Author: BOB NUSE, Sports Editor

  • PRINCETON: Panthers still perfect

    PRINCETON: Panthers still perfect

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Rebecca Kuzmicz has seen the names change from year to year, but the results stay the same for the Princeton Day School girls soccer program. Kuzmicz was a freshman newcomer in 2014 when her older sisters helped the Panthers to the first of two straight state Prep B championships. A…

  • PRINCETON: Raiders rebound from slow start

    PRINCETON: Raiders rebound from slow start

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Hun School field hockey team was able to shake off a slow start and get its season heading in the right direction. After opening the season with four straight losses, the Raiders have rebounded to win four in a row to even their record at 4-4. “It always takes…

  • MONTGOMERY: Sarathy gains elusive win

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Ajay Sarathy has enjoyed plenty of success on the cross country course during his high school career. The Montgomery High senior was one of the top runners in the state a year ago and has carried that success into this season. But through all of his success, one thing has…

  • PRINCETON: PHS claims MCT second doubles title

    PRINCETON: PHS claims MCT second doubles title

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Hightstown High girls tennis team put together an impressive effort to capture their first Mercer County Tournament title on Wednesday at Mercer County Park. That left usual title contenders like West Windsor-Plainsboro South and Princeton battling for second place, which the two perennially strong programs wound up sharing. Hightstown…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirates’ gamble pays off with win

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Skip Edwards has seen how hard his players have worked this season. So when it came time for the biggest decision of the season, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South football coach left it in the players’ hands. The Pirates scored with 54 seconds left in the game to pull within one…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars third at SCT tennis

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor With only three of its top seven players back in the lineup this season, the Montgomery High girls tennis team was going to have to come together quickly to win a Somerset County Tournament title. The Cougars are getting better each week, but weren’t quite ready to win a title…

  • PRINCETON: PHS girls soccer rebounds from tough start

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor As a team working several newcomers into the lineup, the Princeton High girls soccer team figured it might get off to a slow start. Playing three of the top teams in the Colonial Valley Conference to start the season didn’t help. “We lost our first three games but we started…

  • PLAINSBORO: Knights bounce right back

    PLAINSBORO: Knights bounce right back

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor It didn’t take long for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North football team to put their season-opening loss to Allentown behind them. On the first play from scrimmage in last Friday’s game at WW-P South, quarterback Brian Murphy connected with Miles Fye-Moore on a 71-yard touchdown pass and the Knights were…

  • PRINCETON: PHS volleyball setting bar higher

    PRINCETON: PHS volleyball setting bar higher

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Princeton High girls volleyball team came into this season thinking this one could be the best in their short history as a program. It took just seven matches to make that happen. With a 25-11, 25-8 win over Florence on Wednesday, the Little Tigers improved to 5-2 on the…