BY SAPNA PATHAK He thought winning every game he started as a freshman at Pelham High School was a fluke. But after repeating the feat three more times, former Pythons pitcher Derek Miller couldn’t help but recognize his baseball abilities. “After my first two seasons at Pelham (High School), I had no losses, but I still ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Concerned that athletic fields at Pelham High School won’t be ready in time for fall teams to practice, the school’s athletics director has urged its landscaping company to take immediate action. “As it stands right now, the conditions of the fields is unacceptable and needs to be addressed immediately,” ...

BY MATT STOUT Come early March, Tim Powers has the same conversation with many students. In his search for new players, the Pelham girls lacrosse coach approaches athlete and non-athlete alike and asks them if they would be interested in playing the sport. The usual response is, “Well, I don’t know anything about it.” Of ...

BY MATT STOUT For years, Matt Stone instilled the work ethic and skills to prepare Pelham’s baseball players for high school. This spring, he finally gets to work with some of the finished products. After six seasons as the coach of the Pelham Memorial School baseball team, Stone takes the reins of the Pelham High team this spring, ...

BY MATT STOUT Don Shirley remembers exactly when he knew the Windham Middle School boys basketball team could challenge for the Tri-County League Class S-2 title. In fact, that defining moment propelled the team there. Down nine points to Woodbury of Salem with three minutes to go in the semifinals, Windham stormed back to tie, sent the game to ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK A little more than a month after coming in second to rival Pembroke Academy at this year’s Kiwanis cheerleading competition, Pelham High’s spirit squad climbed back to the top of the Class I mountain. On Feb. 25, the Lady Pythons used four weeks of extra practice to propel them to the state title at this year’s ...