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 ...