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’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 MATT SCHOOLEY The Pelham field hockey team created more scoring threats, but Bow made its chances count, earning a 2- 0 road victory. Although the Pythons spent most of the afternoon on the attack, the Falcons scored a goal in each half, defeating Pelham on Friday, Sept. 12. Bow’s Kristen Chulada corralled a loose ball in ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR With one senior and three freshmen in the top eight, as well as a sophomore playing as the team’s No. 1, there’s no denying the Pelham golf squad is young. Yet it presents an ideal scenario for Todd Kress. The second-year golf coach said last season’s lot featured a solid group of seniors who ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Tom Babaian isn’t looking for his team to replicate what it accomplished last season, but he does hope it ends with his football team holding a championship plaque for a second consecutive year. Babaian’s Pelham Pythons completed their undefeated 2007 campaign with a state title, and the team returns some ...

BY JERRY LIPTAK The Pelham High School boys tennis team tweaked the old argument – the end justifies the means – in 2008. This was a team that proved sometimes the end just defies the means. Yes, unbeaten state champ Hanover concluded the Pythons’ season with a quick 9-0 defeat in the Class I state semifinals on ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR By regular-season standards, the implications of a win or a loss were far greater than a typical boys tennis contest. Matched up on Saturday, May 17, were 9-3 Pelham and 11- 2 Coe-Brown. The winner was likely to host a first-round playoff duel between the two five days later. “It was huge,” said ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Holding onto the 16th and final playoff spot in their inaugural season, the Bedford High School softball team hoped to roll into Pelham and roll out with a win. The 1-13 Pythons had other plans. Pelham jumped to a 7-0 lead and held on for its second win of the season, an 8-7 home victory on Monday, May 19. With the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Matt Regan coached the Pelham boys lacrosse team two of the program’s first four years, but missed last season because of time constraints. This season, he is back at the helm and ready to reap the benefits of his initial investment. “The group I had two years ago, when they were all freshmen, I now ...