The Pelham-Windham Razorbacks fourth-grade football team remained unbeaten and closed within one win of the New England regional championship following a 31-7 regional semifinal-round victory against the Nipmuc Warriors of Central Massachusetts on Saturday, Nov. 14. That triumph followed a 25-6 state championship defeat of the rival Salem Rams on ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYPelham girls soccer players, all too familiar with the agony of defeat, are starting to experience the thrill of victory. The Pythons, frequently winless in recent campaigns, have won two contests in recent weeks, a small step for second-year head coach Amy Alfaro, who continues to instill a new attitude in her ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Windham doesn’t quite have a home-course advantage yet, but the Jaguars now officially have a course to call home. Though nearly all of the teams at the newly opened Windham High School are junior varsity, the school’s cross country team is competing at the varsity level. On Sept. 22, the school hosted its ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKDown two runs, down to their final out, the Pelham 11- and 12- year-old Little League baseball all-stars refused to go quietly. They made a racket, rattled Suncook, but ultimately succumbed, 5-4, on Monday, July 6. Pelham also fell to neighboring Windham on Friday, July 3, 7-1. With the two losses, the locals were eliminated from ...

The New Hampshire Flag Football League concluded its spring season with games on Friday, June 26, and title tilts on Sunday, June 28. In the 12- to 15-year-old division semifinals: The Texans played a strong defensive game and beat the Colts, 12-6. Kevin Deangelo led the victors’ offense, while Geordan Henderson stood out on defense. Jeremy ...

The Bow Falcons improved to 6-1 in Class I girls tennis following recent victories against Pelham, Laconia, Kearsarge, Kennett and, on Monday, May 4, Pembroke Academy. The team’s lone blemish in 2009 was a 7-2 setback to Hanover on April 29. In a rain-shortened 6-1 decision over Pelham, Kate Torres, Mariah Leven and Emma Mulvaney, the ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK The Salem girls gymnastics team followed Pinkerton throughout the state gymnastics championship meet at Salem High on Saturday, Feb. 21. Yet ultimately, each New Hampshire team found itself in a familiar place – following the Blue Devils in search of the state title. The hosts won their third straight crown and ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY In a baseball game, when the ball rolls past an infielder or soars over the head of an outfielder, fans usually aren’t happy with their team. In Pelham, the fans still cheer. The Pelham Challenger Little League has provided disabled children the chance to participate in organized baseball for the past three ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR It was a good news/bad news Senior Night for the Pelham girls basketball team. The bad news? The Lady Pythons had just three seniors to honor, a reality evident by the 53-38 setback that evening, Friday, Jan. 30, courtesy of visiting Coe-Brown Northwood Academy. The good news? The Lady Pythons graduate only three ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK Thirty seconds into a meaningless preseason jamboree at Concord’s Community College, Pelham boys basketball head coach Todd Kress had seen enough. He called a timeout. “Did you even think about taking the charge?” he heatedly said to one of his starters, who had just allowed a Bishop Guertin ...