Author: BOB NUSE, Sports Editor

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor They came to the golf course together as freshmen with no idea what they would build. But over the course of time the five seniors on the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls golf team have transformed the program into one of the finest in the state. The Knights qualified for…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The current crop of Montgomery High School golfers has waited for their chance to move to the forefront and this week they took advantage of the opportunity. On the boys side, the Cougars strung together four solid rounds to capture the Central/South Group IV championship on Tuesday at the Linwood…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor With a team that often has as many as six freshmen on the field, West Windsor-Plainsboro High South softball coach Kristen Delarosa has relied heavily on her veteran leadership. “This is a young team that was trying to find themselves on a varsity field,” said Delarosa, whose team is 9-11…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Jill Thomas knows winning back to back titles isn’t easy. But she also knew she had a special team capable of doing just that. “We had a plan coming in and we stuck to it,” said the Princeton Day School girls lacrosse coach, whose team topped Pennington, 18-11, for its…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Connor Fletcher wanted to leave Princeton Day School this season with a championship in hand. Now he has two. The PDS boys lacrosse team, which won the Mercer County Tournament championship last week, followed up their 17-8 win over Robbinsville in that final with a 6-5 win over Montclair Kimberley…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls showed just how dominating they can be on the track as they ran away with the team title at the Mercer County Championships last Saturday. The Pirates finished first with 127 points to easily outdistance second place Lawrence, which finished with 84 points. Princeton…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor When the United States men’s ice hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympic Games, the upset was considered the biggest in sports history. While there was no betting line on the chances of the United States team being the Soviet Union and going on to win the…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Kira Ferraiolo can sense something special about this year’s Montgomery High softball team. “We have been doing a lot of team bonding and practice,” said the junior shortstop. “Today was a big game and we wanted to come out hot. We have been working together a lot. A lot of…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor In the end, the Princeton High softball team came up just short of a huge upset. But even in defeat the Little Tigers showed they have become a program to be dealt with at the county level. Princeton fell to top-seeded Ewing, 3-2, in 10 innings on Tuesday in the…