Author: BOB NUSE, Sports Editor

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Nick Birnie went to the state Group IV track and field championships hoping to perform well enough to earn a spot in the Meet of Champions. The Princeton High senior wound up doing that and more last weekend. Not only did Birnie qualify for a spot in the Meet of…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor So much for drama. The Princeton Day School boys tennis team won three of the five flight titles at the state Prep B tournament on the way to winning a fourth straight team championship. “We had a good day on the final day but we clinched it on the Sunday,”…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Brian Gould knows John Owens will compete no matter what event he puts him in. And not only will Owens compete, but there is always a pretty good chance he’ll win. The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North junior showed that last weekend when he captured a pair of events at the…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Rosey Li knows the tradition of excellent golfers that have passed through the Montgomery High girls golf program. Before she graduates, Li would like to put herself on that same level that includes standouts Alice Chen and Allison Hering, who Li played with early in her Montgomery career. “I started…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Montgomery High boys lacrosse team had faced adversity enough this season to know even a seven-goal deficit late in the third quarter was not too much to overcome. The Cougars trailed Lenape, 12-5, with just over three minutes to play in last Saturday’s South Jersey Group IV final. At…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Bill McQuade is the last person in the world who would ever make the story about himself over the players and the team. But the players on the Hun School baseball team knew winning a state Prep A championship in the final year of McQuade’s 46-year coaching career was something…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor With sectional titles already in hand, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys tennis team kept its hopes of a Tournament of Champions title alive on Wednesday while Montgomery High fell just short. After winning the Central Jersey Group III title with a 5-0 win over Moorestown, WW-P South added a…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Ben Samara remembers the day he first realized Jackie Patterson could some special things on the track. “She showed up as a freshman and in our first meet she did the 55-(meter) dash,” the Princeton High associate head coach said. “I remember I was at the high jump pit at…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor What better way to prove you are the best than to beat the best. On its way to winning the Somerset County Tournament title, the Montgomery High baseball team knocked off the top three seeds in succession to claim its third county title. The Cougars used the depth in their…