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PMHS girls basketball team starts off season unbeaten at 5-0, takes title at Brewster Tournament

PMHS girls basketball team starts off season unbeaten at 5-0, takes title at Brewster Tournament

By Conor Waters, Sports Editor
December 20, 2024

The PMHS girls basketball team started the 2024-25 season on an impressive five-game winning streak. The Pelicans captured the championship in the Brewster Tournament with a 66-47 win over Blind...

Kate Douglass bests her own 200m breaststroke world record at World Championships

Kate Douglass bests her own 200m breaststroke world record at World Championships

By Kira Findikyan, Assistant Managing Editor
December 13, 2024

Kate Douglass' strong performances continued at the 2024 Short Course National Championship in Budapest, Hungary, as she beat her own 200-meter short course world record on Friday. With a time of 2:12.50,...

Kate Douglass sets two world records for Team USA in women's 200m IM, 4x100m freestyle relay

Kate Douglass sets two world records for Team USA in women’s 200m IM, 4x100m freestyle relay

By Gillian Ho, Deputy Managing Editor
December 10, 2024

Kate Douglass began the 2024 Short Course World Championships in Budapest, Hungary with a splash by breaking a decade-old world record in the 200 IM. Additionally, Team USA, consisting of Pelham native...

PMHS boys swim team earns dominant first victory over Yorktown

PMHS boys swim team earns dominant first victory over Yorktown

By Conor Waters, Sports Editor
December 9, 2024

The PMHS boys varsity swim team won its first meet against Yorktown on Thursday by a score of 54-38. The victory came after an 0-3 start to the season with losses to Arlington, Eastchester and New Rochelle-Bronxville. Some...

Snapshot: Four sixth graders represent PMS at National Grades K-12 Chess Championship

Snapshot: Four sixth graders represent PMS at National Grades K-12 Chess Championship

December 9, 2024

Sixth graders (above, from left) LJ Casenas, Ari Drucker, Patrick Vitale and Saifan Hashmi represented Pelham Middle School at the 2024 National Grades K-12 Chess Championship held this past weekend...

PMHS winter track team welcomes fresh routines, bonding in preparation for first meet at Armory

PMHS winter track team welcomes fresh routines, bonding in preparation for first meet at Armory

By Scarlett Hanlon, Entertainment Editor
November 26, 2024

As the winter sports season begins, the PMHS winter track team is welcoming the coming competition with intense warm-ups, supportive peers and lots of running. “All of our practices start at 3:30...

One of Kate Douglass's fans poses with her for a keepsake photo. Douglass took pictures with a line of attendees that wrapped around the theater.

Kate Douglass brings her golden Olympic perspective and photo ops to hometown fans at Picture House

By Kira Findikyan, Assistant Managing Editor
November 21, 2024

Pelhamites of all ages packed the Picture House on Tuesday to give a smiling Kate Douglass a standing ovation as she made her way to the stage. Douglass was there to talk to her hometown crowd about...

PMHS holds national signing day event for four recruited student athletes

PMHS holds national signing day event for four recruited student athletes

By Conor Waters, Sports Editor
November 20, 2024

National signing day has been a longstanding tradition across the country for soon-to-be college athletes, and this tradition was continued in Pelham. On Nov. 13, senior student-athletes Charlotte Marion,...

In inaugural season, Pelham 14U baseball team wins first-ever Great Hudson Valley Baseball League championship

In inaugural season, Pelham 14U baseball team wins first-ever Great Hudson Valley Baseball League championship

November 14, 2024

November 9, 2024 – Danbury, CT – In a thrilling finish, the Pelham 14U baseball team claimed their first-ever Great Hudson Valley Baseball League (GHVBL) championship in their inaugural season....

Chris Gallagher loved basketball in third grade. Obstacles didn't keep him from stardom and the Bronx Basketball Hall of Fame.

Chris Gallagher loved basketball in third grade. Obstacles didn’t keep him from stardom and the Bronx Basketball Hall of Fame.

By Scarlett Hanlon, Entertainment Editor
November 13, 2024

After Chris Gallagher fell in love with basketball in third grade, he was forced to overcome major obstacles to become a high school and college star, and last Thursday, an inductee in the Bronx Basketball...

(Photo: World Aquatics on Twitter)

Kate Douglass breaks two more American records on road to winning World Aquatics Swimming World Cup

By Gillian Ho, Deputy Managing Editor
November 2, 2024

Pelham native Kate Douglass became women's champion of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup after breaking the U.S. short-course 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle records in the competition's final meet...

Kate Douglass swimming at the University of Virginia.

PMHS alumna Kate Douglass breaks 200m breaststroke world record at World Aquatics Swimming World Cup

By Gillian Ho, Deputy Managing Editor
October 26, 2024

Pelham native Kate Douglass broke the short course 200m breaststroke world record at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Incheon, South Korea, on Thursday.  The PMHS alumna finished with a time...

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