WELL IT CERTAINLY ISN'T THE WAY

WE PLANNED IT TO END, OR THE WAY

WE WANTED IT TO END, BUT WE ALL

HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF EVERY

OPPORTUNITY....

ON MONDAY THE NHIAA RULED ON

HOW THEY WANTED TO CROWN WINTER

CHAMPIONS THAT DID NOT GET TO PLAY

OUT THEIR CHAMPIONSHIPS.  BOTH THE

WINTER CHEER TEAM AND BOYS BASKETBALL

TEAMS HAVE BEEN AWARDED D2 STATE

RUNNERS-UP PLAQUES.  AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE,

BOTH TEAMS SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF THEIR

SEASONS. 

WITH NO SENIORS ON THE TEAM LAST YEAR,

THESE THREE YOUNG LADIES, BRIANNA

MEEHAN, KAYLA VALLANTE AND PAIGE

DUCHARME HAVE BEEN THE LEADERS

FOR TWO YEARS NOW, LEADING THEIR

TEAM TO THREE STRAIGHT RUNNER UP

FINISHES IN D2 NH.  THIS WINTER WE HOPE

TO MAKE IT STATE CHAMPS. 

ON  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 SENIOR DEREK CROWLEY

REACHED 1000 CAREER POINTS FOR PELHAM HIGH

BOYS BASKETBALL, BECOMING THE 11TH  MALE

IN PHS HISTORY TO REACH THIS MILESTONE,

AND THE FIRST IN 4 YEARS.  DEREK IS SEEN HERE

WITH HIS PARENTS AND BROTHER MATT.

FUTURE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS !!!!

THIS TIME IT'S THE STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS,

WHICH WERE HELD AT PELHAM HIGH FOR THE

SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.  SENIOR NICK CARROLL AND

JUNIOR CONOR MASLANEK LIVED UP TO THEIR TOP

SEEDINGS AT 182 AND 195 AND TOOK HOME THE

TITLES.  FOR CARROLL, IT WAS HIS FIRST, AND ALSO

HIS PRESTIGIOUS 100TH WIN.  WHAT A WAY TO GET

THAT DONE.  FOR MASLANEK, IT WAS HIS THIRD IN A

ROW, AND SECOND AT 195.  CARROLL, MASLANEK NOW

MOVE ON TO MOC'S, ALONG WITH TEAMMATES EVAN

HASKINS, RYAN NICOLOSI AND RYAN LEUTERITZ, WHO

ALL GOT THIRD PLACE IN THEIR WEIGHT CLASSES. 

CONGRATS TO NICK AND CONOR.  NOTHING LIKE TAKING

IT HOME IN YOUR OWN HOME !!!!

WE KNEW SHE WAS GOOD EVERYONE, BUT

THIS GOOD?  SATURDAY PYTHON FRESHMAN

ABBY DRUDING SHOWED NH JUST HOW

TALENTED SHE IS BY WINNING THE NH

ALL-AROUND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  ABBY

WON 3 OF THE 4 EVENTS AS WELL, TAKING

HOME 4 STATE TITLES IN ALL.  VAULT, BEAM,

FLOOR EXERCISE WERE ALL DOMINATED BY

MISS DRUDING.  AND OH YA, DID I MENTION

SHE'S A FRESHMAN?  AWESOME JOB ABBY. 

THE 2020 PHS GYMNASTICS TEAM WENT

INTO STATES HOPING FOR A TOP 3 FINISH

TO MATCH THEIR PROGRAM BEST FROM 2017.

WELL THEY ONE UPED THAT WITH A 2ND PLACE

RUNNER UP FINISH BEHIND NH POWERHOUSE

PINKERTON.  THE PYTHONS SCORED A PROGRAM

BEST 133 TEAM POINTS, ONLY LOSING TO PA

BY 3 POINTS.  THE GIRLS BROUGHT THEIR A-GAME

WHEN IT COUNTED MOST. 

ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 THE SNAKE

PIT SAID GOODBYE TO TWO OUTSTANDING

PHS STUDENT/ATHLETES, MCKENNA

WILLIAMS AND LILLY RUTHERFORD.  BOTH

GIRLS HAVE LED A VERY VERY YOUNG

PYTHON TEAM TO A CURRENT 10-5 RECORD. 

ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, THE PELHAM

HIGH TRACK TEAM COMPETED IN THE D2

STATE INDOOR TRACK CJHAMPIONSHIPS.

SENIOR JOHN ELIE REIGNED SUPREME IN

THE 55 HIGH HURDLES.  JOHN NOW IS THE

DEFENDING STATE CHAMP IN HURDLING

DISTANCES FROM 55M, 110M AND 300M.

THE PHS BOYS 4X400 RELAY CONSISTING OF

CAM DUFAULT, RYAN MILLER, DYLAN FOSS AND

ELIE TOOK HOME THE TITLE AS WELL.

THE PYTHON GIRLS 4X200 RELAY TEAM OF

JACKLYN CAWTHRON, CASSIE HEMMERDINGER,

PAIGE HURST AND GWEN DAHLINGER CAME

FROM BEHIND AND RAN DOWN THE FAVORITES

FROM PORTSMOUTH.

WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR PHS TRACK !!!!!!
 

ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 THE PHS

WRESTLING TEAM BEAT WINNISQUAM

AND HONORED THEIR 3 SENIORS AND

FAMILIES.  REMEMBER THE D3 STATE

CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE ON FEBRUARY 22,

RIGHT HERE AT PHS.  PICTURED HERE ARE

EVAN HASKINS, RYAN LEUTERITZ AND NICK

CARROLL WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

ON JANUARY 22 THE PHS GYMNASTICS TEAM

SCORED A TEAM RECORD 129.5 POINTS AT

THEIR HOME MEET AND SENIOR NIGHT.  THE

PYTHONS ARE HEADING TO THE STATE MEET

AS ONE OF THE TOP 3 TEAMS IN NH.  PICTURED

HERE ARE THE 5 PYTHON SENIORS WITH THEIR

SENIOR PAL FROM ALVIRNE AND THEIR NEW

MASCOT.

THE FOLLOWING DATES HAVE BEEN OR WILL

BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF NHIAA

ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY.  SINCE OUR GRADES

ROLL CONTINUOUSLY ALL YEAR, WE WILL USE

SNAPSHOTS ON THESE DATES TO DETERMINE

WHETHER A STUDENT CAN PARTICIPATE FOR THE

NEXT 9 WEEKS. 

NOVEMBER 4:  FOR WINTER SPORTS

JANUARY 28:   END OF SEMESTER, CONTINUE

                           WINTER SPORTS.

MARCH 23:      FOR SPRING SPORTS

END OF YEAR:  FOR FALL 2020 SPORTS

IN ORDER FOR A STUDENT/ATHLETE TO

PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS, THEY MUST

BE PASSING 75% OR MORE OF THEIR

COURSES.  THIS MEANS ATLEAST 6 OF 8,

6 OF 7 OR 5 OF 6, DEPENDING ON THEIR

CURRENT COURSE LOAD. 

PELHAM HIGH ATHLETES SOLD THEIR NEW CAMO

BASEBALL CAPS THIS FALL AND WINTER, AND THE

PROFITS TOTALLED $840 THAT WILL BE DONATED

TO NH WOUNDED WARRIORS FOUNDATION.  PICTURED

HERE ARE SENIORS NICK CARROLL, MCKENNA

WILLIAMS AND COLBY TRAVIS WITH THE CHECK AND

INVOICE FOR THE DONATION.  BY THE WAY WE STILL

HAVE 20 HATS FOR SALE.  JUST ASK TODD KRESS OR

BOOSTERS AT ANY EVENT.  $10 NOW FOR A HAT. 

PHS SENIOR STANDOUT HURDLER JOHN

ELIE COMPETED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS BOSTON

HOLIDAY CLASSIC ON THE NORTHEASTERN

CAMPUS.  JOHN WENT IN AS A 9 SEED IN THE 55

HURDLES, AND CAME OUT 4TH OVERALL. 

GREAT JOB JOHN AND COACH HANNON. 

PELHAM HIGH JUNIOR WRESTLER CONOR MASLANEK

WON HIS 100TH MATCH ON SATURDAY, REACHING

THAT MILESTONE FASTER THAN ANY WRESTLER IN

PELHAM HIGH HISTORY.  CONOR IS THE TWO TIME

DEFENDING D3 STATE CHAMP, AND NOW SETS HIS

SIGHTS ON 4 STRAIGHT STATE TITLES, ONLY DONE

BY FORMER PHS STANDOUT JOSH MEDEIROS, AND ALSO

BREAKING THE OVERALL MATCH WINS RECORD

WITH 139, DONE BY MEDEIROS AND MIKE PERUCCIO. 

CONGRATS CONOR, SEEN HERE WITH HIS PHS TEAM

AND COACHING STAFF. 

KUDOS TO THE PHS GYMNASTICS TEAM

FOR MAKING 12 BLANKETS FOR THE

HOMELESS OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK

AND DELIVERING THEM TO THE NASHUA

SHELTER.  WE KNEW THEY COULD TUMBLE,

FLIP AND DANCE, BUT DID WE KNOW THEY

COULD SEW AND QUILT TOO?  GREAT JOB

LADIES AND COACHES.

ON NOVEMBER 13, 2019 PHS SENIOR BOYS

LAX STANDOUT CHARLIE KATIN SIGNED

HIS NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY

BOYS LACROSSE NEXT YEAR AT UMASS LOWELL.

CHARLIE IS SEEN HERE AT HIS SIGNING WITH

BROTHERS JOE AND TYLER, AND MOM KATIN.

ON NOVEMBER 13, 2019 SENIOR FIELD

HOCKEY STANDOUT ABBEY BEVENS

SIGNED HER NATIONAL LETTER OF

INTENT TO PLAY FIELD HOCKEY NEXT YEAR

AT ST. ANSELMS COLLEGE.  CONGRATS TO

ABBEY AND MOM BEVENS.

D3 STATE CHAMP RUSS HAMEL SHOT A

1 UNDER 71 TO TAKE THE TITLE TODAY

AT BEAVER MEADOW CC IN CONCORD. 

THIS IS PHS'S THIRD GOLF STATE TITLE, AND

FIRST SINCE 2013 WHEN JAKE VAIKNORAS

TOOK IT HOME.