Author: BOB NUSE, Sports Editor
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PRINCETON: Field hockey teams look to new leaders
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Filling spots left open due to graduation is always a difficult task for any team. But that’s the situation facing Packet-area field hockey coaches as they prepare to enter the season. The Hun School has a solid nucleus returning that will need to step in and help fill some of…
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PRINCETON: Miranda will be missed
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Hey buddy. It’s a phrase I’d hear any time I was at Princeton High for a sporting event. The words would come from John Miranda, the Princeton athletic director who passed away on Sunday. He’d share the same greeting with so many others who attended athletic events at Princeton. First…
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WEST WINDSOR: Kelly still learning, enjoying baseball
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor For Scott Kelly, the learning curve never ends when it comes to baseball. Now in his third season with the Somerset Patriots, Kelly is having his most productive year as a professional baseball player. For the West Windsor-Plainsboro North graduate, his career is a process that continues moving forward. “I’m…
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PRINCETON: New soccer coaches for girls programs
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor There will be a new look at the top for the girls soccer programs at Montgomery High, West Windsor-Plainsboro North and WW-P South, as all three teams welcome new coaches this spring. Meanwhile, Princeton High, Princeton Day School and the Hun School all return their head coaches with an eye…
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PRINCETON: Hilliker takes over as PDS soccer coach
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Ollie Hilliker brings plenty of experience and knowledge of soccer in the Princeton area to his new position as varsity boys soccer coach at Princeton Day School. Hilliker, who had spent the last five seasons as the head coach at New Hope-Solebury, has been the Director of Coaching with the…
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PRINCETON: PHS Athletic Director John Miranda passes away
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor John Miranda, the longtime Athletic Director of the Princeton Public Schools, passed away on Sunday. Mr. Miranda was one of the longest tenured athletic directors in the Colonial Valley Conference. The following was posted on the Princeton Public Schools website: The Princeton Public Schools community is mourning the loss of…
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PRINCETON: Berlocco, HAC shine at Y Nats
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Hamilton Aquatic Club came away from this summer’s Y Long Course Nationals meet in Indianapolis with plenty to be excited about. The team sent 14 swimmers to the meet, including several who were making their first appearance at a national meet. The girls’ qualifier included Abbey Berloco (Cranbury), Chelsea…
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PRINCETON: PU football begins prep for opener
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor As the Princeton University football teams opens practice to prepare for its Sept. 17 opener against Lafayette, the Tigers are hoping to build on last year’s 5-5 season. “We’re excited to start and kick off training camp,” Princeton coach Bob Surace said during the Ivy League coaches conference call earlier…
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PRINCETON: Nassau, Cherry Valley solid at PASDA champs
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Depth is always an issue with the smaller swim teams that compete in Division 2 and Division 3 of the Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association. But even though the numbers may be smaller than those teams that compete in Division 1, it doesn’t mean the same strong efforts aren’t…
