let the opportunity pass them by.<\/p>\n

The Falcons finished second in last year\u2019s Division III state championships under first-year coach Bill Chavanelle, and\u00a0with most of their talent returning and the\u00a0program continuing to expand, the 2023-24 season would be the prime opportunity to make a statement.<\/p>\n

So last Saturday\u00a0when Bow hoisted the NHIAA championship trophy in triumph, it was the culmination of a quest to rebuild the program that began as soon as Chavanelle took over.<\/p>\n

Just a few years ago, the Falcons had only\u00a0seven kids on the team. This year, the number ballooned to 28 thanks in large part to recruiting efforts from the wrestlers themselves. Chavanelle didn\u2019t just want kids to come wrestle for a few months out of the year; he aimed\u00a0to build a group that wanted to work\u00a0together throughout the year, building\u00a0toward a common goal.<\/p>\n

They achieved that this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still in shock about it to be honest with you,\u201d Chavanelle said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very humbling experience to (go)\u00a0from seven kids two, three years ago to now 28 kids overall. It\u2019s absolutely insane, and they\u2019re just great kids. I can\u2019t say enough good things about our group as a whole. There\u2019s not a bad apple in the bunch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chavanelle loves to put the spotlight on his wrestlers, but he also received recognition during Saturday\u2019s championship when he was named the D-III Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always cool to be recognized by your peers,\u201d he said. \u201cSo many of those coaches\u00a0were coaching their respective teams back when I was competing. Even my old coach from Winnisquam, Tom Osmer, he\u2019s still at Winnisquam, so to be recognized by my peers is truly an honorable badge I\u2019m going to wear for quite a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the state championships, senior Adler Moura (113 pounds), freshman Jaron Todisco Coulon (106), senior Joe McDowell (175) and junior Jackson Hall (215) each took home\u00a0individual titles. Seniors Josiah Funches (157) and Ben McDowell (165) finished as runners-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moura was also\u00a0named Outstanding Wrestler, and he and seven of his teammates\u00a0advanced to the state Meet of Champions\u00a0held at Bedford High School this Saturday morning. They will compete against top finishers from the D-I and D-II championships.<\/p>\n

Moura has been with the program through the rebuild and once again headlined the program\u2019s success all season. There\u2019s no one else Chavanelle said he\u2019d rather have leading the way both on and off the mats.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve said it a thousand times, he\u2019s simply one of the best I’ve ever been around,\u201d Chavanelle said.\u00a0\u201cFrom a coaching standpoint to a competitive standpoint, he\u2019s just what you want kids to be. He\u2019s just awesome in every single facet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though his time in the program is winding down, Moura\u2019s made sure to make sure he leaves more than just his championship legacy behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe mentioned a couple weeks ago as he\u2019s on his way out of here\u00a0that he wants to leave the things he learned not just from me but his club coaches and his youth coaches that he wants to pass down to those kids because I think he gets the big picture,\u201d Chavanelle said. \u201cThat\u2019s what lives on. The records are cool, the achievements are cool, but it\u2019s what you pass down to the guys below you that makes a better impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those lessons will surely be valuable as the program moves forward. The Falcons aren\u2019t satisfied with just a state title this year; they\u2019re hoping to compete at the top of Division III for years to come.<\/p>\n

That means maintaining the levels of focus, perseverance and tenacity that guided the way all season long.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne common goal among everyone else was to get to this point,\u201d Chavanelle said. \u201cWe know the type of kids and the guys that we have in the room to make it happen, so we just had to stay to a goal and commit to the goal, and the guys did that from last February all the way to this February.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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