Author: BOB NUSE, Sports Editor

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor As far as starts to the season go, the Princeton High girls basketball team has to be pretty happy with theirs. The Little Tigers opened the season with three wins in their first four games before falling to Stuart Country Day, 62-33, in the semifinals of the Stuart Invitational on…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Football season can be a hectic time around the Gallagher house. That’s because at the same time Charlie is coaching football at Princeton High School, Reece, Avery, Quinn and Chase are all heading out to their own sports activities, whether that’s on the soccer field, the lacrosse field, the football…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Kris Grundy knows that for the Montgomery High boys basketball team to be successful he needs contributions from the entire roster. That was certainly the case in Tuesday night, as the Cougars went eight players deep in contributors during a 53-52 win over Watchung Hills. With the win, Montgomery improved…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Natalie Everett has a hard time believing her high school basketball career will be coming to an end. “I am already getting motional about it,” the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North senior said just two games into her senior season. “This is my senior year and knowing it is the last…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Warren Gerstacker is no stranger to Mercer County wrestling. A 2007 Hopewell Valley High School graduate, Gerstacker wrestled for four years for the Bulldogs and after gradating from Rutgers University, he spent another four years as a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater. This year Gerstacker will take his…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor In addition to both being first-time head coaches, Pat Noone and Steve Hennessey also have something else in common — excitement about what they can accomplish at Princeton High School. Noone is the new boys basketball coach for the Little Tigers, taking over for Mark Shelley, while Hennessey steps in…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor You could say it was inevitable that Michael Hussong was going to be a coach. Hussong, the new head coach of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High girls basketball team, is the son of successful coaches. His father, Dan, is a former basketball coach at WW-P, while his mother, Lori, is the…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Montgomery High ice hockey team showed plenty of resiliency after suffering its toughest loss of the season. After opening the year with two straight wins, the Cougars fell to Watchung Hills and Ridge, the latter in a disheartening 10-2 defeat. But rather than let the losses send them into…

By Bob Nuse, Sports editor There is exceeding expectations, and then there is the plight of the Halliday brothers and the Tufts University men’s soccer program. “I was not expecting that when I committed to Tufts we would win two national championships,” admitted Kevin Halliday, a junior for the Jumbos. “I was hoping to make…